Time to Replace My P2 350

[Decaf]

Hi guys, first post here. What a lot of great info on this forum. I've been reading it nonstop for a week, just soaking in the O/C subculture.

Well, it had to happen someday; looks like that day has arrived. It's time to replace my P2 350mHz!! I bought this baby in 1998; check out these primo specs: Asus p2b mobo, 6gb hdd, and a 4mb sis graphics card. The only thing that enabled me to keep running this sucker was the 192mb of pc100 ram. 192 was a hella lot in 1998.

The ram and an o/c from 350mHz to 467mHz kept this old lady from keeling over, even as it's running XP pro. I o/ced it a week after I bought it; just adjusted a few jumper switches and bam FSB went from 100 to 133. Nice, rock stable for almost 5 years and coool with a stock hs and fan.

RIP. Now it's time for a new rig. Here's what I envision since I've got a low low budget and don't play any games:

AMD XP 1600
Abit KX7-333
Antec truepower 330w
256MB Kingmax pc2700
Radeon 7000 64mb
Maxtor 30gb hdd 7200rpm
slk-800 hs
Thermaltake smart fan2

and carried over from Granny P2:
19 in CTX CRT
Creative soundblaster live
Creative modem
D-link NIC
vintage 1.44 floppy
HP cdwriter+ 9100

I can't wait. Let the overclocking begin! I already bought the rear window defogger kit and superglue.
I'll post my progress after my order arrives from Newegg and I setup and burn-in.

Decaf

 

[EluSiOn]

First, Welcome to the Forum.

There are couple mobo out there don't need to do any physical unlock on the cpu and allow you to oc them like crazy. So far I heard best OC cpu is AMD 1800+ T-Bred revision B.

 

[john240sx]

WELCOME TO THE FORUM!

did you have a question or something? i can't tell if you were.

anyway, that looks like a good setup you planned out. i can tell you did your homework you said your not going to play games at all but if you decided to play a few games that rig wouldn't have a problem playing any new game (not at max detail settings but still very playable)

i've been coming to this forum for about 9 months now and posting for roughly 6 months. every day i learn something new. i hope you enjoy your stay here

 

[Vertical_Zer0]

True. You might as well move up to an xp1800+ because they're only a tad more expensive than 1600's and they OC the best of all AMD chips right now.

 

[quegyboe]

If I was you, I would still up your video card a little more than the Radeon 7000. If you would get at least something with hardware T&L, your system would fly! Maybe a GeForce2 MX400 or GeForce4 MX440? Other than that, nice system!

 

[Peter007]

I'm in the same boat as you.

I'm am still using my Beloved "ABIT BH6" Motherboard.

This is probably the BEST and the GREATEST Motherboard.
I bought it back in 1998 with Samsung 4G HD, Sony 8X CDROM, and a killer 8mb ATI RagePro graphic card.

Today, the motherboard is still with me running a Celeron 700 Overclock to 1050mhz.

I just bought a brand new AthlonXP 1700+ / ECS K7S5A Combo,
Hope this AMD Platform will last as long as my beloved
Celeron/ABIT Combo.

I still have a preference for Intel processor, but you cannot argue the VALUE and STRENGTH of the AMD AthlonXP.

I can either buy the new Celeron 1.8 combo for $139, or
a ATHLONXP 1700+ combo for $89.............hum......
NO CONTEST HERE!