What?s the best way to run an Athlon 64 X2 3800+

[videoclone]

2.0Ghz with 5x200HT - 2x1000Mhz bus and 400Mhz Dual channel ram

OR

2.2Ghz with 4x220HT - 2x880Mhz bus and 372Mhz Dual channel ram

2.4 isn?t stable neither is 2.3 because of how hot my Gigabyte GA-K8N51GMF-9 runs

The chipset in the middle is finger burning hot ?. Cant touch it for longer then 3 seconds before you get burnt. I put a fan over it but its still very hot.

The funny thing is the CPU runs at around 30c ?..and the heatsink is COLD to touch ive never had a CPU heat sink that was cold when idle. Although It does worm up when in 3Dgames.

So whets the best way?

 

[Hacp]

How about Pentium pros? They don't even need a fan.

 

[Furen]

You using integrated video? If so then I woudlnt try pushing the HTT too high. I'd guess that 2.2GHz is better because A64s are not even close to bandwidth starved, and they scale pretty nicely with clock speed.

 

[videoclone]

I?m using a X800GTO and I?ve disabled the onboard video in bios with the latest bios update that had the option.

Didn?t make the middle chip run any cooler though.!

 

[videoclone]

What about 2.4Ghz with 3x240HT - 2x720Mhz bus and 400Mhz Dual channel ram

It's also stable at this speed. so ive got 3 options !

How should i run this system?

 

[Madellga]

CPU speed is king

 

[rise]

this may help

 

[videoclone]

Thanx rise!