Best socket A CPU?

[Gannon]

Sorry not much of an AMD'er what's the bes socket A cpu money can buy?

 

[Rip the Jacker]

AMD Athlon XP 2500+ M for $60 on For Sale/Trade ~ --> Easily OC to 2.2 + GHz

 

[dguy6789]

2600+ Ms tend to oc higher than the 2500s or 2400s.

 

[KoolDrew]

AMD Athlon MP 2800+

 

[AristoV300]

Yeah the 2500+ mobile:thumbsup:

 

[LatinJones]

Best socket A that money can buy? As in, price doesn't matter? I would say the XP3200.

 

[SlitheryDee]

Lower end A64s aren't really more expensive than the top of the line socket A chips. I know the motherboard would set you back some $$ too but still, I'd be thinking about a more substantial upgrade.

Edit: unless your just asking our opinion...In that case I would say XP 3200+

 

[Gannon]

sorry should have clarified that: Best value for the money.

 

[SlitheryDee]

Originally posted by: ItmPls
AMD Athlon XP 2500+ M for $60 on For Sale/Trade ~ --> Easily OC to 2.2 + GHz

Get a decent cooling solution and overclock one of these.

 

[KoolDrew]

Are you planning on overclocking it?

 

[Gannon]

Originally posted by: KoolDrew
Are you planning on overclocking it?

Just a little bit, the board I have has only I think PC2700 ram in it.

 

[andy nowotny]

of course 2500+

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: Gannon

Originally posted by: KoolDrew
Are you planning on overclocking it?

Just a little bit, the board I have has only I think PC2700 ram in it.

Mobiles have a default of 133MHz FSB anyway, you can easily up that to 166MHz to match the RAM, and if you have a good motherboard, you can use higher CPU multipliers if you wish to further increase clock speed, as mobile CPU's are multiplier unlocked.

 

[Fern]

Get a mobile XP. Just make sure your board's BIOS support cpu multiplier changes.

Fern