Best skt 754 chip?

[nintenjo]

Whats the best socket 754 AMD made?? i remeber there being a Athlon 3800+ model.. Wasnt sure if they made faster Turion tho?

 

[IceShock]

not sure but i used to have a amd 3400, well i still have it somewhere. good chip it is, it used to be top dog

still got it if your looking for a 754chip

 

[Mul]

The quickest desktop 754 cpu was the Athlon 64 3700+ Clawhammer 2.4GHz.

Though on notebooks you could get a 90nm Athlon 64 4000+ 2.6GHz Newark. It's an IHS'less CPU so if you were to plonk one in your motherboard, you'd need a boltdown cooler.

Mul

 

[nintenjo]

Do these notebook coolers clock well??

Id like to try and get a socket 754 to the 2.8 - 3ghz mark..

Current CPU is 3200+ A64... want a cheap but small upgrade to this rig.

 

[nintenjo]

Though on notebooks you could get a 90nm Athlon 64 4000+ 2.6GHz Newark. It's an IHS'less CPU so if you were to plonk one in your motherboard, you'd need a boltdown cooler.

Mul

Any idea where to get one? of these.. seen some on US ebay but not UK

 

[Mul]

Not too sure to be honest. I've seen them floating around on auction sites. Again mostly from the USA but are willing to chip to the UK.

Mul

 

[nintenjo]

Looks as if itsot available anywhere.. except some US stores for a ridiculous £140 price.

Might just get a 3700+ and try to get a good clock on it.. Any ideas what it might go up too?

 

[Mul]

A 3700+ Clawhammer? Maybe around the 2.7GHz mark, perhaps higher. Beware, these run toasty. With enough volts and a good cooler it should clock reasonably well.

Another cheap alternative could be a 939 board (perhaps go used and you'll get a decent one for cheap) and the Athlon 64 3700+ S939 on OcUK right now. These are the final 939 chips off the production line and they clock seriously well. Have a friend that bought one and it's doing 2.8GHz without a hitch and would go higher if it weren't the motherboard restricting him.

People have been getting up to 3.2GHz with the final SanDiego cored chips and at £35 it's quite a steal!

 

[SinaiSound]

This is what I got out of my 3700 Clawhammer, could probably get more if I took the IHS off, but it's not worth the risk tbh

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=62812

 

[pastymuncher]

I managed to get my 754 3700+ Clawhammer to 2.8 easy enough on a Epox 8NPA-sli. Probably would have gone further if it was not for the pathetic little Vcore increase the mobo would allow. That was on water by the way.