SEOMike - 1:39 pm on Dec 1, 2004 (gmt 0)

"I like Intel because they keep to their roadmap", "I like AMD because they allow Via, SiS et al to make mobo chipsets", "I like Intel because they offer a range of technologies going beyond CPUs and mobos - like network cards, SCSI RAID controllers etc", "I don't like Intel because they tried to force a proprietory RAM (RDRAM) on a reluctant market"... etc The AMD overheating is what you believe happened. Fair enough. If it was a heat issue - it may not be the AMD products themselves. The level of skill involved in properly designing and building a PC is far above most PC builders today. No personal offence but do you know how much of heat your CPU was generating? How to calculate the heat generated by the AMD CPUs you were using? How to build adequate ventilation? The heat dissipation capacity of the PSU fans and other fans in your systems? In fact, did you even know the CFM of air flowing through the case? Did you have full control of the airflow in the system or did you have air leaking in from cracks at the bottom/rear? Or did you just bung in what you thought was a good CPU heatsink and fan and keep your fingers crossed? If you did you can't accurately blame the "motherboard or something" in the AMD technologies. The PCs probably worked, whether they were built to a high quality standard is another matter.

I do not appreciate the personal attacks. I don't know why you choose to insinuate that I am a moron. Is that your general view of sucessful business people? That they really don't know what they are doing and there is no reason for their success?

All systems I installed were maintained by my staff on a regular basis based on their envrionments. And yes, I did know how much heat the CPU was generating because I'm not an idiot. My staff and I were trained professionals with educations in PC& Network hardware and maint. We had all the proper utilities, software, and knowledge to build top quality systems. To that end, I sold the company for a large profit and was able to pay each of my 4 employees a 5 digit (US) bonus for their hard work over the years. And yes, I still had plenty of money left over.

Next time please keep your personal attacks and heckling to yourself as that's not constructive.

Evinrude:

I'm not a zealot for anything processor or os or whatever, I just like what I use.

Thank you for your comment. That's my exact position even though it's being twisted by another member here.

I hope this thread can take on a positive, informative note... but I doubt it. Apparantly some people aren't mature enough to talk about the issues without making personal attacks and they end up ruining it for everyone. What a shame.