got my bd7-ii raid today!

[Jeff Bolton]

and i must say that it is one of the most beautiful things that i've ever seen!

unfortunately i'm buying this computer from paycheck to paycheck so it'll be a while till i get the rest, i'm thinking 1.5 months or so..check the siggy.

i borrowed my friend's digital camera for case mod pics and just couldn't help myself! too bad there's no 2.26b in there too!

i just can't believe how tiny the socket is. i was expecting an athlon-like mamma-jamma sized socket..suprising but cool!

later

jeff

[Jirnsum]

Enjoy dude :D:D:D

[psykis]

i wanted to get that mobo too for my new rig but later i saw some ppl with really cool o/c and resulted bandwidth from the th7_II
finally to get the rdram mobo
Hope i can o/c to at least a decent fsb speed
Wish me luck:D

[Jirnsum]

Good luck ;):D

[Jeff Bolton]

the only problem with the th7-ii that i can see (cause i was about to get it too) is that for now, you have to get two sticks of rdram to make it work. and on top of that, the fsb on rdram rarely can get over 150, 160 tops. i know that with ddr i can get upwards of 180 at least. i know that rdram has better bandwidth but i'd rather have high fsb, because with high fsb the memory bandwidth becomes as good and better as pc800 rdram.

good luck though.

jeff

[Jirnsum]

better than pc800??? hmmmm..... I dunno. Some people cranked up their 1.6's pretty high. That kind of bandwidth would be hard to beat with ddr

[jdmcnudgent]

thats odd, mine came in this box.:D btw, if you are getting 512 meg of mem, get one stick, the bd7II does not like 2 sticks for overclocking. its on the main page in the review of the board.:D

[jdmcnudgent]

Originally posted by Jirnsum
better than pc800??? hmmmm..... I dunno. Some people cranked up their 1.6's pretty high. That kind of bandwidth would be hard to beat with ddr its the luck of the draw with the th7II you get and the sticks of mem you get.:(

[texasfit]

DDR Bandwidth can be OK sometimes.

[jdmcnudgent]

Originally posted by texasfit
DDR Bandwidth can be OK sometimes. thats pretty nice.:D

[Jeff Bolton]

yeah jc i'm planning on getting 1 stick of 512mb corsair xms3000...i think 2 256mb sticks would be more expensive anyways. i can't wait to get this beast together!

jeff

edit: when did you get your board with that specific box?

[jdmcnudgent]

Originally posted by Jeff Bolton
yeah jc i'm planning on getting 1 stick of 512mb corsair xms3000...i think 2 256mb sticks would be more expensive anyways. i can't wait to get this beast together!

jeff

edit: when did you get your board with that specific box? it came last friday, played with it a little bit, had very low voltage, voltage drop problem, and i sent it out for rma today, and hopefully i will be able to get the asus p4b533 instead of the bd7II.:D came with a free blow up soccer ball too.:cool:

[Jeff Bolton]

mine was probably in a different box because its the raid version :confused:

jeff

[Jirnsum]

I think it has to do with the World Championship Soccer which was held in South Korea and Japan Jeff

[dpajur]

Yeah, I got the soccer box, and there's an inflatable ABIT soccer ball in there, too! Will come in handy for the summer holidays! :)

[texasfit]

Originally posted by dpajur
Yeah, I got the soccer box, and there's an inflatable ABIT soccer ball in there, too! Will come in handy for the summer holidays! :)
I feel cheated :mad: , since my BD7II-Raid was in a Black and Blue box without any soccer ball. Maybe I should rma it for the ball. It does still run ok without the soccer ball, though. :)

[psykis]

so maybe a asusoard isnt too bad afterall

[UaZa]

Originally posted by texasfit

I feel cheated :mad: , since my BD7II-Raid was in a Black and Blue box without any soccer ball. Maybe I should rma it for the ball. It does still run ok without the soccer ball, though. :)

ahhahaha
:D