> > I am considering upgrading my MB and CPU and would like to know which would be a >better choice for LM8. > > I am looking for AMD Duron 900 - 1GHz or Athlon T-bird 1GHz. well, I think since the 1gig duron came out yesterday, it's way too expensive to buy right away (for the performance boost). go for a t-bird or go with a slower duron. > and maybe Microstar K7T Turbo or GigaByte GA-7ZXR-C i'm now at my duron box with an MSI (microstar) KT7 Pro 266. I like it in particular becuse it's one of the few DDR boards with more than 2 dimm slots. no ISA, if that's a problem. it works great under linux with a 850 MHz duron and 256MB DDR mem. MSI is an mu and commer. AbIT and asus are the big names, Abit will even come with it's own distro of linux :-) > > I am a student with not so much $, so I am looking for CPU under $150CDN and MB >under $240CDN. save some cash on a cpu if you're on a budget. get a cheaper cpu and a sweet mobo. you won't notice the difference much between a 700 Mhz duron and a 1.2 t-bird. especially if you're doing some basic codeing, office apps, web browsing, etc. when you get some more cash later, you can get a 1.4 ghz when the prices come down. if you want to hold on to the processor for a while, definitely go with a t-bird with a good cooler. > Is there any benefit to choosing T-Bird over Duron? yes, but it's negligable on desktop stuff. you'll see it gaming, but you need to put a beefier video card on the system before you'll see it. durons, as I understand it, are just t-birds with a broken l2 cache. processors are so cheap and so fast that you might as well go for a duron for now and get something rediculously fast when you have the cash. if you make a good mobo purchase, you;ll hold on to it for a long time, as AMD has promised to stay with socket A for the next few years, so hopefully with a bios upgrade, you can plug a 3 ghz into a ddr board you buy today. > > Thank you in advance, no problem, you're most welcome. hope this helps
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