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To settle the argument over the best CPUs, there will be a Desktop War. The rules in this war is that your PC must cost $1000 or lower. It must consist of the desktop and the components inside. CCB056 will be the judge on which PCs beat it. In the prices, include shipping and taxes if any. Also have hyper links on your objects.
PS: You will use Intel CPU-based PCs.

Here is mine:
$25.00 Case
$105.50 Antec True550
$61.99 Shuttle AN35N Ultra
$193.15 AMD Athlon XP 3200 (All 3200s are the same, the company this one is from forgot to put 400MHz FSB.)
$10.00 AMD Athlon XP 3200 Heatsink
$8.00 Artic Silver 5
$168.00 2 512MB Corsair PC3200 (800MHz)
$310.00 nVidia PNY GeForce FX 5950 Ultra w/ 256MB DDR
$66.00 Western Digital 40GB Hard Drive w/ 8MB Cache
$31.00 Lite-On 16x DVD-ROM Drive
Total: $978.64

ok since no one wants to take up your sorry callenge i will so you how much better Intel is:

keyfeatures
3.0 P4 prescott
1gb ram (1stick is better than 2)
PCI Express
DDR2
Dual layer DVD burner +/-
video capture card (video input)

3.0 P4 prescott w/ HT + Motherboard + heatsink $356 /w S&H
550 watt power suppy with 120mm fan $18 buxs free s&h
1gb stick, not 2 sticks wasting your upgradiblity of 533 ddr2 $224 with ship
120gb SATA maxtor with 8mb cache $80 buxes free ship
case 11bay free ship, $26 bones
ATI x600 pci express 256mb dvi and s-video $125
24buxes video capture card, watch tv, etc.
64 dollars for 16x dual layer DVD burner

all 917 us greens! including s&h


better and still cheaper.

I like you going with precott but ATI...EWW!!!

This post is really outdated.
Most of my links don't exist anymore.

AMD64s now rule the market.

If you want, I can make a new "desktop war."

Tebow2000, ATI is the Intel VPU.
nVidia is for AMD fans.

Here is my updated system:
$70.99 AeroCool AeroEngine-C SS
$94.49 Antec True480Blue
$117.99 Gigabyte GA-K8NS Ultra-939
$149.00 AMD Athlon 64 3000 (90nm)
$39.98 Gigabyte 3D Rocket Cooler
$129.98 OCZ Dual 256MB PC-3200 Enhanced Latency Series Dual Channeled Optimized RAMs
$228.99 XFX nVidia GeForce 6600GT AGP
$93.19 Western Digital 120GB 8MB Cache 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
$67.99 Lite-On SOHW-1633S Black (16X Dual Layer DVD Burner)

Total: $993.10

Also, 2 sticks is better than 1. Ever thought about dual channel. Your RAM speed is only 533MHz while mine is 800MHz.

it's the other way around buddy.. Intel has made tons of bonds with nvidia... Get over it, Intel has the best marketing department out there..lol

But AMD is still closer to nVidia until nVidia launches their Intel chipset.
Intel is closer to ATI bacause ATI is more popular than nVidia like Intel is more popular than AMD.

used to be long ago, but nvidia wasnt much popular back then, now intel has their own, and has used nvidia for a while, i have seen amd boards with ATI also.

ATI's chipsets are universal.
nVidia's chipsets are only AMD until 2005.

wow, about 1 and 1/2 months...

Can't wait.
I like the idea of nVidia going universal, being a universal person myself.

Remember, SLI will be included!

Can't wait. Very Happy
I like the idea of nVidia going universal, being a universal person myself.

Remember, SLI will be included! Cool

and you call yourself an amd fan?[/quote]

AMD is all about being universal.
nVidia teaming up with Intel will help AMD out.

For the Desktop wars they should use nVidia's 6600, about 200usd and gets about 33 FPS on Doom 3 with graphics maxed out, its better then ATI ritght now with its 200usd card only getting in the high 20's in FPS

Well here is mine arriving Wed.

AMD 64 90nm 3200+
Thermalright XP-90 w/ 90mm Fan
MSI K8N Neo2 Plat.
1GB OCZ EL Platinum PC-3200 2-2-2-5 TCCD
ATi X800 XT PE

All I can say is that I will wipe the floor completely w/ you IntelFanboys

SLaY3r wrote:Well here is mine arriving Wed.

AMD 64 90nm 3200+
Thermalright XP-90 w/ 90mm Fan
MSI K8N Neo2 Plat.
1GB OCZ EL Platinum PC-3200 2-2-2-5 TCCD
ATi X800 XT PE

All I can say is that I will wipe the floor completely w/ you IntelFanboys

Yeah pretty much. And hey, new concept...running at full load under OMG....45C!!!!!!

LVS

Yeah pretty much. And hey, new concept...running at full load under OMG....45C!!!!!!

LVS

More like running full load @ 40C. I will also have 6 X 80mm Fans on my new case as well.

all that cost under 1000 usd?

The_Man wrote:all that cost under 1000 usd?

Probably waay more than 1k on that one... big part of that will be the AMD64 and the X800 PE

Comanche wrote:

The_Man wrote:all that cost under 1000 usd?

Probably waay more than 1k on that one... big part of that will be the AMD64 and the X800 PE

It costs ~1400. I bought the XT PE awhile ago. W/O the XT PE everythings costs 900. The CPU only costs 200.

$93.75 MSI K8N NEO4-F NFORCE4 ULTRA CHIPSET SOCKET 939 DUAL CHANNEL DDR400 SATA RAID PCI-EXPRESS PLATFORM W/ GbLAN USB2.0 & 7.1AUDIO $261 AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 512K (939) $291 RADEON X800 256MB PCI-Express DVI/TVO or nVIDIA $289 GeForce 6800 Video Card, 256MB DDR, 256-Bit, HDTV-Out/ DVI, PCI-Express, Model "PX6800TDH-256MB $43.72 Xcase 724D Black ATX Mid Tower Case w/Z Web Open Window 550W Power Supply $35.54 Thermaltake SilentTower Heatpipe Cooler $ 2.95 Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound 3.5g Tube $77 Western Digital 160GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive WD 160.0GB 7200RPM Serial ATA 8MB Buffer $52.00 8x ND-2510A Internal EIDE/ATAPI Dual Layer DVD/RW/CD-R/RW Drive Burner 8X DVD-R 4X DVD-RW 8X DVD+R 4X DVD+RW 12X DVD-ROM 32X CDR 16X CDRW 40X CD-ROM $160 1 GB (2 pcs 512) DDR (500) PC-4000 SimpleTech sure that's $1016.96 ATI or $1013.96 via NVidia but what's a few bucks Might try the $10 cooling fan for it no biggy there. That'd put you under the mark easy! Now as far as making a P4 system for this price nope no way! I wouldn't get much of the preformance as I would this system! I started PC's as an Intel guy (80286) whent to Cirix in the 386-486 era, AMD 486-DX2 66 then Pentium 60 (OC'd 90) then AMD 133, 300, 500, 1.4ghz, dual 1.9ghz, 2.8ghz that's my Personal Processor history.