Looking to purchase another PC. Mom wants to experiment with the internet so I'm gonna give her one of my PC's (Athlon 1.4ghz) to try out so that leaves a hole in the lineup. I've done AMD for years and built many for people. My last purchase was an Intel I got through an employee purchase program which was quite a deal but I rate it so-so. I'm looking at the Dual Core systems. Everything I've researched dictated by my use indicates the AMD is the way to go. I've had great service from all my AMD's and it looks like I'm going to go for it again. AMD is running a lot cooler and less power hungry than the Intel in this genre and out performing Intel except in mutiple applications.
Does anyone have one of these machines? I'm looking at 4400 - 5000 (2.2 - 2.6 ghz) on the socket AM2 format, 2gb RAM and probably dual 160 HD's. Also anyone running RAID 0 (2 HD's running as one) for performance? RAID 1 is not a concern, backups of vital data will be done on a external drive. Looking for any help and please give some feedback if possible!
BTW ......... I'm not doing Apple, it will be a Windows machine (so far) ready for Vista.
Does anyone have one of these machines? I'm looking at 4400 - 5000 (2.2 - 2.6 ghz) on the socket AM2 format, 2gb RAM and probably dual 160 HD's. Also anyone running RAID 0 (2 HD's running as one) for performance? RAID 1 is not a concern, backups of vital data will be done on a external drive. Looking for any help and please give some feedback if possible!
BTW ......... I'm not doing Apple, it will be a Windows machine (so far) ready for Vista.