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Which AMD Processor is better ??
Name: TLGnome Date: September 17, 2003 at 21:48:12 Pacific OS: Win 98 se CPU/Ram: 1ghz Amd / 512mb
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Ok I am looking to upgrade my system shortly, and looking at two processors to buy: AMD ATHLON XP 2700 /333 FSB PROCESSOR CPU - RETAIL Specifications: CPU: 2.17 GHz Type: XP 2700 Cache: 256K Core: Thoroughbred BUS: 333MHz
Which one is the better deal, buying mostly for Gaming, going into a new machine running dual 2 Corsair 512mb DDR 333mhx mem chips, for total of 1024Gb of mem. The difference of about $120 dollars, just trying to find out what the better one will be.
Name: TMP-Man Date: September 17, 2003 at 21:52:09 Pacific
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I would pick the Tbred instead, same clock speed and you only benifit marginal difference in 512kb cache. I rather put $120 in a better video card, faster HD or 6.1 speaker instead.
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Response Number 2
Name: darkfriend Date: September 17, 2003 at 23:07:27 Pacific
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I say get the tbred. The extra money wont be worth it. If you want the big cache(which hasn't been showing much) get the 2500+. Most people oc it to 2.2 right out of the box. The 3000+ probably won't even oc THAT much higher than the 2500+ for an extra $150. Just get the tbred, same speed as 3000+, less money, anyhow I'm bablin off topic.
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Response Number 3
Name: nicholarse Date: September 18, 2003 at 03:05:55 Pacific
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get the 2500+ and overclock it to around 2.2-2.3ghz using stock vcore and stock h/s/f
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Response Number 4
Name: johnoh Date: September 18, 2003 at 05:06:47 Pacific
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The tred will oc farther.
If you're not going to oc, the difference in performance of those two chips is nowhere near $150, so I'd go with the tbred then too.
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Response Number 5
Name: firelite Date: September 18, 2003 at 08:29:01 Pacific
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take the throughbred, it much better!!!
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Response Number 6
Name: Tbird4point6LX97 Date: September 18, 2003 at 20:45:56 Pacific
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i suggest an aftermarket heatsink fan set up, something copper and at least an 80mm fan pushing more than 35 cfm
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