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Athlon 1.4 - worth the extra money?

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does the athlon 1.4ghz have a significant performance increase over the 1.3? is it worth the extra $35 it costs? im trying to keep my costs down but if it will make a big difference then ill go for the 1.4 :)

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... lol i don't think you will notice a difference between 1300mhz and 1400mhz to be honest.

I recently bought the 1.33(266) cpu thats because the difference between 1000 and 1330 was about 30 dollars lol so that was worth the extra 30 bucks... but an extra 35 bucks from 1300 to 1400 not worth it i think. get the 1.33 (266) @ axiontech.com for 135! it is the ayhja stepping to and should overclock the same as the 1400 version since they are both the same stepping and you save like 40 bucks.

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Reply to xxsk8er101xx

ok thanks ill go with the 1.3 then :)

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Yeah, but it goes to 11 (in a British accent)

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bloody poms!
howzya criket team going mate?

*evil grin*

sorry... just had to say that.


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Reply to lhgpoobaa

dunno - how's yer tennis?

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Reply to peteb

If you want to save more money, 1.0ghz AXIA will easily make it to 1.4ghz.

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Reply to Stick_e_Mouse

good decision

if in doubt blame microsoft...

Reply to killall

If you plan to overclock, get the 1.4 almost all 1.4's can hit 1.6 with air cooling and minimal fuss, but if not, 1.33 is fine(and will pretty much do 1.46 by changing the multiplier and nothing more). Either way you are set.

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hehe
u mean pat"mr second" rafter?

well i heard last week he came second AGAIN in canada somewhere
lol

exquisite riposte btw.
touche'


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Reply to lhgpoobaa

How do you understand that an Athlon is AXIA or not? Is there a way to check it while buying the CPU online?



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Reply to Anonymous

ok, i dont think im going to overclock much, beause ive never done it before, but if i can get 1.3 to 1.4 then thats not too bad :)

also, i was gonna get the retail version of the processor with the heatsink and fan... is that heatsink going to be really horrible? or will it do enough untill i overclock it?

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:smile:

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Reply to peteb

AXIA will be written on the core with the code...either "b" or "c"

Reply to Anonymous

why don't you set your fsb higher and make ten go faster?

i had a drink the other day... opinions were like kittens i was givin' away

Reply to Anonymous

Some venders will specifically state whether it is AXIA or not.

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Reply to Stick_e_Mouse

I purchased the 1.0ghz AXIA RETAIL. I overclocked it to 1.323 using the stock HSF (I can go higher if I don't mix my current RAM). Idle temps around 40 celcuis, load around 55 celcius. The stock HSF isn't all that bad. Actually the heatsink is pretty good, its the fan that sucks.

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