Author: Derek Paquette
Date: 23:12:56 07/01/04
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On July 02, 2004 at 01:55:29, Aaron Gordon wrote: >On July 01, 2004 at 23:53:56, Derek Paquette wrote: > >>Hi everyone, right now I own an athlon 1700xp, with 256 PC100 ram, >> >>I'm looking to purchase an XP chip, they are relatively cheap, $262 canadian for >>a athlon 3200xp, >> >>but what is the best chip to overclock to very high GHZ? >>I see on the playchess server that some are running athlon 2800 chips at >>2.54ghz, >> >>could i get a 3200 higher? >>could someone recommend something? >>(i realize i need a new mobo ram and cooling, but i'm looking for strictly the >>chip and mobo i would need, for maximum speed, i want to be making about 400 >>kn/sec with Hiarcs9 at starting position) >>my athlon 1700 does 150 > >Best thing to get right now is the mobile Athlon XP 2600+. This one in >particular: http://www.excaliberpc.com/product_info.php?products_id=3804 > >Don't worry about the 'mobile' part. Same chip, just a lower voltage. It just >has a better core, instead of ramping up the MHz they just kept the same MHz and >dropped the voltage. Anyway, this is the best cpu (better than the 3200+'s) to >overclock. Just make sure you get a good motherboard. The Abit NF7-S v2.0 is the >best to get right now. > >You'll also want a good heatsink/fan and memory. Check www.anandtech.com for the >latest memory roundup and pick the best ram out of there, something that can do >at least 200fsb at CAS-2.0. As for cooling, check out www.bestbyte.net. Grab the >SLK-900a. The best fan to get is the 92mm Tornado but uh.. it is **LOUD**. Hear >it on the other side of your house kinda loud. You'll be able to push the chip >like mad, though. :) > >Also, keep your vcore (cpu voltage) at or below 2.00v, do not push it any >higher. All in all you should end up in the 2.6-2.7GHz range with that chip, no >lower than 2.6GHz. Wow this is excellent information, thank you very much Any idea what kn/sec i'll be pushing with hiarcs9 if i can get it to 2.6?
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