Pentium III or Duron?

[HzrnBgy]

Hey guys, whats the better solution?A Pentium III or an AMD Duron of the same clock speed. I'm tight on budget

 

[xsk8zerox]

duron

 

[chastity]

Well which of those processors you get I think depend's on what your planning on doing on the system. Playing games like Quake III or Neverwinter Night I would go with the Pentium III if your are going to play card games, word processing, web surfing, etc then I would go with the Duron. But the final choice is yours alone to make but there are a few things to keep in mind.

 

[HzrnBgy]

im really not into gaming so i think AMD just won another customer. thanks guys. thats all what i need. by the way, is there any temperature related problems in the durons? im not into overclock but just want to know if somebody ever came across temp problem at ambient temp.

 

[jonocainuk]

durons are just made for overclocking imho.

nearly everyone who i know that has a duron has overclocked it lol.

so in theory, you'll get more speed for your money with a duron.

 

[Nick M]

Go with Duron.

 

[blinden]

You can go with either processor, but with the slower speed, if you get a lot of ram, the performance will increase greatly, I would suggest at least 512 MB, seeing that it will probably just be PC133, it will be relativily cheap

 

[Cosmin]

If I were you I would choose a Pentium III , no reason almost ..

 

[Jz1397-5]

pentium iii has a good performance, but durons overclock very easy, which means more speed for the same money.

 

[Not Bman]

Petium 3 !!

 

[Taurus]

Originally posted by Cosmin
If I were you I would choose a Pentium III , no reason almost ..

almost is right... }:>
p3 is slower and more expensive

 

[blinden]

in reality though, you should be comparing durons to celerons, not full blown PIII's because of the cache difference, and cache is pretty expensive.

 

[leebobs]

duron or low end Athlon, both cheaper than PIII

 

[beatlesdb]

Duron - they also are happy to work up to around 70° but the PIII get flacky at 45°

 

[mbunny]

You must have had some screwed up P4's... I was in Malaysia recently (their temperatures are very hot and humid... low 20's at night and high 30's during the day. Celcius)

My cousin was running a P3 866... He did not have ANY cooling except for the stock cooler that came with his P3... He ran at 47 degrees... 70 degrees is stuffed.

 

[gonaads]

I would get one of the lower speed Athlons not a Duron.

You can get an Athlon 1700+ 1.47GHz/266MHz, Boxed (in a Factory Box with Factory Heatsink and Fan/Factory Warranty) for $90.00 U.S.

A 1.3GHz Duron Boxed is $70.00 U.S.

And the Athlon would be better than the Pentium III.

A Pentium III 1.13GHz "A" 133/256K Flip-Chip is $125.00 U.S.

A Pentium III 1.13GHz 133/512K Flip-Chip is $170.00 U.S.

You do the math.

Where?

http://www.centralcomputer.com/PriceList/Hardware/CPUs.htm

 

[ManMountain]

Switched from a P3 800 to this current Duron. Things Zzzo00mm now (Albeit with a slight temperature increase).

Duron running temp:
Chasis: 37C
Processor: 47C (idle) 49/50C (Stressed)

P3 running temp:
Chasis: 35C
Processor: 42C (idle) 50/52C (Stressed)

Not too long and I'll be whipping out the Duron for an AthlonXP

 

[ManMountain]

This is my second non-Intel processor. Apart from a K6 200 way back, I've always had Intel based cpu's.

But I have to say that while folk may pour scorn on the "puny" Duron, for me at the moment, this 1.3 GHz stomps through everything I throw at it, which for £140 (£55 for cpu plus £55 for mobo and £30 for the hsf) is a bargain upgrade

 

[gonaads]

Good for you ManMountain.

Nice sig.