Oem-barebone Vs. Oem

[mr. nails]

what&#39;s the difference between an oem barebone cpu and an oem cpu? is one of each for sale and the barebone is &#036;25 cheaper, but don&#39;t know the diff. <_<

[ck-uk]

Do you have a link m8 ?

[mr. nails]

amd xp 3200 (http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=19-103-391&refer=pr1c3watch)

[ck-uk]

what i can see mate is the bb is REFURBISHED =used

also with out the enhancements for say gaming ,video

Multimedia Instruction: MMX, SSE, 3DNOW&#33;, 3DNOW&#33;+

Get the other one m8 is best...

[mr. nails]

hrmm, u sure? why would they make a chip that doesn&#39;t support Multimedia Instruction: MMX, SSE, 3DNOW&#33;, 3DNOW&#33;+? but, i see what ur saying. it&#39;s not in the description...

and damn, i see where it says refurbished now. must had missed it. thx.

[Virtualbody1234]

Don&#39;t buy a OEM AMD CPU. Get a &#39;retail box&#39; one instead. I comes with a cooler and a way better warranty.

You could also save money and get the 2500+ and run it at 3200+ speeds. Many other members have done that here.

[mr. nails]

Originally posted by Virtualbody1234@23 April 2004 - 06:20
Don&#39;t buy a OEM AMD CPU. Get a &#39;retail box&#39; one instead. I comes with a cooler and a way better warranty.

You could also save money and get the 2500+ and run it at 3200+ speeds. Many other members have done that here.
true, but aren&#39;t all 2500&#39;s now locked?

[Virtualbody1234]

Yes, the multiplyer is locked but... to run at 3200+ speed all you need to do is change the Front Side Bus speed from 333 to 400. That isn&#39;t locked.

[freak]

Originally posted by Virtualbody1234@23 April 2004 - 20:59
Yes, the multiplyer is locked but... to run at 3200+ speed all you need to do is change the Front Side Bus speed from 333 to 400. That isn&#39;t locked.
I had a question say I bought a 2500+ but my mother board says it only supports chips up to 3000+ would I still be able to OC to 3200+

[Virtualbody1234]

Originally posted by freak+23 April 2004 - 14:06--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (freak @ 23 April 2004 - 14:06)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Virtualbody1234@23 April 2004 - 20:59
Yes, the multiplyer is locked but... to run at 3200+ speed all you need to do is change the Front Side Bus speed from 333 to 400. That isn&#39;t locked.
I had a question say I bought a 2500+ but my mother board says it only supports chips up to 3000+ would I still be able to OC to 3200+ [/b][/quote]
What board?

[freak]

It&#39;s the board in this (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=56-101-111&depa=0) SFF pc...

[lynx]

You need to check exactly which version of the board and bios release you&#39;ve got. Some of early nvidia chipset boards only support 333MHz FSB so you can&#39;t OC to give equivalent of a XP3200. Other boards can physically support 400MHz FSB but need a bios upgrade.

Unfortunately I don&#39;t think that board supports 400MHz FSB, but even if it did you would probably struggle with the heat in such a small case.

[freak]

Then can u make a 2500+ a 3000+ instead of 3200+

[tesco]

Originally posted by freak@23 April 2004 - 16:44
Then can u make a 2500+ a 3000+ instead of 3200+
yes.

[Keikan]

Look what I did.

[freak]

So what would I change the fsb to to make a 2500+ a 3000+?

[lynx]

Originally posted by freak@23 April 2004 - 21:44
Then can u make a 2500+ a 3000+ instead of 3200+
You would need to change the multiplier to do that, and as has already been said that&#39;s now locked.

You can TRY increasing the FSB, but there&#39;s no guarantee that the chipset will be stable at higher speeds. It may get a little too warm so you need to watch the mobo temp carefully as well as the cpu temp.

[tesco]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004+23 April 2004 - 17:58--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (ROSSCO_2004 @ 23 April 2004 - 17:58)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-freak@23 April 2004 - 16:44
Then can u make a 2500+ a 3000+ instead of 3200+
yes. [/b][/quote]
edit: not sure what I was thinking last night, lol.