- Joined
- Jul 24, 2003
- Location
- Minot North Dakota
First off, I would like to say thankyou to everyone for all of their knowledge about computers. I would be stuck with a compaq POS if you wernt for you guys (and girls). So now the unvailing of my system. I didn't know whether to go with the 1700+ or the 2500+. At the last minute, I decided to go with the 1700+ for xcal just save a few bucks and brag my system is massively overclocked. The mobo was a no-brainer. The NF7-S rev2.0 also from xcal. Wanted it for the overclocking and the sound. Wanting only the sound from my speakers and not the sound of fans, I bought the Zalman 7000A to cool my cpu along with 3 panaflos. The Zalman probably explains my high temps though. I will get to that later
I bought the Twinmos 3200 with the Winbond CH-5 chips. I'm running 2x256 in dual channel. The memory seems to be fine though. Im running it at 210 right now. I havn't messed with the timings yet. I was looking at getting a 9500/9600pro for my system, but I couldnt pass up the deal on newegg for a refurbed 9700Pro AIW for 235 so I picked that up instead.
For thd drives, I have a Maxtor 160Gb 7200RPM, ata133, 8mb hard drive. Great for all the tv I record with my AIW. I also have a generic dvd player. I'm waiting for bestbuy to have the liteon for cheap after rebates. Besides that I have a silver x-dreamer, a 19in flat CRT, NO FLOPPY, a cold cathode, a few rounded cables, mx500, logitech elite keyboard, and the logitech z-340 speakers. Yes, I am a logitech fanboy.
As for my scores, temps, and speeds.... My CPU is running at 11.5x210=2415 right now at a 1.725V core. I havn't tried any higher multipliers yet, but I will. The temps are a little high though. My idle is 44C and I dont want to know what load is. I don't think I will be able to push the CPU much higher though because of the high temps, but the 1700+ is crazy how it overclocks so we'll see. I knew when I bought the Zalman I was going to be sacrificing Mhz, but thats ok. My 3dmark 2001se is only about 16500 (haha I make that sound like a bad thing). Again, I did no tweaking to increase my score. I'm pretty sure I can break 17000 or even 17500 in the future no problem. Not a bad system for a little over $900.
I don't know how to post pics so I can't get a picture for you all. Thanks again for the help and feel free to ask questions of give suggestions.
I bought the Twinmos 3200 with the Winbond CH-5 chips. I'm running 2x256 in dual channel. The memory seems to be fine though. Im running it at 210 right now. I havn't messed with the timings yet. I was looking at getting a 9500/9600pro for my system, but I couldnt pass up the deal on newegg for a refurbed 9700Pro AIW for 235 so I picked that up instead.
For thd drives, I have a Maxtor 160Gb 7200RPM, ata133, 8mb hard drive. Great for all the tv I record with my AIW. I also have a generic dvd player. I'm waiting for bestbuy to have the liteon for cheap after rebates. Besides that I have a silver x-dreamer, a 19in flat CRT, NO FLOPPY, a cold cathode, a few rounded cables, mx500, logitech elite keyboard, and the logitech z-340 speakers. Yes, I am a logitech fanboy.
As for my scores, temps, and speeds.... My CPU is running at 11.5x210=2415 right now at a 1.725V core. I havn't tried any higher multipliers yet, but I will. The temps are a little high though. My idle is 44C and I dont want to know what load is. I don't think I will be able to push the CPU much higher though because of the high temps, but the 1700+ is crazy how it overclocks so we'll see. I knew when I bought the Zalman I was going to be sacrificing Mhz, but thats ok. My 3dmark 2001se is only about 16500 (haha I make that sound like a bad thing). Again, I did no tweaking to increase my score. I'm pretty sure I can break 17000 or even 17500 in the future no problem. Not a bad system for a little over $900.
I don't know how to post pics so I can't get a picture for you all. Thanks again for the help and feel free to ask questions of give suggestions.
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