Help me choose XP2800+ or XP2500!

[Loobusk]

Greetings! Very soon (like in a week) Ill be putting together a brand new system for mostly gaming... I have another thread in the main forum link , which lists everything I'm planning on getting. I've been wondering though whether I should save an extra 80$'s or so and get an XP 2500 barton , instead of the 2800.The reason I don't want to get the P4's are due to the fact that I'll have to pay more for a seperate sound card which will run me over my budget. So I'm planning to stick with AMD for now.
thanks

 

[tnt2]

Get the 2500+ cpu, you can overclock it to 3200+ w/ some pc3200 memory.

 

[ethebubbeth]

get the 2500+. AMD is getting the max yields that they prolly ever will with the athlon xp, and the majority of 2500+ are really 3200+ in disguise... I myself just changed the multiplier on my 2500+ from 11 to 12.5 and lo and behold i now have a 2800+ for free

 

[videoclone]

Get a 2500+ ... its cheaper by 50% .. and will an extra 33FSB overclock from 333 to 366 you will have a 2800+
for free and with not allot of stress on your system ... just make sure u have DDR400 PC3200 ram or better

heck the money u save lets u buy that ram for free!

 

[Corporate Thug]

2500+

 

[TheCorm]

Another vote for getting 2500+ and O/C to 2800+

 

[McArra]

Originally posted by: ethebubbeth
get the 2500+. AMD is getting the max yields that they prolly ever will with the athlon xp, and the majority of 2500+ are really 3200+ in disguise... I myself just changed the multiplier on my 2500+ from 11 to 12.5 and lo and behold i now have a 2800+ for free

Me too. Great performer.

 

[leeperpsu]

the 2500 and 2800 both overclock the same...so i'd go with the cheaper one. i made the mistake of thinking if i got the 2800 i could overclock it further than the 2500....no go. save the money and get a nforce2 ultra 400 mobo and some really good pc3500 ram so you can push the fsb real high..(thats if you overclock)

 

[t4t3r]

Originally posted by: shady06
2500+

 

[joshg]

I prefer taking a 2500+ and "making" it a 3200+ or higher instead of "making" it a 2800+ ...



(on stock voltage, nonetheless)

 

[warriorfan23]

go with the 2800, if u have money to wipe your ass with