ReelFiles Posted April 17, 2008 Posted April 17, 2008 Doc is sending me a better heat sink so maybe I can even OC this 1700. Ideally I would like to find a faster chip or a mobile for it though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Blooz1 Posted April 18, 2008 Posted April 18, 2008 It's funny, I was just thinking about this subject last night! I've had my last running Socket "A" (Biostar mATX/1700 T-Bred "B"/1 Gb ram/ Sapphire 9600Pro) laying around in "retirement" for about 6 months. It's last usage was as the basis for my semi-abortive Linux explorations. For most of it's existence it's been a music server/HTPC, and has been ultra-reliable rig. I recently began to re-teach myself guitar (I played heavily for about 12 years back in the 60's-70's, then stopped), and I'm going to have a a need for a music server once more. I'm teaching myself how to undo old "bad habits" of playing, and want to get back to the neverending task, conversion of vinyl albums to a digital format. I truly hate this task, but I still have a load of blues albums that need to be converted! Since this rig is already running, I was thinking I should swap in my trusty unlocked Barton 2500, 9800Pro, and some bigger HD's, then put it back to work! This rig has already been O/C'ed to 2.3Ghz for about 3 years without an issue, but the Barton will run at 2.4 24/7/365 at about 6-8 degrees cooler than the 1700B, so it's worth swapping. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReelFiles Posted April 18, 2008 Posted April 18, 2008 No, no you don't wanna to do that.. you wanna send that Baton to me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
portugesepirate Posted April 20, 2008 Posted April 20, 2008 this is still my main rig....i havent found anything that it couldnt do yet....i believe in these nforce2 boards so much i built one for the wife......shuttle mn31n..xp3200cpu.....1gb total geil dual channel ddr2....xfx7300gs.....this old platform rocks....once again wanna thank everyone that has helped me on this forum:) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted April 21, 2008 Posted April 21, 2008 I was feeling the need for some sistah love so I began searching the forums and ebay for a deal on one, some of the old nf2 MB prices are thru the roof, who would have thunk it. When I saw a DFI UI & xp-m2400 being offered on a forum for $40.00 shipped I nearly crapped my pants, I imagined someone would sneak in and steal the deal as has happened in the past or that the mb would have some probs but I ended up getting it anyway. Hooked everything up last nite on the bench w/a used Fortron/FSP 500w (heavy psu) I found for $30 shipped and an old AGP card, hit the power switch and she posted, 1st hurdle past. I've been working a lot of hrs lately and have more than one project going so I don't know when I'll be able to get everything in a case but will give an update when I do. P.S. The xp-m2400 ended up being a xp-m2600 IQYHA 0348, he had forgotten what was in the board, sweet! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Blooz1 Posted April 22, 2008 Posted April 22, 2008 Man, you stole that setup, playah! Keep us posted on that rig as it goes along - you know everybody here loves them "ho's"! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted May 9, 2008 Posted May 9, 2008 Mine is still up and running. In fact it's my main home PC! Not a problem in over 2 years now. Can't justify the jump to Vista yet, XP runs great! Got 2 more LPB NF2 setups running around the house as well. No complaints. OOps, my sig is gone... gottta fix that right away... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReelFiles Posted May 10, 2008 Posted May 10, 2008 I just cleaned my file server up a bit, changed the CPU cooler from stock to a Thermalright SI-97 (thanks doc). Temps dropped 15C with a Sunon 92mm fan, very nice. I also took both north and south bridge coolers off, cleaned them and applied some FrozenCPU Copper Thermal Compound. Now i can just barely hear it sitting next to my desk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gustie Posted January 9, 2009 Posted January 9, 2009 heh my Nf2 rig is still alive! just found some mushkin redline XP4000 2gig ram for it... hope it does good things!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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