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AMD for gaming.Intel for video and audio processing.Then again, they both are great processors so I really doubt you'll beat yourself up over choosing one over the other.Then again, it varies in the price range.I think AMD's Sempron beats the crap out of Intel's Celeron D and certainly beats Intel's Celeron.In the Pentium 4's and Athlon 64's, they both are competitively priced and comparable performance.In dual cores and FX/EE processors, I think AMD is faster in many benchmarks but Intel's multitasking trumps AMD. Then again, benchmarks are very specific and only say one thing so it's hard to use benchmarks are reliable sources.So if you're really stuck, think about what you're doing, gaming, go with AMD. Anything else, I'd probably go with Intel. But maybe just go with what's cheaper. =X

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Oh right...*smacks head*I don't like pre-built computer ads because they are so vague. Pentium 4 doesn't mean much. Youl could be getting a 2.0 GHz or a 3.4 GHz... Also, Pentium 4 comes in three cores I think, Prescott, Northwood, and Wiliamette...or something like that... Anywho, the Prescott is the more recent one and it consumes a lot of power and generates an insane amount of heat. The Northwood is cooler, and in terms of performance, it's not that big a difference. Prescotts use 90nm technology and have more L2 cache while Northwood use 130nm and blah blah.Now the Northwood core usually uses less power and generates less heat than Athlon 64 in their price range. But Prescott loses hands down. It wasn't always like this. Before the Prescott, Intel computers generally were cooler than AMD.Or you could wait for Intel (and AMD) to release their 65 nm technology which Intel says will reduce power usage and therefore heat output.

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ok Here are some statistics:SEMPRON vs Celeron ATHLON vs PENTIUMThere decide for yourself

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AMD processors are farely easily overclocked but tend to run hot, while Intel units are generally considered more stable because they run cooler and are much harder to overclock.If you're building a system from scratch an AMD is generally the better choice because it can run at a wider range of speeds, allowing it to be used with a wider variety of components.

Edited by Lupin_IV, 11 December 2005 - 12:35 AM.

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What do you mean? Even a Celeron D has 64-bit support...unless you mean something else. Hmm...I don't know if all Celeron D's have it but I just did a quick Intel and 64-bit support processors on Newegg and the Celerons were first to show up.

Edited by AlphabetBackward, 11 December 2005 - 09:28 AM.