Two newbie questions

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 01:51:46 GMT, "mac" <aaa.DeleteThis@aaa.com> wrote:

 >I have a home made system with a MSI KTV4 motherboard and an Athlon XP 2100.
 >I would like to upgrade the CPU.
 >
 >Question 1: What is a better cpu: an Athlon XP 3000 Barton FSB 166 or an
 >AMD Sempron Thorton 2800+ 166 FSB?

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"mac" <aaa.DeleteThis@aaa.com> wrote in message
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 >I have a home made system with a MSI KTV4 motherboard and an Athlon XP
 >2100. I would like to upgrade the CPU.
 >
 > Question 1: What is a better cpu: an Athlon XP 3000 Barton FSB 166 or an
 > AMD Sempron Thorton 2800+ 166 FSB?
 >
 > Question 2: When I boot the computer up, how do I freeze the screen or
 > slow it down so I can read all the BIOS postings....they are scrolling so
 > fast it is impossible to read...
 >
 > Thanks,
 > mac
 >

if your board has corecell (is on my KT6V)

get a 2600+ buy a few case fans and get a decent heatsink/fan and OC it to
3200+ (2300mhz)

depending on your boards support that is

FSB400 board etc and DDR400 would be best, otherwise just get a barton

3000 isnt the best choice though, go for either the 2800+ or the 3200+ if
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