Worth keeping this 3000+

[damocles]

Hello,

I bought an Athlon 3000+ last year with the intention of building a new PC. However I never got around to it and am only now looking to put something together (after stumbling across the cpu in my desk drawer) . My 3000+ is still in the box and I was thinking about buying something a bit faster- perhaps a 3500+ or 3700+

Reading through the foums to get an idea of how much of a speed increase i might get in gaming- it seems like it might be better to OC my 3000+ and invest the extra dollars in my new video card.

As I understand it (reading through AT forums), I have a week 17, E3 Athlon 64 which are reasonably good overclockers(stepping below).

ADA3000AA4BP
LBBLE 0517EPMW
Z644008E510ZZ

I know OC is never guaranteed- but do i have a reasonable chance of getting this up to 3500+ performance? If not i'll sell it before I open the box.

(assume that I will have a good mobo, Psu, cooler etc as i will be buying all of these new)

 

[imhungry]

That's a terrible stepping. PM me so I can take it off your hands.




That is an excellent stepping and I predict no problems for you to get up to 2.5Ghz at least. I'd expect 300x9

 

[pelikan]

I think you are smart to want to keep that cpu and put the saved $ into the video card. I agree with imhungry that you should get 2.5 GHz + easily.

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: imhungry
That's a terrible stepping. PM me so I can take it off your hands.




That is an excellent stepping and I predict no problems for you to get up to 2.5Ghz at least. I'd expect 300x9

:laugh:

 

[BassBomb]

definatley not worth buying a higher cpu there

 

[StrangerGuy]

Originally posted by: imhungry
That's a terrible stepping. PM me so I can take it off your hands.




That is an excellent stepping and I predict no problems for you to get up to 2.5Ghz at least. I'd expect 300x9

This GOT to be the funniest thing I have read in the CPU forum!

 

[Absolute0]

Yeah you can expect more than 2.5 Ghz! I'd expect 2.8 at the very least. My 3000+ Venice 0517APJW did 2.9 Ghz on air and 3 Ghz on water.

0517EPMW is known as one of the best venice steppings... so start clocking, and don't stop until it's maxed out.

 

[damocles]

Thanks all, looks like i may have lucked out. I'll let you know how it goes

 

[furballi]

Guarantee 2.25GHz with any decent MB. Should top out around 2.4-2.5GHz will excellent stability. 1M Super Pi time around 36 seconds. KEEP the CPU.

 

[the cobbler]

that is not only the best possible week, but the **MW codes are the best chips from that week as well. I haven't seen one yet that didn't do 2.8 easy. Man that is a nice find, lol, unbelievable.

 

[robertk2012]

Looks like everyone has this one under control. Keep the processor and overclock. Spend the money on a video card. Just like everyone else said. Oh and get a DFI motherboard. ;-)