3.2 or 3.4??

[V2V3]

Would it be worth it to buy a P43.2ghz Northwood or pay the $400 for a 3.4 Northwood for overclocking. I am currently overclocking my 2.8ghz P4 to 3.5Ghz and I was just wondering if a 3.4 might not be worth the extra money when overclocking. I have an Asus FX 5950 (V9980) overclocked to 560Mhz core and 1040Mhz Ram, 1GB PC 3200 Corsair overclocked to 480Mhz, a P4C800-E Delux Mobo, WD SATA 250GB HDD and a 650W PSU. I currently have a Koolance watercooling setup a 300 watt CPU cooler, 180 Watt Chipset cooler, and a 180 watt GPU cooler. I am in the process of converting 3 refridgrator compressors into vaporcooling for my chipset,CPU,GPU.

I think i have a good setup for overclocking and just need help on the Processor. If anyone has any advice that would be great.
Thanks.

 

[blackphoenix77]

Jesus Mary H. Joseph, you are into overclocking aren't you?

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[bandikoot]

You have a cpu to 3.5Ghz and want to spend more money 😱 . No, not worth it at all.

 

[HardWareBoss]

How much higher do you want to OC it?

 

[Lando95]

Well, if you go ahead with the vapor cooling, go for the 3.4, might as well. If sticking with water, I would get the 3.2, and go for a higher fsb 1:1.

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[Johanthegnarler]

Money's money man, that's the only thing to consider really. Obviously you know that you wont notice a difference other than some benchmark numbers.

So the question is on you.. do you want to spend that extra money for some higher benchmarks.
The only reason why i don't do it, is becuase i'd like to have a 1988 lx mustang to tweak out instead of a computer that get's outdated in months.(I know that sounds flamish, but i don't mean it that way at all.)

But, it would definately give you some sic bragging rights. You'd have to invest in better ram and go for the 4ghz mark.

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[V2V3]

ya i really need to upgrade my ram to pc 4400 corsair but its another 400 bucks on top of the processor.

with my current setup i score 50,600 on Aquamark3

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by V2V3 on 03/28/04 02:34 AM.</EM></FONT></P>