Which to get: 1.6A, 1.8A, or the 2.26GHz?

[ahsia]

I have built 2 1.6A machines, both have OC'ed to a nice 2.2-2.3GHz range, and I am about to build another P4 machine. What should I get? Is the 2.26GHz worth the extra bucks? Is it true that the 1.8A doesn't OC as well as the 1.6A? Your suggestions and comments are well appreciated....

 

[SSXeon5]

Originally posted by: ahsia
I have built 2 1.6A machines, both have OC'ed to a nice 2.2-2.3GHz range, and I am about to build another P4 machine. What should I get? Is the 2.26GHz worth the extra bucks? Is it true that the 1.8A doesn't OC as well as the 1.6A? Your suggestions and comments are well appreciated....

2.26 is wayyyyyy better, very fast and can get to 3.0Ghz air. 1.8A can oc well, but your right not as good as the 1.6A's, but defently get the 2.26, they are amazing.

SSXeon

 

[mrman3k]

Definetly get the 2.26B, excellent OC results

 

[jhites]

Originally posted by: SSXeon5

Originally posted by: ahsia
I have built 2 1.6A machines, both have OC'ed to a nice 2.2-2.3GHz range, and I am about to build another P4 machine. What should I get? Is the 2.26GHz worth the extra bucks? Is it true that the 1.8A doesn't OC as well as the 1.6A? Your suggestions and comments are well appreciated....

2.26 is wayyyyyy better, very fast and can get to 3.0Ghz air. 1.8A can oc well, but your right not as good as the 1.6A's, but defently get the 2.26, they are amazing.

SSXeon

I would agree that the 2.26 can get up close and even above in some cases to 3.0Ghz.

However, the new 1.8A's are actually as good as, if not better than the 1.6A's. Myself and many others are running 2.7Ghz and higher. The only reason that I have my 1.8A running at 150fsb is because my Samsung will only run stable at DDR400. 3:4 mem ratio on my board. The overall system performance is better at 150fsb=2.7Ghz; 200fsb ram=400Mhz, and that is with only a safe 1.60vcore.

Maybe the 2.26 is worth the extra $100+ but not in MHO. Pack Dates from May, June, July with week codes 209 and higher are doing 2.6-2.7 with default voltage or + a little. They are not like the older ones that required 1.75-1.85v to hit these marks.