Duron or Thunderbird? What is the main difference?

[Wingnut2242]

What is the difference? Which is better? I am looking to build a system and am not sure what CPU to use. I see the Duron is cheaper, does that mean the thunderbird is better?

 

[PlunX]

From what I've heard, the Thunderbird is about 5% - 10% better than the Duron.. The thing to do would be to buy a Duron 600MHz for about $50 and then overclock it to at least 900MHz (assuming that you're able to do this)..

 

[NoreagaCNN]

Yea what he said and T-Bird is much better, even though Duron is way cheaper. Duron isnt too much a step down.

Peace,
Nore

 

[Wingnut2242]

thanks for the info! I think I will buy the Duron and see about overclocking it.

 

[Zedfu]

the duron has less cache, resulting in slower performance, but only about 5-10% performance loss compared to the tbird, so i'll be quite worth your money.

 

[Wingnut2242]

What about overclocking? Is there a better one for overclocking? Or are they about the same?

 

[GaryTcs]

it seems that the duron is a bit better at overclocking. Maybe because the T-birds are already clocked higher. (closer to the architectures ceiling.)

 

[Zedfu]

on the price/performance ratio, Duron is definitely the way to go. duron 600/700 are idea for overclocking, since the d600 will often get you around 900 if not 1ghz with proper cooling, and it only costs around $60! what else can you ask for? this is a bargain. the higher clocked cpu that you buy, the less price/performance ration you get, but it will likely get you a higher clock speed.