AMD or Intel?

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I'm in the market for a new motherboard, CPU and RAM and I'm not sure
whether I should go with AMD or Intel. Can you help me decide?

I don't do overclocking yet, but may do in the future.

I want to be able to play all the latest games like DoomIII etc.

I've seen that the latest Intel chips have 800fsb, do AMD chips have this?

Should I go for a motherboard with PCI express or Not? Is PCI Express
available for AMD chips

I've seen some good deals here -
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/bundles.html - I have upto £350 to spend

If you need more info, let me know

Thanks

Paul
 
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I'm in the market for a new motherboard, CPU and RAM and I'm not sure
whether I should go with AMD or Intel. Can you help me decide?

I don't do overclocking yet, but may do in the future.

I want to be able to play all the latest games like DoomIII etc.
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For Doom 3, a $150 Athlon 64 3000+ beats an $815 Pentium 4 3.2 ghz EE.

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2149&p=7

The Athlon 64 chips are great performers overall.

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2065&p=6
I've seen that the latest Intel chips have 800fsb, do AMD chips have this?
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The Athlon 64 has memory controller(s) integrated into the cpu, so
it avoids the bottleneck of having the memory controller off the
cpu and running at a slower speed.
Should I go for a motherboard with PCI express or Not? Is PCI Express
available for AMD chips
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It will be very soon, however PCI Express really doesn't make a difference now.

When there will be much faster video cards a few years from now it will make
a difference. Then it may be time for a new cpu, motherboard, ram and video
card.
 
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For Doom 3, a $150 Athlon 64 3000+ beats an $815 Pentium 4 3.2 ghz EE.

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2149&p=7

The Athlon 64 chips are great performers overall.

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2065&p=6


The Athlon 64 has memory controller(s) integrated into the cpu, so
it avoids the bottleneck of having the memory controller off the
cpu and running at a slower speed.


It will be very soon, however PCI Express really doesn't make a difference
now.

When there will be much faster video cards a few years from now it will
make
a difference. Then it may be time for a new cpu, motherboard, ram and
video
card.
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The Athlon 64 3400 looks good and within my price range.

Do you know what is the differene between OEM and retail chips?
 
I'm in the market for a new motherboard, CPU and RAM and I'm not sure
whether I should go with AMD or Intel. Can you help me decide?
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Yes, you should go with AMD or Intel.
I don't do overclocking yet, but may do in the future.
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They buy good memory and decent full-featured motherboard.
Get a decent name-brand power supply too, and a good
heatsink.
I want to be able to play all the latest games like DoomIII etc.
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Then video card matters a lot more than which modern CPU you
choose. Even though the CPUs show differences in particular
games, it's when tested with high-end video card. If not
using high-end video card then either AMD or Intel CPU will
make video card the bottleneck.


I've seen that the latest Intel chips have 800fsb, do AMD chips have this?
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It is a detail pointless to consider, as it won't substitute
for performance data on apps used.
Should I go for a motherboard with PCI express or Not? Is PCI Express
available for AMD chips
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Yes if the
I've seen some good deals here -
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/bundles.html - I have upto £350 to spend

If you need more info, let me know
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Have you sought benchmarks for these applications then
compared prices? If not, do so.

PCI Express is superior but not as important, yet, compared
to other factors, performance on apps you actually use. In
the end it didn't matter how your jobs ran/finished faster,
only that they did (or didn't). Fix a budget range and see
what works out best, avoiding generic motherboards/PSU/etc.
I realize you already specified budget, but made no mention
of current system, particularly video card, so that 350 may
not be enough for decent gaming performance.

"AMD or Intel" is a troll-bait topic, and one that has been
argued over and over again... no point recreated same
arguments over and over, read past posts on several
newsgroups.
 
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The Athlon 64 3400 looks good and within my price range.

Do you know what is the differene between OEM and retail chips?
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The retail box chip comes in a sealed package from AMD together with a
heatsink/fan, and comes with a 3 year AMD warranty. The OEM chip
comes loose from the seller(without a heatsink/fan), and comes with
whatever warranty the seller decides to provide.
 
Also remember to get a high performance video card(GeForce 6800 Ultra or
6800 GT is recommended, but the GeForce 6600 is a good lower cost option).
Get a high quality power supply such as one by Antec that is 450 watts or higher

if you plan to get a very high performance video card. Otherwise an Antec 400
watt
one would be a good idea.
 
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