Originally Posted by Wharbone

Well, it seems the more I research this computer build, the more confuesed I get.

Anyways, how does the AMD Athlon X2 4400+ compare to the Pentium D 950? I was surprised that the Pentium D is actually cheaper.

Here is a break down of the chips.

AMD X2 4400+ $460
2.2GHz
FSB: ?
HT: 2000MHz
L1: 128KB+128KB
L2: 2 x 1MB
Process Type: 90 nm
Hyper-Transport Support: Yes
Multimedia Instruction: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, 3DNOW! Professional

Pentium D 950 $342
3.4GHz
FSB: 800MHz
HT: ?
L1: 24KB+32KB
L2: 2 x 2MB
Process Type: 65nm
Hyper-Transport Support: No
Multimedia Instruction: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3

I honestly don't know how to interpret these numbers. Is the Pentium a faster and better processer?

Originally Posted by clickwir

The way AMD gets it's 4400 number is to say it performs at about the same speed as an Intel chip clocked at 4.4GHZ (4400MHZ).

AMD doesn't use a FSB in the traditional sence. So take the FSB: ? and HT: ? out completely, as they are not good comparison.

Here, check out this site, it'll give you a pretty good comparison between CPU's. In short, there's not a huge diffrence between them, but the AMD does come out on top.

http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.ht...=74&model2=320

Here, I compared them for you. Of the tests on that site, the AMD wins. Sometimes a lot, sometimes just by a smidge.

AMD: 11111111111111111111 20
Intel: 1111111111 10

Originally Posted by clickwir

20? Really? Lets see it.

Raptors are awesome. Fastest non SCSI drive you can get.

edit: I'd switch from Asus to the Abit AN8 Ultra. I'm partial to Abit and there's no need for SLI on that system. The rest of that system is bangin` though. I'd rock it.