-
Welcome to Overclockers Forums! Join us to reply in threads, receive reduced ads, and to customize your site experience!
Oem Sempron 3100+ & ECS Nforce3 motherboard combo for $79 + S/H (no rebates)
- Thread starter sJetski
- Start date
- Joined
- Nov 10, 2004
- Location
- Detroit
I did not get any heat sinks with the two combos I ordered.
- Joined
- Dec 15, 2005
no heatsink, you lucky dog
- Joined
- Nov 10, 2004
- Location
- Detroit
I'm done tweaking my outpost combo. Here's the final OC
This setup is noticeably faster than my old rig. I didn't need benchmarks to verify it, I could readily feel the difference. But I got some numbers anyway. All hardware was identical for these tests except the CPU and mobo.
Previous socket A rig - Sempron 2400+ @ 2.2Ghz (10 * 220, mem 1:1)
Super Pi 32m - 41m 59s
3DMark2k1 - 13,700 3D marks
Sempron 3100+ @ stock speed (mem @ 200Mhz - 1:1)
Super Pi 32m - 42m 10s
3DMark2k1 - 14,200 3D marks
Sempron 3100+ @ 2.25Ghz (9 * 250, mem @ 204.5Mhz w/ divider)
Super Pi 32m - 36m 49s
3DMark2k1 - 15,400 3D marks
As you can see, at stock settings this socket 754 sempy was giving up 400Mhz on the CPU and 20Mhz on the memory and was still as fast or faster than my socket A rig was. Once I cranked it up it blew the old rig away.
Final note - I did not have to lower the HT from 4x, it's rock solid stable as is. However, I did have to disable AGP sidebanding and fastwrites. I managed to get a 3DMark test in with them enabled and it improved the results about 150 marks, or roughly 1%. But the system was very unstable. Since I disabled those two features I've had no instability at all, including a marathon 2 day Prime torture test (during the hottest days of the year so far, room ambient got up to 80) without a hitch.
This setup is noticeably faster than my old rig. I didn't need benchmarks to verify it, I could readily feel the difference. But I got some numbers anyway. All hardware was identical for these tests except the CPU and mobo.
Previous socket A rig - Sempron 2400+ @ 2.2Ghz (10 * 220, mem 1:1)
Super Pi 32m - 41m 59s
3DMark2k1 - 13,700 3D marks
Sempron 3100+ @ stock speed (mem @ 200Mhz - 1:1)
Super Pi 32m - 42m 10s
3DMark2k1 - 14,200 3D marks
Sempron 3100+ @ 2.25Ghz (9 * 250, mem @ 204.5Mhz w/ divider)
Super Pi 32m - 36m 49s
3DMark2k1 - 15,400 3D marks
As you can see, at stock settings this socket 754 sempy was giving up 400Mhz on the CPU and 20Mhz on the memory and was still as fast or faster than my socket A rig was. Once I cranked it up it blew the old rig away.
Final note - I did not have to lower the HT from 4x, it's rock solid stable as is. However, I did have to disable AGP sidebanding and fastwrites. I managed to get a 3DMark test in with them enabled and it improved the results about 150 marks, or roughly 1%. But the system was very unstable. Since I disabled those two features I've had no instability at all, including a marathon 2 day Prime torture test (during the hottest days of the year so far, room ambient got up to 80) without a hitch.
- Joined
- Mar 12, 2004
- Location
- Denver, CO
Either this deal is dead, or the link no longer works, and they moved it. 
- Joined
- Nov 10, 2004
- Location
- Detroit
It's a dead deal. The combo went up to $100 but now it's completely gone. I'm sure Fry's / Outpost will bring it back though. It first appeared a couple months ago and is an on-and-off sale.
OP
- Joined
- Jun 25, 2003
- Thread Starter
- #87
Deal alive again
The combo is back in stock @ $79 + S/H
The combo is back in stock @ $79 + S/H
- Joined
- Dec 10, 2004
- Location
- United States
if you have Fry's near by, you can get 3100+ Sempron w/ ECS nForce4 motherboard for $79 plus tax, better deal
- Joined
- Apr 17, 2006
- Joined
- Dec 10, 2004
- Location
- United States
never hurt to try, maybe still same price. I just got it yesterday, nice cheap system I'm going to build with $19 shipped X600 that I got from ebay 
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2001
- Location
- Corona, CA
I though the X600 from fleabay was PCI-E this board is AGP and PCI only B/C its an NF3 not NF4OCS911 said:never hurt to try, maybe still same price. I just got it yesterday, nice cheap system I'm going to build with $19 shipped X600 that I got from ebay
- Joined
- Dec 10, 2004
- Location
- United States
I got it from Fry's not outpost which is nForce4 board w/ PCI-e not AGP
- Joined
- Dec 15, 2005
^flabbergasting
nforce4, thats attractive
nforce4, thats attractive
- Joined
- Oct 10, 2002
- Location
- oregon usa
ok just put a order in,you guys still happey with it. and all i have at this time for this setup is pc2700 will it work.
- Joined
- Nov 10, 2004
- Location
- Detroit
PC2700 will work, you'll just have to use a lower divider. And I'm extremely happy with my combo, as is my brother with his.
- Joined
- Feb 15, 2003
- Location
- Mesa, Arizona
in my frys local ad it changed back to nforce 3, but the price is only 69.99 instead of 79.99
- Joined
- May 15, 2005
The one I just got in is 32bit.... oh well. Decent enough file server.
OP
- Joined
- Jun 25, 2003
- Thread Starter
- #98
They all claim to be 32 bit on the package/ad, but fire up everest or cpu-z and see for yourself. Or even better, load up your favorite 64bit osmaelstromracing said:
.Deal is still alive btw
- Joined
- May 15, 2005
http://www.amdcompare.com/us-en/des...100AIO3BA&opn=SDA3100AIO3BO&opn=SDA3100AIO3BX
AMD Linky.
My part #:SD3100AIP3AX Says it's 32bit. I am re-installing WIn2K on the file server so I will know shortly. (I know, I could have live CD'd 64bit ubuntu, but either way, the file server got upgraded). Fingers crossewd.
AMD Linky.
My part #:SD3100AIP3AX Says it's 32bit. I am re-installing WIn2K on the file server so I will know shortly. (I know, I could have live CD'd 64bit ubuntu, but either way, the file server got upgraded). Fingers crossewd.
OP
- Joined
- Jun 25, 2003
- Thread Starter
- #100
Ya, that was mentioned in all the other threads at slickdeals, AT and [H] etc, but sure enough most everyone that's tested it claims they're 64bit enabled.maelstromracing said:
G'luck with testing
