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[HardWareBoss]

Not too sure on AMD my guess would be PC 2700. Xp which one?

 

[NateKingCole]

sorry AMD 2500+ Barton 333fsb. What would give him the best preformance pc2700 cl2.5 or pc3200 cl3? Running XP proffesional.

 

[HardWareBoss]

PC 3200LL would be the best.

 

[NateKingCole]

Cool, I managed to find a reasonably priced pc3200 cl2.5

 

[NateKingCole]

Oh and has anyone overclocked the 9500pro?? I've heard it's really hard. Maybe a 9600pro will be better overclocked than a 9500pro?

 

[HardWareBoss]

From what I've read 9600 PRO is a nice OCer.

 

[NateKingCole]

yeah I read <A HREF="http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NDY0" target="_new">this</A> and I've gone with the 9600pro. Appearantly the 9500pro is not fun to oc.

 

[pIII_Man]

9500np is very fun...find a 9700np based 9500...saphires on new egg...do the driver mod that doubles its pipelines...you have a 2/3 chance of getting a 9700 out of it without altering the clock speed!

So easy to fry yet tastes so good...
Silicon: The other, other, other white meat

 

[NateKingCole]

Yeah that was my first choice, but I couldn't find a reasonably priced 9500np. I live in canada remember, so ordering across the boarder isn't a good option due to customs.

 

[NateKingCole]

Crap. While I'm down in Vancouver, I'm about to pick up some hardware for my friend. He has an ECS K7SEM motherboard. It only supports a 266fsb speed. Now he wants to grab a barton 2500+ with 333fsb. Will this work or not? Should I advise him to upgrade his motherboard too?

 

[pIII_Man]

yes...strongly...if not you will be running the chipset 25% above rated spec...your agp and pci buses will be all out of wack...although if you have proper chipset cooling there is a 66 percent chance (off of the top of my head) of it working...but it will be a pain and cause complications...

my recomendation is an epox 8rda+...good board...good price!

If boards were not so cheep these days i would tell ya to go for it and try to overclock the board past rated spec...but you can pick up a quality board for less than 100bux...damn good IMO...

So easy to fry yet tastes so good...
Silicon: The other, other, other white meat

 

[NateKingCole]

Thanks. That's what I was thinking. Got to love cheap boards.