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I have never run an AMD without some aftermarket cooling solution, so right there any price difference you would have had between the Intel and AMD chips goes out the window. Lance pointed out the thermal protection built into the P4 that on its own is worth the extra cash. The fans on the intels are very quiet, and do a great job.
Most modern AMD motherboards have thermal protection built in. If the fan fails the system shuts down.
What kind of cooling are you buying....gold plated?
I'm running a $5.99 heatsink and fan on my $87.00 XP2100 overclocked to 2.2 ghz. CPU temp is 38c after 3 hours of gaming. Heat can be a problem if you overclock but but not at stock speed's in my experience.
It's expensive to buy on the cutting edge of technology. A top of the line AMD XP3200 $439 and the top dog for Intel is the P4 3.2 ghz at $669. For that extra $220 you can get your self a damn good video card and extra memory. Or you could step down so to speak to an XP2800 for $164 and save your self even more cash to upgrade other parts of your system. Yes I am an AMD man but for good reason. Memory and motherboards for Pentium's are more expensive also.
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