On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:21:00 +0000, Darklight
<nglennglen.TakeThisOut@netscape.net> wrote:
>one word of warning i had a AMD Athlon XP 3200+, Barton core
>they run dame hot. if you do get one make sure you have a good
>heat sink and fan. my advice to you get a AMD Athlon 3000.
? Bartons have a larger surface area to heatsink interface,
and lower clockspeed per XP nnnn rating. All else equal a
Barton 3200 will be cooler than a non-barton 3000.
Also they produce less heat than the contemporary P4
Prescott, less heat than today's quad cores (except at idle
Barton was hotter but we can ignore idle temps since any
properly designed system has to deal with the much higher
full load thermal envelope).
The main problem with Athlon XP and P4 era processors was it
took the heatsink industry a while to play catch up and
design better 'sinks like we have today, a modern heatpiped
tower contraption would have no trouble with a Barton and
some of the better heatsinks of that era like Thermalrights
did good too. IOW, it may be better to just avoid the stock
AMD heatsink if one is concerned about overclocking or
reducing noise.
>
>don't buy a second hand AMD Athlon 3200
>
>or save your money and go dual core i put together a amd X2 64 bit 5600+
>for under £300 that includes psu and case
Once you're spending more than about $80-110 USD for the
processor, or wanting to overclock, Intel seems to have the
best value at the moment though it's hit-or-miss what
package deals one can find including a case and motherboard.
Fry's often has such deals in the US but not everyone has a
Fry's nearby and often the advertised deals aren't available
for order from their website.
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