going new processor, athlon64 or xp-m?

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hey i'm getting a new processor and my budget is £200, so i was wondering if i could get a 2600xp-m and overclock it :) or get a new athlon64 3000+ (newcastle) and a Abit NF8 Motherboard. Which should i do? the athlon 64 combo adds up to £171 and the xp-m is only £70. I dunno which would be a better performance? Help please. :D
 
Go for Athlon 64. I upgraded from AMD 1600+ and went to AMD 2800+ and on games I jumped 40 FPS at least, with the same video card!
 
shall i go to the 3000 or the 2800, is it a big difference? and its £10-15 difference as well i think.
 
also, is it the same, will I be able to use my current HSF (thermaltake volcano 12) because it looks EXACTLY the same as the venus 12 that i was gonna get, but just remade? Whats the difference?
thanks
 
if i got the xp-m i could get another 512mb ram as well. That surely woul[d be better for gaming right now than an AMD64?
 
AMD64 is going to boost your performance way more then a 512MB of ram, get that at a later time... My AMD64 2800+ beats a AMD Athlon 3200+.

The AMD64 3000+ will give you a small, noticable, change but not by much. I would go for 3000+ if you have it. Higher the better.

Good luck purchasing =)
 
Go as high as your budget will allow and include something like a Venus 12 or Silent Boost CPU heatsink/fan, then overclock.

For example, instead of buying a 3200 with stock cooling, get a 2800 with a Venus 12 and overclock to/past 3200 speeds (or as high as possible, I'm not terribly familiar with these processors yet.) :)
 
millsd44 said:
also, is it the same, will I be able to use my current HSF (thermaltake volcano 12) because it looks EXACTLY the same as the venus 12 that i was gonna get, but just remade? Whats the difference?
thanks

That HSF will work on any Socket A CPU, this does not include AMD Athlon 64 processers.
 
i would just buy the processor, and save $$ for that next big video card upgrade your gonna have in a year or so. With that system you should run everything fine. I got the same thing (2600m, NF7-S, 512mb), but a 9600SE (dunno why i chose it...) instead of 9800pro, and it runs everything just fine.
 
i would go the XP-M 2600+ because they overclock very well, and when clocked at 2.7Ghz, (if you get it that far) i would say that it could beat a 64bit 2800+ without much difficulty, plus, you would be able to buy the extra 512Mb of ram, which makes a big difference in gaming today. but be aware, you will need good cooling if you buy the XP-M2600+
 
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