what is the diff between t-bred n Barton

t-breds have 256kb of L2 cache and Bartons have 512kB L2 cache. Most of the t-breds run at 266FSB except a few high end ones run at 333FSB. Bartons run at 333FSB and the few high end ones run at 400 FSB.

i never understood the PR ratings of ths AMD CPUs, but to answer ur question, Bartons are rated higher even when they run at lower clock b'coz they have more L2 cache.

Go for a low end chip, like a 1700+ t-bred B core which most of the time easily overclocks to about 2000MHz (equivalent to 2500+) and sometimes goes as high as 2200MHz(2800+) to 2300MHz(2900+). If u do want the barton, (of course with this u wont have to upgrade a little sooner than u might want/have to if u get the 1700+) get a 2500+. This chip easily overclocks to speeds of 3000+.

<b>thinking of a good sig. till then...</b>

Yeah the newer HSFs that accompany the AMD processors are a lot silent. My HSF that i got with my 1700+ runs at 3300rpm and when the Q-Fan in my ASUS mobo kicks in, the HSF runs at 2300rpm...

<b>thinking of a good sig. till then...</b>

All n-Force 2 boards automatically unlock the multipliers. What CPU are you running?

That's the fault of the chip, not the mobo. which range of multipliers depends on whether some bridges are connected, but I can't remember which (L5?).

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$hit Happens. I just wish it would happen to someone else for a change.

'twas just a figure of speech, I didn't mean 'fault' as in 'defect' just meant that you can't blame the motherboard for it...
<pre>sorry for the confusion</pre><p>

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$hit Happens. I just wish it would happen to someone else for a change.