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overclocking amd 2800 athlon xp
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josh2800
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18. June 2005 @ 13:22 |
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hey man, when it comes to ram i believe that corsair, ocz and geil are the best. The reason why they shine over all the other brands is because they offer great latency timings and are specifically designed so u can overclock. Kingston are still a good brand but if u really wanna see how far u can push ur system it is best to go for the best ram. Kingston may have some really good times when rated as ddr400...but i don't think that the kingston would hold those timings when u overclock as well as the ocz,geil and corsair would. If u don't want to overclock much then go for the kingston if the timings are good. If u have overclocking on ur mind then i would suggest to go all the way with OCZ, geil or corsair. Eitherway u will be very happy with ur decision if upgrading from generic ram :) hope i could help you out. Happy overclockin!
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striker68
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5. July 2005 @ 11:35 |
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I'm almost ready to give up on OC'ing. Now that I have 1gig of Corsair XMS, I thought I'd give it another shot, but nooooooooo. BTW, the memory sticks are 2X512 3200DDR400, so why does my system show they are 166mhz???? I've tried to go back and read and re read this forum but still no success story here.
AMD Sempron 3000+ (barton)OC'd to 200FSB@ 2400MHZ
ATI Radeon 9550 OC'd with CoolerMaster VGA cooler
MSI K7N2 Delta2 mobo
Volcano 12
1024 CorsairXMS DDR400 PC3200
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josh2800
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5. July 2005 @ 12:35 |
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go into ur bios. I don't know MSI boards very well but there should be an option in there somewhere to change the speed ( e.g 266,333,400 ) i think when u make a hardware change with ram it automatically defaults back to 166 to be safe. Have a look around in ur bios man theres gotta be a way to fix it :) if u can't find it report back to me with what u did find and i'll try to help u out from there.
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striker68
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5. July 2005 @ 12:56 |
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I tried the sticks individually. One boots at 200mhz. The other at 166.
AMD Sempron 3000+ (barton)OC'd to 200FSB@ 2400MHZ
ATI Radeon 9550 OC'd with CoolerMaster VGA cooler
MSI K7N2 Delta2 mobo
Volcano 12
1024 CorsairXMS DDR400 PC3200
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josh2800
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5. July 2005 @ 14:49 |
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bro it looks like u have a faulty stick, if u wanna run it 200Mhz, u'll have to use just the single stick for now, get the faulty one replaced. Coz if u use both sticks, it will only run as fast as the slowest stick. So u'd be stuck at 166...sorry man, RMA it and see if u can get a replacement coz thats not good enough for them to give u a dud like that
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5. July 2005 @ 15:07 |
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STRIKER JOSH is right maybe one of those stick is clock at 333mhz(166mhz *2) the other one at 400mhz(200*2) if your mobo boot one at 200mhz it means it support ddr 400 so return that 166mhz stick
Dr.xp
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Foxconn 8400 GS 512 GDDR2 PCI-EX
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striker68
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5. July 2005 @ 15:07 |
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Sucks to be me. Got them off ebay. I contacted the individual so we'll see. I tried to OC with the good XMS stick, but still no luck. What am I doing wrong. Is anyone familiar with MSI boards, should i just get an Asus. Everyone seems to have good oc luck with them. But my board has OC functions in the bios so I don't have a clue.
AMD Sempron 3000+ (barton)OC'd to 200FSB@ 2400MHZ
ATI Radeon 9550 OC'd with CoolerMaster VGA cooler
MSI K7N2 Delta2 mobo
Volcano 12
1024 CorsairXMS DDR400 PC3200
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josh2800
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5. July 2005 @ 15:25 |
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theres nothing wrong with MSI boards, just as long as they are top of the line MSI boards. I once had a msi board, but it wasn't very good, but yeah, if u have a top of the range MSI board, u can't get much better than that for overclocking unless u go for A64 3200 Venice combined with a DFI lanboy NF3. For what u have ur doin alright man just keep at it and read up about overclocking, u'll get to where ur hardware is happy and thats the best u can ask for
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5. July 2005 @ 15:25 |
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striker a good friend of mine use to have same mobo and msi say their mobos bundle with the i dont know corcell chip think is capable of that but in practice ive been thru many forums on overclocking and i never seen anybody using that mobo for o´c or succesfully o´c it....
get an asus a7n8x-e deluxe or abit nf7-s or nf7 rev.02 they are the best on this matter
Dr.xp
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Foxconn 8400 GS 512 GDDR2 PCI-EX
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josh2800
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5. July 2005 @ 15:31 |
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yep Dr. XP is right, i have the A-bit NF7-S rev 2.0 and it rocks. Runnin PC2700 ram i can still overclock my 2800+ to 2.5Ghz. I know the Cpu is capable of hitting 2.6 but my ram just won't approve...so im saving for sum OCZ platinum Rev 2 ram with timings of 2-2-2-5 which i shall be very happy with when i eventually get it. So yes from my own personal experience i reccomend the A-bit NF7-S rev 2 motherboard to u. It'll do u proud once u know how to work everything in the bios. I'd gladly help you out with that also. Good luck
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striker68
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5. July 2005 @ 17:08 |
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The DR. is in the house!!LOL. I think I'll try an ASUS. Thanks guys.
AMD Sempron 3000+ (barton)OC'd to 200FSB@ 2400MHZ
ATI Radeon 9550 OC'd with CoolerMaster VGA cooler
MSI K7N2 Delta2 mobo
Volcano 12
1024 CorsairXMS DDR400 PC3200
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josh2800
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5. July 2005 @ 18:29 |
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yeah man either one of those 2 boards are great. All the reviews i have read on the a7n8x-e deluxe board have all been great especially when considering overclocking. Which ever u decide u'll be happy with it. The only reason why i chose the a-bit over the asus was because i have a clear case i felt the a-bit would look better lol. Performance wise they are more or less the same.
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5. July 2005 @ 19:54 |
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hello guys,I LOVE THAT orange-red color plate of the abit my case is clear side to but asus looks good with that classic look ;)
Dr.xp
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Foxconn 8400 GS 512 GDDR2 PCI-EX
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5. July 2005 @ 21:39 |
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My mate & I got the same MSI boards. They work a treat. Had them for 18 months now.
No worries.
Pulsar
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striker68
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6. July 2005 @ 07:22 |
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AMD Sempron 3000+ (barton)OC'd to 200FSB@ 2400MHZ
ATI Radeon 9550 OC'd with CoolerMaster VGA cooler
MSI K7N2 Delta2 mobo
Volcano 12
1024 CorsairXMS DDR400 PC3200
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kalunjoku
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6. July 2005 @ 10:42 |
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That looks like a nice board. Will you be using the SATA150 on it? Your stuff will BLAZE if you had one or more of those types of drives. How much is that baby anyways?
Kalunjoku
AMD Athlon XP 2800+ OC'd to 2.41 GHz
Thermaltake Volcano 12 CPU Fan (5800+ RPM)
Thermaltake GIANT III VGA cooler w/9000RPM fan add-on
ASUS A7N8X-X Nforce2 Motherboard
Kingston 1GB(PC3200) w/Thermaltake RAMsinks
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josh2800
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6. July 2005 @ 12:39 |
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thats a nice board man, but if u wanna have the best a-bit overclocking board for socket A go for this one
http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/products.php?categories=1&model=6
they look basically the same. The difference is the NF7-S is aimed at overclocking and the performance enthusiast. Ultimately its your choice tho. If u decide to go for this motherboard just make sure to go for the rev 2.0 board (NF7-S rev 2.0) its an overclockers dream i tell ya lol. anyways whatever u decide u should be pretty damn happy with the upgrade
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6. July 2005 @ 15:04 |
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ive been cheking both mobos the only difference i see is the sata 150 and raid support and the gbit lan card and the nf7-s has a cooling fan for the chipset the nf7-s2g dont or is it the picture on the webpage? than can be an issue when o´c.
i have the nf7 rev 2.0 is really good no sata but still good mobo..
Dr.xp
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Foxconn 8400 GS 512 GDDR2 PCI-EX
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josh2800
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6. July 2005 @ 15:45 |
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i have the NF7-S rev 2.0 and it has Sata. Im runnin my 160Gb Sata HDD. I have had 5 computers and i have tried mobos from msi, gigabyte, chaintech and a-bit, the nf7-s takes the cake by miles for me.
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jonni3
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6. July 2005 @ 16:34 |
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I run the Abit nf7-s v2 and have had no problems with it and it o.c's with ease(nice and stable), also using the sata with 2x160g wd in raid 0 , which is nice ;)
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josh2800
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6. July 2005 @ 16:57 |
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good stuff jonni3 what clocks are u reaching with ur set up?
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jonni3
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7. July 2005 @ 10:46 |
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I have it 24/7 stable with a fsb of 198 @ 2483mhz, vcore 1.85v
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josh2800
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7. July 2005 @ 12:40 |
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bro thats exactly the same as my set up. Same clocks and all. The only difference is im using less Vcore. 1.725?? i think im on. and im pushing 2.8V into my generic ram and it still won't go any further than 198 lol..
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jonni3
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7. July 2005 @ 12:44 |
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It's kinda stable @ 200 fsb but in some applications it BSOD on me, but @ 198 no problems using Geil pc 3200...
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josh2800
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7. July 2005 @ 12:50 |
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nice man. But that Geil should go higher than that shouldn't it? mines DDR333 generic crap it sits on 198 also. Maybe we need a bios update? lol...i ran a ram divider and my cpu is good for about 2.6Ghz but the ram i have at the moment won't budge from 198 so im stuck for now, unless i try putting 2.9V into my ram...but thats risky.
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