Question on 3200+ & 3500+ Winnie

[churche0]

I am looking to buy one. I want to OC to 2.7 and I'll be using a XP-90 with either a Panaflo 92 or Tornado 92 if the Panaflo isn't good enough to cool it. Are they essentially the same core and will OC to the same amount?

 

[ChipDeath]

Essentially, yes, but the 3500+ is going to be easier to get there, because of the higher multiplier.

For example, I can't boot into windows with a HT (FSB) speed of more than 260Mhz, regardless of how much I lower the multiplier, increase V etc. because I have a 3200+ (2Ghz, 10x multi) that basically means I can't go any further than 2.6Ghz. At the same HT speed the 3500 could (assuming it's a good chip, and the cooling/Vcore is good enough) hit 2860Mhz, because you've got access to a 11x multiplier.

It depends heavily on the motherboard. I've read that Nforce4 chipsets seem to overclock much better than nforce3, so if you're building from scratch and don't have an existing AGP card to worry about, then that's the way to go. I had a 9800Pro so I went for an nf3 board, but it's overclocking capabilities are a bit dissapointing (altho that could easily be the CPU I guess) and it seems to have some strange memory problems. I'll be happy when I can sort those out (hoping a BIOS flash will do it)

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A64 3200+ Winchester @ 258x10=2580Mhz, ~1.52 Vcore
1Gb RAM, running at various strange speeds... :lol:
Voltmodded Sapphire 9800Pro @ 450/350 w/ modded VGA silencer 3.

 

[churche0]

Just a quick question, what about a 4000+ CPU?

 

[scottchen]

If you have the money for a 4000+, you might as well spend a bit extra for the FX, since it has unlocked multipliers.