My Brother is looking at the 2400, 2500 and 2600 as money is tight i herd that some 2500 bartons overclock well.. is this true and what type? someone did tell me what core and chip but i forgot! - no change there!
My Brother is looking at the 2400, 2500 and 2600 as money is tight i herd that some 2500 bartons overclock well.. is this true and what type? someone did tell me what core and chip but i forgot! - no change there!
www.cpucity.co.uk
the 2500 there clocks like a beeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaauuuuut
2400 will do just as well in some cases, just gotta get lucky with the core
yeah i herd that cpucity is the place to order from.. as it has some sort of code at the end of the chip that lets you know if it will overclock?
As long as it is a Tbred B then it will clock fine. I would go with the XP2500+ though.
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No guarantees but TbredB and Barton are always unlocked, often hit 400FSB+ (lower multiplier?) and hit 2.1ghz to 2.3ghz (XP3000+ to XP3200+) on average with no more than 1.70v. Don't worry about stock speed as by far the most critical thing is that it is TbredB or Barton ... not TbredA or Pally. A TbredB XP1700+ will often run as fast as a TbredB XP2600+, there's simply no point forking out for a higher default speed (multiplier and voltage aside, shouldn't matter on any decent mobo). You really do want a mobo that can do 400FSB although 333FSB is far from bad, PC2700 minimum with PC3200 preferable. XP2500+ means you don't need to do any homework as they are always Barton based with a very good default multiplier and voltage. Barton is basically TbredB with double the L2 cache which makes it 5%ish faster at the same clock speed, hence Barton @ 2.1ghz is as fast as TbredB @ 2.2ghz. Do a search for more info.
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