BeauJangles
Lifer
Recently my 1.2 fried (my bad, the heatsink wasn't on tight enough) and after getting a new mobo (another 8k7a like the one i had) and an Athlon XP1700+ I put it together last night. I plugged into my watercooling setup which consists of a knock-off maze or maze2 waterblock, a cheapo 4 pass radiator, and a rio200 pump. Well, I plug it in and immediately clock the FSB up to 140. At 1540 mhz the processor is 100% stable, but more impressively my watercooling setup, that some have told me i need to 'upgrade' is keeping it at 28 c idle, 30 c full load. AND, let me say, that both my 120 mm fans on the radiator are 7 volted. 😀
I just wanted to post this, one, because I was impressed, but two because it proves that you don't need brand name $100 components to have effective cooling. I originally spent about $80 bucks on the whole thing. Then I sold my old heatsink (Tiasol copperbottomed) for $18 to a friend and my baybus to him for $20. Therefore I spent about $42 for the entire setup; not much more then the Alpha is.
I just wanted to post this, one, because I was impressed, but two because it proves that you don't need brand name $100 components to have effective cooling. I originally spent about $80 bucks on the whole thing. Then I sold my old heatsink (Tiasol copperbottomed) for $18 to a friend and my baybus to him for $20. Therefore I spent about $42 for the entire setup; not much more then the Alpha is.
