Had em all! "Amd 3200, 3500, 3700, Fx55; Intel 2.4c, 3.0c, 3.2e" Want to know more

[wideload]

Had em all! "Amd 3200, 3500, 3700, Fx55; Intel 2.4c, 3.0c, 3.2e" Want to know more

This is my first post ever so please don’t be too harsh on me. Hope you enjoy

The purpose of this post is to give an overall synopsis on the findings from the CPU’s below. If this is a viewed topic I will give detailed specs later next week. I have had a great time this last year with these toys below. Every processor below has been tested with phase change cooling, water-cooling, and your basic Thermalright high-end heatsinks. Pushed to the limit by a n00b. I was a freshy about a year ago. Now I have a good understanding on overclockability.


AMD64 3500+ Winchester 1GHz FSB; 512K cache; 939; 2.2GHz; 90 nm; 1.4V
AMD64 3400+ Newcastle 1Ghz FSB; 1M cache; 754; 2.2GHz; 0.13 µm; 1.5v
AMD64 3700+ San Diego Integrated into Chip FSB; 939; 90 nm 1.4v
AMD64 FX55 San Diego 1GHz FSB; 939, 90nm; 1.4v
AMD Boards(MSI Neo2 Plat(939); Abit AV8 VIA(939), Gigabyte K8NS(754)

P4 2.4c Northwood 800MHz FSB 512KB L2 Cache; Socket 478
P4 3.0c Northwood 800MHz FSB 512KB L2 Cache; Socket 478
P4 3.2e Prescott 800MHz FSB 1M L2 Cache; Socket 478
Intel Boards(Abit IC7 Max3; DFI LanPartyPro Rev2,; MSI Neo2 Platinum

Awards
Highest price point=
AMD64 FX55 San Diego 1GHz FSB; 939, 90nm; 1.4v

Overclockers
1. AMD64 3700+ San Diego Integrated into Chip FSB; 939; 90 nm 1.4v
2. P4 3.2e Prescott
3. P4 2.4c Northwood
4. AMD64 3500+ Winchester

Best CPU for the money
1. AMD64 3700+ San Diego
2. P4 2.4c Northwood

Best general use CPU
1. P4 3.0c Northwood
2. AMD64 3400+ Newcastle

Bait’N’Switch Awards
1 AMD64 FX55 San Diego
2 AMD64 3500+ Winchester

Is this CPU ever going to work right?????
1. AMD64 FX55
2. P4 3.2e Prescott
3. AMD64 3500+ Winchester

Refreshed in the Final Round
1 P4 3.2e Prescott
2 AMD64 3500+ Winchester

Solid from the Start and still smoking!
1. P4 3.0c Northwood
2. AMD64 3700+ San Diego
3. P4 2.4c Northwood


Overclockability award goes to the 3700 SanDiego. Right out of the box on air @ 2.75 and then settles in at 2.85 solid as the P4 3.0c stock; Phase change cooling made the 3700 hit around 3.17GHz with room to grow. By fair the most fun CPU to play with hands down. I WAS STUPID TO BUY THE FX55(ENOUGH SAID)
The P4 3.2e Prescott came alive in the 3rd round and has been an excellent overclocker. This chip was very frail at the beginning but once it got broken-in, this CPU was dynamite. 3.75 – 3.85 + on air and when phase change came into play 4.4GHz!!!! The more this chip was overclocked the more it would double its performance. Simply amazing and a very fun CPU to own. I have this chip overclocked in my DFI LAN Party 478 board at work @ 3.85 on air(warm room too) Hats off to the Prescott
How can you nullify the 2.4c from Intel. You can’t. Most know it will overclock @ 3.6(if you get a good one) with very little or no vcore increase.

I WAS STUPID TO BUY THE FX55(ENOUGH SAID)

If you have a budget and you want the best for the buck don’t be stupid get yourself an AMD64 3700+ San Diego. And, if you are even on more of a budget go for the P4 2.4c Northwood. Right around $115 now I think.

I WAS STUPID TO BUY THE FX55(ENOUGH SAID)

The 2 most solid CPU’s, that were more or less left stock, were the P4 3.0c Northwood and the AMD64 3400+ Newcastle. A better buy now on the Newcastle and would be an excellent family PC chip. All around a great purchase. One can not go wrong if interested in buying one of these.

A sleeper for the first 2 months was the 3500 Winchester! I could not get that thing to do anything right the first two months but then after the break-in period the chip showed me a little not much though. The 512K cache really gave it limits and topped out at about 2.5 on air. Didn’t even try with phase change too bland. Not too impressive.

What was I saying: “I WAS STUPID TO BUY THE FX55” Simply put the 3700 is the exact same chip but for $500 less

 

[inkfx]

Good information, nice work.

oh btw,

 

[ziggo0]

I love my 3700+ Deigo, as you said and experienced it did 2.75ghz right off the bat. What fsb/multi did you use? Im using 250x11.

 

[sleepyzman]

I have been looking at going 939 and with the 3700 sandy. I might just pull that trigger.

 

[Gautam]

Excellent way to make an entrance. Welcome aboard. How did the 3.0C clock on phase change?

 

[HousERaT]

Welcome aboard..... glad to see info from experience, not theory...... I always like to see people's point-of-view regarding things they've had and things they've done. Good job...... and yes, San Diegos rock.....

 

[Sentential]

People give prescott too harsh criticism. Sure the S478 Prescott was unbearable, but LGA ones are very nice

 

[Janus67]

welcome to the forums, and thanks for the info, you may have brought my hopes back up from getting the 3200+ venice into getting the sandy.

 

[willkill1337]

WELCOME TO THE FORUMS.

Great post, took a while to write though! I really understand what you mean about the 3700, I am thinking of getting one and if you can get it from 2200mhz to 2600mhz then you have an FX55 for 40% of the price, well in the UK that is about right anyway.

 

[Runner30]

I must say it's one of the best first posts I saw resently. Welcome to the forums
My "best CPU for the money" would be a 3200+ Venice though.

I might consider switching to a new platform based on this 3700 with a dual core perspective, but only when this 3700 comes down to today's price of 3200 range.