I ALWAYS preffer to stick with stuff that's been out about 6 months to 1 year, at least.
From long experience, there's usually much less bugs and issues that way, and you get to read folks personal reviews on Ebuyer etc :)

I stick with Intel 'cause their stuff works, even if they are goat-scroggling rip-off artists :p
But competition keeps 'em keen so hey I need folk buying AMD, too ;)

 

any word on the stability of the 4gig RAM chips, folks?

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