Thraxz Posted February 17, 2007 Posted February 17, 2007 I'm working on a new project... ... my old bag of a computer is getting a make over! (LOOK AT THE FSB! I'm setting records baby.) http://weboperative.com/OCIDB/thraxz/PRIME/ohyeah.JPG Get moving biotch! Actually, I have to say that this CPU is downright chilly. It primes at about 37C on the stock cooler. I just remember my pres-*******-hotter-than-the-sun blazing! No wonder northwoods were so much better! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thraxz Posted February 20, 2007 Posted February 20, 2007 Gettin' on this little bugger! I've got it prime stable through 3.0Ghz and bought a gig of patriot valueram and have it clocked to DDR450 2.5-3-3-5 on the SPD 2.6vdimm! I got an AGP 8x FX 5200 vanilla and it's clocked to 330/1000 (according to coolbits) I'm willing to bet that it's really only 250MHz. I had it benching at 1.06GHz according to coolbits but it started to artifact in HL1 at 16x12(at the full 60FPS my monitor is vsynced to) This is not a bad megabudget gaming rig. Cost: CPU/mobo/optical drives/HDD all scavenged from old builds. $30 for the 400w PSU (-$30 rebate eventually) $80 for gig of ram $70 for aluminus case (-$50 rebate eventually) $50 for FX5200 (-$50 rebate eventually) TOTAL: $230 for a good old-gaming rig. With a potential of becoming a $100 good old-gaming rig! Sweet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleDavid218 Posted February 20, 2007 Posted February 20, 2007 haha that's sweet man, I've always wanted to build a budget system turned (sorta) supercomputer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher Posted February 20, 2007 Posted February 20, 2007 Speaking of budgets, you can pick up a Celeron D combo for under $100. Paired with a GB of plain ol Corsair you can move into a conroe supported socket 775 for peanuts and upgrade later. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thraxz Posted February 21, 2007 Posted February 21, 2007 I'm gonna swap CPUs with my sister in exchange for a 256MB stick of ram. She's got a northwood P4 which, even at lower clocks will be faster than this Celly. She will notice the ram more than the CPU anyways. I've tested at ~34FPS average in the CS:S stress test at 800x600 with almost every setting on 'high'. Now to OC the card more. (Oh, did I mention it runs Vista just fine? I didn't, eh? Well, it does... JUST fine.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPDMF Posted February 21, 2007 Posted February 21, 2007 You're stylin' now Thraxz. You get ready to sell that let me know. I could use a good firewall. J/K.. Budget Power FTW. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Games Posted February 21, 2007 Posted February 21, 2007 I'm gonna swap CPUs with my sister in exchange for a 256MB stick of ram. She's got a northwood P4 which, even at lower clocks will be faster than this Celly. She will notice the ram more than the CPU anyways. I've tested at ~34FPS average in the CS:S stress test at 800x600 with almost every setting on 'high'. Now to OC the card more. (Oh, did I mention it runs Vista just fine? I didn't, eh? Well, it does... JUST fine.) i always loved them 800FSB Northwoods...getting a 2.4C to 3Ghz is as easy as it is on a Core2, and getting up to 3500Mhz was no sweat on the LP 865PE with TDX waterblock the lab server is a killer little 3.4Ghz Northwood 800FSB ES with unlocked multipliers up and down....the atrocity here is that I've never bothered to overclock it a single Mhz (as it arrived in my hands when 2.4C's were still $150-ish and the 3Ghz ones were probably $500 and moving over to Prescott) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thraxz Posted February 21, 2007 Posted February 21, 2007 Woo! Got the little bastard to run 330/527 core/ram and pulled a MASSIVE 37FPS average at 10x7 res. You know, I've not had this much fun OCing since my Opteron 170. Talk about stupid crap right? I'm overclocking a GFX card with passive cooling and 128Mb of ram (on a 16x12 monitor no less)... celly with 128mb L2 cache on the stock cooler on a board with ONE USB output in back with no voltage controls.... I've cracked. Got the CPU stable at 3.05GHz 113x27 (LOL @ the multi) and ram on the 2:1 divider. DDR 452 2.3-3-3-6 FTW! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thraxz Posted March 3, 2007 Posted March 3, 2007 I wound up moving over to a 2.2GHz 400FSB northwood. It's WORLDS faster than the celly , even at only 2.93Ghz instead of 3.1 like the celly. I'm getting weird FSB probs at 133FSb because it switches to memory dividers of a 533FSB chip and then it WONKS out like crazy and boots my chip at 80FSB. SO... since this mobo uses a PLL that no software OCing programs supports I'm up . creek with no paddle... and a leak boat with no bucket. Picked up a FIS 865PE board that doesn't work... oh well. The trek continues as I await my new Conroe chip to abuse. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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