Best AMD for OC'ing

[icy_oblivion]

Which AMD chip offers the best price/overclockability? I am maily looking at the 1800 - 2200.

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[DaveP]

The 1800's are pretty affordable right now, and I've heard some good results with o/c'ing them. Although, I've never tried it. I don't think the bigger cpu's are really worth what the prices are. Not when they'll be $20 cheaper next week.

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[icy_oblivion]

That is sort of where I was leaning, I just needed some confirmation from others.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

 

[Scotty35]

The XP1800 gives you the best overclock of the latest CPU's, the Xp2100 and Xp2200 wont give you much at all and the CPU temperature rises dramatically in comparrison, both are 2nd and 3rd hottest CPU's from AMD behind the older Tbird 1.4Ghz CPU which in it self is a very good overclocker (1700Mhz can be achieved relatively easy).
For the price I would go for the XP1800+ unlocked version if you need it right now, but remember you will prolly get as far as a XP2100 as in 1743Mhz anyway without some serious watercooling. So add it up for yourself, plus the worry of an overclocked system etc, you could wait until the next AMD cpu release.



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[halkebul]

Buy the following at newEgg.com:
AMD Palomino XP 1600+ (CPU only) $54
Socket A CPU heatsink+fan ~$7

Buy the following at highSpeedPC.com:
AMD XP unlocking kit $12

Total Cost: $73 (shipping not included)

The AMD XP unlocking kit will allow you to change the CPU multiplier for your AMD XP 1600+ processor in the BIOS! When your AMD XP 1600+ processor arrives, it will have a CPU multiplier of 10.5. If you want a XP 2100+, all you have to do is set the CPU multiplier to 13. Now your processor is running at 13(CPU Multiplier) x 133MHz(FSB) = 1.729GHz. The ability to change the CPU multiplier allows for more overclocking options than pure FSB overclocking but You will find yourself adjusting the FSB and the CPU multiplier to obtain the best results.

 

[LancerEvolution7]

Why are you paying an extra $12 for the oc kit when you can pay $5 extra for the xp1700 and up the fsb only instead? You can get squeeze a xp2000 speeds for xp1700 by only upping the fsb to 152.

 

[Quetzacoatl]

There is no way a $7 fan will have enough cooling, BS

Soon enough, Intel will make the i845s...imagine dual channel Sdram...*shudder*

 

[metra]

Most people say that the 1600 is the best overclocker: People have said that they get great overclocks even without unlocking and those who do unlock can get 1900mhz or more on air. I am planning to build a system on a xp1600 because it will be my first overclocked system... My question is this: in 2-4 years im going to get a new cpu. What do you guys do with your old cpu's? Throw them out? Sell them? Build a system?

 

[cakecake]

Keep them and make them run seti@home 24/7 for the rest of their computing lives.

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[metra]

Thx for the advice hehe

 

[psykoikonov]

If you really want to OC then get a intel 1.6 and you can go to 2.4 with the right MB (ie. Northwood)or just stick with 1800+ which easily goes to 2000+. I've got mine to 1713 from 1533. But my HDD doesn't like 37Mhz, wish I had 1:5 control!! So I stay at 1667.

<b>Who needs heatsinks and fans, I have an igloo</b>

 

[Grub]

What do you guys do with your old cpu's? Throw them out? Sell them? Build a system?

Probablly the smartest thing you could do is keep that old system. For people like us (OC's. tweakers, enthusiasts...) it is almost essential to have a backup computer. It comes in very handy for instances where you have a paper due on Monday, but you fragged your hardrive on Friday night trying new drivers. Also, like the man said, distributed computing can be a lot of fun. I like to run Seti@home on my spare machine. I have a stack of 486's that are about to come online and look for ET.

GO BillS!!!

 

[icy_oblivion]

Well, thanks for all the advice but I have decided that I will let my machine kick until next summer. Then, hopefully, Intel and AMD will have better maps of where they are going and I can decide then. It also doesn't hurt that come next summer I should have more cash avaliable so I won't have to skimp quite so much.

I crossed the line into insanity so long ago I no longer have any idea which way to go to get further from the line.