Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 09:07:43 -0500 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Dude Dude <pheeleep@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cpu choice Message-ID: <419F4FAF.8090005@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY17-F25758408AC0D0C4CA41CB5CBC40@phx.gbl> References: <BAY17-F25758408AC0D0C4CA41CB5CBC40@phx.gbl>
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Dude Dude wrote: > i've a Athlon XP 1.8 and i want to rebuild my system. > I was thinking in a AMD athlon barton 3.1 and a good socket A mobo like > Asus A7N8X E-Deluxe, howvere barton is not anymore avaiable at the market, > so what you think i shuld do ? www.newegg.com has the "Athlon XP 3200+ Barton, 400MHz FSB, 512K Cache" for $170, as well the other FSB speeds of 333 and 266 MHz. You undoubtedly could find other vendors which have them as well. > Buy a socket 939 board and a Athlon64 3.2 > or > Buy a socket A board and sempron 2.8 > or > Buy a socket 752 board and a sempron 3.1 ?? If you are willing to replace your MB and get new RAM as well as getting a new CPU, then going to AMD-64 is reasonable. If you want to continue to use your existing MB and memory, then simply get a faster socket A CPU. -- -Chuck
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