Thunderbird or Duron?- building a new computer.

[Gamerz]

I am looking to build a new overclocked computers ( my dual Celry 400's @ 550 is getting slow🙂!

I am going to buy the Abit board, but I would like to know which chip would give me the most bang for the buck. I am looking at the Duron 650 or the thunderbird 750. Any ideas?

 

[Maniac9127]

Most bang for the buck would probly be the 600, at 50 bucks you can't beat it, but, you're looking at the Duron 650 or T-Bird 750.

Probly best bang per dollar would be the Duron, for almost twice as much you get 100MHz and a bigger L2 cache. In tests a t-bird only outdoes an equally clocked duron by 5-10%. But, nothing beats the bragging rites on a thunderbird. If you've got the money, go with the t-bird.

Also, SETI@Home runs better on a t-bird due to the CLI fitting perfectly in the tbirds L2 cache.

 

[Dan]

You pay a premium for those "bragging rights" though. In my mind I couldn't justify the extra money for a 10-15% performance gain. I got the KT7 mobo so I can upgrade to a T-Bird when prices drop. In the meantime I've got a Duron 600 running at 900MHz. Like Maniac9127 said, that's definitely the most bang for the buck.

 

[springdale]

I think my Duron 600/KT7 gave me the best bang for the buck!

 

[64bitloopy]

duron is better performance cost ratio, but i went with thunderbird because i paid $40 dollars more and got a tbird 800. the duron 700 i saw was $99, i paid $140 for tbird. But from what i've seen and read, they are both awesome chips...