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Colonel Sanders · 03-09-2002, 10:56 PM

I'd have to lean toward a Duron. I had (keyword, had) no problems with my setup, untill I installed Win98FE and ran windoze update to "update"(cripple) my on-board sound. Other than that, if I were building a new PC I don't think I would be able to tell you wethet it were AMD or Intel(untill doing some looking, but you get my point). You've put togother AMD systems, you know how ~hard~ to assemble they are.

However there is the fallen-HSF = Dead CPU problem, but I seriously doubt that could happen. It was a real B*&$# to get off my Orb to clean and remount it.

I must also go with the crowd in saying Intel is older and probbably better it some ways, a Celeron would be nice. I think both are equally reliable. AMD will probbably be cheaper(maybe not much cheaper...) than Intel.

Your choice, not the forums choice.

Logan

03-09-2002, 10:56 PM	#17
Colonel Sanders Resident AMD enthusiast Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Kansas Posts: 1,445	I'd have to lean toward a Duron. I had (keyword, had) no problems with my setup, untill I installed Win98FE and ran windoze update to "update"(cripple) my on-board sound. Other than that, if I were building a new PC I don't think I would be able to tell you wethet it were AMD or Intel(untill doing some looking, but you get my point). You've put togother AMD systems, you know how ~hard~ to assemble they are. However there is the fallen-HSF = Dead CPU problem, but I seriously doubt that could happen. It was a real B&$# to get off my Orb to clean and remount it. I must also go with the crowd in saying Intel is older and probbably better it some ways, a Celeron would be nice. I think both are equally reliable. AMD will probbably be cheaper(maybe not much cheaper...) than Intel. Your choice, not the forums choice. Logan __________________ Main:* Gigabyte GA-770T USB3 - Phenom II 840 - 4GB DDR3 - Radeon 5750 1GB HTPC: MSI K9N6PGM2-V2 - Athlon II 250 - 4GB DDR2 - Radeon 5670 512MB HTPC: Zotac GeForce 6100E-E - Athlon X2 5800+ - 4GB DDR2 "Play a Windows CD backwards and you'll hear satanic voices, thats nothing, play it forwards and it installs Windows."