entrancer0122 Posted January 3, 2004 Posted January 3, 2004 (edited) Catastrophic Failure of MOBO + Holiday Pay = Me just spending $300 at Newegg. AMD Athlon XP 2500+ "Barton", 333 FSB, 512K Cache Processor - OEM DFI nForce2 Ultra 400 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket A CPU, Model "NFII ULTRA INFINITY" -RETAIL Antec 480W Power Supply,Model "TRUE480" -RETAIL Arctic Silver's NEW Premium Silver Polysynthetic Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5. 3.5-gram( 1 cc. ) tube. Thermaltake Xtra Accessories-Ducting Mod,P/N:A1442,Retail. I had a KD7 with XP2000 OCed and voltage issues (.tty 400W PSU) fried my MOBO and Corrupted my HD. For that reason I went with The True 480 ANTEC. I heard alot about them - GOOGLE - as was the same for the DFI. One question; however, Bigred? You've built a few with these, any problems with HSF mounting. I'm aware that the CPU is locked, but at $120, albeit for a AQXEA unlocked, I'd rather spend the $85:^). Does anyone think I'll have a prob pushing to 200 FSB with decent cooling, and by decent I mean alright not good. Volcano 9 - eh. What can I say it worked well before and the ABIT reported temps high so with any luck. The duct is to hopefully kill the dead spot on my HSF. I'm thinking that with the copper slug going all the way through on my HSF and a dead center I probably would benefit from a duct. Edited January 3, 2004 by entrancer0122 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
asus Posted January 3, 2004 Posted January 3, 2004 I would not use a valcano for that.. i would use.. water if your going to push the FSB without the multiplyer!! I would go for the 120 dollar one unlocked... there is no point and trying to push the fsb up to high.. make shure you have GOOD RAM.. if you dont.. even with great cooling for ram, cpu, ect.. you wont get the fsb passed 190!! SO.. i would eather get better cooling and ram, and go with the locked barton.. or keep what ya have and go for the 120 barton unlocked Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuZziELiTLpAnDa Posted January 3, 2004 Posted January 3, 2004 i disagree specs look good enough to reach 200fsb. it really isnt as hard as it sounds. i had some doubts as well about reaching 200fsb with my current specs, but look at me now hehe. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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