Barton v Thoroughbred

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I recall a few months ago there was a discussion about the pros and cons of
the Barton v Thoroughbred processor. Do I remember correctly that the
Barton is slower than the the Thbd even tho it runs at 333? And one chip
has a larger core for more reliable heat disipation... someone help me put
this back together?

thanks

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Andre_Mc said:
I recall a few months ago there was a discussion about the pros and cons of
the Barton v Thoroughbred processor. Do I remember correctly that the
Barton is slower than the the Thbd even tho it runs at 333?
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T'breds will run at 333(166) too. The CPU doesn't care about bus speed, only
final MHz.

Get a T'bred XP1700 for $50 and run it at 2GHz+

The mutipliers on them are unlocked below 12.5x so you could run it at
200x10 too. What fun.
 
I have never damaged a CPU by overclocking it. I had a Celeron 366 running
at 550 for years and still have Duron 750 running at 933. They were $50
marvels just like the T'bred XP1700 is today. No fancy HSF needed either,
just a good $10 one.

Stability is the major pitfall. If you can convert a DVD movie to SVCDs in
the summer time then you are pretty damn stable. That runs the CPU at 100%
for 6 hours or so and really stresses memory.

In any event, as long as you can choose a mutiplier you can always drop MHz
down a bit to achieve stabilty, something you could not do with the old
locked Celerons.
 
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