AMD 2200, 2400 Q's

[Birnie82]

Hi guys. I am looking at either the 2200 or the 2400. Is there a big difference in performance between the two? What boards would you suggest with either of the two? I am using a Radeon 9500 Pro. I appreciate the help.

Chris

[Nuclear Krusader]

Hi there, and welcome to the PC Mech forums! :)

Any mobo from ASUS or ABit that packs an nForce2 chipset is the way to go with any of those CPUs.

I'm not an AMD fan, so the only piece of advice I can tell you is this: stay away from VIA.

[Texuspete00]

The 2200+ will most likly be a Tbred A as the 2400 will be a tbred B. The B's run much cooler. Plan on Overclocking... make sure you get the B. You can even get 1700+ and 2100+ B's. excaliberpc.com will ensure tbred B's. My 1700+ does 2.1GHz pretty easily. The 2100+ would probably do better, it also has a higher default speed and is close to the 2200+ you are considering. My $60 cpu straight up RULES though - JIUHB 0307.

[Birnie82]

I have no idea how to overclock and never learned in the past. Is it really worth overclocking when I just want to play games and use it for college work?

[Alienware_Dude]

Not really. Half the fun in overclocking your processor is living on the edge; you don't get a whole lot more performance, at least not in real-world situations.

[dackerman]

Overclocking is only worth it if you are worthy enough to push your CPU to its limit, and have sufficient cooling for it.

Alienware_Dude is right, you won't notice a difference at all in the real world. 2.0Ghz is still going to be just as fast as a 2.10Ghz in Microsoft Word. Even in games, its just not going to make a difference.

But then again there are extreme overclocks of 500Mhz+ which actually do make the difference. For example the P4 3.06ghz to 3.7.

Dave

[Nuclear Krusader]

Plus, overclocking a CPU voids its warranty.

[dackerman]

Not just overclocking, but techincally, if you put a new Heatsink on the CPU, you void the warranty, at least for AMD CPU's that is.

[sleepypost]

Get the 2400 since there is not a sig difference between the two.

[Nuclear Krusader]

You should be fine and don't have to worry with a P4 @ 2.4 with 533 FSB. You won't have the need to use another HSF, the stock one is fine enough.