amd athlon xp 2000+ VS intell p4 northwood

Hi all ,
i have to chose between 2 pc's

1st is a older ibm net vista w/a p4 northwood 2.0 //768 pc2100 ram//ati 9550 128 meg 8x agp

2nd is (not built yet) amd athlon 2000+(think its a palimino) in a asus a7nx8 rev. 1.04// same ram as above as well as video

my question is as a N00B to the OC world with a small OC ,will the amd preform better than the stock non overclockable ibm PC??

thanx in advance

hello ne one out there??-lol

I would go AMD, thats a nice mainboard, and nice for upgrading if you come across a cheap Barton sometimes in the future.

th3 said:

I would go AMD, thats a nice mainboard, and nice for upgrading if you come across a cheap Barton sometimes in the future.

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I'd go with the AMD if you have no other choice...

I'd rather get this setup though:

Celeron-L 420 $45
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116040
Gigabyte P35 DS3L $100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128059
2 x 512mb cheap ddr 667 ram.
or 1 stick of ddr667 $25 after mir
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146580
MSI 8600GT $110
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127293
Hitachi 80gig harddrive $41
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145069
cheap but decent psu. ex. 450VX corsair. $60 after MIR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139003&Tpk=450vx
If you don't game, you can even step down to a G33 chipset mobo with onboard video.
ex. MSI mobo $92
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130120

sorry bud but i shoulda said im doing this from spare parts as my first OC attempt