Help for A64 sys

[Demogorg]

Hi i will order a new a64 sys in about 3 days (i made a thread 2 weeks ago but they told me i should ask again in 2 weeks ;))

My Problem is now what shall i buy ? A newcastle or an clawhammer , the most important thing is overclocking and value , i am using a prommi so i should get pretty good results in overclocking

there the second thing is which cpu 3200+ or 3400+ ?? If there is only a difference of 50 mhz (after oc) that doesnt makes 170$ difference so are there any results how much more a 3400+ will get normally ?
And which board i should purchase oc ist most important , i heard the epox should be pretty good but the msi is maybe good too plz help me


I also thought of buying a 939 system but there are really not many boards available (only an asus with k8t800 and a gigabyte nforce3 for 250$ which is way to expensive) but if the 939 gives me way more performance i may think about it but which board i should purchase than

[morbidj]

Im in about the exact situation as you are I have came to think that if your ram can take a high 1:1 oc then your probally better off with the 3200+, the 3400+ with the 11 multi would be nice to run some bh-5 1:1 though like at 250MHz. You can estimate that they will both top off around 2.6-8 the 2.8 being if your lucky with a good chip so whats the difference in that? On air or water the 3400+ is the way to go IMO.

I have a prom too my last chip sucked a 3200+ C0 that would only do 2.6GHz with 2V prime95 stable :(
From the info I have read the Clawhammer is the way to go unless you have your prom modded with 404 or 507 you can reach about 100-200 mhz more but the extra cache for the CH will make up for the loss of the MHz in 3dmark. I have decided in saving a few bux and trying my luck with another 3200+CH hopefully this time Ill get a CG steppig!

Hope this may help you and I also am looking forward to the others responses.
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[Demogorg]

ok nice i think i will buy a 3200+ too than(i will watch for a cg). I didnt mod my prommi anyways , but do u know if i have to put off the ihs for using a prommi or can it keep on the cpu ??

i which mainboard would you preffer ??

My ram runs with 238 fsb 2.8 volt and 10-4-4-2.5 on a nforce2 (suppose it will run better on a a64 system)

[cowpuppy]

If your going to promi cool your cpu's get the 3400 or even the 3700 but always get the clawhammer your going to want the highest multi avialible to get a good clock. Right now it's my mem holding me back from running anything faster than 264x11 @ 1/1 If I had the 12x multi of the 3700 I think I could run 3ghz, but then if your going to buy the 3700 you might as well spend the extra 100.00 on a FX53 939 and have all the multi's unlocked.
I have a A64 3000 newcastle that tops out around 2.6 and the 512 cash was really noticeable performance loss.

Leave the IHS on unles you plan on moding the promi bracket. I made a post some where around here with pics, just do a search.

[Demogorg]

yeah search for what if i search for prommi i find thousands of threads in this sick forum (i am sick too btw ;)) .

Do u have any stats how much better a 3400+ is running than a 3200+ cg ?? because when it is like in my first post (only 50 mhz difference) its not worth to pay 150$ more (is this correct english ? ;))