Question on best\cost effective P4 CPU to OC?

[F1]

I was thinking the P4 2.4B C1 with 533FSB. Any diagree? How does one tell if its a C1 P4 2.4B CPU? Should i get a better
heatsink & fan if i OC or is the stock one ok? If needed, any recommendations?

Thanks in advance.

 

[faamecanic]

I say go with the 2.4 B ....... I have seen people in this forum and other OC forums hitting 3.0 + ghz with the STOCK HS/FAN and not having to up the core voltages from standard! Pretty sweet.

If you can get a RZ (and L maylasians are best) chip.... I think outpost.com's OEM 2.4B are shipping RZ's C1 stepping.

good luck

 

[Shimmishim]

i'd wait for the 2.4C

but the boards are expensive so... nevermind!

go with the 2.53B's from outpost... they are doing very well

 

[faamecanic]

True dat on the 2.53 .... I have read people hitting 3.4+ with those (aircooled) and they are only like $20 more.

 

[OddTSi]

Originally posted by: Shimmishim
i'd wait for the 2.4C

but the boards are expensive so... nevermind!

go with the 2.53B's from outpost... they are doing very well

Once the lower end 800MHz FSB chips are released Intel's 865 chipset will be out, and boards with this chipset will cost no more than 845 based boards.

 

[Duvie]

I can hit 3.17ghz with mine aircooled at default vcore....it was a lower SL6EF chip no less.....try to get the 2.4b or 2.53b in the multivid chips and get lucky and score a 1.475v chip and I think that 3.4ghz is in site....

 

[maxSe]

Originally posted by: Shimmishim
i'd wait for the 2.4C

but the boards are expensive so... nevermind!

go with the 2.53B's from outpost... they are doing very well

I'd disagree about the boards... Quite a few good 845PE boards can be had for under $90 (Abit BH-7 & Albatron 845PE Pro), and if you want DCDDR, number of 865 (Springdale) boards are being offered at sub-$150 range. I think this is very reasonable. Not all of us run feature-rich, top-of-the-line boards...

I'd go with 2.53B multi-VID chips... Not so sure on the "C" chips just yet...