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Intelia

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Again my husband has advised me the current O/C on the PM is limited more by the currently available M/B's(except Asus Adaptors which still need better bios upgrades.)

If you want the cheapest PM buy the 730 . David says the 740 will clock higher just as the 750 well clock higher than the 740 ect. ect. ect.

David says the reason for this isn't so much the CPU'S its more because of the M/B .

I have tried to find links for you but there are so many reviews. That really don't mention this other than the fact that 160 FBS seems to be the limit in most instances.

So David says if your looking for the very fastest Pm setup . Buy the 780@ 2.23 and O/C to 2.8 on air . David says this will cost you big $$$$$$$$$. But the performance well rock you even in the areas the PM is reported to be weak.

To some it up if you want a system that will rock your beliefs this is the way to go .

David just built himself one for testing purposes and kept most of what he already had and he spent just under $1000 for M/B and CPU. ouch!!! ( he had to build his own Cpu Water block)
 

DarkKnight69

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As I stated earlier, i am using a ct-479 adaptor on a P4P800-E deluxe with a volt mod. Mobo will not be an issue. As well, I have the instructions on how to mod a zalman 7000 on it so heat will not be an issue. I just need the chip.
 

Intelia

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I would have to check and make sure that 730 is 533 FBS. IF it is yes! If it isn't . Get the lowest clocked PM 533

Intel® Pentium® M processor 730 90 nm 2MB L2 1.60 GHz 533 MHz . THATS it
 

Vegitto

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Uhm, just for info, the Dothan is a 32-bit chip, so now Windows XP x64, Windows Vista (AKA Longhorn) or Linux flavoured 64-bit OS for you, my friend :p.
 

DarkKnight69

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Well, since I dont run Linux on my desktop and Vista will be in 32-bit as well, i am not really worried about it. Oh, and I tend to upgrade every 4 months anyways so I am thinking that 12 months from now whan Vista goes gold i will be running Dual core P4.
 

Intelia

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Yes and no if you overclock the memory and cpu b0th at the same time I would always go to the highest available GHz. In theory they should however O/C the same . I like staying in syn. So I always go for the higher GHz. or I should say David does . It is only $20 @ 160 O/C in syn. the 1.73 is going to be that much faster than the 1.60 ya thats worth $20.
 

The Pentium Guy

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It's FSB not FBS.

Unless all you do is game, why don't you just get a Northwood 2.4c and overclock that? As Zebo said the Dothan architecture is seriously lacking in many areas. See some benchmarks and you'll know what I mean.

-The Pentium Guy
 

DarkKnight69

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I have a 3.0E that does 3.8 on air, it is not doing the gaming I want so I will guy a gaming chip. Likely I will buy it, get bored in a month and buy the rest of parts for a HTPC and go back to my 3.0...
 

clarkey01

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Originally posted by: DarkKnight69
I have a 3.0E that does 3.8 on air, it is not doing the gaming I want so I will guy a gaming chip. Likely I will buy it, get bored in a month and buy the rest of parts for a HTPC and go back to my 3.0...

3.8 Should be fine for gaming. I need to read back over the reviews to see the performance gap in gaming, but I didnt think it'd be worth changing over to AMD, unless you get a FX 57.
 

stevty2889

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Originally posted by: DarkKnight69
I have a 3.0E that does 3.8 on air, it is not doing the gaming I want so I will guy a gaming chip. Likely I will buy it, get bored in a month and buy the rest of parts for a HTPC and go back to my 3.0...

My 1.6@2.4, with 6600GT@550/2035 definatly does good for gaming. In 3dmark01 it actualy outscores my 3.82ghz prescott with a 6800GT. Just can't keep up with much else, but it's cool, quiet, and good for gaming.
 

bobsmith1492

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Why get the 533 bus? That makes no sense (don't listen to Intelia).

1.7 @ 100 MHz (x4=400) bus (what I have) = 17x multiplier
Bump bus up to ~125 (x4=500, what I did) = 2.125 GHz (not bad for a lappy, eh? :p)

1.73 @ 133 MHz (533) bus = 13 x multiplier
To get 2.125 GHz requires a bus of 163.5 (654 w/ the quad thingy)

Bottom line: much better chance of your bus not maxing out with the 400 MHz chip to start with seeing as the chip is multiplier locked.

Get the 400 MHz FSB chip of whatever version you choose.