AXP 3000+ question

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I've got 400.00 to blow and I am looking to get a second system in my house and saw the review on the 3000+ AXP 512cache 333mhz FSB chips reaching 2.5ghz, my questions are this;

Are the 3000+ 333fsb 512mb cache procs unlocked?
Motherboard wise would the Abit NF7-S v. 2.0 board be a good choice?
and which ram should I get? I've had good luck with Corsiar XMS ram but with my budget, what is just as good and cheaper?

 

[nylint]

for 400 bucks, why go axp/socket a when you could get a 939 proc+board+memory that will be a lot more upgradeable in the future?

and i've had good luck with patriot and geil as far as memory brands go, but ymmv.

i believe all new non-mobile bartons are superlocked.

 

[spacefarts]

for 400 bucks, why go axp/socket a when you could get a 939 proc+board+memory that will be a lot more upgradeable in the future?

and i've had good luck with patriot and geil as far as memory brands go, but ymmv.

i believe all new non-mobile bartons are superlocked.

because I'm only looking for a second machine that will act as a server but also a gaming machine when my nephews come over.
and besides your at 2.1ghz, the 3000+ will hit 2.5ghz from 2.1ghz.
All I really wanted to know was if the multi on the 3000+ procs are unlocked or not.. If I knew then I'd know what speed ram to get so that I could OC to 2.5ghz.

 

[nylint]

you might be able to hit 2.4ghz on that 3000+ a64 as well, and a K8 at 2.4 is a hell of a lot faster than a K7 core at 2.5. Plus, I wouldn't want to try to get a non-mobile K7 to 2.5...the cooling involved probably won't be cheap or fun.

There's almost no mitigating reason to buy an socket A AMD chip anymore when the new ones are so sweet.

 

[spacefarts]

Unless the K8 core has 1mb cache on it you wont see that much differance between that and a K7 proc with 512mb cache.

Besides and I'll say it again,, this machine is only going to be a file server and also be the machine my nephews use when they come over. I dont need a A64 FX or a P4 4ghz proc for that...

As far as the cooling for the AXP 3000+ when OC'ed to 2.5, you must not have heard about a heatsink made by Thermalright, 99% of all overclockers use Thermalright heatsinks, simply because they extract the heat off the core better than any other heatsink out there on the market, other than vaporchil and water cooling, and if you put a 90mm fan on the Thermalright heatsink that dishes out a whopping 110+ BTU's, the proc will in deed run on a full load "EST" 48C give er take maybe 52c


The only thing I want to know is, and read this again and maybe you'll be able to answer or hopefully somebody else will answer; IS THE 3000+ AXP with 512 cache and 333mhz FSB Multipliers UNLOCKED?

 

[nylint]

I know what XP90 and XP120's are. They're pretty sweet, but I still wouldn't want to try and cool a non-mobile Barton on air at 2.5ghz.

And all I'm saying is that buying a new socket A chip is wasting money in my opinion. If you already HAVE one, sure go ahead and use it, but if not, why not future-proof somewhat?

If you read up to my first post in the thread, I said that I thought all new non-mobile Bartons are superlocked. If the 3000+ is an older stepping, it will probably be unlocked. Find out what week it was made from your vendor BEFORE you buy, and post the stepping here, and we'll probably be able to help you figure out what it is, if it's locked, and how to unlock it if so.

I'm not trying to call you stupid at all, but it's not wise to buy something nonupgradeable. Even if it's just a fileserver, who knows what you might want to do with it in the future?