Difference between "Barton" and regular amd xp processors?

I've been hearing quite alot of the "Barton" AMD Athlon processors. What exactly is the difference between "Barton" and normal? Are they cheaper? Better Quality? Overclocked?

Thanks

[samwichse]

The only difference is twice the cache.

They're no different in performance than the regular t-bred, as AMD adjusted their speed ratings to reflect this. (a 2500+ barton should be slightly faster than a 2400+ t-bred and slightly slower than a 2600+ t-bred).

Sam

[Telexen]

And a slightly redesigned core...

so do you recommend barton processors over t-bred? which would you reccomend?

[tony_j15]

Depends on what you are doing and spending. The latest XP procs are all Bartons. My fave is the xp1700, which is a tbred. So, for OC, tbred is better.

i wouldnt be doing any overclocking...and im probably going to get winxp just becuase it runs "so much better and stable" according to people.

[beppodmime]

What kind of price range are you looking at for the processor?

Also, what kind of motherboard is this going to be going into?

This is going to be going into a asus a7n8x (nondeluxe) mb for mostly gaming. price range im not sure about....i didnt know they differed that much.

[Nighthawk]

I personally like the Bartons, but I run SETI and the larger cache is an advantage.

Supposedly a lot of people are getting their 2500+ CPUs to run at 2.2GHz (3200+ speed).. Mine did it with nothing in the motherboard, but got really unstable once I plugged everything in.

I'm kinda nervous when it comes to overclocking :nervousface: I don't think Ill be doing alot of that cept from the BIOS if i feel comfortable