AMD VS Pentium

[MythologicalOne]

Hi I was just thinking of upgrading my computer and was wondering which would be the way to go money wise and performance, thanks.

[John Prophet]

Welcome to the forum!

This is a VERY common question.

of course, the first thing to ask is....what do you have now??

Obviously if you have a pentium motherboard then you'd want a pentium.

If you are talking about a motherboard AND cpu upgrade then usually the stock answer is...AMD...because they are cheaper.

Maybe if you give the exact details of your system..as much as you know anyway...then it will be a lot clearer.

what do you have as far as

cpu
motherboard
power supply (how many watts?)
RAM
Hard drive
type of case? (is it a regular atx or some kind of smaller tiny thing like a gateway 700 series etc?)

Those are the main things. If we know them, we can give much better advice

JP

[teengeek88]

to get more bang for your buck AMD is definitley the way to go....you can get an Athlon XP 2500+ w/ Barton Core for around $90 shipped...i have that processor in a computer and it is great!

Good luck! you have to make sure you get a compatible motherboard by the way...you are looking for a Socket A (462)

Good luck!!

-Rob-

[John Prophet]

Also of course a MAJOR consideration is....what are you going to mainly use it for...if its for games then that is one type of setup....if its for basic use and you just want a little more speed, thats another setup etc

[slinky]

If you're on a budget- Athlon XP

if not,

Pentium 4 (C)

[MythologicalOne]

Well the specs of what i'm keeping are as follows

2hdd 1x40gb 1x80gb

512ram

power 250w output

and incase you wanted to know the stuff i'm replacing

cpu pentium III 866mhz ( u can c y)

motherboard not sure

so what do ya reckon would be best served for my predicament

[MythologicalOne]

Also i'm going to be doing a bt of gaming on it as well just incase you needed to know

[MythologicalOne]

and the case is just a regular size not one of the mini pcs

[MythologicalOne]

And also what do you think would be the best cheaper motherboard to go with it?

If you are able to tell me that as well it would be of great help thanks.

[tgxiii]

We can help you better if we knew a few things:

>You mentioned gaming. Anything else you plan on using this for?
>Budget?
>What features do you want?
>Will you be overclocking?