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Choice of 3 AMD's

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Which of these three would be best for a gaming pc? I've never overclocked a CPU before but would like to get as much out of the chip as possible.

1) 3700+ San Diego OEM (£140.94 inc VAT)
2) X2 4400+ Dual Core (£334.82 inc VAT)
3) Opteron 170 San Diego (£317.19 inc VAT)
 
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Have you considered a 3800 X2 or a 4200 X2?

They would be my recomendations to you even if your not overclocking.
 
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If your willing to spend £300+ on a chip for the dual core's, why are you considering the 3700+ You should at least look at the high end single cores - 4000+ and so on if you have that much money to spend.

The 3700+ is just not in the same league as the other chips, plus the current OEM 3700 chips don't seem to be clocking too well, although the retail ones are.
 
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Soul Rider said:
If your willing to spend £300+ on a chip for the duel core's, why are you considering the 3700+ You should at least look at the high end single cores - 4000+ and so on if you have that much money to spend.

The 3700+ is just not in the same league as the other chips, plus the current OEM 3700 chips don't seem to be clocking too well, although the retail ones are.

Id go for the 3700 over the 4000. It nearly always clocks better and is far better value for the money.


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Thanks for the help guys, Opy 170 it is. What sort of clock speeds should I get when it's fitted with the Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro?


Depends on the stepping. I just upgraded to a 170 from a 3700 that was clocked at 3ghz. At 2.9ghz superpi 1mb was 2 seconds slower but the comp was noticeably quicker. I now got the 170 at 3ghz but its a CCB1E 0550 stepping. Id expect 2.6ghz from the 0551 steppings that overclockers are selling at the moment
 
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Soul Rider said:
He put on there the OEM 3700+ - Current steppings are not clocking very well maxing out around 2.7-2.8 with 1.55v and above.


I had the same quandry last week and went for an even cheaper option - the OEM Opty 146. Got it at 2.8 right now, been bumping it up 100 a day and not had to tweak the volts from standard (Bios 1.425 - actual 1.465). Going for that allowed me to stretch my vga budget.

When dual cores come down in price I may upgrade, but this thing is flippin fast as it is and it's not peaked yet.

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ive got 0551 (current OcUk stepping)

CPU @ 2650Mhz (265x10) 1.37v
RAM @ 265Mhz (520DDR)
Air cooled on a Zalman 9500

4 hour dual prime. (didnt have time for a longer one)
dualprime34.JPG


Temps
(Idle temps are not cold boot)
CPU - Idle: 25*C | Load: 40*C
PWMIC - Idle: 40*C | Load: 50*C
 
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