GRITS takes the Big Leap

[sage_4]

AMDs overheat and wear out too fast.

uh, i find this to be completely untrue. amd's do run hotter, but they are made to handle highertemperatures. i would never think of over clocking a pentium ever because they are great at their speeds, but overheat way easily at anything else. i have a 2100 that runs at 22 degrees celsius. i once overclocked it to a 2700 and it only went to 50 degrees, which is well within the safety zone (which is around 70 degrees celsius for the xp athlons). that's pretty tough. i'd like to see a 1.8 ghz p4 go to 2.4 ghz with nothing but air cooling and not die.

the generaly rule i go by is this: Pentiums are always a faster, but AMD's still give you more bang for your buck, and can still compete. if your not a performance perfectionist, i would save some dough and go for an amd. plus, you get a wider selection of motherboards with more options.

unless you just have a defunct processor, ive never heard of one just wearing out. motherboards wear out, not cpu's. i have a 12 year old 50mhz laptop that i still use for word processing sometimes. runs like a dream.

that is my 2 cents. there are way too many nerds for us to all help out:P.