AMD Athlon64 Mobile CPU Question!!!

[Shock_Xe]

K quick question, I have currently a amd 64 3000+ in my msi neo platinum. (Skt 754) will the mobile version on this cpu work (AMD64-3700+ Skt 754) in my current board and will it provide a decent boost?

whats clocking like?? As I had a barton 2600+ mobile previously in a normal board and got 600mhz above stock. is this likely to be the same?

thanks

Mike

 

[luismenendez]

MSI has a very good forum, I recommend you to go there as I haven't see anybody overclocking mobiles A64 for long time.

 

[Shock_Xe]

thanks

 

[weescott]

As long as you update the bios it should work. Mobile A64's don't clock like the XP-m's did.

 

[Shock_Xe]

As long as you update the bios it should work. Mobile A64's don't clock like the XP-m's did.

should imagine they clock a little better than non mobiles tho??? Got a fairly cheap 3700+ mobile 1mb cache (£42) so seems like a worthwhile upgrade and it seems my bios/mboard is good to go

 

[str]

Is it a turion or the old clawhammer core? Either way you should get somewhere around 2.6 GHz and maybe a bit further if it's a turion.

What cooler will you be using with it as the mobile CPU likely won't come with a heatspreader?

 

[Shock_Xe]

Is it a turion or the old clawhammer core? Either way you should get somewhere around 2.6 GHz and maybe a bit further if it's a turion.

What cooler will you be using with it as the mobile CPU likely won't come with a heatspreader?

its a clawhammer i think. I got a Ninja Scyte cooler, big huge ******* thing

should be ok?

I clocked my 3000+ from 2.0ghz to 2.3ghz so the 3700+ is 2.4ghz stock so I would be happy with 2.6ghz. Its crazy cause i got that out of me old barton 2600+ mobile lol

 

[weescott]

I had a mobile 3000 a few years back. Only did 2.6ghz.

 

[str]

I had a 3400+ mobile only did 2.4GHz!

The mobile CPUs don't have heatspreaders but maybe 'cos the ninja has it's own heatsink retention thing it'll fit ok? Or are you getting a heatspreader with the 3700+?

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

I think 2.6 will be a bit hit or miss, I've had a couple of 754 DTR chips and have usually only managed ~2.4 out of them. You'll need to make sure the heatsink makes good contact because, as said above, the lack of heatspreader can cause issues.

 

[Shock_Xe]

can you buy heat spreaders?

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

Shouldn't need to, I don't know how the ninja mounts to the board but any screw down heatsink should work fine.