New hardware on the way :)

[playafly187]

My current system consists of an Athlon 1700 @ 2400, Epox 8RDA+ and a WD 80GB 8mb Cache 7200 rpm drive, among other items.

I just ordered an Athlon 64 3000+, Gigabyte GA K8NS mobo and a 74 GB WD Raptor 10,000 rpm drive.

I am expecting a pretty big performance gain going from the T-Bred to the A64, not to mention how much the Raptor will help with load times and the sort.

:D :D :D :D :D

[siq]

I myself just bought some new hardware. I've ordered a P43.0ghz corsair pc3200 (only 512 :() and an abit ai7 motherboard. coming from a amd 2000XP I should be happy with this hehe.

[undergroundtech]

I ordered an Antec Neo 480 PSU a couple days ago, should be here in another day or two.
I'm thinking my current 300watt is whats keeping my M-2600+ from going any higher than 2.5Ghz, that and my voltage rails are all over the place.

[KryoNexus]

lol, fx5200 on it's way to me. should hold me over till i upgrade to pci-express

[jurtje]

I ordered a bag of peanuts. :(

[KryoNexus]

I ordered a bag of peanuts. :(

rofl

[Beemer]

I bought a new guitar and amp....

[KryoNexus]

I bought a new guitar and amp....

should've gotten watercooling. you're just not a big enough geek

[Beemer]

I bought a new guitar and amp....

should've gotten watercooling. you're just not a big enough geek

Yea, well how's this...... Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me!

Now who is the bigger geek? :wink:

[XPTB]

I bought a new guitar and amp....

should've gotten watercooling. you're just not a big enough geek

Yea, well how's this...... Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me!

Now who is the bigger geek? :wink:


Your mama :shock:

[silenze]

Curious to see what you can clock your 64 to.... hehe.. :P

[playafly187]

heh, im not expecting much, considering my ram isnt that great and the board is, well, prolly not too good for overclocking either :)

[silenze]

I think you'll atleast get 2.2Ghz out of it.. guess we'll see.

[undergroundtech]

**Me blows the dust off this old thread**

What showed up in my mail box yesterday
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v407/undergroundtech/MicroSinks.jpg

It should be enough to take care of both of my puters 8)

[playafly187]

nice... where did you pick up that set of sinks and for how much? :)

[undergroundtech]

I got them from Sidewinder Computers, I got enough for both my PC's for $44.00.
However it will vary since this was not a kit, I just picked out what I needed.

Sidewinder is the only place that I know of that sell them in the Silver color

[playafly187]

what items do you plan to cool with those sinks?

ive always wanted to get a lot of smaller sized sinks and affix them to every chip on the motherboard. some chips, such as the mosfets around the cpu socket, get extremely hot during use. surely it would benefit to cool these, right?

just a silly idea i had perhaps...

[undergroundtech]

I put them on all the mosfets, PLL's and one for the Southbridge

OCmod Shop had a good article about adding extra cooling
http://www.ocmodshop.com/default.aspx?a=208

I'm surprised how much heat rolls off these small sinks 8)

[playafly187]

ahh, perhaps i wasnt off my rocker with that idea.

have you done this before? and if so, have you noticed any improvement in voltage regulation and overclockability?

[undergroundtech]

ahh, perhaps i wasnt off my rocker with that idea.

have you done this before? and if so, have you noticed any improvement in voltage regulation and overclockability?

This is the first I've tried them, and I can't OC any higher to test them until I get some better memory. However, they seem to dissipate a fair amount of heat, that can only be a good thing.

[fstroupe]

what items do you plan to cool with those sinks?

ive always wanted to get a lot of smaller sized sinks and affix them to every chip on the motherboard. some chips, such as the mosfets around the cpu socket, get extremely hot during use. surely it would benefit to cool these, right?

just a silly idea i had perhaps...

me, too

actually, i'd like to find some older decent radio equipment, and cut the heatsinks up to put on hdds, router, etc

[jester]

Intresting

Looks like I just found my next mod after I lap my cpu, chipset and gpu heatsink. I get a 3/4v flux. on my cpu so maybe thatll help out.

