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| Author: | John_Doe [ Thu Jun 17, 2004 1:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | what new cpu to choose? |
Currently have AMD Athlon XP 2000+ 1.67GHz and think it's going kinda slow at times. Not sure what new one to choose though: AMD Athlon XP 3000+ 2.167GHz, Socket A 333Mhz Bus, 512Kb, Barton - BULK Prize: 1 055,- or AMD Athlon XP 3200+ 2.2GHz, Socket A 400Mhz Bus, 512Kb, Barton - BULK Prize: 1 540,- What I'm wondering is if there's any noticable difference in 3200+ ? The Hz difference aint very much, but it got that 400Mhz bus... The prize is 50% more though... waddajasay? |
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| Author: | PC_Arcade [ Thu Jun 17, 2004 2:07 pm ] |
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The 400 Mhz bus will make a big difference (assuming your RAM can handle it) but that's a BIG difference in price. |
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| Author: | spudthedestroyer [ Thu Jun 17, 2004 4:08 pm ] |
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Yes, for power to price ratio its undoubtedly in favour of the 3000+. If your holding out, I'd wait for the 64 + PCI-E evolution, it really just is on the horizon. PCI-E is really, really fast... I mean this thing has made GFX cards look like a huge bottleneck. And 64 bit processors are coming down in price. I guess this is just a budget machine though? In that case I'd go for the XP 3000+ if it was my choice... 
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| Author: | John_Doe [ Thu Jun 17, 2004 5:56 pm ] |
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but those new 64bit cpus would require a new Mobo right? |
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| Author: | spudthedestroyer [ Thu Jun 17, 2004 6:55 pm ] |
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yup, but imo updating cpu on its own is pretty wasteful. Save up some pennies and update everything is a better way to go. Costs a bit more, but you get a huge boost over a small one you'll get. |
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