I have an old quiet PC that I'd like to add a little more grunt to by upgrading the CPU to a dual core.
The current single core Athlon 64 3200+ idles at around 30° with the fan at 50%. Under load it rises up to 40°, at which point the fan speeds up to 75%. The temperature then levels out at around 41 - 42°.
Now to my question... What do you think would be the fastest Athlon 64 X2 I'd be able to run in this system without making any changes to the current CPU cooling setup?
Here's a list of the options...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AM ... hlon_64_X2
I understand that what ever I go with will run hotter (obviously) and I don't mind if the fan needs to run at 100% under load. I just want to avoid getting an CPU that's going to push things to far, overheat and crash
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FYI, my current system is as follows...
PSU : Antec Phantom 350W
MB : Gigabyte GA-K8NPRO-SLI
CPU : AMD Athlon64 3200+ S939 (Venice)
HSF: Scythe NCU-2005 + Nexus 120mm Real Silent fan
RAM: Corsair 2GB PC3200
GPU : 2 x Gigabyte 7600GT (SLI)
HD : Samsung 1TB
Any help here would be greatly appreciated.