I currently own an Athlon 700 Classic slot A. I had very marginal success overclocking, only reaching 800mhz using a goldfinger device, and even this config wasn't 100% stable. I'm currently looking at P3 stuff, and I would like at least 933-1000 mhz performance. I've heard a massive amount of stories concerning the 700E processors and how they easily clock to 933, even higher in some cases.
Given my newbie status to overclocking and my lack of success, should I feel comfortable buying a 700E hoping it will hit 933, or should I just spend the extra $120+ on the 1000EB and get guaranteed performance? CPU databases on overclockers.com seem to verify the ease of overclocking the 700E series.
I suppose this should have been a poll, and I'm positive it's been asked a million times before, but I was curious as to what some of you would do in this situation.
Thanks a million.
Given my newbie status to overclocking and my lack of success, should I feel comfortable buying a 700E hoping it will hit 933, or should I just spend the extra $120+ on the 1000EB and get guaranteed performance? CPU databases on overclockers.com seem to verify the ease of overclocking the 700E series.
I suppose this should have been a poll, and I'm positive it's been asked a million times before, but I was curious as to what some of you would do in this situation.
Thanks a million.