Max Leung
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Yep that's right...AMD CPUs tend to run hot, and are very sensitive to heatsink mounting because of the chip's packaging (one little square raised above the rest of the chip compared to intel where the entire chip makes contact with the heatsink).
AMD is great for keeping costs down...you can build a very fast gaming rig for a few hundred dollars cheaper than an equivalent P4 rig. But you need to be careful putting it together!
If I were building a dedicated server machine, I'd go Intel for the robustness. The game machine will have AMD and have the short life-span.
AMD is great for keeping costs down...you can build a very fast gaming rig for a few hundred dollars cheaper than an equivalent P4 rig. But you need to be careful putting it together!
If I were building a dedicated server machine, I'd go Intel for the robustness. The game machine will have AMD and have the short life-span.