advice

[water_cooler 20]

Right now i have a xp 2100 and i wanted to know if its worth upgrading to a 2500 barton

 

[modenaf1]

how much is it o/ced? it is an aiuhb, if it o/cs well, id keep it.

 

[water_cooler 20]

I have not oced it yet becuse i was going to finsh by phase change cooler before i oc.On stock hsf now

 

[altec]

Do you know the stepping/date code on it? You may have a very good overclocker, and there will be no need to upgrade to the 2500 Barton.

 

[timmyqwest]

chances are good it's not...not yet at least

 

[Bman1238]

Personally, I would go with the Barton 2500+. With phase change cooling, or even a good air setup, chances are that you could get the 2500+ running at the speeds of the 3000+ or possibly higher. You could also get the 2100+ running at the same speed as the Barton, but with the extra cache, the Barton would have the higher performance.

 

[SiliconX]

I'd definately check teh stepping on teh 2100+

You might have a good one which can do some pretty insane speeds

 

[water_cooler 20]

My steping is AIUHB I think weak 250 or 350

 

[Lithan]

350 hasnt happened yet. So it's 250. I'd keep it. The meager performance gain you May or may not get with the 2500+ probably wont be worth 100$

 

[Ben721]

Well it may not be worth $100 but if you sell the 2100+ for $50 it may be worth it in his case.

 

[water_cooler 20]

can my chip get to 3ghz w/ custom phase change cooling

 

[Ben721]

So then you don't need the Barton.

 

[water_cooler 20]

I was asking if my chip could get that far and should i just up my RAM to 512MB instead of buying a barton

 

[Ben721]

Didn't see that. Anyway I doubt you can hit 3 stable.

It depends how much money you have and what you want to do.

If I was you I wouldn't upgrade.

 

[water_cooler 20]

what speed would i have to be at to get the PR to 3000

 

[timmyqwest]

Personally, I would go with the Barton 2500+. With phase change cooling, or even a good air setup, chances are that you could get the 2500+ running at the speeds of the 3000+ or possibly higher. You could also get the 2100+ running at the same speed as the Barton, but with the extra cache, the Barton would have the higher performance.

Do you have a barton?

you dont notice too much of a difference, not enough to be worth $100 at least