Time for a new CPU....

[3DMike]

I had a small accident this weekend while swapping my heatsink for a Thermalright AX-7. Yup, you guessed it the poor little core got cracked and fried as soon as I powered up.

Nevermind.

Time for a new chip. Unfortunately I'm broke at the moment so I've ordered a Duron 1.3. Now for the questions....

Going from a T-Bird 1.0 GHz to a Duron 1.3. What kind of performance difference? I know the Duron has less on die cache, but it runs at a higher clock and uses the Morgan core. I'm thinking it will be the same if not slightly quicker than the T-Bird?

I also pressume it will run slightly cooler?

But the big question which I should have thought of sooner is this... Will the Morgan core be compatible with by motherboard? Abit KT7A-RAID? Version 1.1.

Any comments gratefully recieved.

Mike

[fletch]

i run a duron 1.2 right now, and it works fine (for regular use), but if you want to overclock or anything, or have a faster FSB, then i suggest going for a 1.4 Tbird 266 if you can

[3DMike]

Fletch....

Thanks for that info. Which version of the board are you running and with which BIOS release?

I've found that Abit's site says the v1.1 board I have doesnt support the Morgan chips, but other sites say it can work without a problem. Curious!

If I end up needing a BIOS update does anyone know who sells the BIOS chips? prefferably in the UK?

Thnx

[Exar Jun]

You can get a XP 1600+ for 56.99 shipped at newegg!

[3DMike]

Yeah but my question is will my Mobo support the Morgan core, which is the same as the Xp but without all the cache.

[Exar Jun]

From what I have seen here at oc...yes. It seems to be a good and stable combo. I have never owned KT7A so I cannot say for sure. If you don't get a response you may what to look for someone that has a kt7a and pm them. Good luck:)

[Rich_T]

Ive just upgraded from an abit kt7a v1.1 to a asus a7v333 because it never supported XP's. however, you should have no problems running the duron morgan core, look here for some a additional help: http://www.viahardware.com/faq/kt7/kt7faq.htm

Hope this helps

Rich_T

[danorthface]

isn't the Athlon XP 1600+ the same price as the Dureon 1.3 ghz?