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AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (Socket 754) @ 2Ghz (need to get some cooling for teh overclock!)
Asus K8V Deluxe Motherboard
1GB PC2100 RAM (board registers it as 768MB, think I need to flick some switches)
ATi Radeon 9600 w/ 256MB VRAM

Renegatus wrote:AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (Socket 754) @ 2Ghz (need to get some cooling for teh overclock!)
Asus K8V Deluxe Motherboard
1GB PC2100 RAM (board registers it as 768MB, think I need to flick some switches)
ATi Radeon 9600 w/ 256MB VRAM

you've overclocked it without cooling?!
*ducks for cover*

killslay wrote: you've overclocked it without cooling?!
*ducks for cover*

No! I need to get some better cooling before I overclock it. I turned the FSB up a bit but that's all.

Renegatus wrote:

killslay wrote: you've overclocked it without cooling?!
*ducks for cover*

No! I need to get some better cooling before I overclock it. I turned the FSB up a bit but that's all.

thats ok then,
i saw something on the overclockers uk forums about one of there members who cooled his cpu with a series of pipes coming out of his toilet cistern.
i had a link but it was a while ago and the topic isn't there anymore

haha isnt that lovely. any1 remember that one in the newletter who cooled his pc by completely submerging it in cooking oil? some geeks just plain have isues.
ive just gone done bought me a http://snipurl.com/flqe him (bottom) for coolage, and a http://snipurl.com/flqc him cordless 'frikin lazer beam' logitech mouse. should be interesting.

Having finally finished upgrading all my external components I guess I'll put my system on here:

Athlon 1700 Palomino
2 x 512MB PC3200 RAM
<a href="http://www.xfxforce.com/web/product/lis ... eriesId=48" target="_blank">XFX GeForce FX 5200 256 AGP</a>
Sound Blaster Audigy
160GB HDD
30GB HDD
DVD ROM
CD R/W
<a href="http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Tagan.html" target="_blank">Tagan I-XEYE 420W PSU</a>
<a href="http://www.thermaltake.com/xaserCase/sh ... silver.htm" target="_blank">Thermaltake Shark case</a>
<a href="http://www.alteclansing.com/product_det ... ry_code=gb" target="_blank">Altec Lansing 2100 Speakers</a>
<a href="http://www.specialtech.co.uk/spshop/cat ... L8794.html" target="_blank">Speedlink Medusa 5.1 Headphones</a>
<a href="http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/ ... rs_66.html" target="_blank">Hyundai 19" CRT Monitor</a>
<a href="http://www.saitek.com/uk/prod/gamerskey.htm" target="_blank">Saitek Gamer's Keyboard</a>
<a href="http://www.razerzone.com/" target="_blank">Razer Diamondback Plasma mouse</a>
<a href="http://www.xtracpads.com/micro.htm" target="_blank">X-Trac Mini mouse pad</a>
<a href="http://www.toyvault.com/cthulhu/nyarlethotep.html" target="_blank">Cuddly Nyarlathotep</a>

Clearly I need a new graphics card, so it it worth me upgrading to a PCI-E setup and getting an Athlon 64 too?

Nice case!

killslay wrote: thats ok then,
i saw something on the overclockers uk forums about one of there members who cooled his cpu with a series of pipes coming out of his toilet cistern.
i had a link but it was a while ago and the topic isn't there anymore

Think I saw that. Every PC component was attached to some cooling? There was frost on his mobo!

Renegatus wrote:There was frost on his mobo!

Shows what he knows then; microchips also have a minimum operating temperature (after some quick research, around -10 to +10 degrees for a Northbridge).

\electronics nerd.

Amd Athlon XP 64 bit 3000+ 2ghz socket 754
512 Corsair Ram
Ati Radeon 9550 256 RAM
Gigabyte GA-K8NS nForce3 250, ATX, DDR400, 10/100 Lan, USB 2.0, AC'97 Audio, IDE, 2 x SATA

AMD Athlon XP 2800+
ATI Radeon 9600SE
512MB Crucial RAM
Windows XP SP2
PCChips M848ALU mobo

Finally getting around to putting up my PC specs

AMD Athlon 64 3500+
1GB RAM
250GB SATA HD
MSI NX6800GT-TD256 gfx card
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum MB
ViewSonic VX912
a DVD-ROM and dual layer DVD writer of some of description
Acoustic Material Kit
a quiet CPU fan

Bluetooth mouse & keyboard
Logitech headphones

HP Workstation xw6000

Galaxy Glacier GeForce 6800 (128MB)

Intel Xeon 2.8GHz
2GB PC2100 DDR RAM
37GB SCSI & 200GB IDE
Acer 19" LCD

BENQ 19" LCD



I'm about a week away from sticking another Intel Xeon 2.8GHz into my system, but I'm wondering what Operating System to load, as I want to get the most out of my dual processors.

Also, what's the best utility out there for overclocking my processor/s???
I believe Overclockers.co.uk have a utility you can use, but I can;t find it anywhere

I'd have a look in your bios for overclocking, when youre booting up it usually says something like press del to enter setup. Look out for the FSB speed and thats the bit you want to increase, the CPU frequency is FSB x multiplier.

ooooooo, SCSI....

to harness the power of dual processors, I recommend Win XP Pro. Win2000 will work too. or Linux. But I recommend XP Pro.

deject wrote:ooooooo, SCSI....

to harness the power of dual processors, I recommend Win XP Pro. Win2000 will work too. or Linux. But I recommend XP Pro.

I already have XP Pro with SP2 :D

Out of interest can you run the 64 Bit version even though I'm only running 32-Bit processors?

Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:I already have XP Pro with SP2 :D

Out of interest can you run the 64 Bit version even though I'm only running 32-Bit processors?

I don't think so. I'd just stick with regular ol' Win XP.

Nope. Only 64 Bit CPUS can run 64 bit verison of Windows.

Even then, I wouldn't run it. It's awful at running 32 bit Apps. Apparently, It can't even run Windows Media Player.

Lee.H wrote:3.4ghz s775 Pentium 4 (with uber-loud jet engine fan)
512mb pc3200 dual channel ram
Nvidia geforce 6610xl (oc'D to a 6600gt)
250gb HDD
Medion 17" 13ms TFT @ 1280x1024
Creative I-Trigue 3200 2.1 speakers, Sony Fontopia headphones while playing games to drown out CPU fan.

Just upgraded to 2x512mb pc3200, i did leave my old ram in aswell at first until i realised it was actually slower since it would only let 4 sticks run at pc2700. All my games run stutter free now :D