Originally posted by: TStep
If you don't mind overclocking and are able to do so component wise, I'd give that go first. Many TBred B 1700+ make 2.0ghz no problem. That is on par with a 2700+. Should feel a bit snappier for $0.
Originally posted by: Jen
go with a 2600+ mobile if it will work with your board
if you cant change multiplier in bios then use pin mod technique or buy tmc-xp multiplier changer. cost of the multiplier changer is 30 plus shipping
then you can overclock it some or leave at stock , i found the extra cache on the barton processors and overclockability of them a very good improvement over the t bred
Jen
Originally posted by: Lager
For gaming, but not too much. 1024MB RAM 2100, XP Home, 420W PSU, good cooling (cooler master) and a7n8x motherboard
Considering nV and Via have new chipsets for sktA with features such as native SATA and gigbit, and that AMD is making a Sempron line for it I'd say it's far from being abandonedno sense in going up through an abandoned platform
Originally posted by: skyking
ram could end up being the bottleneck. try changing the multiplier from the stock setting, go to 13 or so. It should do that easy at stock voltage, if it is like 95% of the 1700's. that would be 1730 mhz, up from 1466.
Originally posted by: Lager
Originally posted by: skyking
ram could end up being the bottleneck. try changing the multiplier from the stock setting, go to 13 or so. It should do that easy at stock voltage, if it is like 95% of the 1700's. that would be 1730 mhz, up from 1466.
do i need to overclock the memory also or not a good idea? can i just bump the multiplier only? would that still give me a good overclock even though the ram is at default?
Originally posted by: Lager
i'm thinking about upgrading from amd xp 1700 to xp 2600. is it worth the upgrade and will i see significant improvement from upgrading? should i just save my money or is the upgrade worth it? tia for your suggestions.
Originally posted by: skyking
Originally posted by: Lager
Originally posted by: skyking
ram could end up being the bottleneck. try changing the multiplier from the stock setting, go to 13 or so. It should do that easy at stock voltage, if it is like 95% of the 1700's. that would be 1730 mhz, up from 1466.
do i need to overclock the memory also or not a good idea? can i just bump the multiplier only? would that still give me a good overclock even though the ram is at default?
It sounds like you are new to overclocking, so I suggested just a multiplier change to keep it simple, for starters.
It is a very mixed bag of results when you talk about overclocking pc2100. some folks get it to 166 and tight timings almost effortlessly, adn others can't get past 145.
You have a feature that will lock the AGP and PCI busses to 66 and 33, which helps greatly, but I think you have to enable it in the BIOS.
In the days before such a feature, there were no-man's lands, areas where you could go with the ram that would put the PCI bus out of spec too much, causing all sorts of hard drive data corruption.