Thanks for the reassurance.
Poking around, I find the BIOS has a setting for CPU Critical
Temperature, which the builder left at the default :"disabled." It
has settings every 5 degrees C from 70 to 95. What should I use?
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 02:50:26 GMT, "Tod" <no_spam_me DeleteThis @comcast.net>
wrote:
>The normal XP 2500+ (or 2400+) comes with 256K of level 2 cache
>The newer "Barton core" XP comes with 512K of level 2 cache.
>The Barton core will give the same performance, but at a lower clock speed
>It sounds like you got a processor with the Barton core,
>Which are great overclockers.
>You should be very pleased.
>
>"William Lipp" <w.b.(InsertMyLastName)@ieee.org> wrote in message
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>> I ordered a system with an Athlon XP 2400+, which is (i think) a 2 Ghz
>> processor. I received a system with an Athlon 2500+, which sells for
>> $20 more but is (I think) a 1.833 Ghz processor. Should I be pleased
>> about having gotten a more expensive processor, or upset about having
>> gotten a slower processor? Are there some links that explain the
>> difference?
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