One last question before I spend my cash - 2500 vs 2800
 

OK,

Going with the Abit NF7-S Mobo.

2500 is $90
2800 is $140

Any reason to sepnd the extra cash to get the 2800. Im sure the 2500 can go
beyond the 2800 in terms of performance....true????

Is the 2800 a good clocker?

Also, does anyone clock their CPUs higher with the standard heat sink and
fan (not to maximum, but just to get extra performance?)

ZigZag Master wrote:

OK,

Going with the Abit NF7-S Mobo.

2500 is $90
2800 is $140

Any reason to sepnd the extra cash to get the 2800. Im sure the 2500 can go
beyond the 2800 in terms of performance....true????

Is the 2800 a good clocker?

Also, does anyone clock their CPUs higher with the standard heat sink and
fan (not to maximum, but just to get extra performance?)

I have a 2800 rinning at 2251 perm 24/7 seti and work, all I did was raise the
multiplier up, I can go higher on the fsb but it ends to max out my 2700 ram
and linux is a bit more picky when it comes to overclocking the system.

The one thing I do notice is that at stock voltage the temp at full load is
only 42 cpu and 30 sys, it does for me.

I could have gone for the 2500 and clocked the fsb but that would have meant
new ram and I was not going ( read can`t afford ) to buy another gig of cas 2
OCZ :)

I want this to last out until I can afford the 64 bit chip and mobo cos I have
the O/S :)

If you are running windows maybe the 2500 and good cooling might be better for
you though.



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Oh, I guess I should mention that I also have 2x 512MB 2700 RAM


"ZigZag Master" wrote in message
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OK,

Going with the Abit NF7-S Mobo.

2500 is $90
2800 is $140

Any reason to sepnd the extra cash to get the 2800. Im sure the 2500 can
go
beyond the 2800 in terms of performance....true????

Is the 2800 a good clocker?

Also, does anyone clock their CPUs higher with the standard heat sink and
fan (not to maximum, but just to get extra performance?)

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 12:41:04 -0500, "ZigZag Master"
wrote:

Oh, I guess I should mention that I also have 2x 512MB 2700 RAM

Isn't that the limitation then? I thought 3200 was the thing for real
oc.

dgk wrote:

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 12:41:04 -0500, "ZigZag Master"
wrote:

Oh, I guess I should mention that I also have 2x 512MB 2700 RAM

Isn't that the limitation then? I thought 3200 was the thing for real
oc.

Yeah I wish I had the money when I bought my ram, but it was a while ago when
it first came out and cost me more than the whole machine put together for 1
gig of cas 2, so I have had to limit my o/c to multiplier it will do until
the 64bit gets a bit more affordable :)

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Mark
Twixt hill and high water.
N.Wales, UK.
Email is spam trap try baskitcaise at gmx dot co dot uk

ZigZag Master wrote:
OK,

Going with the Abit NF7-S Mobo.

2500 is $90
2800 is $140

Any reason to sepnd the extra cash to get the 2800. Im sure the 2500
can go beyond the 2800 in terms of performance....true????

Is the 2800 a good clocker?

Also, does anyone clock their CPUs higher with the standard heat sink
and fan (not to maximum, but just to get extra performance?)

Just an observation, and I don't know if it makes much difference - the 2600
Barton is only 9.00 more than the 2500..
Just to give a little more food for thought :).



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Don Burnette

baskitcaise wrote:
dgk wrote:

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 12:41:04 -0500, "ZigZag Master"
wrote:

Oh, I guess I should mention that I also have 2x 512MB 2700 RAM

Isn't that the limitation then? I thought 3200 was the thing for real
oc.

Yeah I wish I had the money when I bought my ram, but it was a while
ago when it first came out and cost me more than the whole machine
put together for 1 gig of cas 2, so I have had to limit my o/c to
multiplier it will do until the 64bit gets a bit more affordable :)

Except that the current Bartons have their multiplier locked ...

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