- Jul 14, 2005
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Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale Overclocked to 3.7 on stock HSF
= $189 - Microcenter
GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35
= $94 Fry's
G.SKILL 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
= $49.99 NewEgg
GIGABYTE GV-NX72G512P2 GeForce 7200GS 256MB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 SLI
= $31.99
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151153">SAMSUNG Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 20X DVD±R DVD Burner - OEM
</a>
= $29.99
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147072">Rosewill R6425-P SL Silver SGCC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
</a>
= $24.99
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152022">SAMSUNG SpinPoint P Series SP2004C 200GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
</a>
= $54.99
Cooler Master eXtreme Power 500W
= $10 AR
Total
$483 (Needs 1 more case fan, and thermal paste... + $10 ? )
Thus the total = $493
(Depending on your CPU the price may very)
PATA devices do not work, or are hard to get to work
PS\2 devices do not work, or are hard to get to work
Don't forget:
Bios Settings:
-Change S-Ata mode from Legacy IDE to Native.
-Disable all CPU Thermal settings.
-Do NOT enable AHCI if you have more than 2 S-Ata devices. In Leopard, you cannot see anything past the first 2 S-ata ports with the ICH9 Chipset and AHCI enabled.
-Everything else should pretty much be default/not important if you change.
-Make sure The Leopard drive is set to boot.
-If you are only running 64 Bit Operating Systems (Leopard/Vista64) then change HPET mode to 64bit.
Download the kalyway distribution if you don't know what im talking about google ''kalyway''
Now the fun part, follow this tutorial exactly
Text
Make sure you name your drive 1 word only!
This install i did I used the GUID technique
now to finish this off, the author of that gives multiple drivers for the video card, this is what i used
[http://scottdangel.com/files/NVInstallerV.33.pkg[/L] it will ask you which driver, check the one with 256 vanilla
and it works perfectly
to overclock you CPU in your bios change these
Advanced BIOS Features
C1E - DISABLE
TM2 - DISABLE
EIST - DISABLE
MB Intelligent Tweaker
Robust Graphics Controller - Auto
CPU Host Clock Control - Enable
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) - 100
CIA 2 - Disable
Performance Enhance - Standard
SPD - 2.0
then
in the power management section set the CPU alarm to 70ºc
in the MIT section
keep the power option to automatic, then change the cpu bus speed to 415mhz
then you should be set at 3736 mhz and stable (If your CPU's HSF was installed fine, i have 2 case fans, and in 70ºf room)
I did most if not all my OC testing in XP
~Good Luck
~~Alfa147x
~~~Thanks Kaido for steering me in the right direction
It against versus my macbook
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aten/2261570872/sizes/o/
Edit:
The person over at the tutorial updated with how to up date to 10.5.2
Edit 2: updated install on video card
Edit 3:
When you boot from your DVD it will take 15 mins just boot into the installer, just don't get impatient
Then when you reboot after installing the update for 10.5.2 the 1st reboot will make it just sit and have a wheel rotating under the apple logo; I let it sit here for about 15 mins then hard reboot and it boots up fine
Also when you use the app to restore all settings back to default it will make any NEW accounts 'virgin' as the app calls it; so then just make a new admin account and log into the new admin account and delate the old\original one.
= $189 - Microcenter
GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35
= $94 Fry's
G.SKILL 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
= $49.99 NewEgg
GIGABYTE GV-NX72G512P2 GeForce 7200GS 256MB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 SLI
= $31.99
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151153">SAMSUNG Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 20X DVD±R DVD Burner - OEM
</a>
= $29.99
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147072">Rosewill R6425-P SL Silver SGCC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
</a>
= $24.99
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152022">SAMSUNG SpinPoint P Series SP2004C 200GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
</a>
= $54.99
Cooler Master eXtreme Power 500W
= $10 AR
Total
$483 (Needs 1 more case fan, and thermal paste... + $10 ? )
Thus the total = $493
(Depending on your CPU the price may very)
PATA devices do not work, or are hard to get to work
PS\2 devices do not work, or are hard to get to work
Don't forget:
Bios Settings:
-Change S-Ata mode from Legacy IDE to Native.
-Disable all CPU Thermal settings.
-Do NOT enable AHCI if you have more than 2 S-Ata devices. In Leopard, you cannot see anything past the first 2 S-ata ports with the ICH9 Chipset and AHCI enabled.
-Everything else should pretty much be default/not important if you change.
-Make sure The Leopard drive is set to boot.
-If you are only running 64 Bit Operating Systems (Leopard/Vista64) then change HPET mode to 64bit.
Download the kalyway distribution if you don't know what im talking about google ''kalyway''
Now the fun part, follow this tutorial exactly
Text
Make sure you name your drive 1 word only!
This install i did I used the GUID technique
now to finish this off, the author of that gives multiple drivers for the video card, this is what i used
[http://scottdangel.com/files/NVInstallerV.33.pkg[/L] it will ask you which driver, check the one with 256 vanilla
and it works perfectly
to overclock you CPU in your bios change these
Advanced BIOS Features
C1E - DISABLE
TM2 - DISABLE
EIST - DISABLE
MB Intelligent Tweaker
Robust Graphics Controller - Auto
CPU Host Clock Control - Enable
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) - 100
CIA 2 - Disable
Performance Enhance - Standard
SPD - 2.0
then
in the power management section set the CPU alarm to 70ºc
in the MIT section
keep the power option to automatic, then change the cpu bus speed to 415mhz
then you should be set at 3736 mhz and stable (If your CPU's HSF was installed fine, i have 2 case fans, and in 70ºf room)
I did most if not all my OC testing in XP
~Good Luck
~~Alfa147x
~~~Thanks Kaido for steering me in the right direction
It against versus my macbook
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aten/2261570872/sizes/o/
Edit:
The person over at the tutorial updated with how to up date to 10.5.2
Edit 2: updated install on video card
Edit 3:
When you boot from your DVD it will take 15 mins just boot into the installer, just don't get impatient
Then when you reboot after installing the update for 10.5.2 the 1st reboot will make it just sit and have a wheel rotating under the apple logo; I let it sit here for about 15 mins then hard reboot and it boots up fine
Also when you use the app to restore all settings back to default it will make any NEW accounts 'virgin' as the app calls it; so then just make a new admin account and log into the new admin account and delate the old\original one.
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