politbureau Posted May 7, 2006 Posted May 7, 2006 I bid a sad farewell to my old NF3 250GB today - finally laid it to rest after purchasing an MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum Board. Well, I gave it to my GF, which is the same thing - it's dead to me now ... I was pretty much unwilling to replace my EVGA 7800GS for the same thing just in PCI-E, so I went as high as I could with AGP - which turned out to be this Ebay'd C$30 MSI. I actually wanted a new DFI considering all my luck with my NF3, but they didn't actually make a 939/AGP setup that looked as slick as the Neo2... Except for the Ultra-D - which was more expensive and harder to find. So I transferred over all the HDDs and cooling equipment today and fired her up with a new Opteron170... WOW. So fast, and overclocks like a dream! MSI K8N NEO2 PLATINUM | 9/9/05 BIOS ->THERMALRIGHT HR-05 + NEXUS 80MM OPTERON 170 DENMARK CCBWE 0530TPMW (2820MHZ @ 1.5V & TESTING) ->SCYTHE NINJA + PAPST 120MM 2X512MB OCZ 3200PLATR2V1.1 TCC5 (1:1 @ 282MHz, 2.5-4-3-7-1T 2.85V) ->2X 60MM NMBTECH FANS EVGA 7800GS CO SC 256MB | 495/1.49 RAPTOR 150GB WD1500ADFD WD CAVIAR RE2 400GB WD4000YR LITEON 165H6S DVD+/-RW GIGABYTE AURORA CASE ->3X NEXUS 120MM OCZ POWERSTREAM 520W DELL 2005FPW MCE05 Bye bye, DFI - long shall you live in memory... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTjik Posted May 7, 2006 Posted May 7, 2006 Oh that's a fast turn: 3 posts and then bye! Whatever I wish you good luck and hope you soon come back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverByter Posted May 7, 2006 Posted May 7, 2006 Traitor!!!!!!!!! Good luck with the new rig bro. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
politbureau Posted May 8, 2006 Posted May 8, 2006 Oh that's a fast turn: 3 posts and then bye! Actually, I've been a 'silent partner' for more than a year now. Angry and many others are the reason I've been able to push my old NF3 rig to the extreme... I've been SO happy with the outcome, and I owe many thanks to everyone on this forum. Just thought I'd part with specs on what this forum has wrought (also check sig) Speeds - FSB 345MHz - CPU 2760MHz - RAM 276MHz ( /10, 166) - LDT 1000MHz (x4) Voltages - CPU 1.599v (1.30 x 123%) - RAM 3.6v - Chipset 1.9v RAM Settings - 2-2-2-6-1T Temperatures (Idle / Load) - CPU 28ºC / 36ºC - PWM IC 27ºC / 34ºC - System 26ºC / 28ºC Benchmarks - Prime95 stable - 28hours! - SuperPI 1M - 29s - Sandra CPU Arithmetic - 11733/5717 - Mem Bandwidth - 4456/4454 - Aquamark CPU - 11988 Thanks to everyone! See you on the flip side...! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
learners permit Posted May 9, 2006 Posted May 9, 2006 Drop that memory speed down a bit and you can up the multi to 11 and really get that thing rockin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted May 9, 2006 Posted May 9, 2006 The K8N Neo2 Platinum is a wonderful motherboard. I've got one running at home. It used to be my mainboard, but a lucky daughter inherited it when I built my first DFI based rig. That MSI board has ran for over a year solid with an AMD3000 Venus, overclocked at 2.7ghz and OCZ PC3700 Gold memory. Just a great great board. Sorry DFI didn't have anything that suited your needs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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