Arg! I should learn to read :(

[krooton]

Not the first time I have done this:

See cheap retail cpu.
Decide to get OEM and aftermarket cooler.
Chip arrives, and I see that it is not the same core as the retail one was

So I have a 3000+ Winchester instead of the Venice I assumed I would be getting.

Is there a huge difference between these 2 cores?

I was hoping to stick him in a K8N Neo4 and get about 2.4Ghz, which I know I could with a Venice.

 

[smsmasters]

Not the first time I have done this:

See cheap retail cpu.
Decide to get OEM and aftermarket cooler.
Chip arrives, and I see that it is not the same core as the retail one was

So I have a 3000+ Winchester instead of the Venice I assumed I would be getting.

Is there a huge difference between these 2 cores?

I was hoping to stick him in a K8N Neo4 and get about 2.4Ghz, which I know I could with a Venice.

No idea, sorry.

 

[Jonny L]

^^ Pointless post

 

[Mattus]

I got 2.4 out of my Winchester 3200 on stock volts. Give it a go, if not, there's always the 'bay...

 

[smsmasters]

^^ Pointless post

Likewise...

 

[krooton]

I got 2.4 out of my Winchester 3200 on stock volts. Give it a go, if not, there's always the 'bay...

Well, 2.4 isn't an absolute needed, I just thought I could do a somewhat beefy upgrade on my gf's machine, as a 2.4 3000+ would trump a 2.2 XP2400M quite a bit.

I'll be happy with 2.2 I guess.

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

I'd say you could get 2.4 relatively easily, the older Newcastles were usually good for 2.5 and higher so with a newer revision core it shouldn't be a problem.
My mate has his 3000 at 2.3 with no voltage increases or anything, he hasn't tried for higher either. I seem to remember people getting some really good clocks on them here when they first came out too. (Over 2.6ghz)
Shouldn't be that much worse than the Venice if 2.4 is ideally where you wanted to be.

 

[p4radox]

Some Winchesters were pretty good clockers. Give it a shot.

 

[The $6m Dan]

In terms of overclocking there's probably not much in it, not enough to worry about any way. And it will vary from chip to chip any way.

The venice cores have SSE3 though, where as the Winchesters only have SSE2.
But that's not a big deal either.

Edit - My 3200 Winchester went to 2.6GHz on quiet cooling. That was with a voltage bump, but I can't remember how much though.

 

[krooton]

In terms of overclocking there's probably not much in it, not enough to worry about any way. And it will vary from chip to chip any way.

The venice cores have SSE3 though, where as the Winchesters only have SSE2.
But that's not a big deal either.

Edit - My 3200 Winchester went to 2.6GHz on quiet cooling. That was with a voltage bump, but I can't remember how much though.

Well, I got an Akasa AK-860, as quiet is more important that cool, so I'm hoping to get something decent on stock volts.

Cheers all

 

[Justintime]

Had two that did 2.6Ghz, not stock volts though, can't remember how much. Had about 4 other 3200+'s and they were poor clockers, don't think i got over 2.4 from them with mucho volts.