what's the best t-bird/duron for overclocking?

[dukdukgoos]

i'm thinking of getting a t-bird or duron before they're all multiplier-locked, and i'm wondering what the best price/performance point is. any suggestions?

 

[dukdukgoos]

ne1?

just wondering if there's a sweet spot...a slower chip that will usually overclock a lot. also, if anyone knows any good places to buy that still have unlocked chips...

 

[hans007]

duron 650 , and tbird 800 i'd say.

 

[htyei]

I was at a Fry's Electronics yesterday. seems that tbird 850 and up are the copper cores(bluish tint) while the durons and the tbirds under that are (green-blue)

 

[dukdukgoos]

is there anyway to tell if the chips are unlocked before you buy? i'd be willing to spend a little extra money at fry's to make sure it was going to overclock...

 

[AMB]

I know in the UK, OcUK guarentee that theirs are overclockable to a certain rate. I do not know wheter other companies do this.

I would say:

Duron: 650
T-Bird: 700 or 800

 

[Quickfingerz]

slot A t-bird 750 overclocks the best.

as far as socketed style ones, i'd say the 800 and duron 650.

 

[cdrakejr]

For unlocked and guaranteed overclocked cpus, take a look at:

http://ocz.safeshopper.com

There are a number of articles on comparative overclocking of Duron/Tbird, here are a couple:

http://www.athlonoc.com/dtb2_1.htm
http://www.athlonmb.com/article-display.cfm?ArticleID=44
http://www.tweak3d.net/articles/tbirdoc/index.shtml

 

[TonyRic]

I got a Socket A TBird 750@1050 from them... Guaranteed with a 180 day warrantee

 

[tigger80]

yep overclockerz store is great, i think the best cpus to hit the magic ghz is duron 650 and the tbird 750.

 

[psykohog]

I just got my duron 600 @ 850 from overclockerz. They are finally catching up on their orders.
They shipped it on the 8th and i got it on the 9th.Boise to Md.

 

[htyei]

I was thinking about ordering from there...
SO ahve you rune prime95 on them and made sure they're fullys table at that speed?

What voltage do they have to be? The overclockerz store doesnt state the voltage of each overclocked chip. Do they tell you later, or what?

Or is it stable at default voltage?

 

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