Are the Barton Cores worth getting. i was looking at a AMD 2600+ XP Barton Core(1.9ghz) for about 104 bucks retail(newegg.com), and wanted to know about how long will last me. will i be able to play Doom3 and Half Life 2 with out problems from the cpu side? any good mobo to go with this cpu under a 100 bucks?
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if you're going AMD, try the nForce2 motherboards, as they are probably the best deal for gamers.
You can get pretty much any Socket A mobo for under $150, but for the best audio and performance, get an nForce with the MCP-T integrated audio. It rivals the Sound Blaster Audigy 2 in sound quality and performance.
And yes, a 2600+ will do you quite nicely for most games.
If you have any problems with it's speed, though, you can always OC
You can get pretty much any Socket A mobo for under $150, but for the best audio and performance, get an nForce with the MCP-T integrated audio. It rivals the Sound Blaster Audigy 2 in sound quality and performance.
And yes, a 2600+ will do you quite nicely for most games.
If you have any problems with it's speed, though, you can always OC
You might also want to try the Barton core 2500 by AMD. You can get them for about $90. They run at 1.83, which is about the same speed as a 2200, but the former runs at 333 fsb, while the latter runs at 266 fsb. This helps bring up the performace. The 2500 is also very easy to o/c because of the relatively low clock speed.
The 2600 you like will run at a higher clock speed (ie more heat), but since the fsb is set at 266 in stead of 333, there is a marginal performance increase.
You may also like to take a look at the Barton 3000. It's come down a lot in price since the 64 bit processors came out. It's fsb also runs at 400, which really gives the chip a boost.
The 2600 you like will run at a higher clock speed (ie more heat), but since the fsb is set at 266 in stead of 333, there is a marginal performance increase.
You may also like to take a look at the Barton 3000. It's come down a lot in price since the 64 bit processors came out. It's fsb also runs at 400, which really gives the chip a boost.
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