Athlon 64 Venice Core

[imported_SuXoR]

Aight. So I am not waiting for socket m2 for an upgrade. I am going to do it now. I want to get a A64 3200+ Venice core, but do not know what stepping to get. I have done preliminary research, but have found conflicting and confusing opinions. So do any of you know what is better for overclocking (either the E5 or the E6 stepping)?

 

[blze]

i saw the Venice stuff, but it was a dual core and $1,095.00....

i just went with the AMD 64 3700+ instead.

 

[Casualty]

i have seen jsut about every opinion as well, and as far as i can tell from actaully benchmarks the venices do jsut as good as the san diegos when clock at teh same speeds.

i also use a amd athlon 64 3700+(san diego)

 

[imported_SuXoR]

I just ordered my upgrades today. Look out bitches here I come! As you can see, I skimped on motherboard features and cpu in order to spend a little more on a vid card. Once I get it up and burned in, I will get a bigger heatsink and see what it will clock to. Also, you can see that I am not allowing for SLI right now in my upgrade path. If I decide to go SLI, I will get a different mb and psu.


XFX PV-T71G-UDP7 GeForce 7900 GT EXTREME (550MHz) 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail Item #: N82E16814150138 $349.00

COOLER MASTER Real Power RS-450-ACLY ATX12V 450W Power Supply - Retail Item #: N82E16817171001 $78.00

DFI nF4 Ultra-Infinity Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail Item #: N82E16813136163 $88.00

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 1GHz HT Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3200BWBOX - Retail Item #: N82E16819103572 $168.00

 

[blze]

wewt. hey, wanna come over and build comps together? lawl, wtf is j00se? gtfo.

 

[Casualty]

sux hope you get a good venice. i have heard stories of great things with the 3200+'s

 

[slick]

tell us how it is to figure out the DFI board......I've heard that once you "tame" it, overclocks like a mofo

 

[imported_SuXoR]

My wife is going on a retreat this weekend so I have to baby sit. I plan on putting my new stuff together Sat morning. Moneyshot may come over to have a few beers and christen the new system.

I want to get the thing up and running first, then see what the venice will do. I did not order a good heatsink yet though. My wife is gonna crap as it is when she sees the credit card statement . If it is a good chip, I should be able to get at least 2.4 out of it with stock cooling. I'll keep you posted.