Ok so I been toying with idea of getting an A64 2800+ or 3000+ with that new nforce 250 board and overclocking, but that board is not out yet http://www.hexus.net/content/review...dmlld19JRD03NTE If this comes out soon I would be willing to wait, anybody know the ETA
To make things worse I would rather buy the new 939 cpus when they come out but who knows when that will be so I have been exploring other options.
Been taking a hard look at the AMD mobile 2400+ 2500+ and 2600+ and overclocking it. Reading the reviews at Newegg it seems as though the 2600+ OCs better even though people claim they are the same CPU. I was going to put a ZALMAN CNPS3100-Plus Copper on it and hope that is good enough. I would hope to hit atleast 2500 mhz
Another option is the 2.4a Intel Prescott. These seem to be getting up to around 3.3 ghz or so with stock cooling.
I find it hard to make a decisions because it not clear to me how fast overclclocked CPUs are because I don't ususally see benchmarks that compare overclocked intels vs overclocked mobile AMDs. Making it worse are differances in FSB speeds and what not. I am not even sure what is faster, an AMD 3200+ at stock speeds or a mobile AMD OCd to 3200+ clock speeds just using the multiplier?
BTW I am not interested in any fancy water cooling solution or anything like that. I don't care if the CPU runs hot, as long as it is stable.
Also I do a lot of gaming and 3d modeling, but not so much rendering or video encoding. Price is not a huge deal, but I want to be smart with my money. I would have to buy a new Motherboard and RAM regardless of the brand of CPU I go with.
thanks for any advice in advance!
To make things worse I would rather buy the new 939 cpus when they come out but who knows when that will be so I have been exploring other options.
Been taking a hard look at the AMD mobile 2400+ 2500+ and 2600+ and overclocking it. Reading the reviews at Newegg it seems as though the 2600+ OCs better even though people claim they are the same CPU. I was going to put a ZALMAN CNPS3100-Plus Copper on it and hope that is good enough. I would hope to hit atleast 2500 mhz
Another option is the 2.4a Intel Prescott. These seem to be getting up to around 3.3 ghz or so with stock cooling.
I find it hard to make a decisions because it not clear to me how fast overclclocked CPUs are because I don't ususally see benchmarks that compare overclocked intels vs overclocked mobile AMDs. Making it worse are differances in FSB speeds and what not. I am not even sure what is faster, an AMD 3200+ at stock speeds or a mobile AMD OCd to 3200+ clock speeds just using the multiplier?
BTW I am not interested in any fancy water cooling solution or anything like that. I don't care if the CPU runs hot, as long as it is stable.
Also I do a lot of gaming and 3d modeling, but not so much rendering or video encoding. Price is not a huge deal, but I want to be smart with my money. I would have to buy a new Motherboard and RAM regardless of the brand of CPU I go with.
thanks for any advice in advance!