Athlon 64 3400 new machine

Inazma · 20-May-04, 10:36 AM

My friend and I spent the past week buying and building his computer. We bought all the parts from a Japanese computer store: an ASUS K8SV Deluxe and an Athlon 64 CPU. We did some research before buying these and everything looked good.

After a few difficulties, we got the computer to work. After a friend told him that he should have gone with a P4 3.4, he looked online and seems a little upset that the P4 is 3400MHz and the 64 is 2200MHz. I tried to tell him that performance should be just about equal, but I really don't know enough to really convince him that he had made a bad purchase..... can you guys tell me what to explain to him? or am I completely wrong?

Highperf15 · 20-May-04, 10:39 AM

Tell him to do a couple of benchmarks and compare to the P4 and see the real difference........then he'll change his mind about the 64........

BigAkita · 20-May-04, 10:44 AM

Also let your friend know that there are very few apps coded for the 64 bit chip, but that will change later this year when Windows releases a 64 bit version of their OS. Once he teams that chip up with some 64 bit apps, The AMD64 and Intel chips will look like the Roadrunner and Coyote.

Iateronmly · 20-May-04, 10:51 AM

Biggest mistake was that motherboard. Can't overclock with crap on it. Should have got a Gigabyte or Chaintech with the Nforce3 250 chipset that actually locks the PCI bus or a AOpen which got the PCI bus lock to work with the NForce3 150.

AMD64 mobos are the exact opposit of the socket As and Intel boards - it's the revenge of what used to be known as "budget manufacturers" that were viewed as subpar and the main guys like Asus are lacking.

20-May-04, 10:36 AM		#1 (permalink)
Inazma Apex Techie Lite	Athlon 64 3400 new machine My friend and I spent the past week buying and building his computer. We bought all the parts from a Japanese computer store: an ASUS K8SV Deluxe and an Athlon 64 CPU. We did some research before buying these and everything looked good. After a few difficulties, we got the computer to work. After a friend told him that he should have gone with a P4 3.4, he looked online and seems a little upset that the P4 is 3400MHz and the 64 is 2200MHz. I tried to tell him that performance should be just about equal, but I really don't know enough to really convince him that he had made a bad purchase..... can you guys tell me what to explain to him? or am I completely wrong?

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20-May-04, 10:39 AM		#2 (permalink)
Highperf15 a.k.a., Frank Bullitt	Tell him to do a couple of benchmarks and compare to the P4 and see the real difference........then he'll change his mind about the 64........

20-May-04, 10:44 AM		#3 (permalink)
BigAkita n00b-ass reviewer	Also let your friend know that there are very few apps coded for the 64 bit chip, but that will change later this year when Windows releases a 64 bit version of their OS. Once he teams that chip up with some 64 bit apps, The AMD64 and Intel chips will look like the Roadrunner and Coyote.

20-May-04, 10:51 AM		#4 (permalink)
Iateronmly Smooth Operator	Biggest mistake was that motherboard. Can't overclock with crap on it. Should have got a Gigabyte or Chaintech with the Nforce3 250 chipset that actually locks the PCI bus or a AOpen which got the PCI bus lock to work with the NForce3 150. AMD64 mobos are the exact opposit of the socket As and Intel boards - it's the revenge of what used to be known as "budget manufacturers" that were viewed as subpar and the main guys like Asus are lacking.