Another stupid question!

[Pers]

whats the difference between a 1 ghz athlon and a 1 ghz tbird, and which is faster?

Thanks...

 

[Rhonda85]

The eariler 1Ghz Athlons are Slot A & have 512k of L2 cache which runs at 1/3 cpu speed. The T-birds are socket A & have 256K L2 cache that runs at cpu speed. The T-bird is faster & uses a more modern motherboard.

Rhonda

 

[arod324]

However,
you must also note that sometimes the "t-birds" are also called "Athlons". The "classic" athlon is the older one, and the "t-bird" athlon is the newer one with the full speed lvl2 cache.

 

[Neos]

Burp

 

[Pers]

ok..so the tbird is the newer and faster athlon..

 

[arod324]

Yes, and most of the Tbird will be found in the socket A format. It would be fairly hard to find a slot A tbird around. The tbird should definitely be your first choice, since it is much faster, and can actually sometimes be found for cheaper than the "classic" counterpart.

 

[Ausm]

The only stupid questions are the ones not asked

Ausm

 

[CTho9305]

And if you find a SlotA tbird, dont get it... the mobo's are already "obsolete". Also, any KX133 slotA mobo can't take a tbird faster than 800 (except Asus K7V-T)