Hey All,
I am looking to buy either a Barton 2500+ or Thoroughbred 2600+ CPU for the system that I'm building. Just curious about the pros and cons (2500+ has the 512k cache and 1.83ghz / 2600+ is a little faster at 2.0ghz).
What will perform better for me with stock settings and cooling? What will perform better for me if I do decide to overclock it with retail boxed HSF or possibly a cheaper HSF that I'd have to buy.
Any feedback on the CPU's performance comparisson would be great. And/or the performance comparisson (and what else I'd have to upgrade if necessary) if I want to overclock it.
USAGE:
I will mainly be using the system for regular office/home use (WinXP with OfficeXP / EMail / Web Surfing with lots of windows open at once / Downloading a lot). As well as I am a project manager at a graphic design firm (don't do that much designing myself) but when I do I want my system to perform better in Photoshop (occasionally I use other graphics programs, some video editing (input, editing and output) and an occasional 3D render - mainly just for fun) as well as transfering, storing and moving around large files / folders with a few gigs in them.
EQUIPMENT:
I'm putting the CPU into either a Gigabyte GA-7N400PRO or a PRO2 motherboard (Nvidia GEforce2 Ultra-400 chipset), with two 7200rpm Maxtor 8mb cache 80gb HD's RAID-1, ATi AIW 7500 video card, two 256mb or 512mb DDR400 ram, stock 350watt power supply....prefer not to upgrade it (or atleast not right now).
THANKS!
Cam.
:: fantom design
http://www.fantomdesign.com/
I am looking to buy either a Barton 2500+ or Thoroughbred 2600+ CPU for the system that I'm building. Just curious about the pros and cons (2500+ has the 512k cache and 1.83ghz / 2600+ is a little faster at 2.0ghz).
What will perform better for me with stock settings and cooling? What will perform better for me if I do decide to overclock it with retail boxed HSF or possibly a cheaper HSF that I'd have to buy.
Any feedback on the CPU's performance comparisson would be great. And/or the performance comparisson (and what else I'd have to upgrade if necessary) if I want to overclock it.
USAGE:
I will mainly be using the system for regular office/home use (WinXP with OfficeXP / EMail / Web Surfing with lots of windows open at once / Downloading a lot). As well as I am a project manager at a graphic design firm (don't do that much designing myself) but when I do I want my system to perform better in Photoshop (occasionally I use other graphics programs, some video editing (input, editing and output) and an occasional 3D render - mainly just for fun) as well as transfering, storing and moving around large files / folders with a few gigs in them.
EQUIPMENT:
I'm putting the CPU into either a Gigabyte GA-7N400PRO or a PRO2 motherboard (Nvidia GEforce2 Ultra-400 chipset), with two 7200rpm Maxtor 8mb cache 80gb HD's RAID-1, ATi AIW 7500 video card, two 256mb or 512mb DDR400 ram, stock 350watt power supply....prefer not to upgrade it (or atleast not right now).
THANKS!
Cam.
:: fantom design
http://www.fantomdesign.com/
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