I'm getting a new computer next week but I'm not really sure which processer to buy. Duron 800 or Thunderbird 1000? The price difference is only around NZ$200. But I'm not really sure which to order because I'm not sure whether which processor is more worth for their price.

My other specifications is:

Abit Motherboard (I forgot the full name but I know that it's the newest Abit motherboard for AMD)
256mb SDRAM
IBM Deskstar 45GB 7200rpm
GEFORCE2 MX
Sound Blaster Live Value
17" KDS Flat Screen Monitor
YAMADA 4.1 Speakers

All this for around US$1088 (NZ$2500) without the processor.
Duron 800 - US$108 (NZ$250)
Thunderbird 1000 - US$196 (NZ$450).

Any suggestions?

Thank you.

Regards,
Andrew

I would get the duron 800.....

Duron RULES!!!

That is asking should I get a celeron or a PIII, Get the thunderboard, you will be happier in the long run.

If you want to step on the wild side, get the Duron 800 and over cloak the sucker. It can run stably around 1.2. My friends done it, but then again, he keeps his computer in one of those mini refrigerators. Cooling is a problem though, so don't do it unless you can cool it!

The thunderbird will be quite a bit faster...

Originally posted by jayglate
That is asking should I get a celeron or a PIII


Between P3 and Celeron II? I will get Celeron II (for my own desktop), in fact... I am waiting for my Celeron II 633 Mhz that is overclockable to 1.1 Ghz. This will be my 3rd Celeron I bought, the first being Celeron 300A (overclockable to 464 Mhz), the second being Celeron II 566 (overclockable to 808 Mhz), all rock stabil and running smmothly.

Yea... I like to overclock my CPU (not my server, for sure :D). Celeron II is the greates CPU for this, with 9.5 multiplier, overclock the FSB to 115Mhz, then ... you will get almost 1.1Ghz.. not too bad, since the price is about 40 percent the price of P3 1.1Ghz (yes, I bought it more expensive than typical Celeron II 633 since not all CPUs are moade the same, some can be overclocked and stable at higher clockspeed, some are not...:D). The performance will not be affected by 10% yet the price difference is quite a bit. For the fun of overclocking, got to http://www.tomshardware.com and/or http://www.overclockers.com

cheers,
:beer:

overclocking without the proper cooling is dangerous, and can melt to motherboards.

It happen to me i overclocked a 150 for 800mhz,didnt last not 45 minutes.

No worry.... I have been overclocking for at least one-two years :)

cheers,
:beer:

I have a celron 466 mhz,can anyone tell me how to overclock it, I do not want to put another fan on it either,

TheComputerGuy, kick up the FSB to 75mhz that should be stable, try higher if you wish.

He..he.. It's probably my fault if somehow this thread has become out of topics... ;). Before I can give you any detail, can you give me some information like:
1. Most importantnly, what motherboard are you using?
2. What type of memory? PC66? PC100?
3. Do you use AGP card?

OK... without that information, it's useless to talk about overclocking :) :)

cheers,
:beer:

Originally posted by JTY
TheComputerGuy, kick up the FSB to 75mhz that should be stable, try higher if you wish.

Might work fine, but might also not be that easy... Some PCI bus and memory won't really work out well even if you increase the FSB by slight amount....

cheers,
:beer:

Oh, I see, I don't know that info. Cant open it where it is stuck in the wall. Can I go to the system files to find out?

Not that I know of... Without knowing the motherboard, I won't exactly know how hard/easy it is to overclock your CPU. Older motherboards require you to do jumper setting to change the motherboard FSB and CPU voltage; it's painful one and I won't recommend you to do it. Overclocking on newer motherboards are much easier to handle; you just need to go to the BIOS menu, select the FSB speed (some motherboards even let you have different clock speed for you CPU and memory bus -> great!) and the CPU voltage you want.

Same goes with the memory; some are impossible to overclock, some are so easy to be overclocked. In fact, I have PC100 memory (CAS2->very great for overclocking, better than CAS3) with 8ns timing. Theoretically this means you can run the memory up to 125Mhz (1/8ns = 125Mhz) and I overclocked it to 133Mhz. Very stable! (thanks to its CAS=2). Some of my other PC100 memory won't even work stable at 105Mhz. So... I won't recommend you doing anything until you know for sure what are the things inside your boad :D Overclocking is fun, but you have to really know your hardware specs. :D

cheers,
:beer: