Need help choosing between 3 socket A cpu's!

[PsyNinja]

I am going to be purchasing a Socket A CPU to go with my new KT7A-Raid Board today, and I have three CPU choices right now and I cant seem to decide!
I am looking for the best price/performance/OCability I can get for the Price.
The CPU's all come with a KoolKast Monster Cooler.
Choice #1 is a Tbird 850 for $151
Choice #2 is a Tbird 800 for $138
Choice #3 is a Duron 750 for $90

I need to decide by 5:00 PST!!!
Help me please!!!

 

[glp1del]

I have the duron 700 oc to 900 and I am very happy with it. The price you quote I think is a little high though. Here are the prices at mwave.com. The best bang for the buck is the duron but the t-birds do have a little better performance, but as I said I am very happy with my duron.

Glp1

 

[Noriaki]

what do you use your CPU for?

 

[sps]

I would look for a CPU elsewhere because you can definitely do better price-wise. Check pricewatch.com. But at those prices, I'd probably go with the Duron and hope it would OC to 950 MHz or so.

 

[HellRaven]

Sweet spot for an AMD Tbird right now is the 1ghz. It us under $200 for a retail boxed version. Check Pricewatch for prices and then go to Reseller Ratings to make sure they are a decent company to deal with.

 

[PsyNinja]

CPU is gonna be used for Gaming primarily with some dvd viewing, and photoshop and dreamweaver occasionally.

the prices I have there are with a good quality HS/F and I can pick them up locally, the prices seemed comparable to the best deals I could find on pricewatch, plus they have a 1 year warranty. the 150 for the 850 is at the absolute top end of what I can spend!

 

[Anon19]

i bought a t-bird 850 for 115 shipped. Those prices are too high.

Edit: i just checked pricewatch, and the t-bird 850's price is increased, but only by a few bucks

 

[Noriaki]

DVD viewing is fine, my Athlon 550 didn't choke on that so even a Duron750 wouldn't.

In most gaming circumstances the video card is more of an issue to perfomrance than the CPU, so I'd lean towards the Duron there to. A 750Duron has enough juice to push the video card....

So depends on how much photoshop stuff you do, that would definately benefit from the TBird...but I'd be looking Duron myself.

 

[Howard]

Leo V posted an equation for the most price/performance of the Thunderbird chips about a month ago. Really! The T-Bird 800 was the best choice, according to it, and I would believe it, just because the equation made total sense. Damn that guy is brilliant.

 

[PsyNinja]

You wouldnt happen to have a link to that would you Yucky?

 

[Guygye]

if the highest you're gonna go is the Tbird 850 you might as well get the duron.