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Well, I finally got myself to slap down some money and I ordered enough stuff to spin off a new system, which I'm going to overclock. Here's what I ordered:
AthlonXP 1600+
Epox 8KHA+ motherboard
Enlight Medium Tower with a 340W psu (EN-7237AZ)
IBM 60 GB 7200RPM ATA100 60GXP drive ($122!! does that seem insanely cheap to anyone else?)
SK-6 heatsink
Thermaltake fans* - a 60mm for the SK-6 and 2 80mms for the case.
2 256MB sticks of PC2100 RAM
I got this all in one fell swoop from newegg except the memory, which I ordered from crucial. It came to about $500 with shipping at newegg and was something like $66 for the memory at crucial. It's not horribly expensive for what I'm getting, but blowing almost $570 is never easy, you know?
Everything else I need I should have already. I'm planning to overclock this badboy this way. I got some silicone thermal paste to use in the groove in the L1 gap, but I still need something to bridge the gap. I've been looking at conductive pens and that thermal grease recommended in the link above. I think I'll order a conductive pen (after I ask my dad if he has anything I could use, since I might build this thing at home over thanksgiving). Anyone know of any cheaper/easier to get solution that would work just as well? If I can get it at a radio shack or something, that would be great.
*About the fans, I was wondering if anyone has tried the thermaltake kind before. I decided I'd go ahead and give them a shot, because they operate at about 30dB but cool at 31 CFM (for the 60mm) and 37 CFM (for the 80 mm). I think that should be enough, because that will put me at over 100 CFM for the case, but it should be pretty quiet. I've read a few reviews (gah! can't find them now) that say these fans are as quiet as they claim, so I decided I'd get some. If they aren't good enough, well... fans are cheap. Anyone tried these? Are they enough?
Well, I've made you read enough by now... heh. It's just kind of exciting since I haven't done any of this before. Whenever I do all this stuff, I'll let you guys know how it turns out. Wish me luck!
Edit: I have another question for all of you people with experience at this: I've seen people getting their XP1800+s over 1.7GHz without a voltage mod or some expensive cooling rig. I'm wondering how close I can get to this figure. Probably not as close since I opted for less noise instead of more cooling and I'm starting with a 1600+, but do you think I could at least get to 1.65GHz? That's about a 250MHz increase... If I set the FSB to 150 and bump the multiplier up from 10.5 to 11, I'd get there. Does this seem possible without going over 1.85V? Should I even consider this with a somewhat limited cooling ability?
AthlonXP 1600+
Epox 8KHA+ motherboard
Enlight Medium Tower with a 340W psu (EN-7237AZ)
IBM 60 GB 7200RPM ATA100 60GXP drive ($122!! does that seem insanely cheap to anyone else?)
SK-6 heatsink
Thermaltake fans* - a 60mm for the SK-6 and 2 80mms for the case.
2 256MB sticks of PC2100 RAM
I got this all in one fell swoop from newegg except the memory, which I ordered from crucial. It came to about $500 with shipping at newegg and was something like $66 for the memory at crucial. It's not horribly expensive for what I'm getting, but blowing almost $570 is never easy, you know?
Everything else I need I should have already. I'm planning to overclock this badboy this way. I got some silicone thermal paste to use in the groove in the L1 gap, but I still need something to bridge the gap. I've been looking at conductive pens and that thermal grease recommended in the link above. I think I'll order a conductive pen (after I ask my dad if he has anything I could use, since I might build this thing at home over thanksgiving). Anyone know of any cheaper/easier to get solution that would work just as well? If I can get it at a radio shack or something, that would be great.
*About the fans, I was wondering if anyone has tried the thermaltake kind before. I decided I'd go ahead and give them a shot, because they operate at about 30dB but cool at 31 CFM (for the 60mm) and 37 CFM (for the 80 mm). I think that should be enough, because that will put me at over 100 CFM for the case, but it should be pretty quiet. I've read a few reviews (gah! can't find them now) that say these fans are as quiet as they claim, so I decided I'd get some. If they aren't good enough, well... fans are cheap
. Anyone tried these? Are they enough?Well, I've made you read enough by now... heh. It's just kind of exciting since I haven't done any of this before. Whenever I do all this stuff, I'll let you guys know how it turns out. Wish me luck!
Edit: I have another question for all of you people with experience at this: I've seen people getting their XP1800+s over 1.7GHz without a voltage mod or some expensive cooling rig. I'm wondering how close I can get to this figure. Probably not as close since I opted for less noise instead of more cooling and I'm starting with a 1600+, but do you think I could at least get to 1.65GHz? That's about a 250MHz increase... If I set the FSB to 150 and bump the multiplier up from 10.5 to 11, I'd get there. Does this seem possible without going over 1.85V? Should I even consider this with a somewhat limited cooling ability?
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