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I'm going 64 bit and would like to OC a little er maybe alot and maybe get a
larger CPU when they come down (if they ever do) I'd like the low voltage version first so I can have time to save up for a 500w PSU later, I've looked at the Asus boards with the long pipe copper heat sink and the xp 4200 I believe it is, anyway I'd just like a chipset that allows some clocking and not break the bank before the quads come out, many thanks in advance... |
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Joe_Z wrote:
I'm going 64 bit and would like to OC a little er maybe alot and maybe get a larger CPU when they come down (if they ever do) I'd like the low voltage version first so I can have time to save up for a 500w PSU later, I've looked at the Asus boards with the long pipe copper heat sink and the xp 4200 I believe it is, anyway I'd just like a chipset that allows some clocking and not break the bank before the quads come out, many thanks in advance... If you want to go AMD, they have introduced a great product for you. The "black" edition processors, have unlocked multipliers. That means you can just adjust the multiplier setting, to get whatever core speed you want, without having to change the input clock to the CPU. You'll need to pick up a heatsink/fan to use, as it is not included with the "black" boxed processors. AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Brisbane 2.6GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 65W Black Edition Processor - Retail $130 ("Cooling device not included - Processor Only" - see spec section) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103194 I take it, that this one is unlocked as well. It also does not come with a cooler. But the power dissipation rating of these is higher than for other, lower speed members of the AM2 family, so plan accordingly. Since this is already pretty close to the top operating frequency for the family, I would not expect this to overclock a lot percentage-wise. Note that "black edition" is not mentioned in the advertising copy. AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Windsor 3.2GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor - Retail $210 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103191 You can check the power ratings of these products, by using www.amdcompare.com . Overvolting the processor, makes it run hotter, so buy a decent cooler. HTH, Paul |
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On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:33:01 +0000, Joe_Z wrote:
I'm going 64 bit and would like to OC a little er maybe alot and maybe get a larger CPU when they come down (if they ever do) I'd like the low voltage version first so I can have time to save up for a 500w PSU later, I've looked at the Asus boards with the long pipe copper heat sink and the xp 4200 I believe it is, anyway I'd just like a chipset that allows some clocking and not break the bank before the quads come out, many thanks in advance... Going to be hard to beat the AM2 X2 3800+ for cost/performance/ overclockability at $55. -- Want the ultimate in free OTA SD/HDTV Recorder? http://mythtv.org http://mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html Usenet alt.video.ptv.mythtv My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php HD Tivo S3 compared http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/mythtivo.htm |
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"Joe_Z" wrote in message news:1FTQi.2412$et1.1110@trnddc02... I'm going 64 bit and would like to OC a little er maybe alot and maybe get a larger CPU when they come down (if they ever do) I'd like the low voltage version first so I can have time to save up for a 500w PSU later, I've looked at the Asus boards with the long pipe copper heat sink and the xp 4200 I believe it is, anyway I'd just like a chipset that allows some clocking and not break the bank before the quads come out, many thanks in advance... The setup that I'm currently running is an AM2 4400X2 Brisbane core (65w) standard @ 2.3Ghz, I currently run it at 2.75Ghz using the standard heat sink & fan, runs in the mid 40 degrees Celsius range, and runs perfectly stable. I run it on an Asrock Crossfire board which is alright, but I personally prefer the gigabyte boards. I run my RAM under clocked slightly from 667 to 533 with lower timings, voltages are all stock settings and have only raised the FSB. I've run it at 2.86Ghz, but had heat issues, so maybe with some better cooling this cpu could reach the 2.9Ghz range. So in my opinion, I'd definitely recommend buying one of the Brisbane core (65w) cpu's or maybe try one of the newer 45w cpus hitting the market recently. Hope this helps a little. |
