Author: Aaron Gordon
Date: 16:28:27 07/02/04
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On July 02, 2004 at 17:00:31, Derek Paquette wrote: >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? Sure, but I was figuring on a low budget. If you can afford it by all means.. crank it up. :) It should overclock fine. You may max out around 2.6-2.7GHz though, as I believe thats about the limit of the Athlon64 silicon thats being produced at the moment.
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