Athelon 1.4-266FSB or 1.4-200FSB

[tillius]

Quickie - I'm looking at a new CPU/MB Combo... which CPU is generally going to give me the best performance... the Athelon 1.4ghz 200mhz FSB or the Athelon 1.4ghz 266 FSP?

And any motherboard recommendations?

Thanks

 

[DAPUNISHER]

I would spend the 126$ and buy an XP 1600+ and pair it up with the Shuttle AK31A for 80$ or the Epox 8kha+ for 105$. You can get both @Newegg

 

[chizow]

Yah, do what Dapunisher said. No point in getting the 200mhz DDR Athlon if you are getting a new mobo as well. Also depends somewhat on what components you can port over and if you plan to use RAID or if you have a RAID card. Might wanna go with one of the more expensive ones if you need sound (Abit, Asus, Soyo, Iwill).

Chiz

 

[tillius]

Thanks for the info... I'm getting new everything.. so that's not an issue. also, I can go up to about $225 for the MoBo adn about $200 for the CPU, so I'm going to go with the Athelon XP 1800 since it seems to be the upper edge of reasonable price/performance. Any recommendations on the MoBo? I want the best and have the $$$ to get it.Raid would be great.. was lookinga t the ABIT KR7A-RAID.. since it give me more available RAM slots

Anyone have other suggestions on the MB?

 

[DAPUNISHER]

The Abit is sweet! The SOYO K7V DRAGON+ Plus VIA KT266A is a fast, full-featured, Raid solution as well, with great on-board audio. It also has"Sigma box- Support smart card reader/writer to usb port".