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    Duron vs. Athlon.... what to do?

    As someone here brought to my attention I may not be able to run an XP CPU on my asus a7v133 mobo....

    so I was thinking of getting an new duron or athlon CPU instead, just cause I'm in that new hardware buying mood. I'm currently running a duron 800. I'm thinking of getting a duron 1300 or a athlon 1400. The duron 1300 is about 45$ and the Athlon is about 82$.

    Will the Athlon really give me an extra 37$ worth of performance?

    And if anyone has some (preferably quiet) cooler recommendations I'd much appreciate it.
    If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did."
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    The OEM AthlonXP 1600+ is the best value today at about $55...
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    • #3
      Yeah but there is no guarantee that an XP CPU will work with my motherboard. And I really don't wanna just go for it, cause I may end up having to get a new motherboard to get it running.

      So I was thinking of getting a regular Athlon (not XP) or a faster duron. I figure it should be enough to hold me over till the next generation CPU, or whatever, comes out.
      If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did."

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      • #4
        The newer Durons have a different core too, so probably wont work on that board either. The Athlon 1400 would be a much better option anyway
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        • #5
          The Athlon is probably more compatible with your motherboard since the 1gh+ Durons is more XP than athlon

          The Duron 1300 has roughly the same performance as a athlon 1200

          The Athlon 1400 needs a kickass HS to be cool (or a normal HS with a verry verry noisy fan )

          The Duron 1300 can be cooled by a "Normal" HS + Fan combination without too much extreem noise

          Good and quiet HS:

          Alpha PAL 8045 (Mounting is a pain in the rear )
          Thermalright AX 7 (Almost exactly as good as the alpha )
          Thermalright SK800 (Verry COOL )
          Thermaltake Volcano 7 (Cheap and rather quier, but the temp controlled fan can drive you nuts )
          Titan D5T ( the latest rev's is surprisingly good for such a quiet and CHEAP cooler )

          Except SK800 and TT Volcano 7 I have tested all these HS myself
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          • #6
            If you've got PCB Version 1.5 or newer, an AthlonXP would work just fine....
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            • #7
              where can I see what version PCB I have?
              If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did."

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              • #8
                According to this picture it is between the 4th and 5th PCI slots

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                • #9
                  ow that... yeah mine's a 1.04
                  If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did."

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                  • #10
                    ...well that'll limit you to a 950mhz Duron or 1.4ghz Athlon (Thunderbird)...
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Chris B
                      Yeah but there is no guarantee that an XP CPU will work with my motherboard. And I really don't wanna just go for it, cause I may end up having to get a new motherboard to get it running.

                      So I was thinking of getting a regular Athlon (not XP) or a faster duron. I figure it should be enough to hold me over till the next generation CPU, or whatever, comes out.
                      http://www.asus.com.tw/mb/socketa/a7v133/overview.htm


                      BIOS ver 1007 :
                      Add support for AMD Athlon XP CPU(PCB ver. must be 1.05. or above, if ver. less than 1.05.,it would not be support with those CPU.)
                      Originally posted by K6-III
                      ...well that'll limit you to a 950mhz Duron or 1.4ghz Athlon (Thunderbird)...
                      Are you sure it will not support the new Duron core?
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                      • #12
                        The New Duron core is the new XP core sans a big chunk of cache .....
                        If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.

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                        • #13
                          I don't think it will.

                          The A7V133 uses SDRAM, doesn't it? An option would be to get an ECS K7S5A + any cheap xp. The K7S5A is really cheap, and supports both SDR and, if you want to do a smooth transition without having to change the board again, DDRRAM.

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                          • #14
                            You could get a K7S5A and 1600XP+ for $108 total, shipped, from newegg.
                            Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.

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                            • #15
                              ...not if he's in Denmark....
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