On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 07:44, Dave Phillips wrote: > Greetings: > > A client has asked me to get some opinions regarding AMD CPUs and > recommended motherboards. He's planning to replace an SMP system that > has apparently never worked quite right. He doesn't want another SMP > mobo, and a friend is advising him to go with a uniprocessor system > built around a recent AMD CPU. The recent JACK problem with AMD CPUs was > a revelation for me: I'd never had any problems with AMD chips, but now > I'm feeling reluctant to recommend them. Am I just being paranoid, or > are there particular reasons to go with Intel instead of AMD ? My > client is considering a P4 instead of the AMD, hence this infoquest... > Just so I can chirp in... Also Athalon XP 2500. Newer (ish) mobo..Shuttle A39KN. I'm also overclocking the sucker slightly at 1908mhz and it's seemingly stable. Foobar on Pentium! :) I gave up spending the extra $100 smackers on them things 3 boxes ago. R~ > Also, what's a recommended motherboard ? Are there any mobos that > should definitely be avoided ? > > TIA for any help you guys can proffer, it's much appreciated. > > Best regards, > > dp > >
