2600+ / nForce 2 / KT400A / New AMD PC

[DigiMan]

Hey people,

i've finally decided to reward myself a new pc after using my current P3 for nearly 3 years now.

originally i was looking at the kt400, but now that nForce 2 is on the market, i don't see why i should bother with the kt400 (well, when nForce 2 finally becomes available in aus).

i've heard or read numerous times that the nForce 2 works best with mobo, memory and cpu fsb the same, so i thought i'll get a 2600+ with the 333mhz, but looking at the price now, is just too expensive. does anyone have any idea, when the 2600+ 333 would become sub 200 (us or 400aus)?

so now i've decided that maybe i'll wait for a while for the price of the cpu to come down and hopefully the kt400a would by then be released so i could also compare the two chipsets. does anyone have any idea when exactly that would be?

thanks for reading my post and i appreciate any suggestion / thoughts / opinions!

thanks

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[Tapout]

i've heard or read numerous times that the nForce 2 works best with mobo, memory and cpu fsb the same, so i thought i'll get a 2600+ with the 333mhz, but looking at the price now, is just too expensive. does anyone have any idea, when the 2600+ 333 would become sub 200 (us or 400aus)?

My best guess would be sometime right after A64 & Barton... Try March-May.

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[halkebul]

Hello. I would get the following:

Asus A7N8X (non-deluxe version) motherboard ~$130
AMD XP 2400+ processor RETAIL ~$200
Two 256MB DDR333 SDRAM memory modules ~$130

Tweaks: Get into the BIOS by holding down the delete key on system start-up. While in the bios, set the multiplier to 8.0x/16.0x - you now have a processor with the same clock speed as the XP 2600+ (333MHz FSB) processor but with a 266MHz FSB. A 2600+ (333MHz FSB) would be a little faster though. You could also try other multiplier BIOS options like 8.5x/16.5x or 9.0x/17.0x, 2.228GHz and 2.295GHz respectively, to see how fast the processor can go but you may have to increase the processor's vcore in order to get it to function. If you increase the speed of the processor by increasing the FSB, as opposed to muliplier changes, remember to lock the AGP and PCI buses (the BIOS has an option to lock the AGP, not sure about the PCI).

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[DigiMan]

thanks people for the replies!

so say that i do oc it to 2600+, would the retail pack fan be enough? and i believe no physical changes is needed to be done to the cpu right?

thanks

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[halkebul]

so say that i do oc it to 2600+, would the retail pack fan be enough? and i believe no physical changes is needed to be done to the cpu right?

Indeed, the retail cooling is sufficient and no physical changes to the cpu.


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