Which CPU to buy? Amd64 3200 or P4 3.0c

[thecollectivewi]

If I got the P4 3.0c or even 2.8c I would plan to overclock it to hopefully 3.5ghz range. The Amd Im not sure what kinda overclocking can be done with it.

What I do is play StarWars Galaxies and surf the net often at the same time. I also have 2 SWG accounts and sometimes need to run 2 copys of the game at once so I wonder if the HT in the P4 will help alot on that.

Thanks for your help.

 

[daddiebigbig]

Benchmarks show that at stock speeds, the amd 64 is faster than the P3.4 Gallatin
but the 64 clock speeds are only 2.4 ghz and i have heard of only getting it to overclock to 2.8 i would get a HT p4 instead it will run smoother. what you are wanting to do will not take advantage of a the 64 bit chip. get the 3.0ghz i have heard of getting it to 4.2!!!ghz and a good website to check out it overclockers.com:shocked::beer:

 

[charloscarlies]

Well since I didn't quite understand all of what daddiebigbig said...I'll start from the beginning:

From what it sounds like you'll be doing...the P4 sounds like the better choice. HT is very nice, and I notice a pretty significant performance loss when gaming and doing some other cpu intensive task on my A64.

I would go for the 2.8C as a lot of people are getting the m0 stepping which commonly hits 3.5 ghz on stock voltages. If you are going the A64 route....go with the 3000+ as it has been proven that the extra cache doesn't make much of a difference at all.

I would go with either:
1)2.8C OR
2)A64 3000

You should be happy either way.

 

[Lyfer]

Bottomline, if you are gaming then get an Athlon 64.

 

[Vette73]

Get a Athlon 3000+ as the performance diff between it and the 3200+ is very minor.

Then get a nForce3 250 chipset board and overclcok the picc out of it. The only 250 boards out now are the Chaintech ones. But their older 150 boards were very good so the new 250 boards should be able to build on that.

 

[Marsumane]

The nforce 250 is able to clock higher then the previous a64 boards due to it having an agp lock. therefore, u can oc further then uve heard. persoanally, id get the a64 due to it being more future proof. and yes the 3000+. if u benched it oced compared to a 2.8c oced, ud notice little differecne between what u do. ur games would be higher, but ur multitask would be a little lower. its jsut the tradeoff. personally, id rather have something that when it comes of age, i can still do one task a little faster, rather then do 2 tasks slightly faster then snail speed.

 

[thecollectivewi]

So I should look at an AMD64 3000+ and then an nForce 250 motherboard like

CHAINTECH nForce3 250 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket 754 Athlon64 CPU

I have to say it may be a bit pricey but it does ooze coolness.

I assume I will need a good heatsink/fan if I want to overclock this badboy. What are the thoughts on this thing

ZALMAN CNPS7000A-Cu Pure Copper CPU Cooler for AMD XP Socket 462/ 754

or should I just go with the

Thermalright Copper Heatsink for both Intel and AMD, Model "SLK948U" -RETAIL

I tend to like the first one more if it will do the job

 

[SickBeast]

I'm pretty sure you would get better performance out of the Thermalright. Make sure it will fit your motherboard tho; that thing is huge.

 

[wicktron]

Thermalright SLK-948U for sure. Put a 92mm Panaflo on there, and you'll have quietness, high air flow, and massive surface area.