Hey guys i need help to overclock my syste here it is: AMD Athlon 64 x2 4400+ @2.3 stock Asus M2N-SLI DELUXE XFX Geforce 9800 GT 512MB Gddr3 3.
Wow, let me start off by saying YOU HAVE A KICK ASS MONITOR. Yeah you need to drop your memory more. When I find the max for my cpu, I always drop my memory speed as low as it goes. My board gives me 4 options, 200MHz, 266MHz, 333MHz and 400MHz. Whatever you set it to will be doubled (for example, 200MHz at your stock cpu settings will appear as 200MHz in CPU-Z, but your memory is actually running at 400MHz because of the double data rate thing). It appears that you dropped your HTT speed quite a bit (hypertransport speed). You shouldn't have to have it that low.
My board lets be choose between 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x and 5x speed. The HTT link speed is goverened by the HTT multiplier and your FSB.
For example if you are running at 250MHz FSb and a HTT multiplier of 4, your HTT speed will be 1000MHz. HTT speed is double pumped like memory, so it's actually 2000MHz if it reads as 1000MHz in cpu-z.
It all depends on what you're doing. It you do a lot of multi-tasking and like being able to run multiple programs at once, then the 4400+ is a better deal. I have one myself and I like it. But, the 4400+ doesn't overclock all that well. I've had mine up to 2.63 mhz, but getting beyond that developes some problems. Convert Portrait To Landscape Pdf Programs. If you're mainly into gaming and like overclocking, the FX-55 will probably be better.
It allows much higher multipliers and is generally more rugged. Actually, I did try one myself a couple days ago when Newegg had a sale. I figured that if it didn't score substantually on 3DMark06, I could gie it to my son. However, it was dead on arrival, so I RMA'd for a refund. Migrating from your present CPU, either of these will give a good performance boost. Take your pick according to your needs and style and have fun. That's not bad.
Single core AMD chips are pretty cheap now too. The FX-55 (90nm version) can be had at newegg for $220 and you get a free 250GB HD, which I guess is worth $70 or so. I paid $275 for my 3700+ about a year ago. That being said, I would probably still get the X2 4600 for $230 (no free hard drive though). Its 2.4ghz, probably won't OC as well as the FX-55, but its dual core.
Even not taking into account that dual core apps will come out sooner rather than later, it would be worth it to me just for the multitasking advantages. It depends on how serious you want to be with it and how much money you have. Currently the Arctic Cooling Freezer series still gives you the best performance for the price although the Scythe Mine is nipping at it's heels. It depends on how cheap you can get the Mine for as it performs better but is usually a bit more expensive. Microfocus Mainframe Express 2.5. Both will perform on par with the Zalman CNPS9500 for much less in price. The new CoolerMaster Hyper 7 may actually jump into this group too but it wasn't available the last time I checked.
Sell Broken Tv For Cash Houston. The problem with the 9500 is not that it isn't a good performing heatsink. The problem is that it isn't a good heatsink for it's price. However, with the CNPS9700 coming out we may start to see the price drop on the 9500 and it might start becoming recommendable.
It would have to drop to the $35.00 range for that to happen. On the high-end Scythe and Thermalright seem to have the position locked but it appears Zalman may have finally provided a good cooler for the cost with the CNPS9700 and may edge out Thermalright because you usually have to add in the cost of a good 120mm fan with Thermalright's products whereas the Scythe and Zalman options come with fans. If that's it's official price, Zalman can kiss my ass.