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AMD X2 4200+ or Intel Conroe 6300

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jem16
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I have held off for 3 weeks to await the expected price cuts from AMD. The X2 4200+ is now around £135. I'm told that the Conroe E6300 will be about £150 but may not be available for a month or two yet.

Is it really worth waiting - it seems that there is always something new around the corner. I agree that the £120 price drop in the AMD processor was worth waiting on but is now the time to go for it.

DDR or DDR2 - which one do I get?

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  • niceguyrichy
    niceguyrichy Posts: 470 Forumite
    Conroe every time :)

    Look HERE if you're unconvinced.
    "If you really want to hurt your parents and you don't have nerve enough to be homosexual, the least you can do is go into the arts."
  • jem16
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    Thanks for that - made interesting reading.

    However it appears that whilst the E6300 is ahead in Multimedia encoding(which I don't use very much) they seem quite similar in other ways. Sometimes the X2 4200+ has the edge and sometimes it's the E6300. In Office XP for example, the X2 4200+ has the edge.

    To be honest I'm not sure if there's much to choose from between these two. The Conroe E6600 - yes definitely but I can't afford that! It may also be another month or two before the Conroes are generally available.

    Any advice on DDR v DDR2?
  • Poppycat
    Poppycat Posts: 19,899 Forumite
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    I am planning on getting the E6600 as I was impressed by the reviews but I am also opting for a amd64 barebones system to replcae my ageing Intel willament 1.5
  • Don't just look at the cost of the CPU. The Core 2 supporting motherboards are also a bit more expensive than those that will support the AMD chips.
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