Help a newbie out

[PolloDiablo]

I have a msi kt266 pro2ru cpu2100+ 2-80 gig harddrives
3 sticks of pc 2100 256 mem ati 9000 pro 128 vid
I am looking to up grade
I have a MSI kt6v DELTA-LSR mb, moving the HD's
1 stick pc 3200 512 mem MSI 5600xt 256 Vid

which will be better as aCPU

Thorton (0.13u) 166/333MHz FSB 256KB L2 Cache
AthlonXP 2600+ 166
OR
Barton (0.13u) 166/333MHz FSB 512KB L2 Cache
AthlonXP 2500+ 166



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[pIII_Man]

good question...i would say the barton is the better cpu...


If it isn't a P6 then it isn't a procesor
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[dhlucke]

<A HREF="http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20030210/barton-14.html" target="_new">http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20030210/barton-14.html</A>

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[endyen]

Word on the street is that the bartons are all the same, just with different fsb and mulyipliers. That means the xp2500 is an xp3200 with the fsb set to 166 rather than 200. You may be able to correct that in bios. It is worth a try, good luck.