AMD 64 Overclocking

[jonney3491]

I was planning on building a shuttle pc but i read an article that the AMD 64 and 64 FX-51 were the best processors for gaming so i am building a 64 system. The socket is socket 754. Since they are clocked only at 2-2.2 GHz i am wanting to overclock. Cooling is a problem. I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions on cpu fans and heatsinks i could use. I plan to overclock to at least 2.4 GHz. I am getting a 64 3200+.

[enhanced08]

the AMD 64 is still too new. very few people have it and even fewer have overclocked it! about the only thing i can tell you is either wait till someone else tries it or you yourdelf just try it and see what happens! good luck!

[imbest123]

Why would you want to overclock something that fast? Nowadays all overclocking does is giving bragging rights.

[Joeberg]

You won't see a difference other than in benchmarks of ypu oc it. I'd wait out on the Idea of getting the Athlon 64 chip untill a new revision comes along... (Change in scoket, cahnge in the type of RAM, etc.)

[jonney3491]

I am building a gaming machine and the benchmarks are important in gaming. I want to overclock because the 64 3200+ is nothing (in clock speeds) compared to the new Prescott or the P4EE running and 3.2 GHz and more. I wanna overclock to get the max performance out of my system. Nothing much in 64 mobos will change soon except the RAM socket and i have that covered. I know it will be faster sooner than later and i am considering a different mobo that will support the upcoming 3600+ all the way to the 4600+ which will be released in August.

[Joeberg]

See this thread:
http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.p...ics+Gaming+CPU
The Graphics card make more of a difference in gaming
Anyways, back to the original question: It seems right now the best cooling solution for the 64 is the retail HS/F...

[OMG!]

a CPU is important in a benchmark contest. Why? Because now benchmark programs are having CPU test. Crazy isn't it?