So...
I had an Epox 8RGA+. Barton 2500+ running at 2.2ghz (200 fsb x11). Thermalright Sk7, Thermaltake 80mm smartfan, 1 GB Mushkin PC3200 ram (2x512mb blue), Saphire Radeon 9500. I added a bunch of extra cooling on my 8RGA+, Northbridge fan, Southbridge bigger heatsink, mosfet HS.
I had been running vcore 1.675 and vdd=1.8 on the 8rga+
Lightning happened on Monday. Had to replace my motherboard. I decided to try the Asus A7N8X Deluxe from Newegg.
My questions:
Should the A7n8x run my Barton 2500+ at 2.2 ghz as well? If so, is it likely I will need to add extra cooling to the board, like on the Epox? I've read posts about voltage mods, is it likely that I will have to do this? On the Epox, I could just raise Vdd from 1.6 to 1.8 in Bios.
Anyone know what board version Newegg is shipping? 2.0?
I figured Asus to be a better board then the Epox, but now I'm wondering with all the posts on here of people having problems.
I had an Epox 8RGA+. Barton 2500+ running at 2.2ghz (200 fsb x11). Thermalright Sk7, Thermaltake 80mm smartfan, 1 GB Mushkin PC3200 ram (2x512mb blue), Saphire Radeon 9500. I added a bunch of extra cooling on my 8RGA+, Northbridge fan, Southbridge bigger heatsink, mosfet HS.
I had been running vcore 1.675 and vdd=1.8 on the 8rga+
Lightning happened on Monday. Had to replace my motherboard. I decided to try the Asus A7N8X Deluxe from Newegg.
My questions:
Should the A7n8x run my Barton 2500+ at 2.2 ghz as well? If so, is it likely I will need to add extra cooling to the board, like on the Epox? I've read posts about voltage mods, is it likely that I will have to do this? On the Epox, I could just raise Vdd from 1.6 to 1.8 in Bios.
Anyone know what board version Newegg is shipping? 2.0?
I figured Asus to be a better board then the Epox, but now I'm wondering with all the posts on here of people having problems.