New system need some suggestions.

[ChuNjeH]

Hi, well I'm new to this forum, and have a few questions on my new AMD OC system that I am building over the summer. The current rig that I built online for now costs $915.93 minus a video card, which I already have. Here is the specifications so far.
-eXcaliberPC.com

AMD Athlon XP2500+ 1.83GHZ 512 K 333MHz BARTON Processor (BOX) $102.00

Abit NF7-S V2.0 Motherboard $120.00

Vantec Tornado TD8038H Case Fan x 5 $75.00

Thermaltake A1357 SMART CASE FAN II Variable Fan Speed Control $52.00

Abit nForce2 BIOS (Deluxe) Survival Kit for NF7-S v2.0 Series $15.99

Abit Airflow Pro Pack *2xAPA24+1xAPF18) $19.99

Vantec Nexus Fan Controller NXP201-BK (Black) $25.00

Antec TrueBlue480 Power Supply with Blue LED Internal Illuminati $87.00

Western Digital 60GB 7200 RPM EIDE Hard Drive Model#WD600JB $86.00

-Newegg.com

SONY Black CD-RW Model CRX220E1 52x24x52 - OEM $49.00

Arctic Silver's NEW Premium Silver Polysynthetic Thermal Compound $6.99

Thermalright SLK-900U (Heatsink ONLY). $46.99

SONY 1.44MB 3.5 INCH INTERNAL FDD DRIVE BLACK - OEM $14.00

CORSAIR MEMORY XMS EXTREME MEMORY SPEED SERIES, LOW LATENCY 256 x2 $158.00

-Xoxide.com

Black X-Dreamer $64.99

Lighting: Blue Cold Cathode $15.99

Secondary Lighting: Blue 2nd Cathode $7.99

So I pretty much have everything that I would need, but would like some feedback on where I can improve. Also does anyone know a site that has multiplier settings, and voltage settigns for OCING my barton 2500? Im hoping to burn it in for a few weeks, then try and get it to 2.5 GHz. Also I think the ram I am purchasing might be a low spot too, so help me there the most ;). Well I guess this is a pretty long introduction to my time spent here on these forums. Thanks in advance, ChuNjeH.
Woops almost forgot, Im trying to stay under the $1000 range, and $1100 at most.

[ChuNjeH]

bubump! help please :( :banana: :banana: :banana:

[Major]

ChuNjeH welcome to the Xtreme Forums !! Glad to see you here :)

Not much to say other than it all looks good ! should have some great results, your memory certainlly isn't a week spot ! I think the Corsair XMS series is some of the best.

Good luck to you on your build, and stick around to keep us posted on results !!!

[ChuNjeH]

thanks for the reply, yes ill be sure to keep u guys updated on my results! im hoping to get at least 17000 or 18000 on 3DMarks

[Major]

what video card are you going to use ?

[ChuNjeH]

A GeForce4 Ti4600, im thinking of which cooler to get on it though, any suggestions?

[BrainStorm]

ChuNjeH, welcome to Xtreme! :toast:

Sounds like a really good system. Am wondering, like Major, what video you'll be running.

EDIT: guess that ansered that question :D

[Major]

That should rock ! is this your gameing rig ?

[BrainStorm]

Major, welcome to the first page (top 20)...:toast: You have been posting your ass off lately! :D

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/memberlist.php?s=&what=topposters&perpage=20

[Major]

Hehehehhehe !!!! I figure If I can't out clock um I'll out post them !!!! ;)

P.S. I'm just a needy person !

[BrainStorm]

Works for me, too ;)

BTW, at this rate you'll pass me up by the end of the week! Of course, I'm going to be offline for a day or two.

[ChuNjeH]

actually i have aroudn 380 in the can savin up for a 9900 so the 4600 is a temporary card for now. ANd which cooler should i get for the 4600, just so i can oc it to maybe 360//800 or w/e

[BrainStorm]

Originally posted by ChuNjeH
actually i have aroudn 380 in the can savin up for a 9900 so the 4600 is a temporary card for now. ANd which cooler should i get for the 4600, just so i can oc it to maybe 360//800 or w/e

Actually, if you really want to go Xtreme on air cooling, I've heard of guys using P3 HSFs on their vid cards with great success.

[Major]

ChuNjeH yea thats the way to go with p3 hs, I was at compusa last weekend and saw a thermaltake coper cooler for the TI series of cards, they also had a Zalman heat pipe (knock off) but I don't know if it is all hype or what.

[ChuNjeH]

does teh zalman heatpip work for gf4 's?

[CCW]

Originally posted by Major Slaughter
Hehehehhehe !!!! I figure If I can't out clock um I'll out post them !!!! ;)

P.S. I'm just a needy person !

Thats what I figure!

WELCOME TO THE XTREME ChuNjeH !!!

For graphics cooler I wouldnt go for the rThermal Take, theyre really whiny, make a racket and have been known to fail regulary.

Craig

[Major]

Originally posted by ChuNjeH
does teh zalman heatpip work for gf4 's?

Yep it was for the TI series of graphics cards.

[CCW]

Originally posted by Major Slaughter
CCW doesn't like me anymore ! :( .......as I crawl off into a corner to die in shame.

Uh????

[ChuNjeH]

also, does anyone here know of a website that lists Voltage and Multiplier settings for overclocking the AMD XP's:toast:

[ChuNjeH]

Should I get 512MB Twinmos/Winbond (CH-5 chip) PC3200 CL2.5 184pin DDR400 DIMM (p/n XDC512)x2 instead of the Corsair XMS Low Latency pc3200 DdR? will i get better speesd and benchmark with which ram? also, can i add heatspreaders to the twinmos rams jsut for looks?

[shogan191]

ChuNjeH, that 3200LL is great stuff. Had use of 2x256 for a while and it was some fast memory. The only thing that I might change would be your HD. Maybe bump up to one of the 8MB cache. There are a couple of good new drives out now. Looks like a great summer project.

[Major]

ChuNjeH stick to the corsair.

[ChuNjeH]

yeah, it is a 8mb cache it just isnt written there ;D yah i guess ill stick with the corsair. and also does anyone got a recommendation what i should do right after i get the 2500+ how much should i burn it in, and how much shuold i OC at max with the slk-900u with vantec tornado 92cm ? and also if i should upp the FSB oer the multiplier and how high i should have the voltage at maybe 2.4 2.5 ghz?

[GVCryan]

For those settings your keep talking about, it is simple trial and error multiplication.

It is multiplier x fsb = speed. ie: 166x10 = 1660. If you take the multi to 12, you add 166 to 1660.

Voltage is used to stabilize an overclock. With the setup you are looking at, I would not recommend (or think you need) more than 2v to get what you want.

I think your rig looks good. I would lose the Corsair in favor of some Twinmoss or Corsair 3500.

The new Swiftech rev2 mcx462+ is better than the slk900u, and Swiftech makes a much better quality heatsink than thermalright. It uses 92mm fans as well.

[ChuNjeH]

If i were to get corsari 3500, would I have to volt mod some on my mobo? i dont want to take any risks ie. flashign my bios ? ive heard that if i were to get the 3500 to work on my mobo, i would have to voltmod, could i do that with a program? i dont want to do anything physical but if its just out of the normal bios , ill go for it

[CCW]

Originally posted by Major Slaughter
ChuNjeH stick to the corsair.

Major, what did you mean further up the thread ????


Craig

[ryanpgroovy]

what no ocz recomendations :-(:(