Which should I buy?

[acepoint]

Is a 700 mhz athlon with 256 ram better than a 800 mhz athlon with 128 ram?

[daveleau]

30000!

Haha it sure was the 30000th post. What a joy!

As for your question, which OS are you using? If it is Win98, I might lean towards the 800 and 128 since the gains from more than 128 are not worth the money in my experience. I am not sure but I think an older 700MHz Athlon may overclock better than an 800 since it is probabvly not a 700MHz chip but a faster 800 marked as 700. That is completely unfounded though but based on the idea that the 550 is actually a much faster processor yet sold at 550. Hmmmmm, decisions decisions. I wish I had that one to make myself...
Good luck-
Dave

[This message has been edited by daveleau (edited 02-17-2000).]

[Dominus]

I'd say go with the 700 and 256MB of PC133.

Due to the 2/5 cache divider, the 800 doesn't offer stellar performance over the 700. And, with a Golden Fingers Device, you can always overclock to 800mhz anyway.

[pickel]

Get both and return the one you don't like!!
Usually have a week or two to try it out, this way you'll know fur shure http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[grandslammer]

Atta boy, Pickel, give 'em hell!

little Mikey P.