Second computer for the kids!

[Dk Jedi Allianc]

Originally I was going for a P4. This deal went down the drain. Instead I have got my hands on a second Barton. A XP-2500 unlocked on a Asus A7N8X deLuxe - cooled by a Zalman CNPS 7000A-Cu. At stock its currently at 30 Celsius on mobo and 42 Celsius on the CPU (full Load) - so is there still room for OC??

Got bad ram - bet if I got some decent pc-3200 instead of these crappy pc-2700 this baby would do 2,3 - 2,4Ghz

Seti time will be: hmmm 2 hours and 10-20 mins?????

[Yodums]

Very nicely acquired rig. :cool:

I'd say drop the memory timings to the most relaxed as possible and see how high you can overclock. I say you won't hit a wall with your temperatures for now but it would be a good thing to keep an eye on them. Perhaps find some cheap solutions to better cooling (airflow, thermal paste).

2.3 - 2.4GHz is possible. :) Go for the ram!!

[Mictlan]

Finally you talked out your wife about it? ;)

Or did you shove it down the desk so she won't notice it ;)

Don't mind the extra help aout that one a single bit.....

:beer:
:D

[Dk Jedi Allianc]

Finally you talked out your wife about it? ;)

Or did you shove it down the desk so she won't notice it ;)

Don't mind the extra help aout that one a single bit.....

:beer:
:D

Hi Mictlan

Yes hehe It took some convincing. My wife is not that much a geek - so shame on me - I tould her a lie. A SMALL one i migth add.




I said to her that the kids games would interfer with her school papers - so at one point or another this would mess up the rig and would have to spend hours and hours saving data:)

Was this a very bad thing to do???

[Tyrinon]

Lying is always bad, but it was for a good cause. It should balance out so you should be ok. :D

You never know, some games may not like something else on the comp and you could spend a few hours trying to save data. Or the kids may get tired of a game and go to remove it and accidently uninstall something else. It's a long shot, but it could happen! :p

Congrats on your new cruncher! :)

[Mictlan]

Lying is always bad, but it was for a good cause. It should balance out so you should be ok. :D

You never know, some games may not like something else on the comp and you could spend a few hours trying to save data. Or the kids may get tired of a game and go to remove it and accidently uninstall something else. It's a long shot, but it could happen! :p

Congrats on your new cruncher! :)

Well.....maybe.....anyway :D

LOL

Glad you could get your hands on anew cruncher DK.......Good to hear from you. A big HELLO from my part.

[Steven4563]

congrats on that nice rig

yeah i think it should do them in around 2hours or so mine does it at 2hrs 10mins comp in sig

[elec999]

Heres what I learn from experience, if you can get yur cpu with a fsb of 230mhz or less or more better, ram at the same fsb, you can get less then 2hours per work unit, or 2hours 5mins. Watch out what rev the Asus board is, some rev below 2 wont be stable a 200mhz fsb. I would suggest you get a Asus a7n8x deluxe E, or a a7n8x deluxe rev2. Enjoy. I would try to run that xp2500+m at a low speed, but high fsb and same for the ram, 1:1 is good for amd setups. Good luck. Also remember, intel cpus might take too much power when overclocked.