New Cpu

**Kunal** · 11-23-2003, 08:33 PM

Originally posted by Livy@23 November 2003 - 19:51
im gonna go with that and see how it goes, also would it be worth paying a little extr the now and getting pc3200, (400mhz) ram. rather than, 333?

yes, i would get the better ram, esp if your gonna overclock later

**bigdawgfoxx** · 11-23-2003, 08:35 PM

Ram that runs the same as the CPU is always a good thing...so PC2700 at 333Mhz would be good. Only get 3200 if your going to overclock.

**Livy** · 11-23-2003, 08:41 PM

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@23 November 2003 - 20:35
Ram that runs the same as the CPU is always a good thing...so PC2700 at 333Mhz would be good. Only get 3200 if your going to overclock.

thats the thing, i may be overclocking, if cooling is fine, and the result of cooling wont be to loud, but it wouldnt get done to begin with, but i was thinking of getting it so that if i were to uprgade my cpu at a later date to a 400 fsb then the ram would also run at the same speed. instead of having to buy the ram again

**clocker** · 11-23-2003, 10:24 PM

If the price difference between the PC2700 and the 3200 isn't too great, then go for it, I say.
The OEM HS I think is a pretty good unit, the microfin looks better than the one I have, but I don't know if it performs any better.
Remember that I am using a non-stock fan with mine.

**Livy** · 11-24-2003, 12:48 AM

if its not as good, or a quiet as i would like i could invest in a new fan, an easy job to do.

**clocker** · 11-24-2003, 01:38 AM

The stock fan is very quiet, especially if you have software control over the speed.
My Asus board has this feature and I have also used Smartfan to speedup/slowdown the rpms.

I haven't tested the entire stock AMD HSF as yet.

Holy shit! The whole board just changed! What a day this has been...

**Livy** · 11-24-2003, 01:49 AM

another thing about the amd stock cooler, will all new amd cpus come with the microfin type hs? its a 2500xp barton im gonna get, and im in the uk and its from ebuyer

**clocker** · 11-24-2003, 01:52 AM

That I don't know.

My 2600+ came with the old style.
Maybe your supplier could tell you when you order.

I am using the old style.
I have only said that the new Microfin looks like it should work better.
That's what I thought about the Zalman too...