Intel or AMD when I upgrade?
Be honest guys, I will need to upgrade soon and will use a MSI motherboard, but wants better now (lost touch since last upgrade) should I go the Intel way or AMD way? It's mainly for gaming, I will put a Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB graphics card on it and 512MB of memory. Also wil this dual memory on the Intel boards to you have to buy 2x256mb and not 1x512MB? Hope you guys can help!
Kind Regards
S
hi
my first pc was a p120 my second was a pentium pro200
my third was a p3 500mhz which i later switch cpu in to a p2 350mhz.
i had some thought when i was to buy new things and when i looked on the price i decided to buy amd.
i DONT regret it at all.
there is no way to tell if its an intel or amd inside my computer.
no need for any patches or anything.
and its rock stable fast and reliable.
my longest uptime has been 8 days 7 hours without a reboot.
NOTE buy good memory and be sure to have a psu that can handle the load.
i just love my computer.
bye
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First of all sorry for by bad English
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