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"Paul" wrote in message ... Joe_Z wrote: I'm going 64 bit and would like to OC a little er maybe alot and maybe get a larger CPU when they come down (if they ever do) I'd like the low voltage version first so I can have time to save up for a 500w PSU later, I've looked at the Asus boards with the long pipe copper heat sink and the xp 4200 I believe it is, anyway I'd just like a chipset that allows some clocking and not break the bank before the quads come out, many thanks in advance... If you want to go AMD, they have introduced a great product for you. The "black" edition processors, have unlocked multipliers. That means you can just adjust the multiplier setting, to get whatever core speed you want, without having to change the input clock to the CPU. You'll need to pick up a heatsink/fan to use, as it is not included with the "black" boxed processors. AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Brisbane 2.6GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 65W Black Edition Processor - Retail $130 ("Cooling device not included - Processor Only" - see spec section) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103194 I take it, that this one is unlocked as well. It also does not come with a cooler. But the power dissipation rating of these is higher than for other, lower speed members of the AM2 family, so plan accordingly. Since this is already pretty close to the top operating frequency for the family, I would not expect this to overclock a lot percentage-wise. Note that "black edition" is not mentioned in the advertising copy. AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Windsor 3.2GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor - Retail $210 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103191 You can check the power ratings of these products, by using www.amdcompare.com . Overvolting the processor, makes it run hotter, so buy a decent cooler. HTH, Paul I've been and AMD man since I got my diron 700 clocked to a gig and never looked back at intel and don't expect I'll ever look at the $250+ extra for a few megabytes more come on, many thanks for your input, will stay with AMD forever...Joe |
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"Wes Newell" wrote in message news:bIYQi.24676$uC1.4864@trnddc04... On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:33:01 +0000, Joe_Z wrote: I'm going 64 bit and would like to OC a little er maybe alot and maybe get a larger CPU when they come down (if they ever do) I'd like the low voltage version first so I can have time to save up for a 500w PSU later, I've looked at the Asus boards with the long pipe copper heat sink and the xp 4200 I believe it is, anyway I'd just like a chipset that allows some clocking and not break the bank before the quads come out, many thanks in advance... Going to be hard to beat the AM2 X2 3800+ for cost/performance/ overclockability at $55. Your right, many thanks Wes...Joe -- Want the ultimate in free OTA SD/HDTV Recorder? http://mythtv.org http://mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html Usenet alt.video.ptv.mythtv My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php HD Tivo S3 compared http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/mythtivo.htm |
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"Strutter" wrote in message ... "Joe_Z" wrote in message news:1FTQi.2412$et1.1110@trnddc02... I'm going 64 bit and would like to OC a little er maybe alot and maybe get a larger CPU when they come down (if they ever do) I'd like the low voltage version first so I can have time to save up for a 500w PSU later, I've looked at the Asus boards with the long pipe copper heat sink and the xp 4200 I believe it is, anyway I'd just like a chipset that allows some clocking and not break the bank before the quads come out, many thanks in advance... The setup that I'm currently running is an AM2 4400X2 Brisbane core (65w) standard @ 2.3Ghz, I currently run it at 2.75Ghz using the standard heat sink & fan, runs in the mid 40 degrees Celsius range, and runs perfectly stable. I run it on an Asrock Crossfire board which is alright, but I personally prefer the gigabyte boards. I run my RAM under clocked slightly from 667 to 533 with lower timings, voltages are all stock settings and have only raised the FSB. I've run it at 2.86Ghz, but had heat issues, so maybe with some better cooling this cpu could reach the 2.9Ghz range. So in my opinion, I'd definitely recommend buying one of the Brisbane core (65w) cpu's or maybe try one of the newer 45w cpus hitting the market recently. Hope this helps a little. It helped a lot, I lov AMD cpu's, they clock like crazy when you have the correct ones, like my xp1700 that does 2gig @ 42c and 48 under full game load, not that I'm a gamer, I do audio and 8 to 12 wave file "tracks" can pull a system pretty hard, AMD can take the load if tweaked correctly about 98% of the time, many thanks again for your input...Joe |
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"Joe_Z" wrote in message news:83qRi.13606$fm1.916@trnddc01... "Paul" wrote in message ... Joe_Z wrote: I'm going 64 bit and would like to OC a little er maybe alot and maybe get a larger CPU when they come down (if they ever do) I'd like the low voltage version first so I can have time to save up for a 500w PSU later, I've looked at the Asus boards with the long pipe copper heat sink and the xp 4200 I believe it is, anyway I'd just like a chipset that allows some clocking and not break the bank before the quads come out, many thanks in advance... If you want to go AMD, they have introduced a great product for you. The "black" edition processors, have unlocked multipliers. That means you can just adjust the multiplier setting, to get whatever core speed you want, without having to change the input clock to the CPU. You'll need to pick up a heatsink/fan to use, as it is not included with the "black" boxed processors. AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Brisbane 2.6GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 65W Black Edition Processor - Retail $130 ("Cooling device not included - Processor Only" - see spec section) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103194 I take it, that this one is unlocked as well. It also does not come with a cooler. But the power dissipation rating of these is higher than for other, lower speed members of the AM2 family, so plan accordingly. Since this is already pretty close to the top operating frequency for the family, I would not expect this to overclock a lot percentage-wise. Note that "black edition" is not mentioned in the advertising copy. AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Windsor 3.2GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor - Retail $210 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103191 You can check the power ratings of these products, by using www.amdcompare.com . Overvolting the processor, makes it run hotter, so buy a decent cooler. HTH, Paul I've been and AMD man since I got my diron 700 clocked to a gig and never looked back at intel and don't expect I'll ever look at the $250+ extra for a few megabytes more come on, many thanks for your input, will stay with AMD forever...Joe AMD made some incredible CPUs, no doubt. Going back to the days of PR75(?) v. Pentium and before. I remember thinking - what the hell was the point in paying quadruple for the same performance (Athlon 800 v. P3-800). AMD always had the best options, from budget to high-end. Athlon XP's just smashed Intel's P4's all over the place, for much less money. But things have changed massively, and Intel have the budget, midrange and top end CPU's covered, their quad cores are long-proven, plus you can overclock the hell out of cheap Core 2 Duos without even raising the voltage. I really hope AMD can pull something astonishing out of the hat, God knows they have been pioneers in the past, but they rested on their laurels and I don't see the point in building a PC with a current AMD CPU, especially if you're on a budget *and* you want to overclock, when an Intel build for the same price can offer so much more power. Regards, Dr.White. |
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"Dr.White" wrote in message . uk... "Joe_Z" wrote in message news:83qRi.13606$fm1.916@trnddc01... "Paul" wrote in message ... Joe_Z wrote: I'm going 64 bit and would like to OC a little er maybe alot and maybe get a larger CPU when they come down (if they ever do) I'd like the low voltage version first so I can have time to save up for a 500w PSU later, I've looked at the Asus boards with the long pipe copper heat sink and the xp 4200 I believe it is, anyway I'd just like a chipset that allows some clocking and not break the bank before the quads come out, many thanks in advance... If you want to go AMD, they have introduced a great product for you. The "black" edition processors, have unlocked multipliers. That means you can just adjust the multiplier setting, to get whatever core speed you want, without having to change the input clock to the CPU. You'll need to pick up a heatsink/fan to use, as it is not included with the "black" boxed processors. AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Brisbane 2.6GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 65W Black Edition Processor - Retail $130 ("Cooling device not included - Processor Only" - see spec section) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103194 I take it, that this one is unlocked as well. It also does not come with a cooler. But the power dissipation rating of these is higher than for other, lower speed members of the AM2 family, so plan accordingly. Since this is already pretty close to the top operating frequency for the family, I would not expect this to overclock a lot percentage-wise. Note that "black edition" is not mentioned in the advertising copy. AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Windsor 3.2GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor - Retail $210 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103191 You can check the power ratings of these products, by using www.amdcompare.com . Overvolting the processor, makes it run hotter, so buy a decent cooler. HTH, Paul I've been and AMD man since I got my diron 700 clocked to a gig and never looked back at intel and don't expect I'll ever look at the $250+ extra for a few megabytes more come on, many thanks for your input, will stay with AMD forever...Joe AMD made some incredible CPUs, no doubt. Going back to the days of PR75(?) v. Pentium and before. I remember thinking - what the hell was the point in paying quadruple for the same performance (Athlon 800 v. P3-800). AMD always had the best options, from budget to high-end. Athlon XP's just smashed Intel's P4's all over the place, for much less money. But things have changed massively, and Intel have the budget, midrange and top end CPU's covered, their quad cores are long-proven, plus you can overclock the hell out of cheap Core 2 Duos without even raising the voltage. I really hope AMD can pull something astonishing out of the hat, God knows they have been pioneers in the past, but they rested on their laurels and I don't see the point in building a PC with a current AMD CPU, especially if you're on a budget *and* you want to overclock, when an Intel build for the same price can offer so much more power. Regards, Dr.White. Thanks for the input, muchly appreciated, I'll remain a loyal AMD fan forever no question, my o'd duron 700 is still pumping at a 1gig 7 years later , along with my other 8 AMD systems...Joe |
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