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Originally posted by sixate
I'll never buy an Intel chip. I could care less how fast they are. AMD is still cheaper.
The 2GHz 64 is faster than a 3.2 P4 and about $200 cheaper. It's a no brainer in my book.
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I'm not really sure where you got your prices from, but the Opteron 246 is almost 800 dollars. The 3.2 is no where near that. I can get it at local stores here in Alaska for 170 less then 800 bucks. No telling about pricewatch or newegg.com.
When you buy Athlon, you get what you pay for.
You can post somthing about these 2 every day, and have the same debate over and over. The bottom line, they are 2 different products, they excel at 2 different things. Both are fast, so fast it makes no difference what you really buy for a top end chip, it's all about preference and pocket book.
Personally, I had 2 1.4ghz T-Birds that were nothing but problems. From memory compatibility issues, to 1 chip actully overheating with an Alpha Hs/Fan.
I've got a P3 733 overclocked to 1005mhz and it's been there for 2 1/2 years, it's on everyday, 24hrs a day. (It's a webserver) and I haven't ever reset a fan, or new thermal paste, nothing. It's bulletproof, it's stable (77 days uptime in Linux, and it went out due to a power outage). My P4 is completely bulletproof, 2.66 ROCK solid @ 3.34ghz, watercooled, and I love it. I just haven't had the quality issues with Intel products, I choose to spend the extra money. I haven't had much luck with AMD ... Yet.