[Pc_Support] Staying with 32-bit: PC3200 or PC4000, 166 or 200MHz Athlon?

Jason Boxman jasonb at edseek.com
Thu Aug 11 01:58:16 EDT 2005


I have decided to stick with old, 32-bit technology for my next upgrade.

Should I bother with getting an expensive Athlon 3200+ so I can run at
200MHz FSB, or get a lessly expensive 166MHz FSB Athlon and run my existing
PC2700 RAM or upgrade to plentiful PC3200 RAM.  (Matched pair 'dual channel'
packages of less expensive RAM is available often.)

I can pick up a MSI K7N2 Delta2 Platinum (nForce2 400 Ultra) for $68 shipped
from ZZFly.  Obviously, the cheapest FSB200 Athlon is expensive at $108. 
The FSB166 CPUs are a bit better and PC3200 is more plentiful than PC4000. 
I suspect things will move to DDR2 before PC4000 ever becomes widely
available.

Thanks.

(fyi upgrading from ECS K7S5A running an XP 1800+ @ 133FSB w PC2700 @ 133MHz.)






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