New Mobo

[bigdawgfoxx]

Is a celeron better then a duron? and your forgetting one pricey thing here...ive spent like 120 bux on ram...if i get a P4 or Athlon XP i have to but new ram also...thats why im getting a high speed....celeron...dont really go together but o well lol

[ilw]

as livy pointed out earlier u can get xp motherboards which support sdram. so u wouldn't have to change ram yet

[Livy]

as i said u can get a athlon board that supports both sdram and ddr ram, so you could change to ddr ram later as an upgrade,

p.s. it does not support both at the same time, its either one or the other

edit here is one such board http://www.ecs.com.tw/products/pd_spec.asp...?product_id=192

[bigdawgfoxx]

Bundle Ok theres the thing...is that motherboard good decent or horrible?? i know its not exspandable..but i only have 2 dimms right now...does neone know of a similar bundle with 3 dimms? greatly appreciative! oh and would a AthlonXp1600 run faster then a Celeron at 2.4 Ghz?

[bigdawgfoxx]

I looked at some bundles...and like i can get an AMD athlon XP 2200 that supports sdram and all for 130...but i still dont want an amd..and its clock is 1.8 compared to 2.4...althought it has like 3 times the L2 chache....how much of a role does the L2 Cache actually play?

[Livy]

quite alot, and dont look at the bus speeds, an amd i 2200 is probably about the same as a 2.4 clereon maybe better

[ilw]

theres a review at toms hw on the celeron 2ghz and in their benchmarks the xp1600 is roughly its equal (better in some worse in others) and the 1800xp beats it or equals it in everything.

http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/20021016/index.html

Edit: Even overclocked to 3Ghz (in article) it still sometimes loses to the xp1600

[Livy]

to your question about an athlon board that supports both sdram and ddr, i havent seen any that have more than 2 slot of each type of ram

[bigdawgfoxx]

I wasnt comparing the 2200 with the 2.0Ghz..i was comparing the 1600 to the celeron at 2.4 ghz..and the celeron would win lol i just want to know if thats a good motherboard

[Livy]

no wonder it would win? theres a big difference in speed,

edit: for the price of a celeron 2.4ghz you could get a athlon xp 2500
compare price for price

edit: both above are retail versions, also u can get a 2600 non retail for same price.