need advices for the motherboard and cpu

[mr.penco]

hi all,
i am new in this forum and this is my first post.
i just bought a amd athlon 64 3200+ 939 venice core,thinking that i can hit 2.7 or 2.8ghz on air cooling,i going to use thermaltake beetle fan.i have a freind with same cpu and cpu cooler and his cpu idle temp. is 31-32c and full load 36-37.(ambient temp. 30c)(runing at stock speed).
i am just waiting for my motherboard gigabyte GA-K8NS PRO-939.
please can someone tell me if these three motherboards(gigabyte GA-K8NSNXP-939,GA-K8NS Ultra-939,GA-K8NS Pro-939)use the same bios and overclocking options?
well,i dont know if i can hit 540mhz on my ram. my ram use micron chips same like Crucial Ballistix PC3200.
please give me tips for my mobo to hit highest oc possible.

[The Weedman]

Unless youve got a sweet chip dont expect 2.9 on air. Those 3 boards probably wont have the same options or overclocking ability since it would be useless to sell 3 different boards at 3 diff prices that are all the same. Your ram will need a major amount of voltage to get to 270mhz if they are the same memory im thinking about they run at 2-2-2-5 timings. Something like utt.

[mr.penco]

so what can i do?
buy two new stick of ram?
or voltmod the mobo to get higher voltage for ram?

[The Weedman]

You can get a ocz ddr booster.

[mr.penco]

how many ddr booster i will need for two ddr sticks?

[nn_step]

gigabyte boards are very stable but they are not the best for overclocking...
A DFI would be best but if you put great ram in and crank up the voltage... you should go far...

[mr.penco]

i would like to have dfi mobo,but the place where i live there is very dificult to get good stuff.i can´t get a ddr booster. the only thing that i have to is voltmod the mobo.i feel so sad,i cant push system to its limit.:(
tomorrow i will reciev the mobo(gigabyte ga-k8ns pro 939) and next day the cpu cooler(thermaltake beetle).i will try to find the ddr bosster.
what do you think about this mobo gigabyte ga-k8ns pro 939 nvidia nforce 3 ultra?

[nn_step]

have you tried newegg, zoomfly or any website?

[.sentinel]

The thermaltake bettle is not very good. I would suggest a XP-90

[mr.penco]

The thermaltake bettle is not very good. I would suggest a XP-90

my freind have this cooler and it is amezing.
he is using amd athlon 64 3200+(stock speed)
the room temp is 29-30c,
his cpu at idle is 32c and 36-37 full load.i dont think that this cooler is too bad.

[The Weedman]

my freind have this cooler and it is amezing.
he is using amd athlon 64 3200+(stock speed)
the room temp is 29-30c,
his cpu at idle is 32c and 36-37 full load.i dont think that this cooler is too bad.
That doesnt seem quite right. Even with an xp-90 on my +3200 at stock with the ambient temp at 24c my idle is about 30c and load at 42c. I know for sure that the xp-90 wastes a tt beetle. Its a good possibility that your friends temp sensor is bunk or your using the internet to load it up instead of an actual program.

[mr.penco]

he use easytune 4 and bios to check the temp.he is getting lower temp,may be because he is using dual fan for the beetle.i also dont understand why he is getting to lower temp. i opened his case side panel to touch the beetle cooper hitsink and it was cold :slobber: .
he i using thermaltake soprano case with side panel.
can someone tell me why he is getting to low temp? :confused: