compy said:is ocing realy nessacry? doesn't bring down the life expectancy of the chip? if i over clock what is everything that i'm going to need and how much will it cost? also help me out with what i have left
xxdryicexx said:"Yeah, but the 2500+ is 50% cheaper and can easily be overclocked to a 3200+ with no problems, remember?"
Amd's are never "easily" overclocked, especially for someone thats new to oc'ing, has stock fans and that might or might not have the incentive to do so or not..
The 2500+ is still a good cpu, but the 80+ mhz fsb and +400mhz clockspeed will make this cpu last alot longer, and the good thing is, no matter how much you oc your 2500+, you will always be able to OC the 3200+ higher (obviously)
I would definitly reocmmend the 3200+
just make sure to buy something other then the stock heatsink/fan
compy said:yeah i think that's what i want to do, the 2800+ seems the best for a mid level gaming comp. also it has the 400 fsb wich is better. what P4 is the 2800+ the same as? what kind of mobo should i get with the 2800+? oh yeah, what's with all of the socket numbers for in AMD cpu's? why doesn't intel have them? what differnce does it make between the diff socets?
the AMD2800 doesn't come with 400 fsb...