best socket 754 cpu for reachin 2.6 ghz on air

chinkgai

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Apr 4, 2001
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i havent been up to date on athlon 64s since i was too lazy to upgrade from my xp-m, but im finally taking the plunge and listed my mobo/cpu/hsf for sale as some of you may have seen already in the fs section.

so heres my question: whats the best/cheapest socket 754 cpu that has the highest chance of reaching 2.5-2.6 ghz on relatively quiet air cooling? i'll upgrade to one of those new crazy lookin thermalrights (xp90 or 120) too if necessary.

i already have the dfi lanparty nf3, which is why im choosing 754 over the 939. oh and for reference on noise, i was running my xpm with a vantec tornado at around 3k rpm.

oh and i have mushkin level II v2 ram pc3200.

thanks.
 

Shimmishim

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Feb 19, 2001
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seems as though lots of the newer processors can get to 2.5 easy on air...

i think you would be safe with a 3200+ or even 3000+

:)