In my (perhaps limited) experience tthere is no problem with the Athlon, but you hasve to be careful of the motherboard. ie chipset, including ide drivers, inbuilt sound, peripheral drivers etc. Do some research on the motherboard before you buy.
> Howdy, > > I have the problem of needing another machine going rather soon and whilst > perusing the range of components in a store in Riccarton saw a Gigabyte > board + AMD athlon 1800+ which they will combo for a price within my budget > (Actually my bosses really!!). > > As (and any flames to /dev/null) this system is likely to triple/quad boot; > has anybody on the list had serious difficulties with the Athlon(??) > processors or should I stay with Intel and smoke my budget?? > > regards, Andrew -- Nick Rout Barrister & Solicitor Christchurch, NZ Ph +64 3 3798966 Fax + 64 3 3798853 http://www.rout.co.nz
