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2.6c w/ PC4000 ram OCed or 3.0c w/ PC3200 ram non-OCed?



 
 
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Old December 8th 03, 03:22 AM
Elbert
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Default 2.6c w/ PC4000 ram OCed or 3.0c w/ PC3200 ram non-OCed?

Hi All,

It has been a long time since I built my last computer (Athlon 900 MHZ) and
now I have decided to dive in and build a new one. I have pretty much
decided to go with Intel this time. After much researching I find that it
costs about the same for a P4 2.6c using PC4000 ram OCed as it does a P4
3.0c using PC3200.

I plan on using Retail boxed processors with quality ram. How fast could I
expect to get the 2.6c with PC4000 ram and do you think it would be worth
doing?...Or would I be better off with the 3.0c running quality PC3200 ram?

TIA,
Rich


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Old December 8th 03, 07:28 AM
Skid
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"Elbert" wrote in message
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Hi All,

It has been a long time since I built my last computer (Athlon 900 MHZ)

and
now I have decided to dive in and build a new one. I have pretty much
decided to go with Intel this time. After much researching I find that

it
costs about the same for a P4 2.6c using PC4000 ram OCed as it does a P4
3.0c using PC3200.

I plan on using Retail boxed processors with quality ram. How fast could

I
expect to get the 2.6c with PC4000 ram and do you think it would be worth
doing?...Or would I be better off with the 3.0c running quality PC3200

ram?


There's a comparison at www.tomshardware.com that might help. It matches a
2.6 running at 250x13=3.24ghz against a stock 3.2ghz at 16x200. The
overclocked system wins by a much bigger margin than the 40mhz difference
suggests, mainly because of the significantly higher bandwidth from the
higher fsb.

My system, I'm happy to say, outperforms them both for the same reason.

Abit IC7, P4C . PC3700 ram running 5:4, 220mhz, CAS 2.

There's more than one way to skin a cat.


 




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