AMD Athlon X2 3250e 22W TDP Processor

[chew*]

Please , OC it !

Due to this cpu being stripped down it will clock good but it's pointless, the whole point of this cpu is low power consumption, not how much more you can make it consume. Ocing a stripped down cpu designned to sip power other than going for a cpu-z record screenshot makes about as much sense as sticking a fork in your eye....... especially when there are much less stripped down cpu's in or near the same price range........If anything you want to try and see how low you can get the volts while still being stable....thus consuming even less power while maintaining the same clock speed.

[cdawall]

Due to this cpu being stripped down it will clock good but it's pointless, the whole point of this cpu is low power consumption, not how much more you can make it consume. Ocing a stripped down cpu desingned to sip power other than going for a cpu-z record screenshot makes about as much sense as sticking a fork in your eye....... especially when there are much less stripped down cpu's in or near the same price range........If anything you want to try and see how low you can get the volts while still being stable....thus consuming even less power while maintaining the same clock speed.

the entire point many people come to this forum is to see insane overclocks so asking to see it clocked up is a very logical thing to ask. just because its low power doesn't mean it shouldn't be oc'd look at the netbook on LN2 thats the same idea.

[demonkevy666]

the entire point many people come to this forum is to see insane overclocks so asking to see it clocked up is a very logical thing to ask. just because its low power doesn't mean it shouldn't be oc'd look at the netbook on LN2 thats the same idea.

I got a lapped sempron le 1150, insane little G1 chip. last time I clocked that it was on a rose will z5 ultra.
3.2ghz 1.45 volts 64 bit vista.

[justapost]

Hmm that thing has one limitation, it's the 1/5 mem multi. Means at 1.5GHz 300MHz is max, wish they had an 1/3 multi 500MHz would be nice.

[demonkevy666]

Hmm that thing has one limitation, it's the 1/5 mem multi. Means at 1.5GHz 300MHz is max, wish they had an 1/3 multi 500MHz would be nice.

I got 320 on it

I think it's the board limitation that was back on MSI k9a2-p

[justapost]

Excerpt from K8's BKDG.

Tried to find max feq at 0.775V, was 1100MHz (5.5x200MHz). Mem ran at 220MHz. Changed it to 4x275MHz and mem is still running at 220MHz, cuz it's cpu freq * mem divider.

160MHz * 275MHz / 200MHz = 220MHz.

Can run mem at 3-3-3-5-11 1T 1.8V there.

[keyboard]

Due to this cpu being stripped down it will clock good but it's pointless, the whole point of this cpu is low power consumption, not how much more you can make it consume. Ocing a stripped down cpu desingned to sip power other than going for a cpu-z record screenshot makes about as much sense as sticking a fork in your eye....... especially when there are much less stripped down cpu's in or near the same price range........If anything you want to try and see how low you can get the volts while still being stable....thus consuming even less power while maintaining the same clock speed.

i agreed
but i just want to see how much it clocks
anyway , it's great for user which using HTPC , silent , and a good partner if it paired with ATi Radeon 4550 / GeForce 9500GT .

[chew*]

the entire point many people come to this forum is to see insane overclocks so asking to see it clocked up is a very logical thing to ask. just because its low power doesn't mean it shouldn't be oc'd look at the netbook on LN2 thats the same idea.

true but running chips under required voltage is also considered overclocking

[Calmatory]

true but running chips under required voltage is also considered overclocking

That is undervolting.

"Overclocking is the process of running a computer component at a higher clock rate (more clock cycles per second) than it was designed for or was specified by the manufacturer", even Wikipedia knows this.

But yes, that cold be a subject to compete on, lowest voltage for stick freq, and highest freq for stock voltage. Underclocking competition would be nice, too.

[Mech0z]

Would this or a E5200 consume the least power? If anyone have a guess

[Karolis]

Would this or a E5200 consume the least power? If anyone have a guess

E5200 consumes ~20W @load (+- a couple of watts). So I guess they (3250e and E5200) would be very close.

