Hi Folks,
When I was just about to get a 1.4 T-bird for my GA-7DXR AMD comes out with the XP's. After reading all of the reviews on the XP's, I'm still a little hesitant about buying "the latest and greatest." Sure, the XP's are SUPPOSED to be better, but because they are so new they are a little expensive for me. Some thoughts of mine recently are:
1. Are the AthlonXP 1400's that much better (ie faster, cooler, more stable than the 1.4 T-birds?
2. The $120 for a 1.4 T-bird is very attractive to me, compared to the $150+ for the XP 1400. But, if they are a lot more stable/faster/cooler I might be willing to splurge a bit.
3. Even if people recommend me to go with a 1.4 T-bird cause the XP's aren't that much better, I hear that the 1.4's run hot and thus affects stability. Would you recommend a 1.33 or lower instead because of this? I planned on buying a retail CPU and just using the standard HSF with some arctic silver 2.
Also, the only reason why I'd like to go with a 1.4 t-bird is so I can squeeze an extra year or so out of my new rig (as opposed to going with a 1.33 or lower)and because of the attractive price. I'm not so worried about needing an XP right now (who does, right?),I figured if I go with "yesterday's best" and in a few years upgrade to an XP the prices would go down alot. Someone told me a while ago that he made a rule for himself. He said he would never pay more than 200 bucks for a cpu cause he always regretted it later. Sounds good to me.
My new rig would mainly be for gaming and cd-burning.
One other thing, I'm kinda turned off by the fact that the XP's are hard (if not impossible) to overclock. Also, I really didn't want to have to wait until Gigabyte comes up with a "working, bugs all out" bios revision that works with the XP's. I'd rather just put all the parts of my rig together, maybe change some jumpers, and KNOW it will work.
I'd appreciate your input!
"If It Ain't Broke....Tweak It!!!"
When I was just about to get a 1.4 T-bird for my GA-7DXR AMD comes out with the XP's. After reading all of the reviews on the XP's, I'm still a little hesitant about buying "the latest and greatest." Sure, the XP's are SUPPOSED to be better, but because they are so new they are a little expensive for me. Some thoughts of mine recently are:
1. Are the AthlonXP 1400's that much better (ie faster, cooler, more stable than the 1.4 T-birds?
2. The $120 for a 1.4 T-bird is very attractive to me, compared to the $150+ for the XP 1400. But, if they are a lot more stable/faster/cooler I might be willing to splurge a bit.
3. Even if people recommend me to go with a 1.4 T-bird cause the XP's aren't that much better, I hear that the 1.4's run hot and thus affects stability. Would you recommend a 1.33 or lower instead because of this? I planned on buying a retail CPU and just using the standard HSF with some arctic silver 2.
Also, the only reason why I'd like to go with a 1.4 t-bird is so I can squeeze an extra year or so out of my new rig (as opposed to going with a 1.33 or lower)and because of the attractive price. I'm not so worried about needing an XP right now (who does, right?),I figured if I go with "yesterday's best" and in a few years upgrade to an XP the prices would go down alot. Someone told me a while ago that he made a rule for himself. He said he would never pay more than 200 bucks for a cpu cause he always regretted it later. Sounds good to me.
My new rig would mainly be for gaming and cd-burning.
One other thing, I'm kinda turned off by the fact that the XP's are hard (if not impossible) to overclock. Also, I really didn't want to have to wait until Gigabyte comes up with a "working, bugs all out" bios revision that works with the XP's. I'd rather just put all the parts of my rig together, maybe change some jumpers, and KNOW it will work.
I'd appreciate your input!
"If It Ain't Broke....Tweak It!!!"
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