XtremeSystems - The Best Of

[saaya]

i thougt it was time for a "best of XS" thread
...so i started to collect all kinds of threads and articles that we got a lot of attenion for and that played an important role in the history of xs
in short, things to be to be proud of

i hope this can help our new members a little to find the answers to the questions they are looking for and many very nice threads and guides they can learn a lot from and improve their knwoledge and skills
if you have a question or want to add a thread then please post here or pm me





previews/reviews:

dfi 754 exclusive preview
ocz 3-2-2 low latency ddr2 memory preview
exclusive preview of sapphire ati xpress enthusiast board
exclusive AMD venice 3800+ preview
exclusive AMD venice 3500+ preview
exclusive AMD san diego 4200+ preview
DFI 925x T2 exclusive preview



galleries:

general case gallery
XTREME case/system gallery
air cooling gallery
watercooling gallery
TEC gallery
water chill gallery
phase change gallery




world records:

400FSB on the intel 865/875 chipset world record
oppainter manages to reach and hold the #1 spot in 3dmark2001 2003 and 2005 at the same time
fx53@3600mhz world record
prescott @6000mhz with ln² world record
DDR750 world record
FX5800 world record in 3dmark2001
prescott @6000mhz on phase change world record
fx55 @3800mhz on cascade cooling world record
Intel Prescott@7.2Ghz world record
FX55 @3692mhz on dry ice world record
FX55 @4000mhz on phase change world record
BH5@296.7mhz 2-2-2-3 in dual channel world record
10332 mb/s DDR1 memory bandwidth world record
10411 mb/s DDR1 memory bandwidth world record
1M SuperPi & 32M SuperPi & Hexus Pifast AthlonXP world record
A64 newark 3700+ @3516 mhz



accomplishments:
Team XtremeSystems reaches rank5 in distributed folding
XS D²OL team reaches 3,000,000 points!
DDTUNG takes 1st on the D²OL team ladder!
XS D²OL team hits 30K/day!
XS D²OL team hits 40K/day!
XS D²OL team reaches rank 5!
The XS D2OL team hits 4 Million points overall


databases/high score collection:

athlon64 overclock database
pifast database
super pi database
3dmark2001 database
3dmark2001 tweaking guide
mobile barton oc database
mobile athlon64 oc database
BH5 stepping/oc database





articles and guides:

mainboards amd
mainboard vmod archive
L12 mod article and guide
NF7/NF7-s vtt mod article and guide
abit nf7/nf7-s tweaking guide
DFI lanparty and infinity nforce2 tweak guide
xtremesystems nforce2 tweak utility by codered
ultimate S939 mainboard guide - tweaking guide ,known bugs, and fixes
asus k8n/k8n-e tweaking guide
msi neo2 939 a64 tweaking guide
memory tweaking on the DFI NF4 boards article
DFI NF4 pcpnc 850W and zippy 700W guide

mainboards intel
mainboard vmod archive
915p mainboard results/tweaking guide
asus p4c800/p4p800 tweaking guide
epox 4pca3+ tweaking guide

cpus amd
modded bios collection
a64 wpcredit tweak guide
a64 sudden death syndrome article and help guide
athlon64 clawhammer/newcastle article
athlon64 HTT speed and HTT multiplier article
amd a64 winchester oc results
complete a64 memory divider table
A64 TCCD tweaking article
memory timings impact on a64 article
A64 high latency high speed vs low latency low speed memory article

cpus intel
modded bios collection
how to set the 14x multiplier on high end pentium 4 prescotts
memory dividers explained
pentium 4 northwood stepping guide
pentium 4 prescott results
prescott and pentium4EE integrated heatspreader removal article and guide
pentium 4 pin vcore mod
pentium 4 fsb pin mod

other hardware
videocard vmod archive
powersupply sense wire mod
smd grabber article and guide
memory timings 101
ATI x8XX video memory tweaking guide
fortron 530W modding guide and article
How to Build a Dual Xeon Crunching rig with a 100% OC
memory voltage scaling database
the ultimate PSU guide
Xtreme LCD buyers Guide
Xtreme TEC voltage scale guide


