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One last question before I spend my cash - 2500 vs 2800
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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?) |
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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. -- Mark Twixt hill and high water. N.Wales, UK. Email is spam trap try baskitcaise at gmx dot co dot uk |
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Oh, I guess I should mention that I also have 2x 512MB 2700 RAM
"ZigZag Master" wrote in message ... 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?) |
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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. |
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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 -- Mark Twixt hill and high water. N.Wales, UK. Email is spam trap try baskitcaise at gmx dot co dot uk |
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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 . -- Don Burnette |
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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 ... -- Michael Brown www.emboss.co.nz : OOS/RSI software and more Add michael@ to emboss.co.nz - My inbox is always open |
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