I need the best Socket A setup out ??

[OPPAINTER]

So what is the hot idem for Socket A these days?
Is the mobo DFI NF2?
And what is the best clocking CPU??

Thanks,

OPP

[saaya]

dfi infinity or lan party rev b iirc. some people get 280fsb+ on those boards STOCK!
best clocking cpu.... if money doesnt matter get one of those 3200+ cpus that are clocked at 2.33ghz instead of 2.2ghz like the normal ones.

or maybe rather get a bunch of mobile 2500+ cpus... you can change multis from windows with those mobile xps and some of them are insane ocers. a few people have hit 2.6ghz on air with them.

and defiantely try to get some bh6! from what ive seen the new bh5 sticks cost a lot more and dont oc that high. bh6 needs less volts than bh5 for the same overclock and also seems to scale better with rising vdimm than bh5.

[G|-|oST]

Allright, finally some xtreme 32bit AMD action. Are you gonna strap your cooling beast on to this OPP??? That'd be sweet.

[saaya]

mhhhhhh i smell 3.5ghz amd here

[Tedinde]

You coming back to Old Skool OPP!!! I have 2 mobile XP 2500's i got friday. I put it in a crappy biostart M7ncg $60 NF2 board, micro ATX, multi, volts and fsb to 225 max on it.

They hit 2500 MHz on the factory sink!!! And a cheap budget board i must stress!!!


Hoping i can mod to put in my Asus 266-d duallie.and upgrade from the 2 xp1700@ 2250mhz each

I tried one, and the pin mod painting, But the dam things default to the lowest Multi like 7 or something. THese are only good on boards that you can adjust the multiplier, Or they default real low.

[saaya]

highest stable barton oc=3.45ghz atm
3.3ghz should be doable with some luck and a few cpus to pick the best of

[TheWeaseL]

For sure a DFI Infinity and a mobile 2500...My 2500 will boot into windows at 200x14, but I can't get a shot of it. Once I try to log in I lock. But the only down side is 2v limit on the vcore. Throw a vmod on that, and I bet this thing has 3ghz+ in it.

[gkiing]

I agree with the weasel. Take down those prescotts!

[r3b0rN]

i sense a great oc coming. good luck opp i actually had no idea these DFI NF2 boards were so good, they dont stock them in any of the stores near me (brisbane australia), if there reasonably priced i might order 1 in soon, i was planning on getting an nf7-s rev2.0

[OPPAINTER]

Originally posted by saaya
dfi infinity or lan party rev b iirc. some people get 280fsb+ on those boards STOCK!
best clocking cpu.... if money doesnt matter get one of those 3200+ cpus that are clocked at 2.33ghz instead of 2.2ghz like the normal ones.

Is there a link to one of those 2.33g 3200 chips?

OPP

[AdvModDev]

Originally posted by saaya
3200+ cpus that are clocked at 2.33ghz instead of 2.2ghz like the normal ones.

Is this a European thing? Never heard of this one before...

Edit: found this article from X-bit, guess HP definitely has some:

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/dis...205075553.html

[r3b0rN]

lol its a weird idea, but alot of overclockers would like it, having higher multi's unlocked, and 333mhz fsb could easily be brought back up to 400. how much do these retail at compared to the 400mhz 3200? and i believe its clocked at 166x14? also, whats the voltage set at?

[Evil_Spork]

i like the 2400 mobile bartons myself.. 100mhz higher clor clock stock than the 2500 at teh same 1.45v default.

[saaya]

yeah better try to get a week ~30 3000+ or 3200+

[gkiing]

in case you get a 2500+, the best stepping is AQXEA 0330 "Y"

[`schr0et]

Yup the infinity is by far the best OC board right now in the 32bit land.

I have one running 260x10.5 24/7, which is my old rig, which became my brother's new rig when I went 64.

I was running 2vcore, 1,9vdd, 3,3vdimm 2-2-2-5 1:1

I'm looking at bagging a cheap A7N8X deluxe, to throw some volt mods in it and to see if I can break 260 FSB with it stable

If anyone knows of where to get a cheap, new A7N8X deluxe lemme know

[DisposableHero]

just get a mobile 2500+.. i have mine up to 3ghz and it can load windows all the way up to 3.1

[Nohto]

Originally posted by Tedinde
You coming back to Old Skool OPP!!! I have 2 mobile XP 2500's i got friday. I put it in a crappy biostart M7ncg $60 NF2 board, micro ATX, multi, volts and fsb to 225 max on it.

They hit 2500 MHz on the factory sink!!! And a cheap budget board i must stress!!!


Hoping i can mod to put in my Asus 266-d duallie.and upgrade from the 2 xp1700@ 2250mhz each

I tried one, and the pin mod painting, But the dam things default to the lowest Multi like 7 or something. THese are only good on boards that you can adjust the multiplier, Or they default real low.

Have you had any luck running those on your duallie? Can't you set the multiplier with the painting guide?

[Nohto]

Originally posted by Evil_Spork
i like the 2400 mobile bartons myself.. 100mhz higher clor clock stock than the 2500 at teh same 1.45v default.

The 2500+ barton uses 1.25v according to The Egg
My question is why are the 2400's faster than the 2500? Everything looks the same except for the voltages.

[gkiing]

With a default vcore that low you should easily be able to hit 3ghz in a prommy. The cache on that chip is the same as the regular 2500+, as well as the mhz, but it needs way less volts? Is it a different manufacturing process? Anyways, I think i'll get one too after reading that.

[blinky]

yah if those chips can do 1.83ghz on 1.25v just imagine what theyll do at 2v

so what ya up to OPP?

[OPPAINTER]

I have to do a little research on cooling chipsets. See how much difference it makes from stock cooling to xtreme. When I use to run a NF2 mobo, useing a pelt on the Northbridge made all the difference, allowed for higher FSB and more agressive mem timings.
So I'm going to set up an NF2 rig again and see. While I'm at it I may as well get a good Overclocking CPU

OPP

[OPPAINTER]

Are the 3200 / 166fsb chips unlocked??

OPP

[Zeus]

Originally posted by OPPAINTER
Are the 3200 / 166fsb chips unlocked??

OPP

Opp,

On the rev 1.2 NF7 xtreme cooling and xtra voltage took it sky-high, but for the later rev 2.0 without the round metal IHS on the NB chip Xtreme cooling nor more than 1.7Vdd didn't do anything.

My NF7-S rev 2.0 did 242 FSB@ only 1.6Vdd and bluescreened if going over 1.65 at high FSB.

I guess it's just hit or miss with those NF7 's.

Can't speak for any other NF2 board as i only had the Abit.
These Infinty and Lanparty boards seem to do quite well.

It'll be fun to see you pushing a Barton again.

Good luck.

[TheWeaseL]

It's not so much the model of the chip, but the week of the chip to tell if it is locked. As least in the case of the "non mobile" bartons. If the barton is pre week 40, it *should* be an unlocked chip. Week 40 and up were locked. However with the mobile bartons, mine was a week 40 something I think, multi is unlocked.

So to answer your question , if you find a 3200/166fsb chip pre week 40, it should be un locked.