The time has come!
I need to choose between these two systems.
The price between them is about 15 quid.
Athlons are supposed to be better on benchtests.
I've always had a Pentium and had no problems.
Pentiums are easier to build.
I'll need a BIOS download for the PIII.
I've heard the A7M266 can be an arse pain.
No overclocking!
WHICH?
These are the specs:
AMD Athlon 1GHz Socket A 256Kb (266 MHz FSB)
Asus A7M266 (Socket A, AMD 761, 266MHz, UDMA100, 2xDIMM)
2 x 256Mb PC2100 DDR
Pentium III 1GHz EB FCPGA (133 MHz)
Asus CUSL2 (socket 370, i815e 133MHz, UDMA100, 3xDIMM)
2 x 256MB 133 SDRAM
These parts will be bought for either choice:
Quantum Fireball AS 40.0Gb (UDMA100, 7200rpm, 8.5ms, 2Mb)
ATI Radeon 64Mb DDR - AGP 4x
Creative Sound Blaster Live! Player 5.1
Aopen CRW1232 (IDE, 32r12w10rw, 4mb internal)
300W PSU
No Intel/AMD wars allowed. Give good answers.
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Heatsinks, fans & whisky...Everythings Cool!
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I need to choose between these two systems.
The price between them is about 15 quid.
Athlons are supposed to be better on benchtests.
I've always had a Pentium and had no problems.
Pentiums are easier to build.
I'll need a BIOS download for the PIII.
I've heard the A7M266 can be an arse pain.
No overclocking!
WHICH?
These are the specs:
AMD Athlon 1GHz Socket A 256Kb (266 MHz FSB)
Asus A7M266 (Socket A, AMD 761, 266MHz, UDMA100, 2xDIMM)
2 x 256Mb PC2100 DDR
Pentium III 1GHz EB FCPGA (133 MHz)
Asus CUSL2 (socket 370, i815e 133MHz, UDMA100, 3xDIMM)
2 x 256MB 133 SDRAM
These parts will be bought for either choice:
Quantum Fireball AS 40.0Gb (UDMA100, 7200rpm, 8.5ms, 2Mb)
ATI Radeon 64Mb DDR - AGP 4x
Creative Sound Blaster Live! Player 5.1
Aopen CRW1232 (IDE, 32r12w10rw, 4mb internal)
300W PSU
No Intel/AMD wars allowed. Give good answers.
<b>
Heatsinks, fans & whisky...Everythings Cool!
</b>