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Originally Posted by Honda_Civic_Si
Don't go with Pentium. It is proven that AMD Athlon, at a slower speed ie. 1.6ghz runs faster than a Pentium @ 2GHZ.
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That doesn't mean the P4 is useless. In fact, the Athlon is rated using a "+" moniker to match the P4 speeds -- so an Athlon XP 2400+ has similar performance metrics to a P4 2.4GHz, even though the 2400+ runs at a lower clock rate... that said, David, make sure you compare the pricing with an equivalent Athlon XP setup to see if you can save a few $.
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And if you want speed with your CPU, go with the Athlon 64, its pricey, but then again it would last you a long time. FSB is good, the faster the better.
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You might notice he's working on a budget...
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The more memory the better as well, you can close down and open programs much much faster. 512 should be enough to last you a while, since you wont be doing too much downloading. (yeah right!  )
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Agreed, although I fail to see how it has anything to do with downloading... I have 768MB at home and 1GB at work, although I multitask a
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--janak