Wanting to upgrade from 1400 T-Bird to... ???

[x51out]

Wanting to upgrade processor, any ideas?
Specs:
(1.4 GHz T-Bird)
Shuttle Ak31v2.0
Kingston 2x256mb PC2100 RAM
Chaintech GF4 Ti 4200/128mb
WesternDigital WD1200JB
Samsung SV6004H
350watt generic (yuck) PSU
... and other stuff (that is irrelevant to my question)

NEED IDEAS! FEED ME!

[Cee-W]

Well, it comes down to how much you have to spend, right?
I think your board can take up to a XP 2100+ ($119, presently listed on pricewatch). An XP 1600+ can be had for $52. With any luck, you could OC FSB and get up to 1900+ at least, without unlocking the cpu. It all depends on what your goal is.

[x51out]

Yes, the last BIOS update had XP2200+ support. So no problem there. I guess the REAL issue is which XP processor (Palomino/Thoroughbred) would be the optimal match with the rest of the system (especially the video card...) without breaking the budget. The Palominos can be had for less than the T-Breds, but are the T-Breds worth the extra cash? I could get a straight 2000+Palomino for under $100, but is it going too give me the boost I so desire ( ), or should I just go 2200+T-Bred? Or just break out with a fifty-spot for a 1600+?? I haven't really researched this much as I just hatched this idea recently...

[Bigjakkstaffa]

Over here in the UK the best price to performance chip seems to be the 2100+

personally im waitng till chrimbo and the 2800+'s before i upgrade from my 1.4 tbird, by then hopefully the 2600+ will be a bit lighter on the wallet

--Jakk

[x51out]

I dunno. I blow $100 a week on **** and have nothing to show for it. So really, I'd actually end up with something AND not have spent it on nothing. Does that make any sense?? Interestingly, the 2200+ T-Breds on Pricewatch dot com, are all Palominos actually. Says so on the respective websites. What a misrepresentation. Maybe I will hold off on it for a month or two, maybe not, I dunno, can you tell I'm battling with this internal dialog?

[Logan[TeamX]]

Palominos aren't that bad of a chip, really. Might want to consider running one till the ClawHammers come out and necessitate a move to a 333/400 FSB.

Logan

EDIT - If you blow 400/mo on **** and have nothing to show for it, you can always send me 300 of it and watch me pay my monthly finance payments on my new car

[OpK Chowdy]

creepy. i have nearly the same setup!

1.4ghz Tbird @ 1.5ghz
Soyo Dragon Lite KT333
256MB PC2700
WD 80GB 8mb "JB" 7200rpm
SG 30GB 5400rpm
Geforce4ti4200 128mb
Samsung SyncMaster 955DF 19"
400watt enermax


yikes. we are soul mates, bro! well i duno about you, but i'm planning on upgrading to a 2200+ Tbred 'B' (when all the xps become revision b). Perhaps that'd be a good choice for you?

[x51out]

What 's difference gonna be on the revision B?? I'll tell you what though, I was back and forth on this yesterday and "decided" (yeah, like I ever keep my word, even to myself... ), to just go 2200+. Speakin of creepy, I also have a 19" monitor, but it's a Sylvania F97 (not good/not bad, but $179 a year ago). When you run your T-Bird at 1500, do you set it to 11x136? I just yesterday pried the little HSF off of the northbridge of my mobo. It was all gummed up with a think wad of glue (thermal epoxy, I hope). Dang asian chicks that assemble these things, haha. Anyhow, I removed all the gizz and replaced that **** with some Arctic Silver, so maybe now I can get past 138 fsb (11.5x138 is all I could sustain with any stability, but that plus a Ti4200 oc up to 275/550 got me 9851 in 3Dmark2001SE, aint in the 10k club, but hey, they're a buncha snobs anyways ) Lemme know about those Rev.B's?!

[JCB]

My 1600+ from newegg hit 1825 no prob.

Just do it.

[missiveusa]

x51

Tom's Hardware has a good explanation of the differences between the T'bred rev "A" and rev "B".

[x51out]

Good article. Thanx. Jcb, I shall do it, as soon as I can make up my friggen mind! So, maybe anything over 2000+ is a waste on a KT266 chipset... not exactly the spunkiest. So, I could shoot for something JCB has: 1600+ to 2000+ range/price range. Yeah baby, I'm getting closer...

[OpK Chowdy]

sorry. i have an antec 400watt not an enermax :-D

anyways. the revision b things are a better core that is easier to overclock, which is why i want it. yes, i do run mine at 11x136.

I am really looking forward to the day that all Athlon XPs become tbred Bs...then a 1600+ could overclock EVEN MORE (?) than the palomino. mwahahah that'd be scary.

and also, my ti4200 isn't overclocked and i get ~9500 on 3dmark. what drivers u using?

[x51out]

I just ran them @ 11x136 and 250/446 default. I got 9060 @ 1024x768x32 and 9429 @ 1024x768x16. So maybe it's my dinky KT266 chipset? Anyhow, I notice a tremendous improvement over my old GF2gts/pro, and that is really what matters, right? Tell me real quick though: do you have fast-writes enabled?

[OpK Chowdy]

ah ya kt266 or whatever, that's prolly it.

anyways, i don't think i have fastwrites enabled...i'm 90% sure i don't