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    I need a new AthlonXP

    I've been very happy for over a year with my AXP-M 2600+. I haven't tinkered with overclocking in so long that I don't remember my exact voltages etc., but right now it's running at 2.2ghz, and I believe it's under 1.5 volts. I ran it at 2.4ghz for 6 months at 1.6 volts or so, but I eventually...
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    CPU-Z readings.

    also, many motherboard manufacturers actually perform at a slightly higher clock rate than what is listed in the bios. my ep-8rda3+ comes from the factory ~0.9mhz FSB faster than what the bios shows. at the 11x cpu multiplier i run, that comes out to about 10mhz, and coupled with it slightly...
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    Athlon XP-M 2600+ @ 2.75GHz

    Gotta love those cpus. I got my 2600+ mobile a few weeks ago, spent a few hours drawing up a graph of speeds vs voltages, but the best I could get it to run prime95 was 2688@1.9v. Didn't make a difference up to 2 volts, and I didn't push it further than that for lack of cooling. Not sure what...
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    overclocking the agp slot

    I've searched some and couldn't find a clear answer to this... My motherboard (Epox 8RDA3+) lets me set the AGP slot frequency 1 mhz at a time, exactly what effect does this have on the video card performance? Especially in combination with overclocking the card itself. If it does help out...
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    Older AMD CPU related question

    The specs on Abit's site say that it takes PC100 or 133 memory, so it should handle a 266 Athlon just fine. A lot of older boards will have a jumper somewhere near the cpu or northbridge that lets you change clock frequencies. Might want to wait for someone who actually has one to speak up...
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    XP-M 2600+ and 8RDA3+, locked multiplier?

    Alright, I thought it might be a hard limit on my motherboard. I updated the bios yesterday, no change, but it's all good, I didn't plan to run at 133 fsb anyway, and the 12.5x is sufficient for me to get a good overclock. That 2.9ghz at 232x12.5 just happens to be all my motherboard will do...
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    Microsoft.com shuns Mac users?

    well, not really, but... check this out notice the part below "Get Started: Select your operating system" it's like, get lost, losers! was humorous at first glance, anyway :) p.s. no offense intended to those of you unfortunate enough to have a mac
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    XP-M 2600+ and 8RDA3+, locked multiplier?

    Forgive me if I'm reiterating an old topic that I may have missed when searching... I bought a mobile 2600+ from newegg the other day, which I love, got it up to 2.9ghz (232*12.5) @ 2.0 volts on air, but running nice and cool at 2.5ghz @ 1.7 volts, 41 degrees idle with a fan like a hair dryer...
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    *** Official EPoX 8RDA/+ (nForce2) Thread ***

    got the problem with sound fixed, had to turn off hardware acceleration, there's not any. so far running sweet, can't wait to get my geil pc3500 in so i can push the limits on this board.
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    Impressive Kingston memory

    Just pulled it out and looked, I can't find a brand of chip on it, just says "32Mx8 DDR-7-T" on each chip. They're 256 meg sticks, single sided. I'm pretty sure this stuff is new (bought it unopened on eBay), maybe it's so late in the game for PC2100, and PC2700 is so close to the same price...
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    Impressive Kingston memory

    Finally settled on an OC I'm happy to run constantly at, 2.013 ghz (11.5x175). Again I must say that I love this memory for what it is, tested perfectly under Memtest86 at 2.0-2-2-6 timings now at 177 mhz, at 2.9 volts (still not really even warm). Thanks for the advice, McArra, I'm now...
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    Athlon 2500XP+ Barton or Athlon 2600XP+ 333FSB

    it's why the 2500+ is one of the best deals in cpus right now, you take one and clock it at 400 FSB without any multiplier changes, and *voila* you've got a 3200+. can't guarantee, of course, but I've heard that most will do it on stock voltage. of course, you're still having to use pc3200 to...
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    Looking for an AMD mobo

    Epox 8RDA3+ has all the features you listed. nForce2 I'm using PC2100, I hear of some rich people using PC4000, don't know if there is a limit 3 slots, put in 2 sticks for dual channel DDR (there's not much difference between SC and DC if you use an athlon) FSB is clockable from 100-250...
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    Impressive Kingston memory

    hopefully it'll last just long enough for me to get a barton 2500+. speaking of which, when i do, anyone want to buy a t-bred 2200+ in, *ahem* 'like new' condition? it's only about 2 months old :) little bit of thermal grease on it is all... anyway, seriously, how high of vcore should i...
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    Impressive Kingston memory

    Just thought I'd let you guys know about my experience with two sticks of Kingston ValueRAM PC2100 256MB. I started testing on my 8RDA3+ half heartedly, not expecting to get these up past 140 or 150 FSB at 100% fsb:memory. Used memtest86, surprised the hell out of me when the first errors...
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    *** Official EPoX 8RDA/+ (nForce2) Thread ***

    I've yet to have a problem with Kazaa Lite after 4 months of use, it's sweet. Anyway... Just received my 8RDA3+ from NewEgg, evidently they're shipping revision 2.0. Came with a pretty nice looking heatsink AND fan on the northbridge, and a copper heatsink on the southbridge. Not as nice...
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    my lil cluster project

    Well, good thing I haven't bought anything yet, because now I'm lusting over Epox 8KHA+ boards, they go for around 15 on eBay. One of the best KT266A boards, according to articles here on AnandTech :) And for being close to the same price, a nice 1800+ Palomino is much more appealing than an...
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    my lil cluster project

    Well, not quite free, but dirt cheap. Computer Surplus Outlet has 800 mhz S370 Celerons for 39 bucks each, and with riser card and shipping these motherboards come out to about 15 dollars apiece. Any P4 is gonna run 100+, and at least 30 for the board, so... *shrug* Utility costs for an 8...
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    NLX board questions

    Hehe, sorry, one more and I'll quit just pumping up my posts count. Detailed specs for the board are here.
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    my lil cluster project

    I keep forgetting stuff when I post :P More detailed specs are here.
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    my lil cluster project

    I already posted something about this in the motherboards forum, but I was wondering if you guys could give me some advice too, as I want to use this for SETI. There is a deal going on eBay right now for a lot of 5 Socket 370 NLX-factor motherboards, I contacted the company, and can probably...
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    NLX board questions

    Oh yeah, forgot to mention, the cluster will be running SETI exclusively, so the PSUs need to be able to handle the high CPU usage. Thanks :)
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    NLX board questions

    I've been wanting to put together a small, low buck cluster as a project for a while now, and found what looks like a good deal on eBay for some surplus Gateway motherboards. They're NLX form factor, use the i815 chipset, socket 370 up to 933 mhz, up to 512 megs of PC133. Waiting on a response...
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    SETI: Welcome our newest member (Sept 10th) - Montrey

    Thanks guys :) I work on an online RPG, I'm gonna see if I can get a few of those guys to join with some game rewards incentives. Hopefully the upgrades I'm doing to my computer in the next few days will allow me to do a WU in under 19 hours -.-