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I'm looking for a mainstream solution,  no budget or high end.
Might be a P4 2.4 (up to 800) or a AMD 2600 for instance.

Also, VIA chipsets are out of of the question after 2 NBT (nothing but trouble)
years with my KT266 A.

I already got an ATI 9600 pro.

Few things I'm not certain about:
How are the P4s compared to the AMDs? 3D Mark says lousy, but that's sponsored
by AMD

If intel chipset, 845 or 865?

Is hyperthreading something not to miss out?

What is the boost from P4 400 over 533 to 800?

The new AMD 64 (Are that those Bartons?) is something to wait for (until
afforadable)?

A lot of questions, any help (also partially) is highly appreciated.

TIA

Jens

 BTW: I was on a XP 1600+ until now

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I'm looking for a mainstream solution,  no budget or high end.
Might be a P4 2.4 (up to 800) or a AMD 2600 for instance.

Also, VIA chipsets are out of of the question after 2 NBT (nothing but trouble)
years with my KT266 A.

I already got an ATI 9600 pro.

Few things I'm not certain about:
How are the P4s compared to the AMDs? 3D Mark says lousy, but that's sponsored
by AMD

If intel chipset, 845 or 865?

Is hyperthreading something not to miss out?

What is the boost from P4 400 over 533 to 800?

The new AMD 64 (Are that those Bartons?) is something to wait for (until
afforadable)?

A lot of questions, any help (also partially) is highly appreciated.

TIA

Jens

 BTW: I was on a XP 1600+ until now

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IMHO, the best board out there feature wise is the ABIT IC7-MAX3, and when
the P4 Extreme's come down to earth price wise I'll be getting one.

-Larry

Jens

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Sorry

Jens

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Cya

Jens

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you seem to have a fairly solid opinion already on what's good or not.
Hence, I'd suggest you buy exactly what _you_ think is right, because if you
don't, you'll always be worried whether you did the right thing :-)

That said, the AMD 2600 or 3000 (with FSB 400) offer certainly much better
bang for the buck than the P4s or the AMD 64s. The AMD 64s beat all P4s
overall, but whether waiting is worth the while depends on how long you're
willing to wait, I guess :-)

Achim

    The voice of reason speaks!  I would specify an oem cpu and put a slk947
+ 92mm fan on it.  That combo will comfortably run at 3500+ ratings at
reasonable sound levels.

rms

http://arstechnica.com/guide/system/index.html

A good budget system for around $700.00.  And a good read anyway.

hth,
jeff