P-4 1.8a and TH7II?

[gringoloco]

I'm planning a new box for the house and I wanted to hear of problems with set-up using Win2K pro or XP pro. I do not want to over-clock and play with all the settings, more interested in a stable machine. Somehow the idea of running liquid nitrogen thru the heatsink is a little too extreme!!! (but to each his own) My first build was a 286-12 (or 16) and a huge 80 meg HDD! A lot has changed since then. I made the current one also but didn't have many problems.

I'm running Win98SE BE6-II w/ P-2 350
256mb pc100
Kenwood truX 72 cdrom
HP 9710 cdrw
Matrox Mellinium G400max32m
SB live MP3+ w/cheapo espeakers
2-20 gb WD HDDs uata100 7200
3c905c 10/100 nic w/DSL
19" CTX monitor
Enlight 723x? case

I plan to keep many of the components but add speakers, a 100gb WD HHD uata100 7200, case and cpu/m-board combo.

I would appreciate some feedback (unless you're gonna laugh at my choice of cpu!!)

 

[TNOguy]

Er, overclocking doesn't equate to unstable machine....... at least in my AMD XP 1800+ o'clocked in the BIOS to an XP 1900+ experience....

TNOguy

 

[gringoloco]

What I meant was that I work on electronics equipment all day and when I get home I just want to play with the apps and not tweak stuff. Judging by the number of boards that are geared towards O/Cing, it's becoming popular.
Thanks for your response.

 

[chickendinner]

i have a 1.8 and the th7II (raid) board running win xp pro. no problems so far. except taht damn radeon...but thats a story in its own.
as for stability its rock solid. good oc'er too with stock cooling and a Nor'wood youll be fine.