i'm fairly a noobie when it comes to overclocking... i read Tomshardware and they suggested that Pentium D 805 is the best bang for buck chip for Overclocking...

now what about AMD? what's the recommended chip? in terms of bang for buck la...cause my budget tight...

thanks...

what is venice? is it a Mobo?
i just check the pricelist... Athlon 64 3000+ pricing not bad...

what is the motherboard i should be using for overclock?
and also the ram?

i believe CPU, Mobo + ram is the most important stuff to consider first when wanna overclock right?

This post has been edited by kevyeoh: Aug 7 2006, 11:04 PM

i think i'll get the AMD 64 3000+ Venice... since it's not that expensive... waht's the best MOBO to pair with this CPU? And also what is the recommended graphics card to pair this up?

goldenhawk...

trying to limit my budget as low as possible...but if it's worth getting...then i don't mind paying extra...

will try to keep my budget to RM1.5k to RM2k max...

Basically, the budget only for AMD 64 3000+, suitable MOBO, ram? and most likely a graphics card... the rest like HDD, DVDROM and monitor etc, I can reuse back my old stuff...

guys...

can someone explain to me on Memory used for overclocking?
quote from anandtech article,

"We chose Mushkin PC3200 Value RAM rated for PC3200 operation at 2.5-3-3-8 timings"

What's the 2.5 - 3 - 3 - 8 timing about?
CL2? CL2.5? what are those numbers? 3-3-8?

Appreciate your input here...
thanks...