CPU Advice

[IceCanuck]

I have grown very impatient waiting for the thoroughbreads and am thinking of picking up a low cost chip just to tie me over until I make my final purchase. I don't know how much longer I can go without a machine at home. Overclocking is definately an option. I was thinking of maybe a duron 600 - 950. Duron 600 would be fine for now, but the 950s are almost the same price. Anyways, here is my current setup.

Abit KR7A-R
Thermaltake Volcano 7+
Coolermaster ATC-210
Radeon 8500 LE 128MB
512 MB DDR Corsair 2400 Cas 2

And yes, if having a thoroughbread means I must upgrade my mobo, then I will do so, and in turn my brother will get a mobo upgrade as well (but I'll deal with that when the time comes, for now I need a machine that works!)

 

[FatBurger]

I personally wouldn't pay the price CoolerMaster demands, but otherwise everything should be fine.

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[IceCanuck]

Ok great. But what CPU would you buy to hold you over if you were in my position? Duron? Thunderbird? What's the best deal?

 

[Matisaro]

Get a 1500+ axp, its like 90 bucks, and it probably will overclock very well.

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