Athlon Tbird vs. XP

TexAgg01 · n00b Joined: 24 Sep 2003 Posts: 2

I am finally getting around to upgrading from my old Celeron 466 processor. I am thinking that I'm going to purchase an Athlon processor. I don't know much about processors and wanted to get some input before I make my purchase. Which would be the better processor type to go with an Athlon Tbird or XP series?

Thanks in advance for the input!

Eric

smyles · n00b Joined: 23 Jul 2003 Posts: 13 Location: Ipswich, UK

The Althon Thunderbird series is getting a bit old now. Go for an Athlon XP. You can get good prices on them. The Athlon 64 and friends are probably going to be a good few months before they are value for money.

smyles · n00b Joined: 23 Jul 2003 Posts: 13 Location: Ipswich, UK

The Althon Thunderbird series is getting a bit old now. Go for an Athlon XP. You can get good prices on them. The Athlon 64 and friends are probably going to be a good few months before they are value for money.

Malakin · Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2003 8:14 pm Post subject:

Athlon thunderbirds were discontinued a long time ago so if you're buying new your only option is the Athlon XP. The Athlon XP features lower power consumption, hardware data prefetch, sse support and some minor other improvements.

Decibels · Veteran Joined: 16 Aug 2002 Posts: 1630 Location: U.S.A.

I had a T-bird until about 2 weeks ago. You can still get them for around $43 at NewEgg.com last time checked. For $82 you can get a XP 2400+ . That is what I just bought.

I'm with the others, for the money and to stave off upgrading for awhile would go with the XP.
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sumin k'adra · n00b Joined: 20 Sep 2003 Posts: 65 Location: santa fe, nm

if you got the money go with the athlon xp 2500+ Barton at newegg.com... only $90 retail and usually o/c's to 3000+.

Malakin · Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 7:29 pm Post subject:

With an XP1800 around $50usd I can't see why anyone would want to buy a thunderbird. If you want something cheaper you can get an ECS motherboard (K7SOM+) with a Duron 1800+ soldered onto it for about $70usd.

A 1.4Ghz thunderbird uses a max 72watts while an XP1800 (1.53Ghz) thoroughbred is not only faster but only uses a max 51watts.

sumin k'adra · n00b Joined: 20 Sep 2003 Posts: 65 Location: santa fe, nm

keep in mind that it is the thoroughbred B that has the significantly lower wattage.... the A's still have high wattage as do the Palaminos. newegg sells some cpus that are specifically B's, eg the 2100+.

-sk

Malakin · Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2003 1:04 am Post subject: