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11-21-2006, 07:34 PM
I am not an enthusiastic gamer and bought this couple weeks ago. I am glad to share my results with people who like a CA$1000 budget pc.
I am not an enthusiastic over-clocker but I'd like to over-clock a bit safely.
Ok. my specs:
E6300 1.86GHz CPU - CA$ 215
P5B Deluxe/no wifi - CA$ 215
1G DDR2 PC5300 Kingston Value Ram - CA$ 145
Antec 1050B Case + 500 W PSU - CA$140
ATI x1950xt 256M/oem - CA$285
Total: CA$ 1000
You may find cheaper price in US. As I know the P5BD only cost CA$ 195 and others are 5-10 bucks cheaper right now. It may only cost US$ 800 in total.
Over Clock:
1.86GHz ---> 400*7 = 2.8GHz with V1.25 (Yes, I decreased it to V1.25 and very stable.)
667 Ram ---> 400*2 = 800MHz with V1.80 (Yes, no extral voltage needed. However SPD is at 5-5-5-15. If I add to V1.90, it can run at 4-4-4-12 stable.)
x1950xt 256M ---> can run at Core: 682MHz Ram: 950*2 MHz (stable but a little bit noisy)
Antec 500W PSU come with the case is pretty good. It has 4 individual module output. +5V/32A +3.3V/32A +12V1/17A +12V2/19A +5SB/2A
You may add another 1G Kingston Value Ram as you wish. I do not recommend PC6400 Ram like Kingston HyperX for at the same price you can even double your memory. 2G PC5300 do overcome 1G PC6400.
As I said, my goal is to build a mid-end pc with less money.
Results:
For CPU and RAM are both over-clocked at lower voltage V1.25 and V1.80. I post the results based on that. It's very safe and stable. (Yes, all other voltage settings are at their lowest like NB, SB, PCIE, etc.)
I did test 3D05/3D06 based on original and over-clocked x1950xt.
The attached contain CPUZ, Super PI results and 3D05/3D06 results.
Oh, I forgot to mention the monitor. I run the test based on my old dell 19' crt. I am going to buy a 22' wide screen LCD. I like it's 0.285 pix font size at 1680 * 1050 (good for x1950xt 256M) and 5ms response time. Two are in my list Viewsonic VX2235WM and Samsung 225BW. Viewsonic only cost 400 and Samsung is 50 bucks greater. Anyone here has any experience with 225BW?
Forgot the hd too. :)
It's seagate 320G SATA2 NCQ. HD-Tach result is Burst: 246 MB/s Average: 67.1 MB/s.
I am not an enthusiastic over-clocker but I'd like to over-clock a bit safely.
Ok. my specs:
E6300 1.86GHz CPU - CA$ 215
P5B Deluxe/no wifi - CA$ 215
1G DDR2 PC5300 Kingston Value Ram - CA$ 145
Antec 1050B Case + 500 W PSU - CA$140
ATI x1950xt 256M/oem - CA$285
Total: CA$ 1000
You may find cheaper price in US. As I know the P5BD only cost CA$ 195 and others are 5-10 bucks cheaper right now. It may only cost US$ 800 in total.
Over Clock:
1.86GHz ---> 400*7 = 2.8GHz with V1.25 (Yes, I decreased it to V1.25 and very stable.)
667 Ram ---> 400*2 = 800MHz with V1.80 (Yes, no extral voltage needed. However SPD is at 5-5-5-15. If I add to V1.90, it can run at 4-4-4-12 stable.)
x1950xt 256M ---> can run at Core: 682MHz Ram: 950*2 MHz (stable but a little bit noisy)
Antec 500W PSU come with the case is pretty good. It has 4 individual module output. +5V/32A +3.3V/32A +12V1/17A +12V2/19A +5SB/2A
You may add another 1G Kingston Value Ram as you wish. I do not recommend PC6400 Ram like Kingston HyperX for at the same price you can even double your memory. 2G PC5300 do overcome 1G PC6400.
As I said, my goal is to build a mid-end pc with less money.
Results:
For CPU and RAM are both over-clocked at lower voltage V1.25 and V1.80. I post the results based on that. It's very safe and stable. (Yes, all other voltage settings are at their lowest like NB, SB, PCIE, etc.)
I did test 3D05/3D06 based on original and over-clocked x1950xt.
The attached contain CPUZ, Super PI results and 3D05/3D06 results.
Oh, I forgot to mention the monitor. I run the test based on my old dell 19' crt. I am going to buy a 22' wide screen LCD. I like it's 0.285 pix font size at 1680 * 1050 (good for x1950xt 256M) and 5ms response time. Two are in my list Viewsonic VX2235WM and Samsung 225BW. Viewsonic only cost 400 and Samsung is 50 bucks greater. Anyone here has any experience with 225BW?
Forgot the hd too. :)
It's seagate 320G SATA2 NCQ. HD-Tach result is Burst: 246 MB/s Average: 67.1 MB/s.