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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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"Elbert" wrote in message ... 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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