jfrjimenez
02-20-2006, 06:10 AM
At first glance, the obvious choice is the 9500, yes, but hear me out...
So I've finally gotten to the point where my 2.4GHz just doesn't cut it anymore, but I wanna wait until Intel's quad-core setups come out next year before I build an all-new system, so I gotta do something to my current system to get me through the year. The answer: overclocking! Turns out that I've been sitting on Intel's most overclockable chip of the past 3 years and I didn't know it. I have a D1-stepping Pentium 4 2.4C GHz. It's quite easy to get this chip up to 3.2GHz, maybe even further. Obviously I'd need a better cooler.
The 7000CU is massively heavier than the ALCU for not that much performance gain (nill on some reviews), so I'm broken between those. Also, the 9500LED does not blow down on the MOSFETS and such of my soon-to-be ASUS P4P800-E board, so I'm not sure whether to get the extreme beast of a 9500 and lose the ability to cool down the MOSFETS. Any suggestions?
So I've finally gotten to the point where my 2.4GHz just doesn't cut it anymore, but I wanna wait until Intel's quad-core setups come out next year before I build an all-new system, so I gotta do something to my current system to get me through the year. The answer: overclocking! Turns out that I've been sitting on Intel's most overclockable chip of the past 3 years and I didn't know it. I have a D1-stepping Pentium 4 2.4C GHz. It's quite easy to get this chip up to 3.2GHz, maybe even further. Obviously I'd need a better cooler.
The 7000CU is massively heavier than the ALCU for not that much performance gain (nill on some reviews), so I'm broken between those. Also, the 9500LED does not blow down on the MOSFETS and such of my soon-to-be ASUS P4P800-E board, so I'm not sure whether to get the extreme beast of a 9500 and lose the ability to cool down the MOSFETS. Any suggestions?