What CPU type do you use in your main system

MadHacker · 07-01-2003, 03:05 PM

What is your CPU Manufacture of choice?
AMD or Intel?
Just curious what everybody prefers.

jaydee · 07-01-2003, 03:45 PM

Main System:
Intel Celeron 1.1gig Laptop.

D.F. Cruncher #1
AMD XP1700+ TBred A

D.F. Cruncher #2
AMD XP1600+

D.F. Cruncher #3
AMD XP1600+

CNC Mill Computer
AMD K-6 350

Have a AMD Duron 1gig and a AMD Duron 700mhz for backups.

I prefer AMD as of now, but if things continue the way they are Intel might get a little more business from me. I just go with what works the best for my money at the time.

SparkedFire · 07-01-2003, 04:21 PM

i use an Intel Pentium 4 1.5GHz (willamette core) @1.98. hope to OC more later.

i also hope to get a new mobo on the 865 chipset and get a 2.4(c)GHz chip, in a month.

MadHacker · 07-01-2003, 04:34 PM

I have 5 working PC's in the house. Lots of spare parts.
All Intel.
Have 2.53 Ghz P4 OC to 2.66. crappy OC:shrug:
P3 733 for the wife.
Dual P 550 & p500 For the kids
P400 as a spare.

Now working on building my next machine. this time water cooled.
reading this forum has me inspired

jaydee · 07-01-2003, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by MadHacker
I have 5 working PC's in the house. Lots of spare parts.
All Intel.
Have 2.53 Ghz P4 OC to 2.66. crappy OC:shrug:
P3 733 for the wife.
Dual P 550 & p500 For the kids
P400 as a spare.

Now working on building my next machine. this time water cooled.
reading this forum has me inspired

[Pimp]http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/for...?s=&forumid=48[/Pimp]

bigben2k · 07-01-2003, 04:47 PM

I didn't use to trust anything but Intel, as there were a lot of issues with the first non-Intel CPUs.

AMD is the only survivor of the Intel lookalikes, and has proven itself time and time again. It's now an essential part of the CPU industry.

I fully endorse AMD. Even without SSE2 instruction set, it will still perform amazingly well, at a reduced price.

I just wish AMD would do something better with their thermal solutions, without compromising the enthusiast market like Intel did.

SparkedFire · 07-01-2003, 04:53 PM

what about unlocking the chips?

jaydee · 07-01-2003, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by SparkedFire
what about unlocking the chips?

Can't unlock Intels from what I understand, but they have better FSB overclocking ability/options on the better boards.

SparkedFire · 07-01-2003, 05:02 PM

i know you cant unlock them but it would be nice if they did.

jaydee · 07-01-2003, 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by SparkedFire
i know you cant unlock them but it would be nice if they did.

Aww, misunderstood your question.

I heard a rumor that the P5 might be unlockable..... Doubt it though...

MadHacker · 07-01-2003, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jaydee116
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I'm in it now...
installed it this morning on my machine...
if it would run without a window...
then i'd install it on the rest of the machines..

a history note:
the last unlocked CPU that Intel released was P166.. i think

Yo-DUH_87 · 07-01-2003, 06:59 PM

All Intel here

P4 2.4b@2.7+
P4 2.0a@stock

P3 700@stock (possibly an overclock soon

)
P3 600@stock

P2 350@ stock (soon to get overclocked though

)
P 166@stock
P100@stock

The last 2 are not running at the mo, but they will be quite soon. I also am seriously thinking about upgrading my main rig to a 2.4c (overclocked, and watercooled I hope

) and begin replacing boxes as I go along

And I already am running a distributed computing for another website, sorry

SparkedFire · 07-01-2003, 08:58 PM

P5, do you mean Prescott? The Prescott will be another verson of the P4. it will not be a P5 because it is based upon the same archetechure as the P4. Only a new archetechure gets a new name.

jaydee · 07-01-2003, 09:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by SparkedFire
P5, do you mean Prescott? The Prescott will be another verson of the P4. it will not be a P5 because it is based upon the same archetechure as the P4. Only a new archetechure gets a new name.

