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hmmm another debate...or war about to go down... I say screw the benchmarks, and go wiht what you have tried and like.... amd cores arent as good in my opinion.....they are cheaper....and the xp's are just as good as p4's.... I dont really care ha the benchmarks say....I for a new builder I'd suggest Itel. the reason why is, you have much more room for error. if you install the h/f..and it jsut pops off while running your computer, than you are screwed kiss you tbird good bye...on the other hand, if that happens to your intel, you cna jsut shut it down, and MOST of the tiem, no harm done to teh board or cpu... plus...with an intel chipset on top of an intel cpu, is the most stable thing people have told me in this forum. Not sure about how the xp handles heat though, so i cant say. IN my opinion...you can save a few bucks, buy an amd...the same speed, or slightly better (but you can notice anyways...1 ghz and up is fast anyways) and run the risk of error, you being a newbie...or you cna spend a couple mroe bucks, buy an intel, and be a little more on the safe side...
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