AMD 64 3000 (1.8 GHz) vs. AMD 64 3700 (2.2GHz)

[m1ldslide1]

And yes, my system does sound like a refrigerator. It's fine with headphones on, but I have to turn it off to hear the television across the room. It's kinda like the guys with noisy motorcycles, but WAY nerdier and WAY less likely to impress the girls.

 

[NaOH]

Originally posted by: m1ldslide1
And yes, my system does sound like a refrigerator. It's fine with headphones on, but I have to turn it off to hear the television across the room. It's kinda like the guys with noisy motorcycles, but WAY nerdier and WAY less likely to impress the girls.

lol...have you tried fan controllers? Not dissing your rig. Jw cause I have the same prob and it helped me a little bit. Especially when I'm just running torrent, aim, perfectdisk etc and I am taking a nap.

 

[m1ldslide1]

I have never tried out the fan controllers, like Cool n Quiet and stuff like that. I figure that since the noise is kind of a point of pride I'd just as soon have everything as cool as possible all the time. I'd also like to upgrade to a Zalman 9500 HSF in the near future, and I've heard that will be quieter than the stock HSF? Anyhow, heat management = 99% priority, sound management = 1% priority. Like I said, I don't even notice with my headphones on (which they always are).

 

[NaOH]

I usuall use them when I'm idling, and they are the physical fan controllers (fans hooked up to potentiometers, knobs). But I know what you're saying. It's a matter of pref. =)

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: AMDUALY
I usuall use them when I'm idling, and they are the physical fan controllers (fans hooked up to potentiometers, knobs). But I know what you're saying. It's a matter of pref. =)

how is that evga m/b? assuming it is the one that comes in the bundle with the card...

 

[NaOH]

It is the one that comes with the video card. It works perfectly. i was skeptical at first and was going to get an Asus due to reputation and past experience (built 3 computers using their boards without ever a problem). But this was a really good deal and I couldn't pass it up. I previously ran an ECS (POS) mobo with P4 2.66.

It runs rock solid and comes with plenty of settings in the bios to make overclocking (and all other settings) pretty intuitive. I clocked up my CPU by 200Mhz and ram to 440 in 10 secs. I'm testing to see if it is stable before I push it any further. Layout was pretty clean also. Only thing that might deter me was that it wasn't true 16x SLi on while running both lanes. Overall, I had a good experience with this board. Suprisingly...


Edit: It's also UV reactive for that extra bling... If you're into that kind of thing.

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: AMDUALY
It is the one that comes with the video card. It works perfectly. i was skeptical at first and was going to get an Asus due to reputation and past experience (built 3 computers using their boards without ever a problem). But this was a really good deal and I couldn't pass it up. I previously ran an ECS (POS) mobo with P4 2.66.

It runs rock solid and comes with plenty of settings in the bios to make overclocking (and all other settings) pretty intuitive. I clocked up my CPU by 200Mhz and ram to 440 in 10 secs. I'm testing to see if it is stable before I push it any further. Layout was pretty clean also. Only thing that might deter me was that it wasn't true 16x SLi on while running both lanes. Overall, I had a good experience with this board. Suprisingly...


Edit: It's also UV reactive for that extra bling... If you're into that kind of thing.

thanks, since we don't even saturate a agp 8x slot i am not too worried about 2x 16x for gpus. i have run ecs boards too, mine was very stable for a couple of years, go figure.

 

[TriggerHappy101]

Originally posted by: m1ldslide1

Originally posted by: TriggerHappy101

Originally posted by: m1ldslide1

Opterons can hit 2.7 on air :/

My 3700+ san diego hit 2.81 on air =P. Don't have on your chip - it's not an opty180 but it's still badA.

How much was your heatsink?

I'm using the stock heatsink that came with the CPU. I do have a high-speed 120mm exhaust fan and a high-speed 90mm intake fan on my case, Arctic silver5, round IDE cables, etc to try to make my system as air-friendly as humanly possible. I also have a 80mm suspended to blow directly on my RAM (mushkin with the open-top heatspreaders).

All in all I've spent like 50 bucks optimizing my airflow. According to my ASUS utility my CPU idles between 29-31 C (depending on ambient room temp) and gets up to 46-47 under load. I don't think I've seen better temps on air from anybody, especially with my OC, so either I've done something very right or my asus utility is feeding me bogus info. I think it's the former 🙂

Intresting...

I have two 120mm fans. 1 PCI slot fan. And a really ventalated case. I have all my cables wrapped up and tucked to the side as much as possible. I think my bios was telling me my temps were like 35 idle.... Im not sure - ill have to check.

 

[twitchee2]

back to OCing the 37, i can hit 2.8+ on air with SI-120

 

[fire400]

Originally posted by: stevty2889
Unless you are running at a low resolution, you are going to be almost entirely limited by your video card, so your CPU isn't going to make a huge differance in games anyway..and you have the far better video card..

finally someone sez something about the video card. just shut up about the processor, obviously 3Dmark is called that by its name. it's just a benchmark, your video card kills that 6600 line up.

so play your damn games and quit moaning about the processor.

_jk