I don't know. :shrug:

Quote:

While all of Prescott's technical innovations are important, there's another possible major change that Intel has yet to address: The name.

"Intel has not said for sure that it will call it a Pentium 4," Krewell says. But there are certainly enough changes to the processor to justify a switch to Pentium 5, he adds.

"That's a marketing call that Intel is playing close to the vest right now," he says. "There is no good reason not to change the name, but they may not."

If Intel doesn't bestow the P5 name on Prescott, the company would likely wait until its next big processor change, Krewell says. Expected more than a year after the launch of Prescott, that chip is currently code-named Tejas.

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,111270,00.asp

Quote:

In a keynote here, Louis Burns, vice-president of Intel Corp., disclosed the "Prescott" processor, the next microarchitectural revision in the Pentium line. The Prescott processor will be released in the second half of 2003 at an undisclosed clock speed. Burns did not refer to the core as the Pentium 5, although all of Intel's major core revisions have been rewarded with a change in the brand name.

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,6707,00.asp

SparkedFire · 07-01-2003, 10:10 PM

nice info and follow-up jaydee. if you havent seen this info on Tejas, well here it is.

Here is the link to the origional data source.

* 90nm/65nm Micron Process
* 120-140mm2 Die Size (90nm) / 80-100mm2 Die Size (65nm)
* Extended Enhanced Hyper-Threading
* 8 Tejas New Instructions (TNI) : New high-performance audio standard, code-named Azalia supporting Dolby digital, multistreaming and improved speech recognition.
* 1MB L2 Cache
* 24KB L1 Cache
* 16K uOps Trace Cache
* 800/1066Mhz FSB
* 775 LGA (Land Grid Array) Package
* Clock Speed From 4.4Ghz & Above
* Supports Socket T, Dual Channel DDR-II 400/533Mhz, PCI Express x16 & ICH6 with Grantsdale chipsets
* Availability H2 2004

Enjoy!

jaydee · 07-01-2003, 10:16 PM

Future is looking good for us hardware junkies going either way of AMD or Intel!

Joe · 07-03-2003, 09:18 PM

in the next 2 weeks I order my Xeon parts. In the next week or so I am thinking of ordering a 19" TFT first though

Actually, I just ordered 2 Tbred 1700+'s from the egg so I can get my dual athlon up a lil bit faster

leejsmith · 07-06-2003, 07:35 PM

my main system is a p4 2.53 c1 stepping OC to 3.15 at stock core voltage.

i also have
1gig p3 used with an all in wonder card as a tv recorder/playback.
1gig p3 in a intel server case with 5x scsi raid hotswap setup as a windows 2k advanced server for mcse study.
p4 1.7 for water block testing not in a case will eventually use this as the tv recorder
athlon 1.1gig again for block testing.

the athlon or a p3 will end up as a system in my car for music playback. Currently working on a bluetooth remote control program for my hp jornada to work with this.

i too like bigben2k had many problem with older amd cpu's and found the intel chips to me very stable but this was back in the 486 days.

golovko · 07-06-2003, 07:35 PM

I'm an AMD fan personally, heres a list of the cpus ive owned:

Tbred 2400+
Tbird 1333
Tbird 900 (Slot A)
Althon Classic 500 (Slot A)
K6-2 400
Pentium 83 MHz (Overdrive chip for the 486)
Intel 486SX 33

bigben2k · 07-14-2003, 07:59 AM

CPU's I've owned:
6502
Z80
486DX33
P166

MadHacker · 07-14-2003, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bigben2k
CPU's I've owned:
6502
Z80
486DX33
P166

so let me guess..
your current system doesn't have a CPU? hehehe...

jaydee · 07-14-2003, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by MadHacker
so let me guess..
your current system doesn't have a CPU? hehehe...

His current system is the P166, and I am not kidding!

