picking a CPU

diroga · 08-06-2005, 01:39 AM

ok so do i go 64bit or stick to an athlon? i'm on a 500-700 bugget. i want dual channel ram. do athlon's support dual channel? here are to examples or CPU's i found

64bit cheapest one
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103537

athlonXP a suggestion from a friend
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103394

how do i pickout the good athlons; Barton,Thoroughbred and Mobile?
if an athlon CPU is going cost me $100 should i just pay $50 more and get a 64bit cpu?

Tha Killa · 08-06-2005, 02:27 AM

I'd go with the AMD64.

ilovefishsticks · 08-06-2005, 05:30 AM

Definatly go 64, if not dont go XP, it sucks, Intel would be a better choice than XP. Dual Channel Ram is just having 2 ram chips, the processor dosent matter, that depends on the motherboard, and most motherboards have 4 ram slots (altho my brother got one with 6, which is nice making it more channels).

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if an athlon CPU is going cost me $100 should i just pay $50 more and get a 64bit cpu?

yes

**apj101** · 08-06-2005, 09:25 AM

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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.
Overclocking 101 (Oc101)

diroga · 08-07-2005, 12:08 PM

what about semprons? do they support pci-e and dual channel?

**apj101** · 08-07-2005, 04:15 PM

i think some of the semprons on skt A can use dual channel - just at 50% bandwidth, non of the s757 sempron support dual channel

pci-e is a feature of the motherboard and cpu independent.

diroga · 08-08-2005, 01:05 AM

i cant find any socket A mobo's that have pci-e or dual channel

0n3 · 08-08-2005, 02:40 AM

hey im new here, i guess i can start my membership by adding to this post.

no there arent any socket A mobos with pcie. i dunno what all the athlon xp bashing is about.... i have a xp2400+ @ 2.2ghz and its a gem.

mgoldb2 · 08-08-2005, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by ilovefishsticks

Dual Channel Ram is just having 2 ram chips, the processor dosent matter, that depends on the motherboard.

Not true. For example it would be impossiable to make a skt 754 motherboard with dual channel. This is because the memory controller is on the cpu and the memory controller is only single channel. Therefore you are wrong when you say the processor does not matter.

Some skt A support dual channel most does not.(in the case of skt A it does depend on the motherboard)
no skt 754 support dual channel
all skt 939 support dual channel

Dual channel gives you very little benfit so I would not worry about it. Buying a athlon xp in this day of age is like buying technolgy that already outdated. Amd is no longer making athlon xp.

The only AMD options I would consider is skt 754 or skt 939. WHich one depends on what you can afford.

TheChef · 08-08-2005, 03:19 AM

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Originally Posted by 0n3

i dunno what all the athlon xp bashing is about.... i have a xp2400+ @ 2.2ghz and its a gem.

I don't think there's any bashing going on, just ideas for future upgradability and performance. Generally speaking, you will get better performance from a Athlon 64.

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diroga Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: WA,USA Posts: 863	picking a CPU ok so do i go 64bit or stick to an athlon? i'm on a 500-700 bugget. i want dual channel ram. do athlon's support dual channel? here are to examples or CPU's i found 64bit cheapest one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103537 athlonXP a suggestion from a friend http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103394 how do i pickout the good athlons; Barton,Thoroughbred and Mobile? if an athlon CPU is going cost me $100 should i just pay $50 more and get a 64bit cpu?

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08-06-2005, 02:27 AM	#2 (permalink)
Tha Killa Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 496	I'd go with the AMD64.

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diroga Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: WA,USA Posts: 863	what about semprons? do they support pci-e and dual channel?

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diroga Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: WA,USA Posts: 863	i cant find any socket A mobo's that have pci-e or dual channel

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0n3 New Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 23 Posts: 18	hey im new here, i guess i can start my membership by adding to this post. no there arent any socket A mobos with pcie. i dunno what all the athlon xp bashing is about.... i have a xp2400+ @ 2.2ghz and its a gem.