[Mech0z]

Okay but I recon the E5200 is more powerful though. Its hard to build a HTPC too many components to chooes :s

[Karolis]

Okay but I recon the E5200 is more powerful though. Its hard to build a HTPC too many components to chooes :s

Yes, it is more powerful. E5200 + motherboard with a GF9300/9400 chipset would be a pretty nice combo for a low power HTPC.

[Calmatory]

Okay but I recon the E5200 is more powerful though. Its hard to build a HTPC too many components to chooes :s

Wolfdale has about 10-20% better IPC at least(compared to Brisbane) I'd guess, and it has clockspeed of 2.5 GHz. So it is around 170-190% of 3250e performance for around the same power consumption.

However, price is way higher - but premium costs.

[kenofstephen]

today I under-volt the 3250e to 0.840v @ 1.5GHz,

ran it fanless and full-load it for a couple of hours,

max. temp. recorded was 49C. (ambient 20C)

Excellent for HTPC!

[kenofstephen]

Good news!

These processors are coming to RETAIL!!

Source: Techpowerup.com

It won't go retail, today I got a confirmation from AMD.

[kenofstephen]

What case is that, kenofstephen? Is it a mini-ITX specific case?

I have a 5050e and I love it!

the MINIX case, which will be released soon.

[kenofstephen]

Lowest possible suicide here, VID is 0.765V. 0.75 does not get into windows.
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=479765

not bad, but is it enough for HD-decoding??
also, how much voltage it needs for running at 1.5-1.6GHz??
just curious to know.

[kenofstephen]

Here is a review of 3250e processor by HKEPC.com

http://translate.google.com/translat...istory_state0=

http://translate.google.com/translat...istory_state0= (backup link)

[kenofstephen]

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3250e (1.5GHz/512KB x 2 L2) vs AMD Sempron 2100+ (1.9GHz/256KB x 2 L2)

VID 0.95v vs 1.275v
Idle Power * 52.5w vs 66.9w
Full Load Power * 72.8w vs 85.6w
Ambient Temp 24.5c vs 24.5c
Idle Temp 27.2c vs 35.4c
Full Temp 33.1c vs 42.1c


full system power consumption

[justapost]

not bad, but is it enough for HD-decoding??
also, how much voltage it needs for running at 1.5-1.6GHz??
just curious to know.

Just tried to find the bottom line. With 0.775V I can reach 1.1GHz max. With 0.975V 2GHz are possible.

1.5GHz required ~0.85V

[chew*]

That is undervolting.

"Overclocking is the process of running a computer component at a higher clock rate (more clock cycles per second) than it was designed for or was specified by the manufacturer", even Wikipedia knows this.

But yes, that cold be a subject to compete on, lowest voltage for stick freq, and highest freq for stock voltage. Underclocking competition would be nice, too.

so running a cpu undervolted is the same as running it at a higher clockspeed than the cpu was designed for. You increase volts to OC, running voltage lower than spec while maintaining clock is also ocing and long as you don't downclock the cpu.....either way it will void the warranty therefore the manufacturer considers it overclocking.......

[Lightman]

It won't go retail, today I got a confirmation from AMD.

Bummer

[Calmatory]

so running a cpu undervolted is the same as running it at a higher clockspeed than the cpu was designed for. You increase volts to OC, running voltage lower than spec while maintaining clock is also ocing and long as you don't downclock the cpu.....either way it will void the warranty therefore the manufacturer considers it overclocking.......

Oh, now it is whether or not does the manufacturer consider it overclocking?

The clock speed does not change. There is no over- or underclocking happening. Simple as that.

When increasing vCore, do you consider it as underclocking?

Just admit you were wrong.

[justapost]

When increasing vCore, do you consider it as underclocking?

Better say over/under volting/clocking voids warranty.