Suggestions for purchasing new MOBO with CPU (overclock)
I could use some suggestions...
I want to upgrade from by ABIT KT7A motherboard with 1.2 GHz Thujnderbird chip to a faster board, Athlon XP CPU, etc. I am thinking about the Abit NF7-S board with a Barton core chip. I have read about overclocking and have never done that before..... 1. Does the NF7-S overclock well? 2. Should I get the 2500+ chip and overclock it or go to the 2800+ and overclock it? 3. If I overclock, what speed RAM (PC2700, PC3200)??? 4. What about cooling? I have the normal case fans and have added one extra in the front. Will I need additional cooling???? Suggestions? Dave |
i have an NF7-S v1.2. Abit updated the NF7 to v 2.0 back in April. the only
change was the that Nvidia updated the northbridge chip to *officially* support DDR 400. This is my system: Lian Li PC61USB black case Enermax 430W ps Abit NF7-S v1.2 (nForce2) Athlon XP 2100+ Tbred B running @2300MHz actual speed (200*11.5) according to Sandra 2004, *faster than 3200+* Core=1.80v SLK-800 heatsink using Nanotherm PCM All other voltages are at stock 768MB OCZ PC3200, 400 FSB, 7-3-3-2.5 (Abit Optimal settings) Tyan Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB core=405, mem=364.5 (no artifacts) WD360D (Raptor 36GB SATA 10k rpm, 8mb cache) WD800JB (80GB, 7200rpm, 8mb cache) Lite-On 52x32x52 CD-RW Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS Klipsch ProMedia 5.1 Ultra speakers (newest version of the ProMedia 5.1) Roland GS Sound Module Sound Canvas SC-55mkII Logitech MX500 mouse & X-Trac Pro HS optical mousepad Epson Perfection 1240U 42-bit scanner Samsung ML-1650 laser Canon i950 photo printer Canon PowerShot A70 digital camera WinXP Pro SP1 + all critical updates DirectX 9.0b Latest BIOS/driver updates on all hardware/software RoadRunner 3.0Mbps connection John "Dave Phillips" wrote in message m... I could use some suggestions... I want to upgrade from by ABIT KT7A motherboard with 1.2 GHz Thujnderbird chip to a faster board, Athlon XP CPU, etc. I am thinking about the Abit NF7-S board with a Barton core chip. I have read about overclocking and have never done that before..... 1. Does the NF7-S overclock well? 2. Should I get the 2500+ chip and overclock it or go to the 2800+ and overclock it? 3. If I overclock, what speed RAM (PC2700, PC3200)??? 4. What about cooling? I have the normal case fans and have added one extra in the front. Will I need additional cooling???? Suggestions? Dave |
The Abit NF7-S is a very nice board and so is the Asus A7N8X deluxe i would
choose between these 2 in todays market. The later barton 2500+ to my understanding are outstanding overclockers and should definately go higher than a 2800+ barton, plus the barton 2500+ will save on your wallet :-). As for ram i would be looking at pc3500 either OCZ or Kingston HyperX and for the cheaper option pc3700 TwinMos ram. As for cooling i would be looking at getting the thermalright SLKs for excellent cooling. On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 12:41:31 GMT, "Dave Phillips" wrote: :I could use some suggestions... : :I want to upgrade from by ABIT KT7A motherboard with 1.2 GHz Thujnderbird :chip to a faster board, Athlon XP CPU, etc. : :I am thinking about the Abit NF7-S board with a Barton core chip. I have :read about overclocking and have never done that before..... : :1. Does the NF7-S overclock well? :2. Should I get the 2500+ chip and overclock it or go to the 2800+ and :overclock it? :3. If I overclock, what speed RAM (PC2700, PC3200)??? :4. What about cooling? I have the normal case fans and have added one extra :in the front. Will I need additional cooling???? Suggestions? : : :Dave : ----- Lee. |
You need NF7-S2, 2500+ AQZEA/XEA/XFA and TwinMOS PC32/4200 - that's all.
"Lee" wrote in message ... The Abit NF7-S is a very nice board and so is the Asus A7N8X deluxe i would choose between these 2 in todays market. The later barton 2500+ to my understanding are outstanding overclockers and should definately go higher than a 2800+ barton, plus the barton 2500+ will save on your wallet :-). As for ram i would be looking at pc3500 either OCZ or Kingston HyperX and for the cheaper option pc3700 TwinMos ram. As for cooling i would be looking at getting the thermalright SLKs for excellent cooling. On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 12:41:31 GMT, "Dave Phillips" wrote: :I could use some suggestions... : :I want to upgrade from by ABIT KT7A motherboard with 1.2 GHz Thujnderbird :chip to a faster board, Athlon XP CPU, etc. : :I am thinking about the Abit NF7-S board with a Barton core chip. I have :read about overclocking and have never done that before..... : :1. Does the NF7-S overclock well? :2. Should I get the 2500+ chip and overclock it or go to the 2800+ and :overclock it? :3. If I overclock, what speed RAM (PC2700, PC3200)??? :4. What about cooling? I have the normal case fans and have added one extra :in the front. Will I need additional cooling???? Suggestions? : : :Dave : ----- Lee. |
Considering a similar base system, but have to still answer the following:
Do you want SATA, RAID, IEEE 1394, single or dual LAN, on board audio, spdif, dual channel memory, etc? Best mix so far seems to be DFI NFII Ultra Infinity for about $100 (not to be confused with the LanParty NFII Ultra or its even more insanely feature packed successor). For a few bucks and a number of features less, the NFII Ultra-AL or NFII 400-AL Any tips for finding the best bang/buck memory for these? "Dave Phillips" wrote in message m... I could use some suggestions... I want to upgrade from by ABIT KT7A motherboard with 1.2 GHz Thujnderbird chip to a faster board, Athlon XP CPU, etc. I am thinking about the Abit NF7-S board with a Barton core chip. I have read about overclocking and have never done that before..... 1. Does the NF7-S overclock well? 2. Should I get the 2500+ chip and overclock it or go to the 2800+ and overclock it? 3. If I overclock, what speed RAM (PC2700, PC3200)??? 4. What about cooling? I have the normal case fans and have added one extra in the front. Will I need additional cooling???? Suggestions? Dave |
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