Upgrading My System Amd Or Intel?

**mentalfusion420** · 12-15-2003, 04:57 AM

Which one of these upgrades should i go with ? my limit is $450ish

INTEL

Intel P4 2.4GHZ Retail 800MHZ FSB $165.00
ABIT IC7 Retail Box $111.00
Lite-On 52x32x52 CDRW $33.00
Corsair Value Ram 512mb PC3200 $81.00
Aluminum Plated Scorpio 868 Green Case w/420W Power Supply $65

Parts i Already have
30GB Western Digital
Geforce4 Ti 4200 128MB
Floppy
on board Sound and Giga-LAN

$455.00

AMD

ASUS A7N8X-X Deluxe $130.00

AMD ATHLONXP 2500+ 333FSB BARTON RETAIL $89.00

LITE-ON 52X32X52 CDRW $33.00

Aluminum Plated Scorpio 868 Green Case w/420W Power Supply $65

KINGSTON HYPERX 256X2 PC3200 $110

Parts i already have:
30GB Western Digital
Geforce4 Ti 4200 128mb
Floppy
On board sound and LAN

$427.00

**bigdawgfoxx** · 12-15-2003, 05:01 AM

Um well if that is the 2.4Ghz C then it is very overclockable. The 2500XP is also very overclockable. The AMD system has a better mobo and better ram. Im really not sure...do you like Intel or AMD better? Both systems are about the same but I think im gona have to go with the AMD one here.

**abu_has_the_power** · 12-15-2003, 05:18 AM

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@15 December 2003 - 00:01
Um well if that is the 2.4Ghz C then it is very overclockable. The 2500XP is also very overclockable. The AMD system has a better mobo and better ram. Im really not sure...do you like Intel or AMD better? Both systems are about the same but I think im gona have to go with the AMD one here.

i htink the hyperx ram is better. at least, better than corsair value ram. go with the intel

**Virtualbody1234** · 12-15-2003, 05:51 AM

Well to be a completly fair price comparison between the Intel and AMD wouldn't you use a deluxe Asus board for the Intel system and use the same RAM in both systems? That would make the AMD system even more of a lower price than the Intel.

As you can see AMD is the clear price winner.
As for performance? I can't tell you which would be faster without a lot of testing.

I say AMD wins here but the final choice is yours.

**johnboy27** · 12-15-2003, 06:23 AM

Personally,I say go with the AMD. I have used AMD's and Intels in the past and never seen too much of a difference .My XP2200+ that was clocked up to just under 2 ghz ran just as fast and worked just as well as any P4 I have ever used,not any noticable difference and over 150 bucks cheaper than the equivalent Intel.Maybe I am just cheap but I prefer the same performance but just a bit cheaper.

**clocker** · 12-15-2003, 06:45 AM

If you go for the AMD setup with the Asus board your OCing options are far easier.
If you're into that sort of thing...

**camille** · 12-15-2003, 08:28 AM

Intel is already famous and reliable.

**adamp2p** · 12-15-2003, 08:51 AM

If I were you, looking at your budget, I would choose AMD. For the money that you have you could put together a respectable system...one to last you for say another year.

You could easily afford the 2500 barton chip as well as a motherboard for the same price as you would have to pay for the intel chip itself.