Athlon or P4?

[Fishguy]

Hey everybody!

I just recently fried my mobo and CPU; an Athlon XP 1600+ and an ECS K7S5A. Regardless, I wanted some input, should I purchase an Athlon XP 2500+ Barton with an Asus A7N8X Deluxe or a P4 2.4C(800Mhz FSB) with an Asus P4C800 Deluxe-UAY? and why?

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Fishguy

 

[Fishguy]

cdogg,
I agree with you on all your points, and I cannot argue with the fact that the P4 is the better performer.
However, I am afraid that purchasing components online is not an option for me as I am only 17 years old and my parents will not make online purchases using their credit card. So I am in a bit of a rut there.

I would like to think that I too am unbiased towards this discussion of "P4 vs Athlon", but I find myself drawn to AMD for the reason of price over performance.

As for your statement "As a fan of AMD, I'm sure it won't take long for them to counter that advantage...",
I agree, and it won't be long now. As far as I know, September 30(or something like that) is the expected release date of the Hammer(aka Athlon 64)!

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Fishguy