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AMD Athlon 2500+ & ECS N2U400-A $70 @ Fry's

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AMD Athlon 2500+ (Boxed) 3 years Warranty
Ecs N2U400-A nForce2 Ultra 400 Chipset.

PNY SD Card 512 MB $89.99 after MIR ($109.99 -$20.00 MIR)
 
This is what I was waiting for, will pick it up tonight. I would've been nice it was the 2600 instead what this is nice too. This will be a nice upgrade for my brother from a his Pentium 4 machine!!!
 
There is also a Barebone system with a Boxed Athlon 2700+ and FIC KT-748 with 300W PSU for $179.99 Looks like standard midtower case.
 
Anyone know how that 2500/ECS combo oc's? It sounds like a package that was offered before and I'm pretty sure someone has some experience with it. I'm in if it oc's nicely.

TIA

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maybe you'll hit 3200+, maybe you wont

there's no vcore or mult adjust, only fsb

so if anything, since pci/agp is unlocked, you could take the fsb from 166 to anywhere around ~200
 
Running a combo at 3200+ speed (200FSB), memory at 166Mhz (PC2700) with stock cooler which has a copper slug. No errors in Memtest and Prime 95 (8 hour runs each).

Put in some PC3200 and it should run the memory at 200Mhz.

Get a good power supply and don't forget to plug in the extra 12v connector 😀

As AkumaX pointed out there are no voltage adjustements.

As usual YMMV.
 
Originally posted by: Showtime
Anyone know how that 2500/ECS combo oc's? It sounds like a package that was offered before and I'm pretty sure someone has some experience with it. I'm in if it oc's nicely.
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ECS boards are not usually good for o/c-ing because they usually don't include all the controls you need in the BIOS. OTOH, this deal's a no brainer. The lowest price for this chip on pricewatch.com for the retail chip, alone, is $78.99 (plus shipping) so this is a great deal for a strong basic machine. If you want to o/c the chip, buy the combo, sell the board to a friend at a great price, and use the money to lower your cost for the board you want. 🙂
 
thanks! been waiting for something like this too. just bought the shuttle an35 from newegg yesterday but they said i can get a full refund if i refuse delivery.
 
blacklit: Why don't you keep the Shuttle and sell the ECS board. The Shuttle is one of the best valued Nforce boards and has fair O/C options.
 
I took back my 2600 OEM/n2u400a combo that i bought last week for $79 and bought this combo. it's a better deal IMO.

I have one of these boards running in a test rig with a 2500+ & corsair value select pc3200 2x256mb at 200fsb (mem & cpu) 2.2ghz totally stable with a speeze whisperrock II @ about 33c idle/47c prime95 load. I'm just now testing it at 210fsb 2.31ghz to see how she handles it.
 
Originally posted by: kenrippy
I took back my 2600 OEM/n2u400a combo that i bought last week for $79 and bought this combo. it's a better deal IMO.

I have one of these boards running in a test rig with a 2500+ & corsair value select pc3200 2x256mb at 200fsb (mem & cpu) 2.2ghz totally stable with a speeze whisperrock II @ about 40c idle/47c prime95 load. I'm just now testing it at 210fsb 2.31ghz to see how she handles it.
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i don't normally overclock but i just bought this. i'm considering trying after reading your post. what do you have the voltage set to? sadly i'll still be using my 2x512 PC2100.. until i can shell out more $$.
 
Originally posted by: blacklit
Originally posted by: kenrippy
I took back my 2600 OEM/n2u400a combo that i bought last week for $79 and bought this combo. it's a better deal IMO.

I have one of these boards running in a test rig with a 2500+ & corsair value select pc3200 2x256mb at 200fsb (mem & cpu) 2.2ghz totally stable with a speeze whisperrock II @ about 40c idle/47c prime95 load. I'm just now testing it at 210fsb 2.31ghz to see how she handles it.
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i don't normally overclock but i just bought this. i'm considering trying after reading your post. what do you have the voltage set to? sadly i'll still be using my 2x512 PC2100.. until i can shell out more $$.
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there is no voltage adjustments so you're SOL as far as that goes. the only adjustments are FSB and it's ratio between the FSB & CPU speed. (like Scaramouche said above)

your only real hope of OC'ing with this board is with some good ram & a decent hsf.

update: this rig is totally stable at 210fsb (prime95) 48c with the hardware I listed. (cpu & ram running at 210) 2.31ghz
 
Originally posted by: kenrippy
Originally posted by: blacklit
Originally posted by: kenrippy
I took back my 2600 OEM/n2u400a combo that i bought last week for $79 and bought this combo. it's a better deal IMO.

I have one of these boards running in a test rig with a 2500+ & corsair value select pc3200 2x256mb at 200fsb (mem & cpu) 2.2ghz totally stable with a speeze whisperrock II @ about 40c idle/47c prime95 load. I'm just now testing it at 210fsb 2.31ghz to see how she handles it.
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i don't normally overclock but i just bought this. i'm considering trying after reading your post. what do you have the voltage set to? sadly i'll still be using my 2x512 PC2100.. until i can shell out more $$.
Click to expand...

there is no voltage adjustments so you're SOL as far as that goes. the only adjustments are FSB and it's ratio between the FSB & CPU speed. (like Scaramouche said above)

your only real hope of OC'ing with this board is with some good ram & a decent hsf.

update: this rig is totally stable at 210fsb (prime95) 48c with the hardware I listed. (cpu & ram running at 210) 2.31ghz
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Thats pretty good at stock voltage....
 
Originally posted by: INGlewood78
Originally posted by: kenrippy
Originally posted by: blacklit
Originally posted by: kenrippy
I took back my 2600 OEM/n2u400a combo that i bought last week for $79 and bought this combo. it's a better deal IMO.

I have one of these boards running in a test rig with a 2500+ & corsair value select pc3200 2x256mb at 200fsb (mem & cpu) 2.2ghz totally stable with a speeze whisperrock II @ about 40c idle/47c prime95 load. I'm just now testing it at 210fsb 2.31ghz to see how she handles it.
Click to expand...

i don't normally overclock but i just bought this. i'm considering trying after reading your post. what do you have the voltage set to? sadly i'll still be using my 2x512 PC2100.. until i can shell out more $$.
Click to expand...

there is no voltage adjustments so you're SOL as far as that goes. the only adjustments are FSB and it's ratio between the FSB & CPU speed. (like Scaramouche said above)

your only real hope of OC'ing with this board is with some good ram & a decent hsf.

update: this rig is totally stable at 210fsb (prime95) 48c with the hardware I listed. (cpu & ram running at 210) 2.31ghz
Click to expand...

Thats pretty good at stock voltage....
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tell me about it. my NF7-S, watercooled 2500+ @ 2.4ghz / 218x11 / 2.0vcore & XMS pc3500 C2 BH-5 doesn't do much better than this budget combo.
:Q
 
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