What would you do?

[Tuscani]

Alright i'm in a bind. I don't know what to choose from, and i though i would go out and ask other people what they would do if they were me. i'm upgrading my system, and my choices are between.

pentium 4 1.7ghz
tyan s2266
pc1600 512mb

or

dual pentium 3 1ghz
abit vp6
pc100 386mb (ram coming from existing computer)


the prices come out to be the same. it's just to many freaking differences and i can't make my mind up and i hope one of you can help me out

 

[amandeephunjan]

what are you upgrading the system for if it is for a server environ then the dual processor architecture is fine but if it is a home pc then i dont see any use of a dual processor environment

 

[jexster]

What prosser can the dual mother board hold up to.becuse i would just assume to stick with the pentium 4 1.7 personally.But if the motherboard you are purchasing can hold a higher cpu then i would proboly go with it becuse you could upgrade later.But this is a personal opion becuse on your behalf it shouldnt make much difference which one you get.

 

[cdogg]

tuscani,

There are very few apps that will actually make use of dual processors (for the average home user). Unless you are setting this one up as a server or if you do a lot of editing with Adobe, then stick with the single proc on a mobo that will support P4's up to 2.0+ GHz (so you can upgrade later).

 

[Yegolev]

If I were you, I'd get an Athlon XP on and Epox or ASUS mainboard. Faster + cheaper. For home use, anyway. For a server I'd go the dual-PIII route. Or a 4-way if you can drop the cash on it. Not that I'm a genius at this or anything.

 

[cdogg]

As of right now:

Athlon XP 1800 (1.53 GHz) will cost you $15-$20 less than a P4 1.7 GHz. The XP 1800 CPU has outperformed or matched the P4 1.8 GHz CPU in a variety of benchmarks. It's totally up to you which route you want to go. Some people are still die-hard Intel fans that like the stability that Intel mobos and CPU's provide.

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[Joshs328]

U have to look at the ram part of it I was gonna say the dual 3's but I seen that I would definetly go wit the pent 4 b/c ur cuttin down on the speed of the ram and its not as much i dont know how that will differ from the pent 4 speed and the dual I think it will prob even out to be the same and the other thing is that the single processer is alot easir to upgrade if something happens (knock on wood) and the only good thing the dual is good for is editing programs and servers... so I would go wit the 4 unless u have a server and editing sorry prob kinda mix ya up info. hopefully helpful

 

[jexster]

The dual would also be good for animation programs.

 

[FatesWebb]

the top pc is WAYYY better and I dont see any reason to get the second one really the ram makes up for the second processor, and the 1.7 is much better than 2 1gig processors ESPECIALLY if you consider the ram is a BIG difference