ASRock opinions

[Circa2000]

Sounds good, I got a Athlon 3700+ and that is plenty. id will do my for awhile.. the 4200 will do you a long time.

 

[EllisD420]

That X2 4200+ should be a nice processor, but if you want to save a bit of money, you could go for an opteron 165. Same dual core, the opty has 1mb cache as opposed to 512kb on the X2, 1.8ghz as opposed to 2.2, but you can overclock to 2.2 and beyond quite easily. On the same note, i guess you might be able to overclock the 4200 to higher speeds as well, i just havent read too much on X2 overclocking. If you are going to run at stock speeds with no desire for overclocking, either will be awesome, but get the 4200 if you can afford it.

 

[trenchtoaster]

Yeah I dont know too much about X2 or any of them for that matter. It just seems like a decent speed, and I've been told to get dual core. Hmm, I guess I will read up on overclocking them when I get it.

By the way, anyone know how high I could crank my AMD 2000+? As long as it doesnt fry everything else, or completely become completely ruined I dont mind. I should have a new processor in a few months anyway.

Field Value
CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 1666 MHz (12.5 x 133) 2000+

and my motherboard is:
Field Value
Motherboard Name Asus A7N8X-X (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DDR DIMM, Audio, LAN)

in case you need to know that too. I actually think the CPU default speed was 100mhz, and not 133... but that is how it was when I got it so I just left it be. Is it worth screwing around with or should I just wait till I upgrade?

 

[EllisD420]

I have the same processor at home with an asus a7n8x-e deluxe motherboard but i dont have a harddrive for that system so i dont know how high it will go. When i got that system it was all i had so i didnt want to take any chances overclocking it because i didnt have a backup. But now that i have a little more experience with oc'ing, when i get a little extra cash i will pick up a new hdd and test it. Off the top of my head, with no research done...i would assume with decent air cooling you should be able to hit 1.8-2.0Ghz and it would give you a bit of extra headroom, but if you are inexperienced with oc'ing then i would probably suggest to wait till you get your new system and then learn on the old one.

 

[conroe]

I'd say just get the 3800+ X2, bump the HTT to 260~274 (need OC workbench beta BIOS to go over 274.) With the money you save get a X-Fi!