TH7II, 1.7 -> 2.4 a good idea?

[Cat]

I have a TH7II-RAID, bought early on, so I don't think it's capable of 533. I have a Willamette 1.7GHz, but am contemplating upgrading the CPU. What should I choose, or should I just wait for dual channel DDR, and buy a new motherboard, RAM, and CPU a few months from now?

 

[CrazySaint]

A 1.7GHz Willamette may not be "blazing fast" anymore by enthusiast standards, its still a very fast system. Dual Channel DDR and HyperThreading promise to seriously increase P4 performance in the next few months, so if I were you, I'd just wait on the 3.06GHz (or higher) + DC DDR.

 

[dexvx]

TH7 II's are more than capable of 533FSB cpus. Their clock generators allow stability upwards of 200 Mhz FSB. The only thing is that their DRCG's are only rated at 400Mhz (althought some have 533Mhz ones). So basically you could get a 1.8a and put it in 533FSB mode, but you need to put your RDRam clock multiplier to 3X.

You could of course mod it with newer DRCGs if you wanted.

 

[Duvie]

I would go into wait mode like me...Wait for the dual channel ddr mobos and then pick up a bargain 1.8 to 2.26ghz chip and oc to 166fsb and above then run pc2700 dual channel ddr and you will smoke a rdram mobo...

pc1200 = 3600 sandra------pc2700 dual channel = 4500 sandra....impressive huh???


I think the 3.06ghz will be too expensive and likley debut 500-600 bucks...wait to see how other see HT helping them....