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Originally posted by jaydee116
Main reason I have stuck with AMD is Socket A adversity. You can drop in a Duron 600 or a Barton 3200+. The overclocking is nice because of unlocked or unlockable muilties. $41 XP1700+'s are getting over 2.5gigs! Hell even my crappy Tbred A will OC to 2gig! not bad for a $41 CPU... And you can get a semi modern board with all the OC ability you need for under $80.
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The fabled 1700+ whihc is actually the same core as my 2000+ chip(Though I cn't get mine above 2gig
) can actually get up to 2.4ghz on air and even higher on water and phasechange the max I am told is 3.2Ghz from a 1700+ chip!
But then you will need very expensive RAM and a decent mobo, which if you bought the bits as a barebones unit would be up there with the more expensive chips you are trying to emulate.