amd a64 3500+

[Rottie]

I haven't see anyone got a64 3500+ Most of them I have seen got 3000 or 3200...why? I am curious. I am thinking I bought wrong or I did the right thing?

 

[biostud]

they bought those to save money and they overclock the same, ie. better value. At stockspeed the 3500+ is obviously faster.

 

[Puffnstuff]

I'm running a 3500 winnie until my opteron 175 gets here. It's been pretty good at stock speeds and I really haven't tried to oc it nor do I really want to try. I'm replacing it with an opteron for obvious reasons.

 

[T101]

Both me and my brother are running 3500+ at stock speed. It is a nice chip if you do not care for overclocking. I reasoned that it was better shelling out a little extra cash than spending the amount of time and work it might require to get another chip to even run at this speed. As it turned out it was a good decision, since the motherboard I have selected just plain wont post at any HTT higher than 219 with the CPU core (Winnie CBBID) I got. Overclocking is by no means a certainty of success.

 

[Rottie]

how far can 3500+ overclock?

 

[Ryan Norton]

I'm at 325MHz HTT x 8 = 2600MHz 3500+ Venice right now. E3 stepping.

 

[Icepick]

Originally posted by: Rottie
how far can 3500+ overclock?

The 3500+ Venice has the same overclock potential as the 3000+ and 3200+. Of course that's YMMV. Also, the 3500+ has a higher multiplier which could help you reach a higher overclock in case your motherboard can't handle high HT or if your RAM is limiting you.

I bought my 3500+ Winchester last October (2004) right around the time these were hot. At the time I was ready to buy there was a shortage and the 3500+ retail was available at Newegg so I got it. Also, this was my first attempt at overclocking and I wanted something with higher stock speed in case I ran into problems overclocking.

In essence you paid more money for a higher multiplier in case your motherboard can't handle high HT. You also have security since you're gauranteed to be able to run at 2.2GHz no matter what.

 

[coomar]

generally a 3500 will overclock a little further than a 3000/3200, 50-100 mHz more

 

[coomar]

if you take everything else out of the equation

 

[Rottie]

Originally posted by: Ryan Norton
I'm at 325MHz HTT x 8 = 2600MHz 3500+ Venice right now. E3 stepping.

Nice..i don't know if my mobo will be able to OC that much. I don't know much like HTT, Timining, etc on BIOS.

 

[SolMiester]

I have the Newcastle 130 die size, so the old clawhammer one. Best OC on stock 11x235=2585. 4xHTT 1:1 RAM. I guess I could drop multi and RAM to see what the FSB gets to, but dont see any need really.

 

[DeathReborn]

I was originally gonna get a Athlon64 3000+ and 6800GT but the 6800GT went out of stock just before I ordered. So I bumped it up to a 3500+ for an extrra £30 and a 7800GT for an extra £70. It was well worth the money and will tide me over until Socket M2/AM2 and DDR2.