Processor cores????? hello there i have this mother board and i was asking does it matter what processor core the processor is or can i buy any? please answer quickly as i was going too order a processor soon thanks. my old processor (in my computer) is a thoroughbred and the one i was going too buy is a palomino and a barton
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Yes it does matter which processor, per motherboard. This board is compatible with AMD cpu's (Central Processing Units). I recommend getting a Athlon XP 3200+ processor, although you can get faster or slower AMD processors based on how much money you want to fork out. This motherboard uses a VIA KT600 chipset, for your information.
the core should not matter either. the difference is Palomino core (0.18
micron) to the Thoroughbred (0.13 micron) which was simply a die shrink,
AMD has added something new to the mix this time around. They
have incorporated an extra 256KB of L2 cache into the core, thus giving it a grand
total of 512 KB L2 cache.The more cache your CPU has, it could boost performance 10%.
if you can afford it, go with the Barton core.