I have a friend who is going to be building a new computer soon. He found a couple good price processors on NewEgg. One was a AMD Athlon XP 2700+ Thoroughbred core for $90 and the other was a AMD Athlon XP 2800+ Barton core for $92. He asked me the other day what would be a better buy and the difference between the cores. I told him id find out and get back to him. So here I am. Any help would be greatfully appreiciated. Thanks.