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Originally posted by shakran
"Downside of AMD: they'll be bringing out a totally new chip at the end of the year, and the Athlon is pretty much going out of production. The Intel P4c will be going along for a while longer (but will also disappear eventually...)"
I regard this as an upside. It's not like the Athlons will cease to function once they're replaced, but they WILL be a lot cheaper!
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Let's put it like this: suppose in a year or so, you want to replace your processor only. With no new AMD processor over 3200+ planned yet, you'll have to get a new motherboard, and new memory, and a new this, and a new that, etc.
Meanwhile, with Intel, you'll probably be able to get a much faster low-end 800 mhz "celeron" processor.
I could be wrong, of course - perhaps AMD will introduce new "budget" Athlon XPs at 333 or 400 mhz... But then the question remains: will your specific motherboard be able to run it?
Oh, and Konichiwaneko: Nforce2 boards do have serial ata, gigabit lan, and most stuff Intel boards have. There's not much difference there. The only problem I see for Nforce is the manufacturer's choice not to go for the full four memory slots, but only three - with four slots, you could add two pairs of dual-channel Dimms, just like with the p4c motherboards.