From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Mar 31 15:11:42 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from uce55.uchaswv.edu (uce55.uchaswv.edu [12.4.161.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B115937B416 for ; Sun, 31 Mar 2002 15:11:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from there ([172.16.32.103]) by uce55.uchaswv.edu (8.9.3 (PHNE_22672)/8.9.3) with SMTP id SAA29792; Sun, 31 Mar 2002 18:16:11 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200203312316.SAA29792@uce55.uchaswv.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Nathan Mace To: Bob Bomar , hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Opinion: P4 vs Athlon XP Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 18:11:25 -0500 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.2] References: <20020331225440.GB4690@peitho.fxp.org> In-Reply-To: <20020331225440.GB4690@peitho.fxp.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sunday 31 March 2002 05:54 pm, Bob Bomar wrote: > I am looking to build a new workstation/ personal > computer. I have been running a PII 400 with shakey > hardware for a while, and am wanting to upgrade to > a new system that will be able to hang in the running > for a while. > > I would like to get some opinions on which CPU is better > P4's or Athlon XP's, and what the best motherboard. > I am looking to buy the system in early summer. > > Thank You. a good place to buy hardware is www.newegg.com at least in my opinion. i've ordered cpu's/motherboard/various cards from them and have been very happy. on a more on-topic note check out http://forums.cosmicshell.com/showarticle.php?revgrp=3 for a super motherboard review personally i like abit's motherboards with cheap 900-1gig durons or athlons. that way i can upgrade to something faster and not feel bad about spending alot of money on my old cpu nathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message