CPU info

[TonyB]

I am going to upgrade my cpu from a 1.0g to the fastest the mobo will handle (1.4g). While searching for the best price, I found 2 different chips. What is the difference between an AMD Athlon (tbird) 1.4g and an AMD Athlon XP 1600+? The bus speed/L1/L2 seem to be the same. The XP is $52, the tbird is $70.

TIA

[Homer119]

XP generaly means its made to run under XP/runs the best under it/microsoft paid$$$, i my self have an AMD 2.53GHz, which runs nicely, if u go with the AMD 1.4GHz, you cant go wrong.
(ask other people to dont just listen to me)

Your Welcome.

[bwkaz]

Originally posted by Homer119
XP generaly means its made to run under XP/runs the best under it/microsoft paid$$$, No....

The XP in the Athlon's name has nothing to do with any operating system whatsoever. Nothing.

The difference between the XP1600+ and the 1.4GHz is that the XP processor is a later revision (sort of like the difference between the P2 and P3), and therefore does a few more things that help performance (like speculative caching).

As long as the chip works in your motherboard (and I think it will, but check around other places to make sure), you should have no problems.

[Godish]

XP is just there to provoke people into thinking that hey, it says Athlon XP... mmm im running windows XP... ill bet that they run really well together.... XP actually stands for eXtrme Performance. Go over to www.amd.com and check it out :D Personally im a intel kinda guy :p

[TonyB]

Thanks for the replys.... BUT, why the price difference between the XP $53 and Tbird $70...

[UnderDog138]

It's a supply/demand issue. Since the Athlon with the Palamino core (XP) is the newest mainstream CPU on the market, everybody buys those and drives the price down. CPUs with the Thunderbird core cost more because they're older and don't sell as well, thus the higher price.

Two years ago a 256 stick of PC133 SDRAM was 200 bucks, now I can get one for 30 bucks. Two years ago I bought a Slot-A Athlon K7 950 MHz for 600 bucks, and about six months ago I bought an Socket-A Athlon XP 1800 (1.533 MHz) for 90 bucks. I think that has nothing to do with what I just said, but I just think it's amazing how the bottom has fallen out of the market the past few years and how much money we all wasted back when this stuff was expensive.

[TonyB]

Ok, thanks underdog138, I thought it was along those lines.........