X2 3800+ or 4200+

[MeatLoaf]

Is the 4200+ worth the extra over the 3800+? Im assuming the 4200+ has a higher multi so will help my clocking efforts.

And how would a 3800+ or a 4200+ compare to my present SD3700+ at 2.7Ghz?

 

[MeatLoaf]

Well spotted, i hadnt noticed that the 3800+ only has 512K cache.

If i had on opty 165 i know i can push my HTT up to 267Mhz as thats what i did on my old winnie 3000+ to give 2.45Ghz.

 

[MeatLoaf]

267 was as far as i could get the old winnie to go to and the most i can get out of the 3700+ im using now is 245, it crashes at anythinf more

 

[MeatLoaf]

Have you tried dropping the ram to a low divider and the HT to 3X?

A good way to test the limit on the HTT speed on your motherboard is to reduce the CPU on your multiplier to something like 6x and then increase the HTT. This way you're not overclocking your CPU (just the HTT speed) so this removes a possible limiting factor

Sometimes boards will clock higher on different memory dividers, regardless of the memory used

No i havent tried that yet, i know the HTT is good up to 267 and the RAM is good for that speed to when using a 166Mhz divider. More volts dosent seem to help either. With 1.5v it only goes to 2.75Ghz so id rather run at 2.7 on stock volts.