Hey i have a budget of $130 i can spend on a CPU i want to get the biggest bang for my buck. I also want to stay with amd. What cpu should i get. I want the fastesst one i can get. Also does a 333 fsb have a big advatage over a 266 if im running 2700 ddr? Thanks

here is for the barton 2500 333 FSB http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=19-103-379&DEPA=1 1700 xp 266 FSB http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=19-103-351&DEPA=1 chilly charlie

For $140 total you can get the new nforce2 ultra 400 motherboard plus a cpu that overclocks higher than the 3200+ is at stock speed. http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=13-138-227&refer=pricewatch http://www.svc.com/lqtamdxp17tb.html Any amd cpu can be set to run at any fsb the motherboard can handle as long as the motherboard allows multiplier adjusting. The faster the cpu the more vital memory speed becomes. "big advantage" is probably too strong a term though. If you were to ask is pc2700 worth the extra bucks over pc2100 the answer imo is yes, but if you already had the pc2100 there is not enough advantage to justify chucking the pc2100 and buying new faster memory. There has been more talk of late about buying higher quality memory since it is true that cheap/generic is unreliable in a dual channel system, but since amd cpus do not really benefit from dual channel I don't know why you wouldn't buy a low priced $65 512mb stick of pc3500 and hope it runs at 433mhz like its supposed to or at least comes close to it, then set your fsb to match it. If I had to make a bet as to what is the best odds bang for the buck system right now it would be the biostar nforce2 ultra 400 board above for $83 (it was only $80 a couple days ago), the svc.com $60 1700+ that oc's to 2.4g or higher, a 512mb stick of pc3500 for $65-$70 from whoever, then experiment to find the max fsb and memory speed that match, figuring it will be between 200 and 230, then run the system at 11x220 or whatever. That's $200 for mobo, cpu, memory.

the first half of johnohs is interesting but on newegg the 1700 is 42 bucks not 59 so you'd save 17 bucks getting from the same place

but the 1700 is pretty old and i realy dont know jack about OC nor do i even want to. I have the $140 and i want to use it all on a cpu. I guess what im really asking is should i get the 2600 333 cpu? Is it good? Right now i have a 1800 and i kind of want a little faster one. Im building an intire new system with a a7n8x mobo. So with that said, is a 2600 333 a good buy?

then go with the 2500 barton itis cool and faster...I had a pally 2000+ amd and it was a nice difference. plus with the xtra 256 k cache is nice...just my opinion

"on newegg the 1700 is 42 bucks not 59" there have been four 1700s (oc means oc limit with standard cooling) 1) palomino 1700+, 5%-10% oc 2) tbred a 1700+, 10%-15% oc 3) tbred b 1700+, 30%-40% oc 4) tbred b 1700+, 60%-70% oc line 3 has "dut3c" in the prodcut number and is 1.6v, line 4 has "dlt3c" in the product number and is 1.5v newegg is selling line 3 for $42 svc.com is selling line 4 for $59