I give up!!

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: iwantanewcomputer
there is no good reason not to overclock. if you want a 4000, you could get a 3000 and with inconsequential voltage increases get it to 2.6 which is better than a 4000.

the fact is if you are worried about killing your processor, you won't
if you are worried that overclocking is to complex for you, you are wrong

Disagree. There are plenty of reasons to not overclock, premature death is one of them.

 

[KyleGates]

Originally posted by: iwantanewcomputer
there is no good reason not to overclock. if you want a 4000, you could get a 3000 and with inconsequential voltage increases get it to 2.6 which is better than a 4000.

the fact is if you are worried about killing your processor, you won't
if you are worried that overclocking is to complex for you, you are wrong

I am worried about having to retweak whenever an artifact shows up in a new game...thats not worth the trouble AT ALL to me!

 

[Markfw]

Get a 3500+ 90nm chip. Best comprimise if you aren't OC'ing.

 

[UlricT]

stop saying HELLA!!!!

oh, and if you are worried about retweaking, memtest86, prime95, and 3dmark should be run duringh your burn-in period after overclocking. Should guarantee no more artifacts!

 

[CraigRT]

do yourself a favour and get a 3500+ or less.
they can be clocked to the higher speeds, without issue, and for 1/3 or 1/4 the price... the choice is fairly obvious.. I went with a 3200+ and could not be happier with the performance from this baby!

 

[KyleGates]

I think I'll just go with a 4000+...seems to be a great performer OCed or not...anyone argue wit dat? And oh yeah...HELLA!

 

[Gioron]

Originally posted by: Smoke0
Yah AMD and Intel and Via/Cyrix suck...get a rock.LOL

Naw, rocks only have a 1 bit bus. What you really want to do is roll your own CPU. It can't be that hard to design one, right? ...right?

 

[caz67]

Go with the FX-55, if you are not going to overclock, this is the fastest chip on the block..

 

[Adul]

I would suggest going with a 3800+ instead. Same clock speed as the 4000+, just half the cache which doesnt make enough of a difference to justify the extra cost. Instead put that extra cash you save into something else like maybe a faster HD

 

[caivoma]

Originally posted by: Gioron

Originally posted by: Smoke0
Yah AMD and Intel and Via/Cyrix suck...get a rock.LOL

Naw, rocks only have a 1 bit bus. What you really want to do is roll your own CPU. It can't be that hard to design one, right? ...right?

Lol, but then you can OC the hell out of the rock and if it die, too bad. you can always get another rock.
One vote for the rock.
Sorry about thread crapping.

 

[KyleGates]

Originally posted by: caivoma

Originally posted by: Gioron

Originally posted by: Smoke0
Yah AMD and Intel and Via/Cyrix suck...get a rock.LOL

Naw, rocks only have a 1 bit bus. What you really want to do is roll your own CPU. It can't be that hard to design one, right? ...right?

Lol, but then you can OC the hell out of the rock and if it die, too bad. you can always get another rock.
One vote for the rock.
Sorry about thread crapping.

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