Which CPU?

[Mehbs]

Hi,

I'm planning to purchase the NF7 v2.0 mobo but am unsure as to which Athlon CPu to get. Do I go for the XP2600 (Thunderbird core) or the new XP2500 (Barton core)? Does anyone know which would be the better one for overclocking? I'm inclined to go for the Barton core CPU but am not sure how far it'll go when overclocking.

Any useful advice appreciated.

Mehbs
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[Mehbs]

Thanks for the info Lee. I guess it's gonna be the 2500+ for me then!

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"Lee" wrote:

From what i seen in here people have easy hit 2400mhz with the 2500+ barton, also the barton has 512kb l2 cache full speed which gives it the edge over the xp2600. I would buy the 2500+ barton personally.

On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 14:08:00 +0100, "Mehbs"
had the will to write:

Hi,

I'm planning to purchase the NF7 v2.0 mobo but am unsure as to which

Athlon

CPu to get. Do I go for the XP2600 (Thunderbird core) or the new XP2500 (Barton core)? Does anyone know which would be the better one for overclocking? I'm inclined to go for the Barton core CPU but am not sure how far it'll go when overclocking.

Any useful advice appreciated.

Mehbs
(remove the no.spam when replying)

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Lee