software
windows 2000/NT/XP tweaking guide
benchmark collection

watercooling
basic watercooling guide
basic waterchill guide
watercooling temperature database
TEC cooling guide
TEC powersupply guide
changing the mcw50-T tec guide1
changing the mcw50-T tec guide2
what pump to pick guide
watercooling 101

phase change
compressor based waterchilling guide
compressor and phase change basics and guides
brazing guide
cascade guide
compressor charging guide
large compressor and phase change faq
ocz presents an improved version of memtest






competitions contests and giveaways:

international overclocking competition

compressor throwing contest
compressor throwing contest winners

ocz ddr booster contest part1
ocz ddr booster contest part1 winners

ocz ddr booster contest part2
ocz ddr booster contest part2 winners

XS D²OL contest
XS D²OL contest winners

XS Grand Prix contest
XS Grand Prix contest winners

XS 3D contest
XS 3D contest winners

[Rodzilla]

XS D²OL team reaches 3,000,000 points!

How to Build a Dual Xeon Crunching rig with a 100% OC

DDTUNG takes 1st on the D²OL team ladder!

XS D²OL team hits 30K/day!

XS D²OL team hits 40K/day!

[BigPanda]

nice nice idea really appriciate it that someone took the time to do that

[saaya]

nice nice idea really appriciate it that someone took the time to do that

thx! took quite a while to go through all sections ... and it will be tough to update it

[Rodzilla]

I found LOTS of good stuff from this "Best of" list! Excellent idea!

[Squid_Spit]

sweet thread, that was a great idea. Maybe add the power supply thread.

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

A good, extensive post to teach everyone what XS is all about.

[BLHealthy4life]

wow. Lot of hard work Saaya.

Thanks!

[saaya]

sweet thread, that was a great idea. Maybe add the power supply thread.

good, iwill add that to the list of threads to add


the psu thread
folding threads
phase change threads
venice 3800+ preview
venice 3500+ preview
amd dual core discussion

and thx again, good to see the hard work was worth it

[gclg2000]

I like this but why are a couple links out of place??? Like the fortran psu in the phase change section??

[hipro5]

Good/hard work there saaya......

I think that breaking the cpu-z's fsb rank(400MHz) with the 875 chipset should be in there too!.....Shouldn't it?....

[MaxxxRacer]

wow saaaya.. i think somebody has too much time on their hands

[reject]

awesome list

[D_o_S]

Another adition
AMD Athlon FX55 @ 4GHz

[saaya]

http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=58714

memory voltage scaling, thread renamed, gotta fix the link

[Apocalipsis]

Nice work Saaya , very useful, I find some very good threads that never saw.

[saaya]

thx everybody!

Good/hard work there saaya......

I think that breaking the cpu-z's fsb rank(400MHz) with the 875 chipset should be in there too!.....Shouldn't it?....

send me a link and i will add it
there are many nice threads you made that deserve to be in there, maybe the ddr maximizer "making of" thread as wel, just post the links or send them to me via pm and i will add them

wow saaaya.. i think somebody has too much time on their hands

and i see somebody is living up to his user title

[hipro5]

thx everybody!



send me a link and i will add it
there are many nice threads you made that deserve to be in there, maybe the ddr maximizer "making of" thread as wel, just post the links or send them to me via pm and i will add them




and i see somebody is living up to his user title

THERE YOU GO.........

[stealth17]

i have no permission to view this it says

http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44878

???

[Rodzilla]

saaya deleted it!

[stealth17]

saaya deleted it!

WHY?!?!? damn!

[jjcom]

What did it used to be?

jjcom

[stealth17]

socket 939 bugs, bugfixes and tweaking guide

[saaya]

i renamed that thread to "the ultimate 939 mobo guide"
its in the best of amd section, sorry, will fix it now

[saaya]

I like this but why are a couple links out of place??? Like the fortran psu in the phase change section??

lol, wtf? fixed
what else is out of place?

THERE YOU GO.........

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