Got an excellent deal on a aiw 9800se (£190 inc shipping) that was guaranteed soft modable. Arrived today for my HTPC machine a Lian Li pc 9300. It had a p4 2.4c / 2 x 256 pc3200 and a radeon 9600pro @ 500/660, but the AIW was such a good deal I couldnt turn it down. On the one hand it (the AIW) works excellent, but the problem is that my PSU cant handle the 2.4c when its overclocked to 250fsb / 3.0ghz 
with the 9800se running as well. Although to be honest its only a 200watt matx psu so I shouldnt expect miracles.
Current score on 3dmark2003 is 5500 so its performing well, but 3dmark2001 is only 13500 which shows the CPU as being the current weak part - but then I game on my 32" screen at 800x600 so we are not talking a major issue - but that 2.8ghz prescott is going to find a home PDQ on release.
One thing I do find funny about the 9800se is that the default memory clock is 340ddr but the memory is only 3.3ns.
with the 9800se running as well. Although to be honest its only a 200watt matx psu so I shouldnt expect miracles. Current score on 3dmark2003 is 5500 so its performing well, but 3dmark2001 is only 13500 which shows the CPU as being the current weak part - but then I game on my 32" screen at 800x600 so we are not talking a major issue - but that 2.8ghz prescott is going to find a home PDQ on release.
One thing I do find funny about the 9800se is that the default memory clock is 340ddr but the memory is only 3.3ns.
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