Risks In Overclocking

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Originally posted by DWk+16 February 2004 - 03:13--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (DWk @ 16 February 2004 - 03:13)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Livy@15 February 2004 - 20:04
the 2500-266 isnt a barton is it? isnt it just a thourghbred?

the only 400fsb ive seen is the 3000 and 3200

edit: newegg dont even have a 2500-266

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I guess the Search function is too l33t for all of yous :rolleyes:

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And no. I&#39;m not talking about the L2 Cache size.... I&#39;m talking about the FSB. That is the difference between Barton and T-bred. Barton is 512 and T-bred is 256. However, I&#39;m only talking about FSB.

Edit - The 266 is the mobile version, I forgot to add :frusty: [/b][/quote]
the 266 is the mobile version, for laptops. :P
and i did see it

Buy the retail CPU

Overclock it to a 3200+ WITH the stock Heatsink, as it is very good.

Thats what I did and i run 45C Full Load...very nice.

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Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@16 February 2004 - 12:57
Buy the retail CPU

Overclock it to a 3200+ WITH the stock Heatsink, as it is very good.

Thats what I did and i run 45C Full Load...very nice.

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u have 5 fans&#33; and a tower case&#33; ur air flow is much better than me and others. but good job anyway.

i&#39;d stick with the stock hsf until it gets too hot, then upgrade

Wait, hold on...you still have not bought your system yet?

Nope :) Just need something to consider 3 more weeks

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Originally posted by abu_has_the_power@16 February 2004 - 10:12


i&#39;d stick with the stock hsf until it gets too hot, then upgrade

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Abu, this advice is somewhat odd from someone who is so proud of their SP 94 that it&#39;s featured in their sig.

If possible, I would get the good heatsink right away.
It&#39;s easier to install the HSF when the board is out of the case...sometimes it&#39;s mandatory as you must access the back...so why make extra work for yourself?

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Originally posted by DWk+16 February 2004 - 01:50--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (DWk @ 16 February 2004 - 01:50)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Mr. Elmo@15 February 2004 - 18:34
y woudl u oc the 2500, its fast enuf....and coming from a 400mhz cpu, i think you shoudl see big enuf of a difference.

i dont get why most ppl want to oc...maybe just so they can brag about it. i mean the speed isnt going to be that much more noticable unless u do benchmark. btu for regualr day stuff, its gonna be the same

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First of all (and I&#39;m amazed no one has actually said anything about this), there are 2 different 2500+ processors:

The Barton 2500+ FSB: 333
The Barton 2500+ FSB: 266

I haven&#39;t seen any 400FSB 2500+, so if you can point me to one, I&#39;ll stand corrected :blink: [/b][/quote]
if you can point me to where i said there was a 400fsb 2500, i&#39;ll stand corrected

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Originally posted by Mr. Elmo@15 February 2004 - 18:34
y woudl u oc the 2500, its fast enuf....and coming from a 400mhz cpu, i think you shoudl see big enuf of a difference.

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Bleh nevermind, I just got what you meant :ph34r:

You were talking about his current CPU.... :smilie4:

My bad :01:

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Originally posted by Mr. Elmo+16 February 2004 - 23:53--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Mr. Elmo @ 16 February 2004 - 23:53)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

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Originally posted by DWk@16 February 2004 - 01:50
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@15 February 2004 - 18:34
y woudl u oc the 2500, its fast enuf....and coming from a 400mhz cpu, i think you shoudl see big enuf of a difference.

i dont get why most ppl want to oc...maybe just so they can brag about it. i mean the speed isnt going to be that much more noticable unless u do benchmark. btu for regualr day stuff, its gonna be the same

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First of all (and I&#39;m amazed no one has actually said anything about this), there are 2 different 2500+ processors:

The Barton 2500+ FSB: 333
The Barton 2500+ FSB: 266

I haven&#39;t seen any 400FSB 2500+, so if you can point me to one, I&#39;ll stand corrected :blink:

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if you can point me to where i said there was a 400fsb 2500, i&#39;ll stand corrected [/b][/quote]
I argued with VB about this when I got here.

Look, they are specified as 333Mhz fsb processors, but they are based on the barton core, the same one that the 2800 and 3200+ 400Mhz FSB AMD&#39;s are.

And as a result, they easily go to the 400Mhz side bus range, a few get the up to 500 as well, with a godly board and stepping, and great ram, etc.