Looking into a barton 2500 what are they capable of?

[Ymeister19]

So seeing AS how there was the huge price drop i decided to look into these 2500+ bartons for 90$, im just curious as to which series or whatever is best, and what kind of an overclock can i exspect, ill be running on an nforce2 a7n8x with either kingston hyperx 3500, or corsair xms 3500 please post back any info on these chips would be greatly appreciated

 

[Corporate Thug]

unless you have the pc3500, i recommend not buying it as you can save money w/pc3200 and run it @ 200 Mhz FSB. as for the OC, expect somewhere in the 2.2-2.3 range

 

[Ymeister19]

will i be able to take my fsb higher than 200 without much of a problem? i was hoping i could pull 10/230 for 2.3ghz and a fsb of 460, and i want the 3500 ram because i want to be able to run it at the tightest timings with the overclock thus i dont wanna have to overclock my ram as far.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

The general trend seems to be around 2.2-2.3ghz like Shady said but some of us have 2500+'s that do 2.4-25ghz on 1.85v or less too so if you score one of those you will be in great shape.

 

[Ymeister19]

but are my hopes for fsb overclock realistic?

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: Ymeister19
but are my hopes for fsb overclock realistic?

Certainly, I've read of users having to blow a bridge to get the FSB up on older Bartons but I haven't seen it in awhile so it looks to be a non-issue now.