[Miscguy]

If that 2.0 P4 is a northwood like mine you can probably overclock it in excess of 3.0 ghz.

"Northwood" is a plant where a .13 micron p4's are produced. The smaller size helps in cooling and the chip can be pushed farther than a standard p4.

Unfortunatly i cant find the thread that followed a guy as he overclocked his 1.6a (a is northwood) to 2.8ghz. Completly stable. He had to upgrade his cooling and a few other tweeks, but it was there and running fine.

[url:0605d]http://forums.anandtech.com/categories.cfm?catid=28&STARTPAGE=1[/url:0605d]

Some good overclocking talk going on there. A thread with a 2.0 at 2.8.

Over all i think you made a fine choice. AMD's are nice chips but typically run a bit hotter and that heat can hamper efforts to over clock them. I did do my research before buying this chip and everything i read put this chip on par or better than the top of the line AMD of that time. 1800xp (clock of 1600)

Now that may sound a bit odd a 2.0 on par with a clock of 1.6. In fact its not odd at all. AMD and Intel have taken differant approaches to gaining speed. Contrary to popular beleif it is not all about clock speed, its all about whats done in 1 clock. So AMD takes the apprach of getting more done per cycle and running fewer cycles. While Intel does less per cycle, but has more cycles.

Its all about your preferance. AMD user will always call Intel users idiots. The fact of the matter is that Intell has made vast improvments with there latest chips and they are untouchable with an AMD. The 512 FSB was a big step with the 2.52ghz P4. Now AMD will up theres and continue on. The fact is buy what you think is right for you. Because tomorrow there will be something better than what was the best the day before, and what you bought will be shunned by all.