It is not just that article but large numbers of people, like me, who have
bought the A64 3000+ S939 and overclocked it. So far, on cheapish RAM and
using the AMD cooler, I am running at 2.4GHz - that is a 3800+. In pushing
the cpu using Clockgen, I had it running stable at 2520 with no extra juice
to it. I think I could have gone higher. Don't be put off - the chances of
frying it are small: oc properly and you'll be fine. In a year or so, there
will be faster cpus for much less. Buying say an MSI K8N Neo2 or one of the
newer NF4 boards will give you a good upgrade path for faster cpus.


"Ivronovich" wrote in message
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I was thinking about getting the 3500 socket 939, but then read an article
(URL below) saying that the 3000 could reach 2.6 ghz when over-clocked, the
same as the 3500. That being the case, what would be the advantage to
buying the 3500+? Would over-clocking the 3000 shorten the life of the
chip?

thank you for all inputs