Unless your Motherboard doesnt support 333mhz bus then 2200+ is a bit slow. I had that running in a system i bought over 2 years ago.
Also, correct me if I am wrong, but Im not - a 2200+ isn't a barton core.
If your bus supports it you can get a 3000+ for almost a 100 dollars. Just make sure you choose UPS or FEDEX shipping, No USPS. I learned the hard way. My cpu was damaged in the mail, but it still works fine. Runs a little hot though.
You also might as well wait for the radeon 10 series graphics cards to start stocking up on the shelves. You could then get a faster graphics card for a cheaper price. Who knows you could even get a X600 or something.
Definately go with the Artic Silver, it is the best stuff you can find here in the USA. But Since you are everywhere, a store in the UK carries this stuff called Shin Etsu, it is the shizzle.
Unless you are looking for a freaken cool looking heatsink i wouldnt go with that Coolmaster Jet. Its rather large and ineffective.
Well Mr. Expert, my processor arrived as I'm typing this, I will put it in and check with aida32. As for overclocking, people are able to get equal to the rated speed e.g. 2200 @ 2.2ghz. This is a nice overclock.
I'll let you know how it goes, although I havn't got my Jet 7+ yet.
Well I eat my hat sir, aida32 tells me its a Thoroughbred-B. I'm having trouble running it at 2200+ I don't know what the multipliers should be, any ideas?
What does your bios recognize it as? Can you seriously not get it to get to its factory clock speed?
http://www.cluboverclocker.com/reviews/cpu/amd/athlonxp2200/4.htm he gets it to 2 ghz. I wouldnt listen to him about the heat though. I was getting those kind of temps with my 2200+ until i put some artice silver on it. With a piece of hud factory heatsink i got it all the way to 35c in my cold basement.
Hope you can get that thing a running. Maybe i could go test my 2200+ out and see if i can do anything with it. But then again the motherboard i have on that thing isnt exactly an overclocker.