Author Topic: 200 or 266? (Read 339 times)

-lynx- · « **on:** February 27, 2001, 04:38:00 AM »

Can someone tell me what's best to get - 1.2 at 200MHz or 1.2 at 266? They are the same price but I suspect 200 is easier to o/c.

Thanks for your help

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Animal · « **Reply #1 on:** February 27, 2001, 06:28:00 AM »

you shouldnt get much of a speed increment trying to overclock a 1.2
its already near its max speed

-lynx- · « **Reply #2 on:** February 27, 2001, 06:37:00 AM »

OK, (I'll ignore Tom's claims to running it at 1.6GHz after seeing the cooler he used to do it

) how about 1GHz vs 1.2GHz? Price difference ~$80. Performance?

Lephturn · « **Reply #3 on:** February 27, 2001, 08:39:00 AM »

Check this out:
http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1425&p=3

If you plan to OC, I think the Thunderbird 850 is a SMOKING deal.

Of course, the 1Ghz 200 bus speed part is also a very good deal.

Be sure to get yourself some good quality RAM too.

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bloom25 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 27, 2001, 05:58:00 PM »

If you have a 133 Mhz fsb capable board (Asus a7v133, kt7a, a7m, etc) then by all means get the 133 Mhz version. It will be faster than the 100 Mhz version. Overclocking would be easier on the 133 Mhz version because of the lower clock multiplier. That said it won't be easy to overclock either without an awesome cooler setup. (That tom's computer has a 600+ dollar cooler on it!

It sure does absolutely destroy the P4 they compared it against though... )

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