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EOC F@H Stats Page. Didn't see a topic on this so just thought I'd drop a quick CONGRATULATIONS to the OCC Folding Team for passing TWO MILLION POINTS some time in the last couple of days. Great job guys.

Actually, you'd probably get substantially more overclock out of a P4 than an A64, which may or may not level the playing field somewhat. IE, A64's seem to commonly got to 215 fsb or so then get unstable above that, for a relatively paltry 2-300 MHz overclock. With a lucky draw, you could get a 2.8 to 3.5 or more (heck, you could get a 2.4 or 2.6 to that with a lucky draw). What I have not seen is a comparison between each of the processors in an overclocked state, would make an interesting read. No question the A64 pwns at stock clocks.

Prescott's are benching SLOWER than Northwoods in most applications, according to The Inquirer. Which makes sense, given the longer pipelines clock to clock (as mentioned above). Most current software isn't optimized for the new instructions being added in Prescott. It's also a furnace. I was looking forward to them but am now giving them a pass, based on that article plus many other articles out there (I wouldnt trust Inq as only source). OK AMD ball's in your court, get us some dual channel A64 lovin.

EEEK you just got VERY lucky!! DO NOT turn on your computer when the clear CMOS jumper is in the "clear" position, you can fry your mobo.

You don't mention anything about RAID but as it stands now, RAID drivers still have to be installed using floppy if you want the OS to go on a RAID array.

Abit NF7-S. The best overclocking mobo at its price level, and quite full featured (Soundstorm, SATA RAID).

Yes Corsair guarantee their timings, have an excellent reputation among enthusiasts, and very good/responsive support forums. Good choice.

Just to clarify, neither a 1.8A nor a celeron would have HT.

I am not arguing the technical points made above. I will point to this recent review (link starts at the first of many benchmark pages, yes it's Anandtech again), however, in which a 100 fsb 1.8A with 512k L2 totally pwns a 2.6 celeron with 128k L2, and the slowest TBred @ 1.466GHz eats a 1.6GHz/64k L2 Duron's lunch. Is it the end all to be all? No. My original statement about "castrated" cache on the soon to be released dual channel 939 pin A64 was rather an enthusiast's lamenting of AMD's decision. I doubt anyone interested in the subject would rather see 512 than 1024. My last post on this issue.

You said it yourself, to paraphrase, 44C isn't outrageous. Unless you're having system stability problems, don't worry about it. Quite frankly, your money would be better spent on a better quality/performing motherboard so save your nickels until upgrade time. Haven't lapped an onboard mobo chip myself - looked at doing it a few times and the risks, such as particles/dust/knocking over a capacitor/cutting a trace/name any other potential problem ______ just aren't worth it. I know it's BEEN done, and successfully, but you're not at such extreme speeds that it's a requirement, near as I can see. Please don't take this as any form of insult.

(Maybe you know this but) usually the mobo manufacturer and model number is found stamped or screenprinted inbetween the PCI slots. Did it come out of a proprietary machine like a Dell/Compaq/HP/brand name box? If so, the main clue might be the model number of the computer itself, ie. 'Compaq 4070' or some such.

Check. I'd do the same. Try 2.7v, test, if necessary 2.8v, and on up. May not work but no harm and BH5 chips (as in Mushkin LVL2) can take a lotta v. First tho, did you try that 512 stick in each different Dimm slot? Just moving it around might solve the problem.

OK. You would see *some* performance increase from running memory that is capable of 2-2-2-11 timings, but what you have is NOT horrendous. Time to look for other suspects. My first inclination in a situation like this is to suggest that you re-install Windows and load all drivers and patches in a very specific order - best to burn a CD with the most current versions of everything before starting, if possible. Windows -> SP1 if on XP/Pro -->chipset (Nforce2, may include LAN and audio) -> reboot, defrag -> Windows updates, including DX9, rebooting as required, defrag after all done -->anything else that is permanently resident like utilities/monitoring etc --> reboot, defrag--> VIDEO DRIVERS LAST It may or may not be worth the effort but is cheaper than buying new hardware and might yield substantial gains.

Typically, OCZ will guarantee timings - I'm not sure about TwinMos. If you can ascertain that the TwinMos sticks are BH5 or CH5 Winbond memory chips on the sticks (pretty much means looking at them or having the shop do so) then they are a great deal. If not, it's buyer beware as they *may* only run at much slower timings. Depending on what you are doing, low timings mean a great deal to performance on both AMD and Intel systems.

You *might* be able to take the revision # and coding from the sticker and post them to RAMGUY on Corsair's forums - he'd be your best bet to advise you on what to get for a match.