Best CPU for the $$$

[bullgates]

Hi All,


What do you think is the best CPU (INTEL or AMD) for the money?


All replies are very much appreciated.


Thanks in advance,


bg.....

[modular]

AMD T-birds!

[modular]

WOO HOO! I'm a catfish!

[bullgates]

Anything more specific?


I was thinking CeleronII 600 or Duron 600,

very high overclockability and they are cheap.


Thanks for the response


bg.....

[email_atif]

Well, I wasn't too sure what to suggest (especially if price matters) however, you've said that you yourself are looking at the Celeron 600 or the Duron 600. Pick up the Duron 600, it already offers more performance that the Celeron, and it can be overclocked to 900MHz without a hitch. PLEASE: Don't slack off by purchasing crappy RAM and a cheap power supply. Pay the extra money, get some Crucial CAS2 PC133 SDRAM and a 300W Power Supply (Preferably certified by AMD) For fan suggestions, ask around, I use a TaiSol, and my temperature under a full load is 109 Degrees Farenheit (43 Degrees Celsius) Not too good, not dangerous either.

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[x] 3dfx

[FaTs]

Yes a Duron 600 or 650 would be very good they should hit 900-950 . 1ghz if you know what you are doing. The Celeron II is not worth buying if you need a new board it offers lower clock for clock performance than duron. It's overclocking abilities are also m/b limited.

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Baron Von FaTs
OC Crusaders
Cel 600@1143 (9x127)
TBird 1100@1300(12.5x104)

[Vindir]

Originally posted by FaTs:
Yes a Duron 600 or 650 would be very good they should hit 900-950 . 1ghz if you know what you are doing. The Celeron II is not worth buying if you need a new board it offers lower clock for clock performance than duron. It's overclocking abilities are also m/b limited.

Well said. The celerons around that speed are excellent overclockers, but so are Durons. As well at default speed and most average overclocked speeds the duron will wipe the floor with the celeron.

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[Colt]

What you get for the buck there is no doubt its amd all the way

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750 Athlon Classic O\C to 1090MHz (going for the 1.1G)
Water cooled pelts
Abit KA7-100
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Voodoo5 5500
Kenwood 72x
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Cambridge Soundworks 5.1 Digital Speaker System
Yamaha 8\4\24 Burner
And the list goes on

[Darth]

A nice cheap 600 duron with a decent board like the A7V..some crucial cas2..good overclocking at a reasonable price..plus you could always throw a tbird in their later..

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T-bird 900@1050 w/fop38
Asus A7V
256 mb crucial cas2 pc133
Radeon 64 ddR
pioneer 16x dvd
soundblaster live value
IBM deskstar ata 100 60 gig
IBM deskstar ata 100 30 gig
HP9100 8/4/32
addtronics 6890 full tower case (painted silver) w/ 400w PS

[Newbie-Overclocker]

A duron 600 a celeron 566-600 a p3 550E or 750E and a T-BIRD 750-800 all are very cheap and OC great.

If u dont wanna OC I would go with the p3 866 or T-BIRD 900

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46gig IBM ATA100 HD
30gig IBM ATA100 HD
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voodoo tv 200
19" KDS True flat Monitor

Dual p3 600s @
864Mhz=1.728ghz!
dual fop 38s 39c full load LOUD
1.95volts on each
256megs cas2 micron
9.1 ATLAS 10,000RPM SCSI
MSI dual bord
voodoo 5 5500 183/183
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[pnut33]

Its obvious.

First AMD performs better than any equivalent clocked and some even higher intel processor.

Second AMD is cheaper.

Anymore questions?

Dont buy into the Intel marketing.

[Darth]

Originally posted by pnut33:
Its obvious.

First AMD performs better than any equivalent clocked and some even higher intel processor.

Second AMD is cheaper.

Anymore questions?

Dont buy into the Intel marketing.

Nailed it right on the head!!

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T-bird 900@1050 w/fop38
Asus A7V
256 mb crucial cas2 pc133
Radeon 64 ddR
pioneer 16x dvd
soundblaster live value
IBM deskstar ata 100 60 gig
IBM deskstar ata 100 30 gig
HP9100 8/4/32
addtronics 6890 full tower case (painted silver) w/ 400w PS

[Bugspit]

A vote for Duron.

my $.02

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[bluesfusion]

Since equally clocked Durons kill Celerons, how can anyone even recommend a Celeron?
A Duron 700 will eat a Celeron 800 for breakfast and costs much less. So its Duron all the way. Funnily enough, Duron 600, 650 and 700 all cost the same these days (about $50), Duron 750 costs $60. So the sweet spot right now is a Duron 700 or 750. Celerons suck. Period.

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[FaTs]

Originally posted by bluesfusion:
Since equally clocked Durons kill Celerons, how can anyone even recommend a Celeron?
A Duron 700 will eat a Celeron 800 for breakfast and costs much less. So its Duron all the way. Funnily enough, Duron 600, 650 and 700 all cost the same these days (about $50), Duron 750 costs $60. So the sweet spot right now is a Duron 700 or 750. Celerons suck. Period.

700@850
600@1143 hmm which one.......

When i posted it should have been the end of topic Duron 600/650 . ABit KT7a-Raid or ASUS A7Va.

Topic finished good night all plz come again soon

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Baron Von FaTs
OC Crusaders
Cel 600@1143 (9x127)
TBird 1100@1300(12.5x104)

[This message has been edited by FaTs (edited February 06, 2001).]