t-bird or xp

[NewbiePerson]

This has probably been posted before
Just to lazy to go through all posts with slow 56k
At newegg they have a xp1600 for about the same price as a t-bird 1.4ghz with ayhja stepping (spelled wrong probably, but you know) I went to the cpu overclocking list
looks like the 1.4 get up there more than the xp probably because multipler is already unlocked.. Anyways I'm looking for the one that will give me the biggest boost in game performance
On toms they had the 1.4 being beaten by the xp1600 by a little over 100 points...... but if I can overclock the 1.4 up pretty high also I'm not going to get a new mobo forawhile
and well right now my bus doesn't run stable through 3dmark even with a 140bus (I think its my psu going to order that from newegg too) and thats a unlocked 850.....
tried lowering multipler, setting 4x to 2x and a few other things cas to 3 still didn't run stable.......
anyways xp or t-bird?
Thanks

[Jon]

XP.

My 1.4 Tbirds are both overclocked to 1.6GHz and still come up short when compared to an XP 1600 at default.

[Jester1]

Xp they run cooler and they still overclock just as good :) its just harder to unlock them :D

[LutaWicasa]

Another XP vote. They quite simply outperform our old Tbirds :)

[nikhsub1]

And you get the added benefit of SSE with XP. You should be able to get a 1600 to 1.6 Ghz with just the FSB and good cooling (MCX462, Alpha 8045 or the like.)

[NewbiePerson]

Thanks everyone

[reidroach]

id go w/ xp as it supports sse technology ! heard it is a great chip!

[f155mph]

XP but you will probably have to buy a new board and DDR.

[NewbiePerson]

I have a asus a7v133
The bios update said it gave me xp support so, should be alright and newegg got new shipment of 1700 xp in
$128 w shipping I think I will pick one of those up

[explorer]

Sounds like you made a good choice, good luck

[Arkaine23]

XP all the way!!!!