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Will a 3200+ hit 3500+ speeds easily?

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IceWindius

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Hey guys, hoping you could give me some incite into the new overclocking world of the Athlon 64's. Planning on upgrading very soon to a ASUS A8V and my big problem is finding a CPU to pair it with.

I was totally set on the 3500+ .90nm, but not only are they out of stock everywhere, but Newegg and Zipzoom fly are freaking jacking the prices to $345+!!! I simply can't justify swinging that much for a CPU so Im wondering how easy it to get a 3200+ .90nm to that speed or higher? The 3200+ are also much cheaper and available at this time, zipzoomfly has them at a freaking low $209!

I plan on reusing my Corsair XMS 3700 DDR memory for the time being, it runs at 3-4-4-8 timgings. I know its not the best and I do plan on replacing it with some lower latency Corsair XML LED memory later. Or do you think that this memory will do just fine? Im confused since apparantly the Athlon 64's are really picky about this "10T" rating or something, so if my current RAM won't work period from my P4 setup, please let me know.


Whats the general procedure with the new Athlon setups to get them overclocked? I've done my P4 rig pretty good, but it seems the Athlon 64's are a bit different.

Oh, I have the ORIGINAL Zalman 7000CU fan for my P4 setup. Will I be able to reuse it on the A8V board for the socket 939's?

Thanks for any help.
 
Don't owrry about your memory it should be fine except for some of the more extreme overclocks.

If you arn't in a hurry to get everything you can probably find a better deal after the holiday season is over. Shortly after new years the makers reliably cut prices. Plus there is a supoosed shortage right now and some vendors are price gouging.

The 3200+ and the 3500+ as well as the 3000+ all have the same core. Overclocks in these should be similer with the higher end parts doing marginally better. Only reall difernce is the multiplier. To get the same overclock on a 3200+ as a 3500+ the FSB and memory is stressed to a higher degree. Therefore higher quality components may be necissary to accieve the same overclock.

As far as cooling is concerned I'm not sure about the compatibilatly of your current setup but the xp-90 is quite a performer and quite popular as well.

If it were me I'd wait till after the holidays, see what the prices looked like and make my desicion from there, with it most likely being the cheaper of the 2 unless the price difference is marginal.
 
Yeah, I suppose I could go ahead and order my A8V and Seagate HDD's as I seriously doubt their price will flex much and then order the CPU later.

Im just really worried that this Corsair XMS 3700 with 3-4-4-8 will kill my performance and OC headroom. Wish there were some sites that did some performance latency timings comparisons.
 
Well as of right now that memory is pretty much free. If it doesn't do what you want it to then go ahead and buy the latest and greatest, but it should be more than adequate.
 
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