i am just wondering wat is the difference between amd athlon xp2800 and
amd athlon xp2800(oem) or barton of the same cpu i just dont understand the differnce between them

From Webopedia

and from the AMD FAQ

Hope that helps. Therefore Barton is better but generally more expensive.

Note Barton are generally used for mobile AMD chips for Laptops etc. but I may be wrong.

Rob

thanks makes sense i guess but why is oem cheaper then the other kind

Retail (or "boxed retail," "PIB," "Processor in a Box") versions usually include a heatsink-fan (which may or may not be already mounted on the processor), user instructions, warrantee, etc. and OEM versions do not.

Rob

I always find it best to pay a little extra to get a better name for processors/hard drives, just because there is a better chance the product will be a little bit better.

Imagine if you purchased a cheap HD and then it crashed, and of course you forgot to backup. Would you rethink the HD you buy next time?

yea i prully would rethink so the best version to buy is the barton ?

(I think) The Barton core isn't necessarily more or less quality or reliability, but between a Thoroughbred and a Barton core of the same model number, the barton is better. With CPUs, generally you don't pay more for reliability like RAM or a hard drive, but for speed.

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