MadHacker · 07-14-2003, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jaydee116
His current system is the P166, and I am not kidding!

Must be a realy snazzy P166 with 512 meg 400Mhz Ram...

bigben2k · 07-14-2003, 02:39 PM

Don't I wish!!! I've got 32 Mb of EDO ram. Does anyone remember it? I think it's even the 5 volt ram, not the newer 3.3: I really have to check that out, sometime... #Rotor, you still have some?

Otherwise, I've got half the parts for the next PC. If everything goes well, it'll last me another 6 years or so...

Joe · 07-14-2003, 02:51 PM

512mb of ram will never last 6 years. Hell 512mb is barely enough now.

07-01-2003, 04:34 PM	#4
MadHacker Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2003 Location: Okotoks, A.B. Canada Posts: 726	I have 5 working PC's in the house. Lots of spare parts. All Intel. Have 2.53 Ghz P4 OC to 2.66. crappy OC:shrug: P3 733 for the wife. Dual P 550 & p500 For the kids P400 as a spare. Now working on building my next machine. this time water cooled. reading this forum has me inspired __________________ "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds" - (Einstein)

07-01-2003, 04:47 PM	#6
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	I didn't use to trust anything but Intel, as there were a lot of issues with the first non-Intel CPUs. AMD is the only survivor of the Intel lookalikes, and has proven itself time and time again. It's now an essential part of the CPU industry. I fully endorse AMD. Even without SSE2 instruction set, it will still perform amazingly well, at a reduced price. I just wish AMD would do something better with their thermal solutions, without compromising the enthusiast market like Intel did. __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

07-01-2003, 04:53 PM	#7
SparkedFire Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Matrix Posts: 114	what about unlocking the chips? __________________ If you smell something odd coming from your puter, panic and run crazy. Shut her down and grab a towel. As to watercooling going mainstream: We are truely dedicated to it, we know everything, and we have perfected it.

07-01-2003, 05:02 PM	#9
SparkedFire Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Matrix Posts: 114	i know you cant unlock them but it would be nice if they did. __________________ If you smell something odd coming from your puter, panic and run crazy. Shut her down and grab a towel. As to watercooling going mainstream: We are truely dedicated to it, we know everything, and we have perfected it.

07-01-2003, 06:59 PM	#12
Yo-DUH_87 Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Oregon, USA Posts: 230	All Intel here P4 2.4b@2.7+ P4 2.0a@stock P3 700@stock (possibly an overclock soon ) P3 600@stock P2 350@ stock (soon to get overclocked though ) P 166@stock P100@stock The last 2 are not running at the mo, but they will be quite soon. I also am seriously thinking about upgrading my main rig to a 2.4c (overclocked, and watercooled I hope ) and begin replacing boxes as I go along And I already am running a distributed computing for another website, sorry __________________ Signing out... Yo-DUH_87 If it works, fix it until it's broke! Then, after it's broke, add duct tape! Affordable webhosting!

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07-01-2003, 03:05 PM	#1
MadHacker Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2003 Location: Okotoks, A.B. Canada Posts: 726	What CPU type do you use in your main system What is your CPU Manufacture of choice? AMD or Intel? Just curious what everybody prefers. __________________ "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds" - (Einstein)

07-01-2003, 03:45 PM	#2
jaydee Put up or Shut Up Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 6,506	Main System: Intel Celeron 1.1gig Laptop. D.F. Cruncher #1 AMD XP1700+ TBred A D.F. Cruncher #2 AMD XP1600+ D.F. Cruncher #3 AMD XP1600+ CNC Mill Computer AMD K-6 350 Have a AMD Duron 1gig and a AMD Duron 700mhz for backups. I prefer AMD as of now, but if things continue the way they are Intel might get a little more business from me. I just go with what works the best for my money at the time.

07-01-2003, 04:21 PM	#3
SparkedFire Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Matrix Posts: 114	i use an Intel Pentium 4 1.5GHz (willamette core) @1.98. hope to OC more later. i also hope to get a new mobo on the 865 chipset and get a 2.4(c)GHz chip, in a month. __________________ If you smell something odd coming from your puter, panic and run crazy. Shut her down and grab a towel. As to watercooling going mainstream: We are truely dedicated to it, we know everything, and we have perfected it.

