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Is my money safe with an X2 4200

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The reason i'm thinking 4200 rather than a 3800 is cos I will be using it in an Asrock Dual board which has that 274 (i think) max FSB limit. So i was thinking get the 4200 for the higher multi. It's not that much more money really.

I'd set myself a limit of £150 originally and was going to get a 3700, but after reading a few forums, i'm leaning more towards dual core since it'd probably last longer before it needed upgrading again. I said to myself nah just wait till conroe, then do a big upgrade. Problem is i can't really afford to do it all at once, that and at the weekend i managed to grab a nearly new Asrock Dual for £36, which I thought was a bargain for an already great VFM board. So since i've saved a bit on the board, I can now afford to stretch a bit on the processor.

Bottom line, would a 3800 be enough on an asrock dual board with the lower multi/fsb lock... or should i just say hell with it, 4200 here i come?!
Ideally i'd want a chip that i could run at FX-60 speeds 24x7 (obviously with the help of an artic 64 cooler) without having to spend every day tinkering with volts, ram timings etc just to get it stable...
I read somewhere (can't remember where looked at loads of stuff all over the net these past few weeks planning my upgrade)... so yeah i read that the X2 4200 on the standard heatsink and at 1.4 volts can just plug in and go straight to 240x11 which if im right is FX60 speeds.

Do i get my card and order an X2 4200 now?? you decide... I'll go with the majority.
 
hogfather said:
Well obviously you should get the best you can afford, or the best oyu can justify spending.

The 4200 is a sweet spot, but if you are working to a budget (as your post suggests) then going ofr the 3800 and a slightly better graphics card or more ram may be a better way to budget it.

I know what your saying but i'm talking about only getting a cpu at this stage, and with the £50 i'd have in change with a 3800 as uppose to a 4200, well you don't get much for 50 quid. I'm really holding off with the memory just now, i find 1gb is enough for the games and apps i use. A SATA2 hdd is next on my list, probably a WD 320GB SE 16mb but that'll be probably next month or even the month after. (next quarterly bonus lol)
I'll have to get a sig made up so people know what i have.
 
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lol, don't laugh too hard at my 3d mark scores!!! the processor is a serious bottleneck since my motherboard stopped letting me run at anything but default settings in bios.
 
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