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What's the highest likely fsb for both the 2000+ Thorton and 1.6GHz Duron?

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bupkus

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What's the highest likely fsb for both the 2000+ Thorton and 1.6GHz Duron?
Also, I know the Thorton is multiplier locked, but is the Duron as well?

I want to match these to a motherboard that takes them all the way. Right now I have a couple of ECS K7VTA3's from Fry's combos.
 
Well, the Thorton is definitely a better chip, by far. That being said, it's totally hit-or-miss when overclocking with ECS motherboards, because they don't have pci/agp locks. So, the chip will HAVE to hit 333fsb, to keep the pci/agp in spec. If it doesn't, you're going to be stuck running it at stock speed. Why do you think that we all use Abit, Asus, or Epox mobos for OCing? I'd get the Thorton, for sure, though.
 
I just got the duron 1.6 special with that mobo, and it runs great with the jumper set at 166 fsb (2000). The memory speed also jumped to 166 automatically to keep them running in sync. Not bad for $39.95. I might try higher, but the memory is only pc2100. This cpu actually has higher arithmetic scores than a p4 2.4b.
 
both the 2000+ thorton and the 1.6 duron will do 166fsb relatively easy (basically a 2600+ (1667->2083) and duron 2.0 (1600->2000)

my 2000+ thorton does 181fsb personally (2250mhz)
 
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