[KryoNexus]

what items do you plan to cool with those sinks?

ive always wanted to get a lot of smaller sized sinks and affix them to every chip on the motherboard. some chips, such as the mosfets around the cpu socket, get extremely hot during use. surely it would benefit to cool these, right?

just a silly idea i had perhaps...

the reason that Abit created the OTES system :-)

[undergroundtech]

UPS sure seems slow, when your waiting on your new hardware.
I ordered this case a couple days ago, can't wait for it to get here.
http://www.mnpctech.com/135bezel.jpg

has 120mm fans front & rear

[playafly187]

looks very moddable :)

[undergroundtech]

I was thinking the same thing :mrgreen:

[G2]

looks to me that the case is made to be modded 8)

[silenze]

Time for a little speed boost..

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Item List

CPU AMD 64 |3400+ ATHLON 64 % (Qty=1,Price=$202.00)
DDRAM1GB|PC3200 991145 MUSHKIN RT (Qty=1,Price=$137.25)

Subtotal:$339.25
TAX:$.00
Shipping and Handling Charge**:$26.96
Total:$366.21

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64 3400+ = 2.4Ghz... 12x multiplier (can you say.. probable 220mhz fsb x 12 = 2,640Mhz?)... supposed to be a great overclocker.. :twisted:

[playafly187]

<- jealous :|

[silenze]

Jan 28, 2005 8:33 am Arrived at FedEx Destination Location SALEM OR

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[playafly187]

Woot!

[Trunks]

Post the results :lol:

[silenze]

moved results to "Post your overclock!" thread..

[playafly187]

now ya just need to update your sig ;)

[Trunks]

Holy crap lol, very nice

[silenze]

Backed down a little to 2.76Ghz @ 1.75v... no probs so far... 8)

And I fixed my sig... hehe

[undergroundtech]

The new case with it all together now.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v407/undergroundtech/ED209.jpg

and getting some very nice temps with near silent operation, this was a screen shot taken with the PC running @ 100% load for several hours
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v407/undergroundtech/Desktoptemps.jpg


BTW:
Nice OC Silenze

[silenze]

:mrgreen:

Stepping up to this CPU and to a gig of ram made a noticeable difference with everything 8)

Spraypaint the drives to match ?

[undergroundtech]

:mrgreen:
Spraypaint the drives to match ?

They where all ready black 8)

[undergroundtech]

[quote=silenze]:mrgreen:
Spraypaint the drives to match ?

They where all ready black 8)

Yeah... need more memory for my system...........

What was I saying....... Oh yeah, need more memory :mrgreen:

[playafly187]

after talking with silenze about his memory settings, i decided to try my luck at 5:4 divisor.

previously, i could only pull 220 fsb @ 1:1. anything higher and my video card acted up.

so i dropped down to 5:4 and am currently running 250 FSB ( 2.5 GHz ) stable, up from 2.2 GHz before. nice little improvement :mrgreen:

[Caj Darkmoon]

The new case with it all together now.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v407/undergroundtech/ED209.jpg

and getting some very nice temps with near silent operation, this was a screen shot taken with the PC running @ 100% load for several hours
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v407/undergroundtech/Desktoptemps.jpg


BTW:
Nice OC Silenze

Heh, I just switched my PC over to a new CoolerMaster Centurion 5 that I won over at PimpRig. :)

[undergroundtech]

Nice & Congrats on the win.

Unfortunatly I had to pay cash for mine, but I still think I got a good deal from Bill @ mnpctech

[XPTB]

I have just placed an order for a new AMD 64 3200+ and Mushkin 1 gig PC3700 that should arrive friday. :mrgreen:

[Caj Darkmoon]

Nice & Congrats on the win.

Unfortunatly I had to pay cash for mine, but I still think I got a good deal from Bill @ mnpctech

Yeah, I enjoyed looking it up on newegg to find that I was getting an $80 to $90 case for free. :P