Which one should I get - Duron 800 or T--bird 750 - priced the same

[Zombie13]

I don't plan on a great deal of Oclocking initially (will be used at work). I found a place where the Duron 800 is priced at $81 and the T-bird 750 is $80. Thanks.

 

[bacillus]

tough one but personally I'd get the thunderbird!

 

[Jalapeno]

Doh! TBird, of course!

 

[Mikaelb]

TBIRD !!!! gives 20% more oomph per MHz

 

[Zombie13]

Thanks everyone - I didn't realize the performance delta between Duron and T-bird was that huge.

 

[Alfred]

It is not that huge, but when you consider overclocking potential, go thunderbird!(You will overclock it, right?)

Alfred

 

[Zombie13]

I will have to. While work requires stability, Photoshop can always use a little more speed.

 

[twong82]

get the t-bird

 

[kponds]

I would either go with the Thunderbird or a slower Duron. The 650 and 700 durons can be had for about $50 to $60 before shipping and overclock really well. The 800's from my experience do not. If you want to spend the $90 bucks or so go with the Tbird. Its a pretty decent overclocker so you got pretty good odds of getting to 900.

 

[JokerF15]

yea..go with the tbird 750, or if u get a duron go 650 or 600, and bump that thang to 1ghz! =) well..when u oc, run prime 95 all nite, than ull know it's stable!

 

[bolomite]

I would choose the Thunderbird -- the larger L2 cache is more important than 50 MHz of clock speed, which can be made up for by overclocking, anyway.

 

[ivanov]

tbird... tbird.... tbird....