Oops, I must've read something wrong. Anyway, it's still worth it. The cache and FSB are most important. A plain 2500 will out perform a overclocked XP 1700.

Of course, but, again, it's all about whether I need the extra horsepower. I will keep my eyes peeled for really good deals on the XP 2500, and I would really like the higher FSB and L2 cache, but ultimately, I might go TBred. It's not like my current setup (Duron 900) is killing me, I just would like a few things to go a little faster.

Yeah, I've got two BP6 machines here,

I think the BP6 is officially the "coolest" motherboard ever. I had to let it go on EBay so I could afford my KT7-RAID. The funny part? KT7-RAIDs and BP6's are going on EBay for about the same price. Granted, the BP6 is a 2 CPU board, but it's just unheard of that a motherboard holds its value like that. I kinda still wish I had it around, having 2 CPU's is pretty cool. I haven't seen anything comparable to the BP6 come out, it seems you need to pay a premium for a dual CPU setup now, and, really, I don't think it's cost effective anymore, for the average home user.

Damn, I miss me BP6.