p4 or xp

jxxxn · February 5th, 2003, 08:39 PM

im at a stand still so i want to ask you guys for your opinoin
im comming into some money in a few days and i want to know
what processor i should get..!i want to do some overclocking
and want the fastest performance for my money(as im sure everyone does)limiting factor being i only have 200 to spend on processor so here ya go..........athlon xp 2400+...............or
pentium 4 2.4b 533 bus.......i know motherboard makes defrience
and im going to have maybe 130 to spend on that.hopefully pairing that with geil 3500 ultra 433bus ram...so i leave it to u guys...help a honky out would ya...what would you buy..any sugestions welcome and a good board i have a total

ComputrMotorcycl · February 5th, 2003, 08:53 PM

the AMD 2400 operates at 2ghz, but has a quantispeed arch. but if I were you, I would buy the AMD. If you have 130 to spend on a mobo, i would say that would be enough. I am going to buy a 1700+ but i only spent 80 on my mobo. If you get some good memory that helps too, with DDR. Good luck with it, i am also building a comp.

goldenbuddha · February 5th, 2003, 08:56 PM

If the choice was between the XP2400 or the P4 2.4, then go for the XP, it is faster...

slinky · February 5th, 2003, 09:20 PM

double post

slinky · February 5th, 2003, 09:23 PM

Athlon XP 2400 $153
asus A7N8X $145
=total==== $298

Pentium® 4 2.4B $180
asus P4S533 $97
=total==== $277

both have their pro's and cons.. if u want to overclock, the p4 would be faster (note that the XP would only be faster at the same rated speed)

samwichse · February 5th, 2003, 09:30 PM

The total prices you list are for completely different mainboard types.

The AMD board is the latest and greatest nForce 2 chipset with dual ddr 400 support, serial ata, 6 channel sound (that really nice setup nvidia has) and 3 DIMM slots, 5 PCI in a regular ATX factor.

The Intel board is a single channel ddr 333 with 4 channel "AC'97" audio, integrated video, 2 DIMM slots, and 3 PCI in a micro ATX form factor.

From newegg.com:
Athlon XP 2400+ OEM 185$
Asus A7NX Retail 119$ (nForce 2)
Total 304$

P4 2.4 ghz 187$
ASUS P4PE/L 121$ (Intel chipset)
Total 308$

thekingofpain · February 5th, 2003, 11:52 PM

I could go for either (and have both)

I prefer to OC from an enthusiasts point of view and as a hobby---

Ive had "most" AMD since the K6-3 and a couple Intels during that time (Celeron 366@645 and P3-600@900) some of the early AMD oc'd for us, some were more then stubborn-

The Athlon line promised more performance and OC'ability where the Celeron/P3 sorta fizzled on us,--great overclocks thru out the Athlon line from 750 on (I still run a 750 @1066 in my server for years now) and have a 1.4/266 sittin hear with some PC150 mem on a KT7E waiting to be energized for SOME project---

Im partial to P4 at the moment (my early XP OC project didnt go as well as hoped-1600@1700 on a Dragon+) and use a 2.4b/IT7Max2/OCZ3500/Ti4600 setup retail cooled@3.06 for my hobby Clearcase gamer---P4 gives simple overclocks, extreme memory performance can be quiet with no heat drama---

The newest XP seem to be working out real well as far as OC'ing goes---new boards/chipsets and mem go hand in hand and have been producing good results---

Cheap high performance MB for P4 is the Abit BD7 II about 85$---add some inexpensive XMS PC2700mem (256 about 75$ at Fry's) with a 2.4b w/retail heatsink and you have a cheap possible 3 Ghz system with extremely high memory performance running quiet and cool...

thekingofpain · February 6th, 2003, 12:10 AM

I might add all ive built in the past 6 months is P4 systems (about a dozen) but myself if I had a new project in mind might spend my $$$ on a new XP and one of the NEWEST boards available w/mem accordingly (only because I have a maxed out P4 setup)

---guess I didnt assist much and hope I didnt furthur make it more difficult to decide---
:-)

Bruneau · February 6th, 2003, 12:44 AM

AMD of course... look for an JUIHB in a 2100 for a good clocker. Some of the same in the 1700+'s are doing as good.

You know as well as I do that it's a hit and miss deal on individual chips. But, those are the best now.

jxxxn · February 6th, 2003, 08:34 AM

thanks guys i do most of my shopping through new egg for reasons you all know about :-)
i guess is really a matterof taste huh...my last couple of systems have been amd and i was really looking for a excuse to go pentium4 but i guess thereboth good in there own .. probably going to stay amd if noone convinces me otherwise :-)