939 or 754

[pumbertot]

Personally, I would have gone for the Zalman CNPS7000B-Cu had I not bought the Reserator instead.

Have put one in my old A64-3200 based machine I sold to my mate and it's damn good.

its all opinions I guess but every zalman Ive had in the past though efficient enough is not worth s**t when it comes to overclocking.

[undergroove]

its all opinions I guess but every zalman Ive had in the past though efficient enough is not worth s**t when it comes to overclocking.

Very, very true.... but that's never been what Zalman kit's about is it?!

Good point about the ThermalRight XP-120 though. I'd stick that one on the list too.

[wedge22]

Thanks for the advice guys.

[pumbertot]

Thanks for the advice guys.

"good shooting wedge".

[mightynimrod]

In games you would. An Athlon 64 3500 is approx equivalent to a barton at 2.8 Ghz.
The days of really major CPU speed increases are over. Sigh.

I'm sorry but i've got to disagree with this.

I changed my cpu from a 2500-m running at 2500mhz (considerably quicker than a 2800 barton) to an A64 3200 Clawhammer with 1mb cache and the difference i acheived in 3D mark (so i expect games as well) was nothing short of astounding.

At stock speed the 3200 performed faster than the overclocked 2500-m and when clocked to 2300mhz i got over 3000 points more than the 2500-m.

If you went over to socket 754, get a 3200 Clawhammer with a DFI Nforce3 board and you'll deffo see a marked difference in performance for around the £200 mark.

Realistically you can get an A64 Clawhammer from the forums for around the £130 mark and the new DFI socket 754 board is around £75-£80.

Budget performance????.....oh yeah

[mightynimrod]

Thanks for the advice guys.

You've deffo gone the right way Wedge, for a heatsink go for the Thermalright XP120 as Pumbertot said.

Very good cooling and virtual silence Unless you stick a daft fan on it that is

[Hottentot]

I'm sorry but i've got to disagree with this.

I changed my cpu from a 2500-m running at 2500mhz (considerably quicker than a 2800 barton) to an A64 3200 Clawhammer with 1mb cache and the difference i acheived in 3D mark (so i expect games as well) was nothing short of astounding.

At stock speed the 3200 performed faster than the overclocked 2500-m and when clocked to 2300mhz i got over 3000 points more than the 2500-m.

If you went over to socket 754, get a 3200 Clawhammer with a DFI Nforce3 board and you'll deffo see a marked difference in performance for around the £200 mark.

Realistically you can get an A64 Clawhammer from the forums for around the £130 mark and the new DFI socket 754 board is around £75-£80.

Budget performance????.....oh yeah

I said a barton running at 2.8GHz not a 2800 barton if you see what I mean.

I speak from experience as like you I had a mobile barton running at 2.5Ghz.

[wedge22]

Well I have ordered a 3400 with 512 of cache i think, I ordered it from Komplett. Where can i get hold of this great heatsink.

[mightynimrod]

CPU City

OCUK

I know they have them.

Hottentot

To get 2.8ghz from a Barton you'll need some decent cooling and volt mods.

Imagine what an A64 could do with the same.....wipe the floor with it.

[pumbertot]

Well I have ordered a 3400 with 512 of cache i think, I ordered it from Komplett. Where can i get hold of this great heatsink.

www.overclockers.co.uk

[pumbertot]

I said a barton running at 2.8GHz not a 2800 barton if you see what I mean.

I speak from experience as like you I had a mobile barton running at 2.5Ghz.

yes m8 i got that part and as i said earlier i disagree cos i had a barton vapod at 2.7GHz and the 3400 was noticeably faster than it with the 3500 overclocked being faster still.

[mightynimrod]

www.overclockers.co.uk

We must be mad promoting them

[wedge22]

I aint a fan of Ocuk either they gave me a perma ban for bumping a for sale thread twice in one day.

[pumbertot]

We must be mad promoting them

yes m8 was actually gonna write I hate to recommend the buggers.
Yes Wedge we both agree. Im on a perm ban after my 3rd rule break. Yes 2 of em YGM posts. Bastards!

Dont buy from 'em unless its a last resort.

[BUFF]

Where can i get hold of this great heatsink.

Kustom have them as well but they are a bit dearer.

[pumbertot]

Kustom have them as well but they are a bit dearer.

no surprises there then.