Which one 650,700,750 Duron

[Bubba]

Exactly what the title says.I,m gonna buy one for a comp. I'm building for someone and was wondering which was the best OC'er?

[PJ]

try the new duron 900..........maybe it would clock better.......cause im using duron 750 and having trouble unlocking it, ive already penciled it about 5 times and when i change the multiplier to 8 it wouldnt boot, then tried 9.......it booted but only 504mhz........

[Pitspawn]

600Mhz Durons are best value, good ones (with special code that I think they dont sell now) normally hit around 1GHz.

700Mhz Durons normally hit 1Ghz, but the 750Mhz are almost same price. 750Mhz hit 1Ghz+ normally.

I have a 800Mhz. It hits 1Ghz easy on good air-cooling, I could prolly get somewhere like 1050-1100Mhz if I used a voltage mod.

Anything above 800 is expensive for a Duron. Infact I would go as far as to say, if you are going for a 900 or a 1000 then you might as well pay a little extra for a good Thunderbird.

When I bought my 800Mhz, I had prolly the best deal I've ever seen considering the market at the time.

[mrpcman]

considering the prices, I would say go with the 800. if he has some extra money, get the 1Ghz 266MHz tbird. most of those overclock like mothers.

[Bender]

600-650 durons are the best overclockers accept for the 900-950 which cost as much as a faster athlon. If I were getting the processor at a shop I would pick out an AKBA 600 for price and overclockability. If I were ordering online I would probably get an 800 since they are very cheep and you start out at 800.

[JAWS]

I've heard a lot of good things about the 600's. My personal experience with a Duron 700 AKCAR, was great. It overclocked
just under 1 gig. with a poor p/s amd ram.

[FRANK]

I've got two DURON 600's that'll go to or over 1100MHz, these are both code "AKBA". I believe that the 650's will perform comparably. As said above, before I'd spend the money on a DURON 900, I'd give a hard look at a 1G AXIA T-BIRD, most of these will go to 1.4 with air cooling and are available for less than $90.00.

[Mr.Lansing]

I would go for a Duron 750
value + o/c ABLE

[!-=sky=-!]

600 is the best overclocker i think but i think they stopped making these already.......so it might be not as easy to find a good stepping

[peppy]

for 26$ u can get a 650 Duron Pricewatch.com, or for 68$ a 1 gig athlon 266

[M@€$†®Ö™]

I have had good luck with a couple of 650 Durons getting atleast 950 mhz or more with them all. And they are cheap.


Maestro

[Bubba]

Peppy,where did you see a 1.0gig for $68,maybe I'll get it.

[Tomas]

Originally posted by Pitspawn
600Mhz Durons are best value, good ones (with special code that I think they dont sell now) normally hit around 1GHz.

700Mhz Durons normally hit 1Ghz, but the 750Mhz are almost same price. 750Mhz hit 1Ghz+ normally.

I have a 800Mhz. It hits 1Ghz easy on good air-cooling, I could prolly get somewhere like 1050-1100Mhz if I used a voltage mod.

Anything above 800 is expensive for a Duron. Infact I would go as far as to say, if you are going for a 900 or a 1000 then you might as well pay a little extra for a good Thunderbird.

When I bought my 800Mhz, I had prolly the best deal I've ever seen considering the market at the time.

The little extra for a tbird?? a 1ghz tbird is cheaper than a 1ghz tbird!!!

Dont ask me why, the prizes are crazy!!! Wo would pay more for an 900mhz duron which gives less perfomance than a tbird AND oc less.......

I hope amd do something about the prizes soon. A slower cpu with less cache shouldnt cost less than a equaly clocked tbird which is alot faster.

[BIG-O-2]

I have a Duron 700 I do not now the code of it but I can get 1008Mhz no problem. I am looking at the 1.4 or 1.3 now and I am not sure what is the best buy they both are at a little over $100 right know. I have had good luck with the 700 I purchased it at computer store as my first and I can say I got my money's worth.

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