Author: Derek Paquette
Date: 14:00:31 07/02/04
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On July 02, 2004 at 14:34:28, Aaron Gordon wrote: >On July 02, 2004 at 02:12:56, Derek Paquette wrote: > >>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? > >400Kn/s is an extremely high goal.. not sure if it's doable without vapor phase >cooling. Here are some of my estimates (should be pretty accurate for an XP) > >291kn/s for a 2.6GHz Athlon XP in the start position w/ hiarcs 9 and 64mb hash >302kn/s for a 2.7GHz Athlon XP same settings > >Assuming you get a 25% increase in kn/s from Hiarcs with an Athlon 64 over an >Athlon XP, we can guess the following: > >Athlon 64 2.0GHz - 280kn/s >Athlon 64 2.2GHz - 308kn/s >Athlon 64 2.4GHz - 336kn/s >Athlon 64 2.6GHz - 364kn/s > >The Athlon 64 3000+ is just over $200, and supposedly overclocks to 2.4GHz or >so. This may be a good bet to getting good performance. It would also give you >the added 64bit support when stuff starts moving that direction which you >wouldn't have with the Athlon XP. > >The Athlon 64 would definitely be much more expensive but it sure is quick... > >Personally I'd try to go for the Athlon 64 3200+ (2GHz). It has a higher >multiplier and you wouldn't have to stress the bus so much trying to get the CPU >as high. what about the new Athlon64 3800+ ?? that is available in canada for sometime now, is that over clockable?
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