i am planning to build a system but i am confused whether to build a AMD system or a intel system. i found that almost all hardware sites and computer magazines are in favor of AMD machines and AMD systems outperformed intel machines in most of the benchmarks.however,in the competitive performance guide,which i found on AMD website,a comparision is made between AMD Athlon 64 4000+ and intel pentium4 550 3.4GHZ and AMD comes out as the winner.though AMD is the clear winner,the average performance difference is only about 20%.considering the fact that Athlon 64 4000+ costs more than $350 to that of pentium4 550 3.4GHZ i think p4 is the best buy.i believe the same is the case with other AMD and intel processors.thats why i chose intel.this is my base configuration.
1) ASUS P5AD2-E Premium motherboard based on 925XE chipset ($275)
2) Intel® Pentium® 4 processor 540 supporting HT Technology @ 3.2GHZ / SOCKET LGA775 ($250)
3) Kingston HyperX 1024MB PC5400 675Mhz Dual Channel DDR2 Memory 2 x 512MB ($325)
is there a better AMD system or for that matter a better intel system for the same price ?
1) ASUS P5AD2-E Premium motherboard based on 925XE chipset ($275)
2) Intel® Pentium® 4 processor 540 supporting HT Technology @ 3.2GHZ / SOCKET LGA775 ($250)
3) Kingston HyperX 1024MB PC5400 675Mhz Dual Channel DDR2 Memory 2 x 512MB ($325)
is there a better AMD system or for that matter a better intel system for the same price ?