need help deciding what chip to get

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hrhrhrFOOT

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• Sep 25, 2003

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I decided to use the MSI K7N2 Delta-L nforce2mobo. Only $56
im stuck between two things: Should i buy the $50 amd 1700+ chip and OC to 2.3 ghz? Or should i buy the $60 2100+ chip and OC to however high it goes? Please help.

 

Rezin777

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Depends where you are shopping. If you can get a guarenteed 1700+ T-bred B then I'd go for that. If you buying from newegg, it would be a different story.

 

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• Sep 25, 2003

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I'd recommend the $50 1800+ from newegg, they ship killer steppings and for such a low price, as for the mobo an MSI is AFAIK a poor choice as it doesn't have the PCI Lock and there are far more supirior motherboards to choose from, if you want a cheap mobo try to look into the EPoX 8RDA(+)

 

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• Oct 6, 2003

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If you could find a guaranteed 1700+ DLT3C 0310 "X" that would be your best bet.

 

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• Oct 6, 2003

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I'd go with the newegg 1800+ as well.. you're not gonna find anymore 1700+ DLT3C XPMW chips

 

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• Oct 6, 2003

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MSI is AFAIK a poor choice as it doesn't have the PCI Lock

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MSI not having pci locks on their nf2 boards is a myth. You've got a nice mobo there, it should take you far.

 

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• Oct 7, 2003

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hrhrhrFOOT said:

I decided to use the MSI K7N2 Delta-L nforce2mobo. Only $56
im stuck between two things: Should i buy the $50 amd 1700+ chip and OC to 2.3 ghz? Or should i buy the $60 2100+ chip and OC to however high it goes? Please help.

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Both chips are so good that a decision which to buy only comes third, after cooling and Power Supply. That's what will make a bigger difference in 1700+ vs 2100+ question. (As long as they're both T-Bred B's of course.)

Note that Newegg only guarantees 2100+ to be B. Not any lower rated CPU.


We thought it didn't but it turns out MSI delta nForce2 DOES have a PCI lock. You're OK there.
http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=216639