best sub $70 chip!

[AFIsoldier]

ok, i just had to pay for a new carb on the d/b so it set me back on my plans for an SMP, with that time i have decided to find the best sub $70 chip that will have a max 150fsb, i was looking for 2ghx or higher, what do you think i shoulf get? open to anything as long as it is sub $70 and would like 2ghx or higher(remember, 150fsb MAX!) and waht would a REALLY SUPER CHEAP heatsink be? volcano 11+ any good? throw a tornado on them? open to anything and everything, just want the best CPU for my money, and with about a month to wait till i scrounge up 300 bucks i might as well find the best

[Fronic]

Duron 1600, I have an unlocked one, easily pushes 166 x 12.5 @ 1.50v and just ordered another one for absolutely no reason...

[Fronic]

Got it up to 11x185 at 1.5v prime stable, which is cool.

[dead_man311]

i got a retail 2000 the other day from newegg for $67 i oc'ed it to 2GHz without uping the Vcore. if i up the Vcore i could probly got 200more MHz out of it. its a rock solid chip

[fhanderson]

Look for a refurb 2500 at newegg for about $60.

[dead_man311]

all they got is a 2800 is the refurb section and they want $159 for it. wow when you can buy it for $144 for the retail box. and can you really trust a refurb CPU i know i cant.

but if you can find a 2500 on there for $60 and its works thats a pertty good deal then

[fhanderson]

They have new postings everyday except the weekends. You have to watch because the processors go very fast. I got 2-2500s from newegg and they were both good but were only average overclockers(2280 and 2210).

[Maxvla]

1.8 duron is only 42 bucks. not bad for a chip that should oc pretty well.

[dead_man311]

2280 and 2210 are still good numbers. and for $60 cant beat that

i think Maxvla is right there with the 1.8 Duron ive seen some 1.6 Duron hit 2500MHz. I wonder what the 1.8 will do

Either one will be a rocking system

[bulk88]

I think Applebred 1.4, its $35. CHEAP like heck and it can overclock to 2.2 ghz guarenteed, 2.3 if good MB. I am obviously using the mobile hacks on all of mine:D.

[gouda96]

for $79 you can get a mobile 2400 at newegg.

over at xtreme they are hitting 2.6 on air almost every time. A few of them are posting at 2.8 on air! I am picking one of them up for my new 8rda3+ (got for $5 brand new :D).

If you can take the extra $9 then you should take a look at it.

[AFIsoldier]

only gonna be able to run 150fsb, so what do you guys think? and would the durons need to be l-5 modded?

[bulk88]

Originally posted by AFIsoldier
only gonna be able to run 150fsb, so what do you guys think? and would the durons need to be l-5 modded?
They will have a locked multiplier. So all of the applebreds are out of the question (13.5(1800)x150=2025) because you can never hit the chip limit on them in OCing.

I have heard the mobile unlock cant be done in SMP mode (I need to test it myself, my board will be here next week).

I heard the 2100+s are still unlocked so get them ($58).

Also there are the AXP mobiles which are guarenteeed unlocked. They start at $60 each. A barton mobile is $79 @ newegg. Tbred Mobiles are cheaper. But I read the extra cache is good for SMP rigs.

[AFIsoldier]

DHD1600DLV1C all durons are locked? even that stepping

[bulk88]

Originally posted by AFIsoldier
DHD1600DLV1C all durons are locked? even that stepping
It is determined by the date of manufacture, there should be something like " 03** " ont he chip, 03 being the year, ** being the week. Everything after week 39 is locked (get one unlocked after that is like winning the lottery (the odds are tiny)). 99% of vendors sold out all the unlockeds by now.

[AFIsoldier]

so what should i do? get a 1400, 1600, or 1800 durons and take the chance? or...?

[gouda96]

fyi...all the mobile 2400's are unlocked.

[AFIsoldier]

mobile 2400+ is 79, out of my budget, for now..should i take a chance with the durons? and which should i chance it with, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8?

[dead_man311]

the durons are a good chip 1.4 is $38 1.6 is $40 and 1.8 is $42 so there all close im not sure what the muilti are on all of them if your limited to 150MHz FSB id go for the one with the highest muilti

[AFIsoldier]

that's what i was thinking, hmm..will search for the chance that they come locked...i hope they are somewhere close to 13 or 14x

[trueplaya4ever8]

well i have a 1.8ghz about to be sold, unlocked of course... hasent even been used yet still in oem plastic, i have decided to go for an athlon 64.

[AFIsoldier]

searched for last half hour and to no avail am where i was the last time i posted, does anyone know the specs on the durons(multiXfsb) stock?

[trueplaya4ever8]

i am pretty sure the multiplier on the 1.8 is 13.5 or 14. stock fsb should be 133 right??

[AFIsoldier]

should be, sounds like a good multi incase i get a locked pair...what is the stepping on your duron?

[Thoth]

i have a 1.6 duron on watercooling @ 2400 atm (1.85v)
but it does 2520 (210fsb) on 1.95v... 2606 @ 2.14v

its posted in cpus -> amd
probably on the last page by now

think the topic is Duron 1600 overclocking results...