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AthlonXP help

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Emultra

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I'm going to buy an AthlonXP, probably a 2400+.

Palomino, Thoroughbred, Barton?

266 or 333Mhz bus?

What does the "In a Box" suffix mean?

Diminishing returns w/ cost after 2600/2700+, I've noticed (Barton 2600+/Thoroughbred 2700+, socket A, 333Mhz bus).
 
Palomino were the first xp cpu, followed by the thoroughbred, and later the barton. If your board can support a 2500+ barton the extra cache on them will help out.


"In a box" means retail.

Check out the for sale/trade forums if your looking for a deal. You should be able to find a decent cpu for $50-60 there.
 
Well, what board to you have?

The best bet is to go with one of the mobile Barton chips (2400+, 2500+, or 2600+, low wattage) as that gives you the most overclocking headroom and unlocked multipliers.

Stay away from the Palomino's, and only get a T-bred if your board only supports a 266FSB chip and you don't plan on overclocking much.

With the right board and RAM, you could easily get 2.3-2.4ghz (or more) with one of the mobile chips. That's pretty good considering the stock speed of the 3200+ is 2.2ghz.

"In the Box" probably means its the retail version of the chip, and comes with the AMD stock heatsink and fan.
 
I indeed agree that the mobiles are the best overclocker but you're not going to get much of a warranty like 3 years with the retail regular Athlon XPs. For instance, my Mobile Athlon XP 2600+ has a 7-day warranty. The reason? Because companies that sell them KNOW you're going to overclock the living sh*t outta 'em!🙂
 
Originally posted by: Ronnie
Palomino were the first xp cpu, followed by the thoroughbred, and later the barton. If your board can support a 2500+ barton the extra cache on them will help out.
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When you're refering to support, are you talking about the 2500+ or is there something special about the Barton as such, compared to the 2500+ Thorough?

But in general, Barton is the way to go?


BlueWeasel: I am buying a new board. Which one, I'll figure out when I know which CPU to get. Or should it be the other way around? 🙂

What is the stock performance difference between an "identical" xx00XP stationary and mobile?

I already have a Silverado fan, if I clean that one out (it went with my 1600XP) I should be able to use it, I think.

I live in Sweden, so I don't know if they wanna ship their CPU's to me at the trade forum. 🙂
 
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