-=> ROSS CASSELL wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 RC> Hello WAYNE!

 RC> 27 Apr 10 03:23, you wrote to me:

 RC>> Presumably, you should be able to get one that could take lets
 RC>> say a core 2 duo for less than what I paid.

 WC> Don't get me wrong I _like_ Intel across the board however
 WC> when economics is factored in AMD is the pramatists' solution.

 WC> What is such a thing, dual core 64 bit?

 RC> Most modern processors AMD/Intel will sport dual core.

 RC> The Core 2 Duo, processor line is what was at the top of prominence of
 RC> Intels multi-core processors with 2 physical cores, what stands it
 RC> apart from a standard dual core is a faster frontside bus. Since the
 RC> new standards have been replaced by the Core i3, i5 and i7, you should
 RC> be able to pick up a mobo and a core 2 duo at a reasonable price, at
 RC> least for while.

 RC> The Core 2 duo and the Core 2 Quad core, preceeded the i series
 RC> processors.

I'll look into it but from what I've seen so far Intel stuff would cost
me at the barest of minimums 40 percent more.

I don't really care about who makes the CPU, AMD or Intel 
but I do vastly appreciate Intel manufactured motherboards.

Same as the post before, I'll compare price and if I must accept an inferior
quality mother board and have to replace it from time to time
that's what I'll have to do due to pragmatic cost considerations.

The local dealer prefers AMD Biostar however that may well be due to the fact
they
give him no problem loading dual Phoenix Linux - Win 7.

MSI motherboards with ATI Radeon I'm seriously looking at as one in my short 
term bookmarks folder has one with a user satisfaction rating of 97 percent.

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