Help me decide

[GC23]

okay here are the choices:
Pentium3 700e $219
Iwill VD-133 w\Raid
Micron 128MB PC133 $146
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$513

AMD Duron 600mhz $76
Asus A7v $189
Micron 128MB PC133 $146
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$411

or I can go to http://www.advanceddesignky.com/
and get a frigin P3 @ 1008Mhz with mobo and RAM for $675

You gotta help me I am totally stumped
by the way i plan to overclock the first two choices.

 

[piku]

Get the Duron. It supposevly overclocks GREAT, and your saving $100. Use it to buy some games or something

 

[MisterM]

I would wait until some people actaully have overclocked Durons at home. Right now, it seems like the Duron will be multiplier locked, so overclocking would be a lot harder than expected.

Info source:
http://www.tomshardware.com/blurb/index.html

 

[Ulysses]

Price aside, the Duron does not appear to be as good a performer as the P3 Coppermines and by a significant margin. Also the Coppermines have a very good track record as overclockers (especially the cB0's) .

The real issue is whether you should get a new Athlon Thunderbird system, which is generally seen as a bit better than the Coppermine. But they're too new to get good mobos and comparative reviews yet.

The Duron will likely prove to be a Celeron killer, not a Coppermine eater.

And be sure to check out this before you buy that board:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=27&threadid=196125