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Athlon XP questions
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I am considering buying the Athlon XP 1700. I plan to use this in a Linux system. AMD has said (on its website) that the XP processor is tailored for Windows XP. What does that mean?. Does it mean that I am better of buying ThunderBird (cheaper too) or a Duron?. Aragorn. |
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That I konw is that Xp stand for exstra performance in regard to the occureance the XP processon while work at minor MHz speed respect the Intel processon has the same performance. Bye Alfonso "Aragorn" wrote in message ... Hi, I am considering buying the Athlon XP 1700. I plan to use this in a Linux system. AMD has said (on its website) that the XP processor is tailored for Windows XP. What does that mean?. Does it mean that I am better of buying ThunderBird (cheaper too) or a Duron?. Aragorn. |
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On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 15:03:40 -0400, Aragorn
wrote: Aragorn wrote: Hi, I am considering buying the Athlon XP 1700. I plan to use this in a Linux system. AMD has said (on its website) that the XP processor is tailored for Windows XP. What does that mean?. Does it mean that I am better of buying ThunderBird (cheaper too) or a Duron?. Aragorn. Follow up to my own post. Are the accessories that come with the CPU worth the cost: extra arctic compound, cpu shim, case fans, volcano cooling fan... Aragorn Thats the old , should I buy the OEM or retail question. If you have a decent fan/heatsink laying around then use that. But dont use some ancient junky old fan or it could overheat and destroy your CPU. If you dont , then the stock one is good enough or it wouldnt come with the unit. Most people want to buy a unit because they want even better cooling. It will probably run about the same cost at best and higher if you get an expensive unit. The decent thermaltakes and other makes can be pretty cheap nowadays. Do your own calculation and see if it makes sense with added shipping costs. |
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Aragorn wrote:
Hi, I am considering buying the Athlon XP 1700. I plan to use this in a Linux system. AMD has said (on its website) that the XP processor is tailored for Windows XP. Doesn't mean a thing. Both Linux and Windows will run on the x86 platform. What does that mean?. Does it mean that I am better of buying ThunderBird (cheaper too) or a Duron?. The AthlonXP 1700+ will work in any Socket A motherboard. Buy the retail version with the heatsink and fan. -- Winerr 012 - Cash Underflow - Credit Card Number Will Be Assimilated |
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"Aragorn" wrote in message
... " I am considering buying the Athlon XP 1700. I plan to use this in a Linux system. AMD has said (on its website) that the XP processor is tailored for Windows XP. What does that mean?. Does it mean that I am better of buying ThunderBird (cheaper too) or a Duron?." The 'Athlon XP 1700+' has a clock speed of 1.47Ghz, not 1.7Ghz as the '1700' might suggest. The tag simply means that it runs many Windows XP applications at performances comparible to the best 1.7Ghz CPUs (namely Pentium). http://tinyurl.com/kesl |
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On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 15:03:40 -0400, Aragorn
wrote: Aragorn wrote: Hi, I am considering buying the Athlon XP 1700. I plan to use this in a Linux system. AMD has said (on its website) that the XP processor is tailored for Windows XP. What does that mean?. Does it mean that I am better of buying ThunderBird (cheaper too) or a Duron?. Aragorn. Follow up to my own post. Are the accessories that come with the CPU worth the cost: extra arctic compound, cpu shim, case fans, volcano cooling fan... Aragorn Are you going to be overclocking? If not forget artic silver, volcano fans, etc.. An extra case fan can be useful no matter what the processor as many power supplies don't really move much air with their fans. Shims, in my experiance, are an attempt to take advantage of clumsy installers, as they don't help with a properly installed heatsink. If you want a stable system, all you need is the stock heat sink/fan combination, and maybe an extra case fan if you load the system up with drives and a fast video card. |
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Jim Turner wrote:
On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 15:03:40 -0400, Aragorn wrote: Aragorn wrote: Hi, I am considering buying the Athlon XP 1700. I plan to use this in a Linux system. AMD has said (on its website) that the XP processor is tailored for Windows XP. What does that mean?. Does it mean that I am better of buying ThunderBird (cheaper too) or a Duron?. Aragorn. Follow up to my own post. Are the accessories that come with the CPU worth the cost: extra arctic compound, cpu shim, case fans, volcano cooling fan... Aragorn Are you going to be overclocking? If not forget artic silver, volcano fans, etc.. An extra case fan can be useful no matter what the processor as many power supplies don't really move much air with their fans. Shims, in my experiance, are an attempt to take advantage of clumsy installers, as they don't help with a properly installed heatsink. If you want a stable system, all you need is the stock heat sink/fan combination, and maybe an extra case fan if you load the system up with drives and a fast video card. I might overclock but not now, sometime in the future maybe. I'll get those fans then. |
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I have the Athalon 1700+, I just had a problem where it is 1 year old and I
can no longer use my computer at its fastest speed because I overheated it. Everything is factory and I have already replaced the powersupply once. It is important to note that an Athalon 1700+ has a top speed of 1.44 Ghz but mine is running 1.1Ghz... NOT 1.7Ghz, I don't like athalon for this reason, they lead you on... go for a pentium. |
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"kony" wrote in message ... On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 21:19:17 GMT, "Girgath" wrote: I have the Athalon 1700+, I just had a problem where it is 1 year old and I can no longer use my computer at its fastest speed because I overheated it. Everything is factory and I have already replaced the powersupply once. It is important to note that an Athalon 1700+ has a top speed of 1.44 Ghz but mine is running 1.1Ghz... NOT 1.7Ghz, I don't like athalon for this reason, they lead you on... go for a pentium. That has nothing to do with the Athlon, it's most likely a specific motherboard problem, else you got another questionable power supply. If it'd been a Pentium CPU, all else being equal, you'd have the same problem. Nope... A P4 chip is smart enough to slow down if it's overheating. |
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