Cornelious0_0
05-25-2004, 11:53 AM
Well here's my situation thus far.....
After having a bad experience with voltmodding (killed my first 9800XT) I ended up deciding NOT to attempt the droop mod with my P4C800-E. I ended up selling the P4C800-E to try and get away from the voltage flux.....but in return I got stuck with an AI7 that suffers from artifacting. :(
So now here I sit.....I'm going to be picking up a 3.2C sometime before this fall and a new motherboard to go a long with it. I was originally looking at picking up an Abit IC7-MAX3, but the vdimm problems, combined with apparent memory compatibiliy issues are still pushing me towards the P4C once again. I have owned both motherboards in the past and overall I DID prefer the Asus to the Abit.....but the vcore droop is something that you can NOT ignore when you're overclocking, and I found it very hard to tolerate.
I have things setup so that I wouldn't have to go over 255FSB or go over 2.8v on the memory with the MAX3.....but that's just no fun. ;)
I am willing to go with another P4C800-E only if I can get someone experienced to do the voltmods for me, and of course they would be payed. I am looking to have the droop mod and the vdimm mod done to the board. The reasoning behind the droop mod is obvious, and I want the vdimm mod done because I recently found out that my OCZ PC4000EL will go as tight as 2.5-4-3-5 at 500MHz.....but I need about 3.05v to keep it "happy". ;)
Now down to business.....I am (obviously) going to pay to ship the board.....and anywhere in Canada or the United States is fine. I do not have any of the supplies (pots and such) to send with the board but here's the thing.....I'm willing to pay someone $100 to do both mods for me.....that's $50 per vmod. Afterwards I can cover return shipping if you would like, which is something that can be discussed at the time.
I'm not really sure what all's involved in using/checking either vmod.....so I'm going to require that the mods be tested to be working (and accurate) before the board is sent back. As long as i can boot it up without frying the board I can do adjustments to the pot when I'm in the BIOS to fine tune things.....but I just need to know that it'll be fine when I power up.
Alright, I think that's pretty much it. Like I said, I'm willing to ship the board to ppl in the States as well as my home country of Canada.....as I don't REALLY need the board until the middle of September for a LAN, so a few extra days for shipping each way is no problem.
Please leave me a post here or PM me if you're willing to help me out with this. I fully realise/remember how nice of a board the P4C800-E is, and I can hardly wait to have one that I can overclock to hell and back. :cool:
After having a bad experience with voltmodding (killed my first 9800XT) I ended up deciding NOT to attempt the droop mod with my P4C800-E. I ended up selling the P4C800-E to try and get away from the voltage flux.....but in return I got stuck with an AI7 that suffers from artifacting. :(
So now here I sit.....I'm going to be picking up a 3.2C sometime before this fall and a new motherboard to go a long with it. I was originally looking at picking up an Abit IC7-MAX3, but the vdimm problems, combined with apparent memory compatibiliy issues are still pushing me towards the P4C once again. I have owned both motherboards in the past and overall I DID prefer the Asus to the Abit.....but the vcore droop is something that you can NOT ignore when you're overclocking, and I found it very hard to tolerate.
I have things setup so that I wouldn't have to go over 255FSB or go over 2.8v on the memory with the MAX3.....but that's just no fun. ;)
I am willing to go with another P4C800-E only if I can get someone experienced to do the voltmods for me, and of course they would be payed. I am looking to have the droop mod and the vdimm mod done to the board. The reasoning behind the droop mod is obvious, and I want the vdimm mod done because I recently found out that my OCZ PC4000EL will go as tight as 2.5-4-3-5 at 500MHz.....but I need about 3.05v to keep it "happy". ;)
Now down to business.....I am (obviously) going to pay to ship the board.....and anywhere in Canada or the United States is fine. I do not have any of the supplies (pots and such) to send with the board but here's the thing.....I'm willing to pay someone $100 to do both mods for me.....that's $50 per vmod. Afterwards I can cover return shipping if you would like, which is something that can be discussed at the time.
I'm not really sure what all's involved in using/checking either vmod.....so I'm going to require that the mods be tested to be working (and accurate) before the board is sent back. As long as i can boot it up without frying the board I can do adjustments to the pot when I'm in the BIOS to fine tune things.....but I just need to know that it'll be fine when I power up.
Alright, I think that's pretty much it. Like I said, I'm willing to ship the board to ppl in the States as well as my home country of Canada.....as I don't REALLY need the board until the middle of September for a LAN, so a few extra days for shipping each way is no problem.
Please leave me a post here or PM me if you're willing to help me out with this. I fully realise/remember how nice of a board the P4C800-E is, and I can hardly wait to have one that I can overclock to hell and back. :cool: