Intel with Slotket or New Amd with Mobo??

[mustang659ut]

I am on a strict budget and would like to increase the speed of my puter. Any advice on what would work the best?? I have and Abit BE6 board now, and could use a new P3 with Slotket or switch the whole thing out and go AMD. Any suggestions would be great...

 

[mustang659ut]

Also I see alot of talk about Cco and Cbo stepping with Intels, what is this referring to??

 

[AtomClock]

If I were on a tight budget, I would go with a Duron and overclock it. The AMD motherboards have gotten a lot cheeper lately and the Duron is almost free.

 

[mustang659ut]

Thanks... will the performance of a Duron be the same as a P3 though... I have seen alot of reviews, but never a Duron/TBird/P3 review.

 

[kmmatney]

I've had a lot of trouble with P3s and slockets. I had an Abit BX rev 2, which is supposed to support a P3 with a slocket. I tried a celeron 533 FC-PGA, and it was very unstable - I ended up having to buy a new motherboard. I am running the Celeron 533 at 800 Mhz, so it ended up being a good deal anyways (especially 8 monthes ago).

If you only have PC100 memory, I would go for a Duron or Athlon.

At my favorite store(www.mwave.com) a motherboard bundle is:
EPOX EP-8KTA+ Motherboard BUNDLE W/ COOLING FAN, 800 MHz Duron: $ 191

This MB has all the overclocking features (cpu multiplier, voltage, etc...)

If you have PC133 memory, then you could get a Pentium3 800EB Mhz, which is ~$200, plus the price of the slocket.

A P3 will be a little faster in games than a Duron, but the Duron won't disappoint. You'll be able to upgrade the Duron to an Athlon in the future for low cost.