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Outdated information. the Thuderbird 1 GHZ with on die cache went on sale
June 5th for 990$. Actually all the Thruderbirds are out from 750-1000. I
hear the 800 can actually outperform an old 1 GHZ athlon in some tests. Also
for a limited time, Slot A thunderbirds will be availible.
> Out of my 5 PCs, 3 have AMD CPUs. 2 Athlons (800 & 600), K6/2 450, Celeron
> 466, and a Dual Pentium Pro 200. If you are waiting for the Gig CPUs to
come
> . The Athlon gig doesn't do much better than an 800 because of the
external
> cache, and the PIII gig requires an $80+ heat removal system that requires
> some case modification (part of it sits outside the case). On top of all
of
> that Intel has yet to ship its 1 Ghz PIII. If money was tight I would buy
an
> AMD Duron (aka Spitfire) (600 Mhz for under $100) and a Socket A
> motherboard, which could later be upgraded to a Thunderbird Athlon. As for
> the cdrw vs. zip, zip is widely supported but not as supported as cds.
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