Different upgrade paths...

[tsonta101 0]

Hello everyone,

 

I am currently in the process of upgrading my ageing machine. I have made up my mind (or so I think :S, hehe). This is a three-fold question.

 

1. Gigabyte 8IK1100 mobo. That is going to be my choice for various reasons. I was wondering if anyone of you out there owns one, so that you could tell me any troubles/cool things you've experienced with it. Also...

 

2. Does the 2.6 or the 2.8 Pentium 4 overclock higher? If you own (and even if you don't) the above mentioned board, how high have you overclocked your P4 2.6/2.8? Moreover, I am planning on using the stock Intel HSF, not a third party HSF or watercooling. And lastly...

 

3. The mobo has 6 DIMM slots and I am getting 1Gb or PC3200 RAM (the choices I have here are Samsung generic and Generic generic ). Should I get 4x256 or 2x512?

 

Thanks for all you input, people.

[sapiens74 0]

2 sticks better than 4 for overclocking

 

I have my 2.6 at 3.34GHZ in my IC7

[Brian Frank 0]

The 2.6 and 2.8 should OC roughly the same, but you'll have a higher FSB if you use the 2.6.

[tsonta101 0]

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... but you'll have a higher FSB if you use the 2.6.

Yes, that is obvious. In some reviews that I have seen for the 8IK1100 (albeit with a 2.4GHz P4), it managed to pull around 253 to 255 FSB. With a 2.4 P4 that would equate to 3.06 at most. So, what I am really asking is will a 2.6 run at 3.31 (13x255) and a 2.8 at 3.57 (14x255) -- ok, maybe not that high, but is there anyother limiting factor, that would not allow the 2.6 and 2.8 chips to reach those speeds?

thanks

[Mr.Guvernment 0]

the 2.4 is the sweet chip and alwyas has been for the 2.4 (a,b,c) - the 2.6 and 2.8 o/c well - around 3.1 average - the 2.4 however are the ones that u can hit 3.5 with the right parts and cooling on average 3.2ghz and above often on stock cooling and voltage/

 

 

Also 1 stick of ram overclocks better then anything - but if u want dual channel.

 

also - it is better to get dual 512 then quad 256's.