Oc'ing a 2.8 or a 2.6?

[Clob]

I'm planning out a system to build and I do not want to spend way to much on a processor. I plan on using an Abit- Is7 mobo and some XMS 500mhz chips at CL3. I am looking for a speed of about 3.4 to 3.6Ghz on the overclock on Air cooling. I plan on using a cooler from Thermaltake with a fast fan (noise is no issue). Should I buy the 2.8 or the 2.6 to OC with? Is the ram I plan on using the best for the OC? I am not sure on what Air cooler I should use; so any recomendations would be great there.

Thanks.

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[scottchen]

Aircooling use the Thermalright SP94, or the Coolermaster Hyper6. Thermaltake's absolute crap compare to those companies.

2.8 is definently the way to go. And remember to get the C version, not E.

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[Clob]

I like the looks of the coolmaster cooler. What fan should I use with it? Any thaught on the ram? Do I need extra cooling for the northbridge?

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[jammydodger]

Yeh go with the 2.8, the IS7 should reach 250mhz FSB with the stock northbridge cooler no problem. 250Mhz FSB will give you 3.4Ghz CPU with a 2.8 and 3.25 (like me) with a 2.6

 

[Cybercraig]

Follow Scottchens' advice. he's right on the money! See if you can keep your CAS down to 2.5 at speed.

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[scottchen]

I'd go with the Corsair PC3200XL, then you could do some performance comparison, 250mhz at 2.5-4-4-7, or 200mhz at 2-2-2-5, stick with whichever gives better performance.

The problem is you might not be able to get the 250FSB, 3.5Ghz is definently a push with reasonable Vcores.

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[Clob]

I will get some 500mhz CL 2.5 chips, hows that? Also, 250fsb is not a big deal. I can settle with 3.2ghz. I just want to break 3.0 with out the extra money involved. Does the CL realy make a huge difference from 2.5 to 3.0?

Mabie it is a bit pointless if I have to spend a ton of money on ram. But I will have to check prices, but performance is performance.

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[Clob]

Ok.. I found some OCZ 2.5 500mhz chips. They look nice and have good reviews.

It turns out that I will be saving about $120 going with this set up over a 3.4 with the 400 CL2.5 ram

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[Cybercraig]

You'll like them!



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