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Here you go Stevereno.
http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=67757
I don't know why anyone would buy the 1.6a anyway except that it's maybe a little cheaper than any of the other Northwoods. If anyone would of had read my recommendations from the time I first heard about the 1.6 and 1.8 gig Northwoods being released, I've been advising buying the 1.8 not the 1.6 (I bought my 2 gig before the 1.8 came out). Most non-2.2 gig Northwoods will usual reach between 2.4 to 2.6 on average when overclocked, so a 1.8 gig using 133 FSB puts you right at an almost guaranteed 2.4 gig with 2.5 and 2.6 within easy reach. If you're using TH7-II and RDRAM, then the 1.6 will run you into trouble with the RAM not wanting to to be stable at very high FSB and you won't reach the full potential of the CPU. Of course, then if you consider that some of the 1.6's don't like the older BIOS on the TH7-II, it really sort of becomes a no brainer. Oh well, I'm just an old fart senior member that don't know nothing, even though I've been overclocking for 4 to 5 years and have owned PC computers for about 20 years. How I managed to get my Northwood and TH7-II combo up to 2.6 gig must be a great mystery or else just a lucky accident.
http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=67757
I don't know why anyone would buy the 1.6a anyway except that it's maybe a little cheaper than any of the other Northwoods. If anyone would of had read my recommendations from the time I first heard about the 1.6 and 1.8 gig Northwoods being released, I've been advising buying the 1.8 not the 1.6 (I bought my 2 gig before the 1.8 came out). Most non-2.2 gig Northwoods will usual reach between 2.4 to 2.6 on average when overclocked, so a 1.8 gig using 133 FSB puts you right at an almost guaranteed 2.4 gig with 2.5 and 2.6 within easy reach. If you're using TH7-II and RDRAM, then the 1.6 will run you into trouble with the RAM not wanting to to be stable at very high FSB and you won't reach the full potential of the CPU. Of course, then if you consider that some of the 1.6's don't like the older BIOS on the TH7-II, it really sort of becomes a no brainer. Oh well, I'm just an old fart senior member that don't know nothing, even though I've been overclocking for 4 to 5 years and have owned PC computers for about 20 years. How I managed to get my Northwood and TH7-II combo up to 2.6 gig must be a great mystery or else just a lucky accident.
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