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Answer» Was given a Gigabyte Ga-81945G Pro BOARD which takes a Pentium D LGA775 processor.[the board is new].I have a AMD Athlon64 3500 cpu [new].My question is would i get a better system by using the Gigabyte board & buying a processor for it or would i be better off using the AMD cpu & buying the board for it.Boy, you'd better get the lid back on that can of worms.I know they are outdated: The system will be for a starterYou have a chip and a board... They won't work together. So the best way to determine which way to go would be to price out a chip for the board you have... Then price out a board for the chip you have... Then look at the performance results for one against the other and you will know where to spend your money.That's not what I meant. I just meant that in a round about way you're asking if Intel or AMD is better. At least that's what I'm getting from the question. And that's the kind of can of worms that will MAKE for a 10 page thread of arguments. It's kind of like the Ford/Chevy argument. Personally, I would get an Intel chip for the board. I'm not GOING to tell you that's the best thing, though.I know the diff:Thanks Patio.I just might get a Intel board comboQuote from: jamesj2001 on February 20, 2009, 01:18:38 PM That's not what I meant. I just meant that in a round about way you're asking if Intel or AMD is better. No he isn't. Boards and processors have different prices and supported board/chip partners, so it stands to reason that patio's reply regarding comparing the price for MATCHING items for each and comparing the performance of said combinations with their price and determining the best price/performance ratio. Of the two. It has nothing to do with "which is better". we'll leave such THINGS to Mr.Google.In my opinion the best thing for you to do is keep the mobo and ditch the processor. The amd pro that you have is the least expensive socket 939 pro that amd has. There would be many choice of pros that will work with the mobo you have. However for the price of some of the combos that are out there you might be able to find a mobo/pro combo for about the same price as a good 775 pro that might be a whole lot more expandable.Yes : keeping the board is what i will do

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Was given a Gigabyte Ga-81945G Pro BOARD which takes a Pentium D LGA775 processor.[the board is new].I have a AMD Athlon64 3500 cpu [new].My question is would i get a better system by using the Gigabyte board & buying a processor for it or would i be better off using the AMD cpu & buying the board for it.Boy, you'd better get the lid back on that can of worms.I know they are outdated: The system will be for a starterYou have a chip and a board...
They won't work together.
So the best way to determine which way to go would be to price out a chip for the board you have...
Then price out a board for the chip you have...

Then look at the performance results for one against the other and you will know where to spend your money.That's not what I meant. I just meant that in a round about way you're asking if Intel or AMD is better. At least that's what I'm getting from the question. And that's the kind of can of worms that will MAKE for a 10 page thread of arguments. It's kind of like the Ford/Chevy argument. Personally, I would get an Intel chip for the board. I'm not GOING to tell you that's the best thing, though.I know the diff:Thanks Patio.I just might get a Intel board comboQuote from: jamesj2001 on February 20, 2009, 01:18:38 PM

That's not what I meant. I just meant that in a round about way you're asking if Intel or AMD is better.

No he isn't. Boards and processors have different prices and supported board/chip partners, so it stands to reason that patio's reply regarding comparing the price for MATCHING items for each and comparing the performance of said combinations with their price and determining the best price/performance ratio. Of the two.

It has nothing to do with "which is better". we'll leave such THINGS to Mr.Google.In my opinion the best thing for you to do is keep the mobo and ditch the processor. The amd pro that you have is the least expensive socket 939 pro that amd has. There would be many choice of pros that will work with the mobo you have. However for the price of some of the combos that are out there you might be able to find a mobo/pro combo for about the same price as a good 775 pro that might be a whole lot more expandable.Yes : keeping the board is what i will do

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