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Overclockrd XP1700 worth upgrading?
Hi all
At the moment I'm running a 1700 @ 2.2GHz (11 x 200, 1.65 v) on a GA-7N400 Pro which I'm pretty pleased with. As I'm already running at 400 MHz DDR I'm not sure just getting a 333 MHz or 400MHz FSB CPU would give me much of a performance increase over my current CPU? However, would the extra cache of a newer CPU, and the higher speed, provide much more of a performance increase over my current set-up. BTW my OCZ PC3200 doesn't like doing anything over 200 MHz on either this MoBo or an Abit NF7 v2.0 board (even if I adjust voltages etc.). TIA Bill L Sys spec/config AMD XP1700+ TB @ 2.2 GHz (11 x 200 1.65v) Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro (Using on-board audio & NIC) OCZ 512 MB DIMM PC3200 Sapphire 9700 (non-pro) (128MB) GlobalWin 802 ATX Midi Case Antec TruePower 330 Watt PSU Primary IDE Channel 1 x 120 GB Maxtor ATA133 (Master) 1 x 40 GB IBM ATA66 (slave) Secondary IDE Channel Liteon 40x12x48x CDRW (Master) Liteon 16x DVD (Slave) Other HW HP 940C USB Printer Cannon LiDE30 USB Scanner Belkin 7 Port USB HUB Hauppauge WinTV PCI OS: WinXP Pro SP1 |
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Sounds like you're facing both a cpu and memory upgrade. I'd wait for
athlon64 and see how that does. I'm also running a 1700+ @ 2.3ghz and will wait til next summer, when pci-x and 90nm athlon64s are out. rms |
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