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Shuttle PCs: AMD or Intel?

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Kagato Obsidian

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I'm in the market for a new shuttle PC, and I'm wondering which is the best route to take. I'd like to get the best bang for the buck - I'd like to build a shuttle that supports 64 bit processing and PCI express graphics. Which is the best route to take, AMD or Intel? I'll be using this mostly as a gaming rig, but I also do graphics work.
 
everything=amd.

Has been awhile since Intel was significantly better at anything. Factor in x2 and the typical intel price premium and it is hard to recommend them to anybody, for anything---well, pentium M for mobiles might still be getting the nod.
 
i think if you are gonna be doing an SFF, AMD would be the way to go purely from a power consumption and heat disapation standpoint, as you have very little space in there to work with.

it also performs terrificly. i would go for an X2 3800+ or higher if you can afford it :)

edit: i believe that everything from 865 up supports 64bit... but only 915 up supports teh 6XX series of chips... and Dual Core Intel requires the use of a 945 or 955 chipset, 915 and 925 do not support it.
 
I just made this decision about a week ago. I went AMD specifically to use an X2 on my new system.

If you went Intel, the SD31P looks very similar and hopefully your temps will be as low as the AMD equivelant. You will pay a 100 dollar premium, but that may be the offset of the processor cost difference.
 
eastvillager said:
everything=amd.

Has been awhile since Intel was significantly better at anything. Factor in x2 and the typical intel price premium and it is hard to recommend them to anybody, for anything---well, pentium M for mobiles might still be getting the nod.
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Isn't the high-end intel still better than the x2 in media encoding and the like?
 
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