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To: milo_morai who wrote (91731)	2/5/2000 6:17:00 PM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (1) of 1576152

Re: Athlon running on KX133 is indeed faster than Intel's latest Coppermine-processor running on the i840-platform! Cheapest 840 mobo on Pricewatch is $319 - the 840 is an expensive board to produce KX133 board listed is $199 - but is an inexpensive board to produce and should be below $150 before 840 gets to $300. Now how much would you pay for a coppermine system? But wait, there's more! Cheapest rambus 64 meg is $458 for PC700 (PC600 is a little cheaper, but there's a reason you never see benchmarks for that trash) and you'll need two $916 bucks for memory. PC133 is $111 for 128meg of CAS3 and $154 for 128meg of CAS2 (that's certified to run at 133MHZ CAS2) And you'll have 2 open banks on your KX133 board for memory expansion, while the 840 has a single open bank remaining. AND the KX133 is faster! So the Athlon platform saves at least $882. So we should be comparing a 256 meg Athlon system bundled with a 21" monitor to a 128 meg Coppermine system bundled with a 17" inch montor - since that's what consumers will be choosing between. Now how much would you pay for a copppermine system? <VVVBG> Dan

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