Author Topic: Buying a CPU and mobo tomorrow, Intel or AMD? (Read 1355 times)

Animal · « **Reply #15 on:** November 29, 2001, 06:18:00 PM »

I also vote for AMD

hblair · « **Reply #16 on:** November 30, 2001, 11:43:00 PM »

Ordered the XP1800, a power supply, 256 meg ram, and a microstar mobo. Microstars okay? never heard of em. I think this is the one:
http://www.msi.com.tw/products/mainboard/mainboard.php?model=MS-6380

Thanks for all the input fellas.

-ammo- · « **Reply #17 on:** November 30, 2001, 11:57:00 PM »

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Originally posted by hblair:
Ordered the XP1800, a power supply, 256 meg ram, and a microstar mobo. Microstars okay? never heard of em. I think this is the one:
http://www.msi.com.tw/products/mainboard/mainboard.php?model=MS-6380

Thanks for all the input fellas.

would have rather seen you buy a MB with the via kt266a chipset, but that one is most likely a good one.

Pongo · « **Reply #18 on:** December 01, 2001, 06:13:00 PM »

HB I told ya..Get the via266a chipset for the XP...
sigh.

Thorns · « **Reply #19 on:** December 01, 2001, 07:29:00 PM »

HB,

Might still be time to swap for: http://www.msi.com.tw/support/techexpress/tech_column/ms6380v2/page1.htm

Thorns

hblair · « **Reply #20 on:** December 03, 2001, 12:02:00 PM »

What's the big difference?

Pongo · « **Reply #21 on:** December 03, 2001, 01:04:00 PM »

The 266a bios handles memory way better, the improvement in speed is about the same as going from a 1600 to a 1900 athelon. But its free.

A 1600 xp is 1400 mhz clock speed
A 1900 xp is 1600 mhz clock speed.

thats a 14% diff or so.
The 266a chipset boosts performance by 15-20% or so depending on which chipset it is compared too.
I dont know if those numbers hold up under scietific scrutiny HB but that is the reason why people are so insistant about using the new bios.

[ 12-03-2001: Message edited by: Pongo ]

mason22 · « **Reply #22 on:** December 03, 2001, 01:32:00 PM »

well said pongo. puts an easy perspective on things.