I was just reading this article in which they tested out the new Athlon 90nm 3000+ and the 90nm 3500+... They overclocked both of them and they both reached the same maximum overclock speed of 2610 mhz(290x9). Now the 3000+ is only a 1.8 ghz processor so this is an insane overclock with a 45% speed increase.
So does this mean that the 3500+ is a waste of money since the 3000+ is cheaper and capable of the same maximum overclocked speed?
Also, I've never really done overclocking. Is it hard to do? And if I did raise the speed to 2610 mhz, would the PC still run stable?
Link to article: http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2242
Link to overclocking results: http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2242&p=5
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So does this mean that the 3500+ is a waste of money since the 3000+ is cheaper and capable of the same maximum overclocked speed?
Also, I've never really done overclocking. Is it hard to do? And if I did raise the speed to 2610 mhz, would the PC still run stable?
Link to article: http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2242
Link to overclocking results: http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2242&p=5
edit - Fixed links
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