I was a huge Duron fan as well, then I realised that a 1 gig duron was only 10 bucks AU less then a 1 gig athlon..
then I went nuts and got a 1.4,, now I want a athlonXP MP 1800+ very nice indeed.. still faster then a 2 gig P4. and multiprocessor capable.. imagine a dual setup with two of those puppies, very nice for a ix86 system... gotta love that.. rgds frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Arthur H. Johnson II Sent: Saturday, 3 November 2001 7:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Pentium IV I would recommend the Durons myself. I love them so much. Put a ton of RAM on them and they race like a champ. On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, David E. Fox wrote: > > I'm thinking (actually I've already ordered) a new motherboard and an intel > > pentium IV chip. > > Personally speaking you're way better off with an Athlon system. Intel > brought out the IV far too quickly IMHO and from reading others' comments, > they really botched the design. Athlons of a lower clock frequency can > easily outperform higher-clocked IVs, and the Athlon is a far cheaper > solution. The downside - you have to get a different mb for the Athlon, > but that's probably true of the IV as well. Durons are cheaper still, but > the lack of the extra cache that the Athlon provides can stall things. > > Athlons (particularly with respect to AMD's heat sink, if you get a > retail boxed version of the processor) can be hard to install because > it's difficult to put on the heat sink if you're not experienced in > working that. I saw a tech do it easily and I was amazed -- but then > again, he had a proper tool. I got ouch all over my fingers :). > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > David E. Fox Thanks for letting me > [EMAIL PROTECTED] change magnetic patterns > [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- Arthur H. Johnson II [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Linux Box http://www.linuxbox.nu
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