AMD Newbie

[Nebor]

I just ordered some parts to put together an AMD system. I got a white enermax case, 3 red LED fans, an Abit... NF7 motherboard, and an AMD 2500+ Barton, as well as 512mb Corsair 3200LL. My question is, While the CPU and board are rated at 333fsb (i think) can I turn them up to 400fsb to match my ram? I mean, AMDs are all about overclocking, right? Also, what kind of heatsink should I get to put on this bad boy? Is the stock one any good?

 

[Corporate Thug]

if you are gonna OC get a slk800 and yes you can run it at 400 FSB

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: shady06
if you are gonna OC get a slk800 and yes you can run it at 400 FSB

A cheaper solution would be an SK-7... keeps my XP2500 below 50 C (actual core temp taken from thermal diode) with a 70mm 4000 RPM fan. I don't think the SLK-800 will mount to an Opteron or Athlon-64 will it? If not, no sense in spending more money on that one when an SK-7 will do the job just fine for your XP2500 and won't be able to be used with AMD's new line of CPU's.

 

[Nebor]

Will it fit on my motherboard? I've heard people say that certain one's won't fit on AMD motherboards?

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: Nebor
Will it fit on my motherboard? I've heard people say that certain one's won't fit on AMD motherboards?

Well... a P4 heatsink won't fit on an AMD motherboard... but that's obvious. Some motherboards have capacitors and whatnot too close to the CPU socket that interfere with the heatsink... however, I have PLEANTY of room around my SK-7 on my A7N8X Deluxe.

 

[CrystalBay]

Yes your heatsink will fit NP, even a slk9xx will fit on the mighty abit...

 

[Nebor]

I like how you called it the 'mighty' abit... that made me feel smart. So an SLK 800 will go on both my Abit IC7-G and my Abit NF7?

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: Nebor
I like how you called it the 'mighty' abit... that made me feel smart. So an SLK 800 will go on both my Abit IC7-G and my Abit NF7?

slk800U can go on both, slk800A will only work with amd boards