Winchester 2800+ (socket 754 only)

[cirthix]

does this cpu exist?

 

[Jeff7181]

No, and it never will. AMD has no plans to make 90nm socket 754 Athlon-64's. I suspect you MIGHT see some socket 754 90nm Semprons though... that is... Winchester cores that didn't pass testing with all 512k cache enabled and 64-bit capabilities. So... you might see some 256k 32-bit only 90nm Semprons.

 

[cirthix]

damn, i was hoping that i coudl pick up one with the dfi lanparty ut nforce3 board (good overclocking chip+good motherboard=good setup)

what is the best overclocking socket 939 motherboard? agp preferred

 

[Jeff7181]

The MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum is a popular one.

 

[cirthix]

ty, ima go look at reviews now

edit: i see no ram dividers on that board ;thumbsdown:

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: cirthix
ty, ima go look at reviews now

edit: i see no ram dividers on that board ;thumbsdown:

I'm 99.9% sure it has them.

 

[cirthix]

I was looking through the bios screenshots at hardocp and only saw auto (1:1), forced at 200, 166, 133, 100. the problem is that I have 275mhz ddr and hope to have a 3000+. assuming a ram overclock to around 285 (which is pretty normal), it would limit me to 280*9 which is 2520mhz. most winchesters overclock between 2.5 and 2.9ghz. also, the max voltage ont he board is a little over 1.7v. I have an insane watercooling system and it could handle 2v if i wanted (i'd have to make the waterblock for a64, using my axp one now). that extra voltage would get a fair amount of speed out of the chip. on to find another board... or fix my broken dfi infinity nforce2. basically: the board is limiting

 

[mickles]

2v would not be good.

You're overshooting, a Winchester starts at 1.4v and doesn't need more than 1.6, usually less than 1.55 to perform optimally. Winchesters are NOT the same as AXP. I can't see how Neo2 would limit you. If you are really picky about the marginal RAM bandwidth you might lose, then go for a 3200+ with the 10X multiplier.

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: cirthix
basically: the board is limiting

No it's not. Do some reading.