CPUs > From 700 MHz to 1.5 GHz CPUs > Socket A > Processor

Advantages: Cheap as chips, good overclocking potential
Disadvantages: Possibly a little obsolete

As with all AMD products, the Athlon "thunderbird" series of processors offers good speed and excellent value for money. The 1.1Ghz variant displays a frankly moer than adequate performance for most modern desktop applications. It has a wide range of motherboards and accessories avaiable (just look for socket A), including a good range of cooling products. It is rare to find one of these installed in a brand new, off the shelf model, but at around ...
...for thosethat do not require fast performance for games. In fact games are about the only thing that this processor will struggle with, and even then we are talking about the latest 3-D games. If you are looking to upgrading your Pc to a new processor, but don't think you will need the sort of specifications found on newer PCs, then this is a very good half way house. ... Read review

Advantages: blasting 200MHZ FSB
Disadvantages: low L2 cache

AMD is one of the most superscaler, low priced and innovative cpu provider.. one of them is the Duron processors series.... that is low priced and powerful.... i own an AMD Duron CPU @ 1GHZ speed... it's performance is superb.... it has the latest core architecture , that supports 200 Mhz DDR front side bus (FSB)... has 128KB of L1 cache but a low L2 cache that is 64KB... but this does't let this cpu down.... technically, it is the younger brother ...
...technology and 3 floating points pipelines that offer more processing speed for applications... the 3D Now technology is playable for 3D applications and games.... i work on 3D Studio max by using this cpu and the processing power is excellent... the whopping 200Mhz FSB is the blasty feature of the Duron series... that is useful for high tech applications like photo editing softwares, graphics work and entertainment applications.... All in all, ... Read review

Advantages: cheap & good processor!
Disadvantages: 1m cache

Intel Pentium Dual Core E2160 / 1.8 GHz processor is helpful for those people who want to buy good processor but in cheapest rate. It is a stripped down low cost version of the Core 2 Duo. The performance of the processor at stock speed is good. As it is a dual core processor, its multitasking performance is very good. You can compare this processor with other in the following link: http://reviews.cnet.com/processors/intel-pentium-dual-core/4540-3086 ...
...only. But if you want to play games with it.. then the best configuration will be 1. 1333mhz capable motherboard 2. 2GB of DDR2 800mhz RAM 3. ATI 3850 or Geforce 8800gs graphics card 4. Western digital/ Maxtor hard disk 5. case, keyboard, mouse.....etc Installation of the processor is easy. It is same as core 2 duo. So no need to worried about it... ... Read review

Advantages: FSB - 800MHz & 64 bit Support
Disadvantages: Intel Virtualization Technology Not Supported

First of all INTEL ROCKS. I bought a pc with INTEL CORE 2 DUO E4500 2.2GHz processor. its so fast. i can play lot of games with this processor. I can say its better then AMD64. It supports 800 bus MHz ram awsome. I am using vista. In vista my processor rating is 5.1. i also do work on video editing. I can complete my work faster then ever. It is soo quite. Secification: Processors Type - Desktop Name - Core 2 Duo E4500 CPU Socket Type - LGA 775 ...
...Operating Frequency - 2.2GHz FSB - 800MHz L2 Cache - 2M shared Manufacturing Tech - 65 nm 64 bit Support Multimedia Instruction - MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3,SSSE3, EM64T Voltage - 0.85V – 1.5V Thermal Power - 65W Cooling Device - Heatsink and Fan included Nice price and nice product. ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap, fast and cool
Disadvantages: it's not a quad core, £130 may be too much for some

It took a while for Intel to wake up and smell the prices of AMD shares recently (AMD being Intel's main competitor). After years of AMD taking bite after bite out of Intel's market share with innovative, efficient, fast and affordable processors, Intel finally did something about it and released the Core 2 processor. The dual and quad core CPU's completely blew AMD away and AMD still haven't caught up two years later. The Intel Core 2 E8400 is the ...
...advantage of quad cores and Intel has released it's next generation architecture called Nehalem, it's well worth saving your money - with the E8400 costing less than £130, it's value for money, especially if you're overclocking, is undeniable. Whether you're buying a new system with an E8400 in it or upgrading your existing system, the E8400 should be top of your list. ... Read review