Which is a better system??

[Missing the point]

These are for my dad at work, and they do mostly Accounting Programs, and large databases.

Here are the contestants:


In the Red Corner:


PIII 667 FC-PGA
128MB PC133 Ram
17" ATX Case
Panasonic 48X CDROM
Panasonic 1.44MB Floppy
Maxtor 20.4 7200RPM hard drive
Fujitsu Keyboard
MS Wheel Mouse
Asus CUV4X
3Com Ethernet Card
SB 128 PCI
ATI XPERT@98 8MB AGP

Total: $ 1236.33


In the Blue Corner:

AMD ThunderBird 750
ATX 17" Case
128MB PC133 Ram
Panasonic 1.44MB Floppy
Maxtor 20GB 7200RPM Hard Drive
Fujitsu Keyboard
MS Wheel Mouse
Asus A7V Motherboard
3Com Ethernet Card
SB 128 PCI
AT XPERT@98 8MB AGP

Total: 1166.79


Which will be the winner? Well, I like the TBird one better, and what I plan to do is, trade the TBird 750 for my Duron 650, and get a Duron 650 in the other computer http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

I get a TBird 750 then http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/biggrin.gif

What is the strengths and weaknesses of each computer?

Thanks for any input!!!

[drn]

Well both of them will do the trick that needs to be done but if it were my dad i would get him to go with the Tbird so you can do the switcharo with the cpu and over clock his to 750 so he would be none the wiser along with his boss

[otheos]

It is obvious that for his use he should stick to the cheaper system which also happens to be the faster (by far) of the two.

EDIT: That'll be the AMD system. (to be clear)

[This message has been edited by otheos (edited 11-27-2000).]

[Dputiger]

Unless I'm mistaken, memory bandwidth, memory speed, and FPU power are most important for a number-crunching system, especially one making frequent hits on the memory system for large numbers, as a huge database would.

In all thsoe cases your Thunderbird is the better choice.

[Missing the point]

Thanks for agree'n with me http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

DRN, he IS the boss http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif


I am pretty sure he will be getting the TBird one http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[Gomer]

Is there no CD drive in the TBird? Tat could present a problem eh? Probably just a typo but even if it isn't I think the TBird is the way to go.

[Missing the point]

Yeah, thats a Typo, even though the company that made the pricelist listed it without a CDROM, and with 1288 MB of ram http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/biggrin.gif For $110 bucks!! SWEET DEAL!!

hehe

[codybear]

dont forget to talk him into running rc5 for you