- Joined
- Mar 24, 2007
- Location
- North Brunswick, NJ
Hi, folks! I used to have an AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ and a DFI Lanparty NF4 Ultra-D, but that combo went south due to my CPU dieing. So, I looked into the costs and found that it would be cheaper to move to AM2 than to stick with 939.
So, after spending $30 extra, I built this rig yesterday, with base specifications as follows and extended specifications in my sig.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ Brisbane
DFI Infinity NF570-M2/G
Corsair XMS2 DDR2-675 1GB (1 Stick will move to 2GB later)
XFX GeForce 6600GT
ePower Puma II 450W
Arctic Cooling Freezer64 Pro
This is probably one of the easiest builds I've done, and the board is probably the easiest board I've dealt with. It has very nice and logical layout, and its bios has a plethora of features, the kind that I've come to associate with the Lanparty series. I just wished that I had some round cables because the regular flat cables make routing a bit difficult, but oh well.
The board is also very good for overclocking. I'm not where near close to being done, but so far I've had very pleasing results. I hit 2.6 GHz on the cpu and the RAM at DDR2-686 with 1.9V with no problem. I also tested 2.7 GHz with Orthos and DDR2-774 for 13 hours. RAM was at 2.0V and CPU was using stock voltage. A little while ago, I tested 2.8 GHz with stock voltage and the RAM at DDR2-560, thrown on a divider to keep it out of the equation, with Orthos for 1 hour. I am using a 295 base clock right now. I had trouble getting the board to boot past 290 base clock, but then I fiddled around with the timings and figured out that the Trfc had to be loosened, which I set to the loosest if that is a word, 329.75 ns. So, it booted successful at 295 base clock. Now, I'm testing 2.8 GHz at stock voltage and memory at DDR2-800 with 2.1V. The timings for the RAM are 4-4-4-12, with other timings loose. I'm using OCCT since that is better at testing everything, and hopefully it'll be fine.
Here are some screenshots:
I hope to hit 3.0 GHz even if it takes a voltage bump, but then I'll drop back down to max on stock.
So, after spending $30 extra, I built this rig yesterday, with base specifications as follows and extended specifications in my sig.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ Brisbane
DFI Infinity NF570-M2/G
Corsair XMS2 DDR2-675 1GB (1 Stick will move to 2GB later)
XFX GeForce 6600GT
ePower Puma II 450W
Arctic Cooling Freezer64 Pro
This is probably one of the easiest builds I've done, and the board is probably the easiest board I've dealt with. It has very nice and logical layout, and its bios has a plethora of features, the kind that I've come to associate with the Lanparty series. I just wished that I had some round cables because the regular flat cables make routing a bit difficult, but oh well.
The board is also very good for overclocking. I'm not where near close to being done, but so far I've had very pleasing results. I hit 2.6 GHz on the cpu and the RAM at DDR2-686 with 1.9V with no problem. I also tested 2.7 GHz with Orthos and DDR2-774 for 13 hours. RAM was at 2.0V and CPU was using stock voltage. A little while ago, I tested 2.8 GHz with stock voltage and the RAM at DDR2-560, thrown on a divider to keep it out of the equation, with Orthos for 1 hour. I am using a 295 base clock right now. I had trouble getting the board to boot past 290 base clock, but then I fiddled around with the timings and figured out that the Trfc had to be loosened, which I set to the loosest if that is a word, 329.75 ns. So, it booted successful at 295 base clock. Now, I'm testing 2.8 GHz at stock voltage and memory at DDR2-800 with 2.1V. The timings for the RAM are 4-4-4-12, with other timings loose. I'm using OCCT since that is better at testing everything, and hopefully it'll be fine.
Here are some screenshots:
I hope to hit 3.0 GHz even if it takes a voltage bump, but then I'll drop back down to max on stock.
