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Old 08-06-2005, 10:25 AM   #4 (permalink)
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if an athlon CPU is going cost me $100 should i just pay $50 more and get a 64bit cpu?
it more than just that, although 64bit will be more future proof but not for afew years yet. Moreover the k8's on die-memory controller is a big plus point for the 64.

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how do i pickout the good athlons; Barton,Thoroughbred and Mobile?
The barton core gained a good reputation for there overclockability, and if you were to build a system around this old k7 then overclocking would be a great idea.
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