Amd 64 OCing

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i was looking at getting the amd 64 -3500+ and overclokcing but I've heard after the 3400 sometimes there is problems or smoething overclocking. Is this true? also is it wroth getting hte 3400 OEM instead of hte 3500 Retail if this is a problem?

 

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i was looking at getting the amd 64 -3500+ and overclokcing but I've heard after the 3400 sometimes there is problems or smoething overclocking. Is this true? also is it wroth getting hte 3400 OEM instead of hte 3500 Retail if this is a problem?

You cannot comapre the 3400 and 3500 from a OC perspective because they are completey different platforms. The 3400 is a Sockey754 part and the 3500 is a Socket939 part. From personaly experience the 3500 OCs very well (even on air), approaching 3GHz (most I can get stable so far is 2.91Ghz ... thats up from 2.2Ghz stock). I may switch to a Winchester which seems to be a more OC friendly chip to get that last bit. I'm also chipset/ram limited in my OCing so I duno yet.

Realistically the comparison should prolly be between the 3700 (socket754) and the 3500(socki939), more so because of the price differences and such. Take a 3500+ running a K8T800Pro and comparing it to a 3700+ running on a nForce-250 and the Socket939 will get eaten alive (desipite the 400MHz advantage in HTT and the inclusion of the second 64bit memory controller). Why? Because the nF3-250 is an insane platform for OCing while the Via isnt so much for OCing.

Now comparing the 3500+ running a nforce3-250 or nforce4U against the same 3700+ and the situation is totally and utterly reversed. I wouldnt be surprised if the maximum ceiling on the 3500s is close to 3.2GHz (however i would be pleasently surprised to see people hit those clocks -- on air)