Is it worth the extra $40?

[doublec16]

I am trying to choose a Tbird for my new computer. I notice at most places the 1.2 GHz Tbird is substantially lower in price than the 1.33 GHz (both with a 266MHz FSB).

I am wondering if the disproportionate difference in price is due mostly to the fact that people want the fastest chip out there and the stores will increase their mark up on those chips to take advantage of that, or if there is a fundamental difference in the quality of the chip in a 1.33 GHz CPU compared to 1.2 GHz. Is it more overclockable? Obviously the 1.33 will have a greater max speed but I am referring to MHz/$. Would the 1.33 be unlocked where the 1.2 is locked?

Any insight would be appreciated.

[KaHNZa]

I would say save yourself some money and get the 1.2 With good cooling you should be able to get it to 1500 or so. Almost all 1.2s are unlocked.

[toomnymods]

I just sold my 1.2ghz w/ 266fsb to a bud building a puter, and i went out and found me a 1.33ghz axia week11 with a y batch code Which is the one of the best i believe.. I ended up paying just 21 dollars more for the 1.33ghz cpu, i was gonna buy the 1.33 before, but they were sold out and i had to just settle on the 1.2 for a few weeks.. luckily i got all my money out of what i paid for it...Ohh by the way yes i noticed most if not all 1.33's are factory unlocked mine was.. also supposedly the average overclockability speed listed in the cpu database for the 1.33 is 1517.. But I'm sure if you get a good cooler or use watercooling u could possibly get it up to 1580-1600 mhz. That's the area I'm shooting for soon as i ditch my Asus a7m266 motherboard (has no damn clock multiplier) probably getting either the Abit Kg7-raid or the gigabyte 7dxr Both are fully overclockable plus have onboard raid with more than 2 ddr dimm slots, hehe
hope some of this info helps bro..

System Specs:
Asus A7m266
Amd 1.33ghz Axia week 11 w/ 266fsb
Swiftech 462b cooler
512mb pc2100 ddrsdram
Windows 2k w/ Sp2 installed
Ls-120 Superdisk
Kenwood 72x cd-rom
Yamaha 16x10x40 cd-rw
Soundblaster Live Platinum 5.1

[Yomama]

As long as they are AXIA stepping code there is unlikely to be a difference in O/C potential. The smart overclocker secures a 1GHz AXIA chip - even cheaper than a 1.2.

Yo

[awol]

Yomama (May 31, 2001 09:48 p.m.):
As long as they are AXIA stepping code there is unlikely to be a difference in O/C potential. The smart overclocker secures a 1GHz AXIA chip - even cheaper than a 1.2.

Yo

i'll have to agree with yomama here. of all i've read, the axia's overclock the same regardless whether it's a 1.0, 1.2, or 1.33ghz. so just go with the 1.0 and save a few bucks...

[Megahurtz]

Perhaps the best price/performance ratio in desktop computing today is a 1Ghz T-bird with a premium stepping code.

'AXIA' with the first character of the third line a letter..'Y' is most common.

The difficult thing for some people is that they are unable to attend computer shows and hand pick their own processor. There are vendors on the web that will sell you an 'AXIA' or better stepped processor, but this typically comes at a price premium.

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