AMD Athlon or Intel P4 (General Comments on Processors)

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Product:	General Comments on Processors
Date:	14/05/01 (47 review reads)
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Advantages: AMD Cheaper, Has History

Disadvantages: Small Bus

I have just had to build two computers at work. One department wanted a AMD Athlon 1.2 Gb system and the other a Intel Pentium 4 1.3 Gb.
Firstly I must say that it was a nightmare building the Intel Pentium 4 1.3 Gb. Firstly I had to locate a Intel motherboard which I have only found a few options on. I have had to us a Intel board, as other manufactures have not go a board that I can read up about.
The next problem was that I had to purchase a computer case with a 300 watt power supply and then try to local a 400 watt one and change it over. This took about two days to locate. After building the system, I then started to format the software, but it keeped freezing up. When I contacted the component suppliers, they said that it sounds like the motherboard is cutting out due to the temperature of the processor. The heat sink and cooler came with the processor, so I asummed it was the right one.
After three days I managed to get the system working alone with the new DDR Ram.
But I must say that the system I built with the AMD Athlon 1.2Gb processor when together without ant problems, just remember that you need a 300 watt power supply and a AMD approved heat sink and fan and you will be O.K.
The two systems have been runing for about two weeks now and It is my view that the AMD Athlon 1.2 Gb seems to be running software faster and smoother than the Intel Pentium 4 1.3Gb.
The AMD system was identical to the Intel apart from the processor, Ram and motherboard. I would therefore conclude that If I was to build a system for myself, I would save the extra £398 and build an AMD system.

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