The main thing Ive found in re performance and longevity in a system is the Front Side Bus. I got a 3.2mhz PIV running a 800fsb and it only cost me a few months and a few extra dollars over the 533mhz fsb. Im so glad I got it I cant tell you. My single core rig is still competitive after 3+ years,with Gpu upgrades.
A limited fsb will be a bottleneck on the cpu, ram, gpu everything. So next rig will be 1600mhz fsb for me.
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