Recent content by KoolMonkey

Hi all, I'm overclocking a 2.8C in an Asus P4P800 Deluxe mobo. I have 4x sticks of Kingston HyperX 512MB PC3500 ram and also an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb video card. I have the FSB set to 230. I have the following set to: CPU VCore Voltage = 1.5625V DDR Reference Voltage = 2.75V AGP VDDQ =...

The Gigabyte looks like a good board. But how is it better than the Leadtek one? Also for the CPU cooler I'm using the Leadtek has more room around the socket for it to fit better. - km

thanks Marlin. I'm not too happy the VIA chipset. I'm sure the boards are ok, I just don't want to get one of them.

Should I get an Asus SK8N board or an Leadtek K8NW motherboard? link to newegg here They are both around the same price and have the same features. my other thread detailing the other parts I am going to get are here - km

Have a read of my other thread concerning why I am going for 4GB of RAM. It's not too hard to find. Going to a dual Opteron is a lot more money but something I have thought about. Tyan look like they have some nice boards, but it's something that's a bit too much for me right now. So far I...

Thanks X-Man but I need 1GB modules. I am putting in 4GB of DDR. So far I've only ever found 2700 sticks. Still that will be faster for what I need to do that 2GB of 3200. Hmm, maybe I should look at the Opteron again. Tyan seem to make a nice board that can hold 12GB of RAM I think. Heck I...

Concerning the Leadtek motherboard, this was posted on newegg "RAM: 4 x 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets for up to 8GB memory PC2700/PC2100/PC1600 DDR SDRAM registered DIMMs (Athlon FX processor supports PC3200)" Does this mean that if you put in an Opteron your max speed memory is PC2700 and if you...

please point me to where I can buy PC3200 registered memory. Newegg doesn't carry it and that where I'm getting most of my parts from. Both these motherboards have the Nvidia chipset. I was hoping someone had actually used one of them or knew something about them. - km

Well I'm close to a descision. Right now it's looking like I'm going to get an Athlon FX system. So far I have the following in mind. COOLER MASTER ATC-201B-BXT Case SilverStone Tech. 400W Power Supply Model SST-ST40F Leadtek K8NW ATX Motherboard for AMD Opteron/Athlon 64 FX AMD Athlon 64...

Anyone know anything about the Asus SK8N motherboard as apposed to the Leadtek K8NW? They both appear to be similar in specifications. I like the look of the Leadtek one but apart from that don't know much about them. - km

I need a new system altogether. - km

Well I'm close to a descision. Right now it's looking like an Athlon FX system. I've heard they are changing the socket soon, but I did read today (can't remember where) that they might not be. Even if they do change the socket the system I have will still kick ass. So, so far I have the...

I will get a dual system next year I think. Probably an Opteron. I don't need a SCSI Raid system. Once my games are loaded the HD hardly doesn't anything. Sure they will help loadup times, but I'd rather spend the $$ on RAM. - km

No my system doesn't really touch the HD much. These are 3D games. But I havn't seen that much of a difference between my ATI 9800 Pro and my 9500 Pro. They both produce about the same speeds. So it's not too graphic intensive in the sense of some psycho fragfest FPS game. What I'm...

thanks for your input. I can't tell you what games I'm playing exactly but they are online ones and don't require insane FPS scores. Mainly just being able to play without lag is what I'm after. I very much like the idea of Opterons. Though i don't think I can manage to get one of these...