Hi guys, im selling my T-bird 1.2 to my sister on June 1st. So I have a month to decide upon my next system.

Before I was sold that I would just buy an Xp processor and be done with it. But I noticed that the p4 when overclocked to 2+ ghz, it becomes faster in many apps then the athlonXP.

So I could pick up a 1.6A and hope that it hits 2+ ghz, or else pick up a Xp1900+ and overclock it very moderately(too damn hot to really push)

Either way, im gonna run a mobo with DDR ram, not rambus. So ddr333 would be my ram of choice. So im sure this affects the p4 system's performance?

Can someone out there recommend whats my best route for performance? I do a lot of musical editing (Cubase VST, Sonar) and 3d graphics work (3dsmax,lightwave)

Keeping in mind, ill use this with DDR333(pc2700 ram), a IBM 60 gig hard drive (120gxp), midiman audiophile sound card, Geforce 3 Ti200...... mobo and processor are still up in the air.


Lastly, what are some numbers that guys are hitting with the 1.6A? I heard the odd few can hit 2.4!