I want a cheap upgrade from my P4 1.6 @ 2.4 - What cpu is best?

sepperl · Jan 29, 2004

Hi there,

i currently have a P4 Northwood 1.6 @ 2.4 GHZ (16x150). Now i want to have more performance. My board has a 845E chipset and my Ram has 166 Mhz.

Which Pentium 4 should i buy, which one can be best overclocked and doesn't cost too much? How about the 2.8 GHZ/533 Bus? Are there special steppings that are better than others?

Thanks in advance!

batboy · Jan 29, 2004

You should post what motherboard you have too. If you can lock the PCI/AGP, then you have more options, like the 2.4B that will often O/C 3 gig and some even 3.2 gig or more if you get a good one. But, if you can't lock the PCI bus, then the 2.8 533 bus is a good choice. The 2.8 running at 150 FSB (you know your system will do that much) would give you 3.15 gig.

Maxvla · Jan 29, 2004

the new 1.8a D1 steppings should also be good for 3+ghz and they would be cheaper than a 2.4b.

oc_newbee · Jan 29, 2004

Maxvla said:
the new 1.8a D1 steppings should also be good for 3+ghz and they would be cheaper than a 2.4b.

I agree, the new 1.8a can scale up pretty high and cheap.

batboy · Jan 29, 2004

True, assuming he can lock the PCI bus.

sepperl · Jan 30, 2004

Thanks for the answers!

I have an Abit BD7-2, and i think i can lock the pci bus. The 1.8 has 18x100 normaly so i could try something like 18x166 = about 3 GHZ.

How can i make sure that i get an 1.8a D1 stepping? Is it certain that a 1.8 D1 can go up to 3 GHZ?

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