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Help on processor

UglyCasanova

UglyCasanova

Lifer
I'm going to build a system (my first one I build) in a month or so, but I'm trying to find the parts I need. I want extremely fast for work with photoshop and games. The T-birds are looking good, but I have not ruled out the P4. With the P4's 400 bus, does the DDR RAM make a significant improvement over normal SDRAM? The T-bird doesn't have that big a bus, but the price looks good. Also, I've heard the P4's out now suck, and new one's will be coming out. Does anyone know when they will be out and if they are worth picking up?
 
The 400 bus is actualy 100*4(alot less eficient than 400) and the latency on rambus is just plain awfull. The p4 however will perform close to a tbird system, but for alot more money.
 
So the T-bird is actually faster than the P4? What about the new P4 that will come out? I've heard that using DDR SDRAM with a T-bird does not really help your system much. Is that true? I plan to have 256+ MB on there. I've seen a 266 bus for the T-bird on the A7M266, would DDR help there?
 
yes ddr can help, as a mater of fact the a7m266 will not work with sdram. if you asking if that would be a worthwhile investment, id say yes.
 
Reviews I've read (sorry no links to hand) suggest a 1.33GHz Athlon system beats a 1.7GHz P4 in all performance tests except raw memory bandwidth. The Athlon will probably o/c to at least 1.6GHz while the P4 will probably o/c to 2GHz, with improved cooling in both cases, but the same difference applies. If you look at value for money, the Athlon system whips the P4 into a cocked hat in every possible area.

For Photoshop and games, both biased towards CPU more than memory bandwidth, you'll win with the Athlon anyway; either will benefit from a good fast graphics card.

DDR memory will make about a 20% improvement around 1.33GHz-1.5GHz.
 
Intel says: "The P4 is built built for tomorrows software" That doesn't leave a good feeling in my heart about "Legacy" programs, not to mention "Todays" software.

Do the right thing...get yourself an AMD CPU, then spend the money you saved & take your parents out for dinner, a movie & IceCream. 😱
 
Sounds good to me. I am a newbie, so I here talk about different kinds of makes and models of the same processor. Is there more than one kind of core to a T-bird? Which is better if there is?
 
Try too find a 1 Ghz AXIA chip. (Don't spend more the $200 (shipped) for one.) Unless it's been tested by a reputable trader. /insert compuwiz add here/
Make sure to get a good heatsync/fan & use good HS compound.
Many many people here are willing to help you pick out quality hardware.
 
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