07-01-2003, 08:58 PM	#13
SparkedFire Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Matrix Posts: 114	P5, do you mean Prescott? The Prescott will be another verson of the P4. it will not be a P5 because it is based upon the same archetechure as the P4. Only a new archetechure gets a new name. __________________ If you smell something odd coming from your puter, panic and run crazy. Shut her down and grab a towel. As to watercooling going mainstream: We are truely dedicated to it, we know everything, and we have perfected it.

07-01-2003, 10:10 PM	#15
SparkedFire Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Matrix Posts: 114	nice info and follow-up jaydee. if you havent seen this info on Tejas, well here it is. Here is the link to the origional data source. * 90nm/65nm Micron Process * 120-140mm2 Die Size (90nm) / 80-100mm2 Die Size (65nm) * Extended Enhanced Hyper-Threading * 8 Tejas New Instructions (TNI) : New high-performance audio standard, code-named Azalia supporting Dolby digital, multistreaming and improved speech recognition. * 1MB L2 Cache * 24KB L1 Cache * 16K uOps Trace Cache * 800/1066Mhz FSB * 775 LGA (Land Grid Array) Package * Clock Speed From 4.4Ghz & Above * Supports Socket T, Dual Channel DDR-II 400/533Mhz, PCI Express x16 & ICH6 with Grantsdale chipsets * Availability H2 2004 Enjoy! __________________ If you smell something odd coming from your puter, panic and run crazy. Shut her down and grab a towel. As to watercooling going mainstream: We are truely dedicated to it, we know everything, and we have perfected it.

07-01-2003, 10:16 PM	#16
jaydee Put up or Shut Up Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 6,506	Future is looking good for us hardware junkies going either way of AMD or Intel!

07-03-2003, 09:18 PM	#17
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	in the next 2 weeks I order my Xeon parts. In the next week or so I am thinking of ordering a 19" TFT first though Actually, I just ordered 2 Tbred 1700+'s from the egg so I can get my dual athlon up a lil bit faster __________________ Joe - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton.

07-06-2003, 07:35 PM	#18
leejsmith Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: notts uk Posts: 408	my main system is a p4 2.53 c1 stepping OC to 3.15 at stock core voltage. i also have 1gig p3 used with an all in wonder card as a tv recorder/playback. 1gig p3 in a intel server case with 5x scsi raid hotswap setup as a windows 2k advanced server for mcse study. p4 1.7 for water block testing not in a case will eventually use this as the tv recorder athlon 1.1gig again for block testing. the athlon or a p3 will end up as a system in my car for music playback. Currently working on a bluetooth remote control program for my hp jornada to work with this. i too like bigben2k had many problem with older amd cpu's and found the intel chips to me very stable but this was back in the 486 days.

07-06-2003, 07:35 PM	#19
golovko Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Purdue University, USA Posts: 141	I'm an AMD fan personally, heres a list of the cpus ive owned: Tbred 2400+ Tbird 1333 Tbird 900 (Slot A) Althon Classic 500 (Slot A) K6-2 400 Pentium 83 MHz (Overdrive chip for the 486) Intel 486SX 33

07-14-2003, 07:59 AM	#20
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	CPU's I've owned: 6502 Z80 486DX33 P166 __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

07-14-2003, 02:39 PM	#24
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	Don't I wish!!! I've got 32 Mb of EDO ram. Does anyone remember it? I think it's even the 5 volt ram, not the newer 3.3: I really have to check that out, sometime... #Rotor, you still have some? Otherwise, I've got half the parts for the next PC. If everything goes well, it'll last me another 6 years or so... __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

07-14-2003, 02:51 PM	#25
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	512mb of ram will never last 6 years. Hell 512mb is barely enough now. __________________ Joe - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton.

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