T-Bird 800 or Duron 800?

[HellHawk]

I'm building myself a new system..well ok, half a new system. Anyway I'm trying to keep the lowest budget possible, moving up from an old Celeron 300A. Seems the T-Bird 800 is abou $30-35 more then the Duron 800. Is it really worth it or will the Duron suffice? I might OC, might not...still debating at this point. I also ordered 256 meg of Crucial PC133, though I've seen now that people are running Durons with PC100? Was is it not necessary to buy the PC133?

Any comments or opinions are welcome.

Rest of the system will be a nice Antex SX830..a GeForce MX, probably the Prophet 3D II since I've seen it for 108 + free shipping, 45 gig 7200 IBM HD, SB Live, Plextor 40x SCSI CD-ROM and other misc useless things.

 

[Sugadaddy]

If you're not gonna OC, get the T-Bird, it's worth the little price difference. If you think you will OC, I'd go for a 700 or 750 Duron instead of the 800. Alittle cheaper, and they'll all make it to about the same speed. If it were me , I'd get the 800 T-bird and OC to 1 gig...

 

[pillage2001]

T-bird 800 hands down!

 

[fs5]

$35 difference, who cares. That's dinner and movies for a better processor that'll last 2+ years.

But if you want thrills go for a duron600/650 and o/c to 1000 🙂

 

[GuruMogens]

I would get the T-tird 800 and OC to 1 gHz

 

[Whitedog]

As always, if you can afford it, buy the better product. meaning, get the tbird if you can afford it.

 

[shadowscavenger]

T-bird 800

 

[Noriaki]

I'd get the TBird myself.

As for RAM, the KT133 chipset (main Tbird/duron chipset at this point) can use PC100 or PC133 RAM..the PC133 is obviously faster, but you can use either.