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- May 11, 2003
hi, i've been a long time intel fan, and i'm finally going to upgrade my computer again
i was thinking about going AMD this time to try it out cause people say it's a better 'bang for the buck'. I've been doing my homework on this and it seems like the barton core is better in most opinions.
1.) how does this stack up to the athlon xp? I was thinking about both of them as 2800+ 333 FSB
2.)the barton 2800 is running at 2.083Ghz with a 333 FSB it's about $220. An intel for the same price gets you between a 2.6Ghz and 2.8Ghz with a 533 FSB. How does this compare?
3.) Also what is a good motherboard for a barton? Something good, reliable and not to pricey, and is PC3500 good enough for RAM?
Thanks a lot, i need this info from you guys to make up my mind on what to buy.
i was thinking about going AMD this time to try it out cause people say it's a better 'bang for the buck'. I've been doing my homework on this and it seems like the barton core is better in most opinions.
1.) how does this stack up to the athlon xp? I was thinking about both of them as 2800+ 333 FSB
2.)the barton 2800 is running at 2.083Ghz with a 333 FSB it's about $220. An intel for the same price gets you between a 2.6Ghz and 2.8Ghz with a 533 FSB. How does this compare?
3.) Also what is a good motherboard for a barton? Something good, reliable and not to pricey, and is PC3500 good enough for RAM?
Thanks a lot, i need this info from you guys to make up my mind on what to buy.