I'm planning to get a Duron 850mhz! how overclockable is it?

[MeJa]

Hello guys i'm planning to Buy a Duron 850mhz to use with a MSI K7T PRO 2-A motherboard that i have, I dont really know how overclockable is it and will appreciate some coments or recommendation from any of you Master Overclockers out there. The reason why i choose a Duron is just because my Budget doesnt go any further than $100 US.

Any Comments / Recomendations or Ideas will be really appreciated it !

[Bartman]

From the results I have seen, I would be very tempted to buy a Duron 750... They seem to overclock to 1000Mhz+ quite often.

Also, it's about 1/2 the price of a 850... $46 I believe.

Of course (as I'm sure you know) this all depends on your case cooling, cpu cooling and luck of the draw in getting a good chip.

If you are a gamer, unless you have a GF2Ultra or a GF3, anything over 800Mhz is going to max out your videocard anyway. [worst case senerio, you get stuck with a Duron 750 - Say you have a GF2MX - this system will be so close to a [other worst case senerio] 850 Duron, that you wont notice a difference. AND you'll have an extra $40 in your pocket :-)

I know it is hard to convince yourself that buying a slower chip to start with will be faster in the end... Thats what I said when I bought my Celeron 466... thing does 525 max... Tons of people have 366's @ 550.

Just think of all those Duron 600 @ 1000+ basterds :-)

As you stated you dont know if it overclocks well, take a few days and look around the internet, do your homework... You will soon decide what CPU is best for your needs.

[William]

bartman is right, all the duron's get to similar speeds. The 600s seem to be the most percentage wise. Check the cpu database and see.

[cookedcomp]

I wouldn't jump to that conclution just yet! the duron 900's have a new code. and they seam to be way more overclockable, for instance you can get a duron 900 @ 1.2 with heatsink cooling! now that is just the average that duron 900's can do. imagin if you got one of the best! :) :) :) 8)

[Megahurtz]

Since you are 'window shopping', you can also consider an 850Mhz T-bird. This should get you a Ghz..perhaps some more. I have no idea what you might get for a code on an 850 T-bird these days.

The code on the 900 Duron is 'ANCA'.

Cheers,

T

[sequoia464]

At one point about all of the Durons maxed out at about this point but I have heard reports about some of the new 900's getting up to around 1150-1200. I can't verify that, just read it in a few reviews when the 900's were released.
If you can afford it at all look for a TBird, they run substantially cooler than the Durons, the core is larger and transfers heat better. I was shocked when I switched from a Duron to a TBird at just how large a difference it was. My 750TBird is probably cheaper than an 850Duron and clocks up tp 1035.

[Chicharon1]

i have a Tbird 750.. but i can only max it to 950.. can u help me how to get it to d gig? my system is A7V (FSB 100 cant get it to run higher than 100) FOP38. d CPU temp is 50C (room temp is 33C) itz so hot in this damn country..

The duron 800s are also good OCs.. i got it to 1gig without problems.. but i think Tbird 750 are still faster than a Duron 800 or 850.. so get a Tbird 750 instead =P

sequoia464 (Apr 09, 2001 08:43 p.m.):
At one point about all of the Durons maxed out at about this point but I have heard reports about some of the new 900's getting up to around 1150-1200. I can't verify that, just read it in a few reviews when the 900's were released.
If you can afford it at all look for a TBird, they run substantially cooler than the Durons, the core is larger and transfers heat better. I was shocked when I switched from a Duron to a TBird at just how large a difference it was. My 750TBird is probably cheaper than an 850Duron and clocks up tp 1035.

[Hoot]

Though the Duron is an excellent overclocking CPU, if you have $100 to play with,do consider a Tbird also. They run cooler due to a larger core and cooling is a major consideration also.

Hoot

[phiber]

it is a good chip i have got it up to 1100
but then windows starts to screw up
i will try to get this chipped burned in and up the voltage and try again

[MeJa]

Well I have to Thank you all for all your comments and information! After reading all the replies i got from all you guys I am pretty clear of what to get!