Costa Rican 4/03/02 1.6a...anyone else got 1?????

[kingchisler]

Just got it from newegg, and was curious if anyone has a 1.6a like mine and how it overclocks.

thanks

eddie

also what week would it be?

 

[THUGSROOK]

it should overclock somewhere between 2400mhz/150fsb and 2656mhz/166fsb depending on hardware.

 

[kingchisler]

thanks Thug...I will be reading your long thread about overclocking, so I can give it a shot next week.

2.4ghz, i will be a happy camper.

eddie

this is what I will be using....since you are the expert, please tell me if I did ok getting these components, and am I missing something?

1.6a
512MB Samsung 2700
AS3
Epox 4BDA2+
Antec TruePower 430W PSU

 

[THUGSROOK]

good stuff
the epox board may be a challenge - but oldfart knows epox boards well. im sure hed reply to an epox thread ina split second!

gluck

 

[chiangm]

Just got mine locally, Pack Date: 04/10/02, and it's running @ 175fsb so far.

Here are some benchmarks.

 

[kingchisler]

I was going to buy the asus board you have proven to be a great oc board. newegg WAS OOS, so I went with the Epox, which comes very highly recommended over at Hardforums. Hopefully it can get me to my goal of 2.4GHZ. I appreciate the replies, I will keep everyone updated on my progress, as I am sure I will have a bunch of questions.

eddie

 

[kingchisler]

wow chiangm....that's great. I hope I can do as good. Sweet OC.

eddie

what hardware are you using?

 

[THUGSROOK]

chiangm please explain that heatsink :Q

 

[Zxabils]

Very interesting heatsink. Appears to utilize heatpipe technology as a heavy source of its cooling efficientcy. Make sure to post us some results for us.

 

[AznRyda]

holy poop thats a nice heatsink.

does it have vtec? does it engage at 6k rpms?

 

[Jwyatt]

i got a 4/3 package date also from newegg.

does 2800mhz with a decent setup you could get this too. Im upping my ps hoping to get her to 180fsb!

 

[Jwyatt]

chiangm is that a heatpipe heatsink or the one that filled with some sort of freon stuff? Those are some nice benchmarks. Beats my msi 845 with 1.6a@175 on all of them. Memory is 600points higher!!

 

[chiangm]

The heatsink is a prototype from TaiSol, which is not available yet.
I just took some pictures, and have not tried it yet.
One thing I know the production ones will be made of copper.
I'll keep you guys posted.

 

[Jgtdragon]

The heatsink looked freakin huge. Must weight a ton.

 

[chiangm]

It is big but very light in weight.

 

[x86guy]

4/17/02 Package date here.