Which Barebones Unit

[Lyrrad]

Hi
I'm looking at the following barebones units from Novatech.

It's for my father, and he will mainy be using it for web browsing, word docs, a bit of online gaming (bridge etc).

The tech rep at Novatech said go for Intel, as the AMD quad core will not be utilised, and would be inefficient Does that make sense? Have I understood what he is saying?

My choices are:


1. Novatech Barebone Bundle - Intel E6700 - 4GB DDR3 1333Mhz - Intel G41 Motherboard - 4 Bay ATX Tower Case & PSU

2. Novatech Barebone Bundle - AMD II X4 640 Quad Core - 4GB DDR3 1333Mhz - AMD 760G Motherboard With Onboard ATI Radeon 3000- 4 Bay ATX Tower Case & PSU


The price difference is small enough not to be a factor.

Thanks in advance for all feedback.

[dasteph]

Hi
I'm looking at the following barebones units from Novatech.

It's for my father, and he will mainy be using it for web browsing, word docs, a bit of online gaming (bridge etc).

The tech rep at Novatech said go for Intel, as the AMD quad core will not be utilised, and would be inefficient Does that make sense? Have I understood what he is saying?

My choices are:


1. Novatech Barebone Bundle - Intel E6700 - 4GB DDR3 1333Mhz - Intel G41 Motherboard - 4 Bay ATX Tower Case & PSU

2. Novatech Barebone Bundle - AMD II X4 640 Quad Core - 4GB DDR3 1333Mhz - AMD 760G Motherboard With Onboard ATI Radeon 3000- 4 Bay ATX Tower Case & PSU


The price difference is small enough not to be a factor.

Thanks in advance for all feedback.

other than the cpu differance both systems appear to be the same so if i had the chioce and as you say price is not a factor i would go for the quad core set up. as far as inefficientcy i can only assume he means that it would not be using the pc to its maximum.

[bumble]

my advice would be go for the quad

you may not fully utilise it now...but you never know what you may want to use it for later on

just my 2 pennys worth

[Lyrrad]

Yeah went for quad