Modding a XP2100+ w/ a A7N8X Deluxe?

shuki · May 5, 2003, 06:32 PM

and shai, what kind of hsf is tek using for his cooling?? you are giving out very bad advice here and then jumping on the defensive about it. I'm asking you to just drop it now and let tek decide what he wants to do.

**Roadee** · May 5, 2003, 07:06 PM

Right!! Let me know what these sites are so I know which ones to stay away from. This may be of some information to Tek if he plans on upgrading his cooling.

http://www.overclockers.com/articles373/

http://www.pcabusers.com/reviews/hhc001/p3.html

http://www.modthebox.com/review20_3.html

http://www.3dvelocity.com/reviews/co...r/hhc001_3.htm

http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20020916/cooler-15.html

Come to think of it.......after doing a search on Google, I couldn't find a bad review on it, except for the noise of the fan. Hmmm...

Any way, Tek, go for a basic overclock that wont damage your equipment. Just send me a message and I will walk you through it step by step, little by little, and you wont have to worry about frying anything. You said in the beginning that you were basically looking for an overclock just so you could say that you have an overclocked system, of say, an XP2200+. I will help you get that safely or help you find out why your system isn't letting you do it. I have built 4 systems with the A7N8X Deluxe so far this year, and have 3 more to get finished, 1 with the 2100+, 1 with the 1700+, 1 with the 2500+ and 1 with the 2600+ "mine", and the 3 to go with Barton cpu's. And I build them for the fun of it and just to help people out that don't have a lot of money. I am also on yahoo and msn, if you PM me I will give you the information.

tek · May 5, 2003, 07:37 PM

Wow.. lots of replies, wasn't expecting that.. hehehe

Uhm.. I'll go set my Mem. to sync as you said shuki.

As for roadee... I def. do not need upgrading of cooling, I have 4 fans in comp, and a ThermalTake 7 on my CPU, this thing is ENORMOUS, trust me.. it will get the job done. I will contact you VIA MSN so you can help me overclock this thing to a 2200+

Shai... I dunno why everybody gettin all pissy, plz no flaming cuz of me.. it make me cry

If I missed anything please post it after this

~~shai~~ · May 5, 2003, 08:13 PM

tt doest do the jod as it used to
and its not even the + model right
i would go for a slk900 or sk7 in your next upgrade

May 5, 2003, 10:23 PM

i wouldnt put a processor to 1.95 volts PERIOD... too risky...

also... i have an SK7 and a Smart fan 2... works well but will work even better with as3... get those three and you are set!

tek · May 5, 2003, 11:54 PM

Roadee is god.

He took me through every LITTLE TINY step via MSN, it took us 4 hours but I'm finally done, system is stable, and this is the maximum I can go, thanks again Roadee, shuki, everybody else.

FSB: 140MHz
Multiplier: 13x
Memory Frequency: 100%
Memory Timings: 5-2-2-2
VCORE: 1.75 (Auto)
vDDR: 1.6 (Auto)
Spread Spectrum: Disabled
Current MHZ: 1824.13

Roadee and Shuki are going in my sig. for the amazing help they gave.

shuki · May 6, 2003, 05:32 AM

tek, GREAT! and Roadee, good job! What we have right here in this thread is a prime example of why this community is so great! (well most of this thread

)

And tek, congratulations on reaching your goal! you had set it at xp2200+ speeds and you are there bro!! :thumbsup: all around

~~shai~~ · May 6, 2003, 09:17 AM

now dont forget to test it in prime

WyreTheWolf · May 6, 2003, 12:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by tek
Roadee is god.

He took me through every LITTLE TINY step via MSN, it took us 4 hours but I'm finally done, system is stable, and this is the maximum I can go, thanks again Roadee, shuki, everybody else.

FSB: 140MHz
Multiplier: 13x
Memory Frequency: 100%
Memory Timings: 5-2-2-2
VCORE: 1.75 (Auto)
vDDR: 1.6 (Auto)
Spread Spectrum: Disabled
Current MHZ: 1824.13

Roadee and Shuki are going in my sig. for the amazing help they gave.

Excellent, glad that you were able to get help... Now about your signature... It is WAY too long. You can have a maximum of 10 lines of text. Or two lines of text, and a signature image of 350X100 pixels. Please take care of this as soon as you can.

BTW I added you to my MSNM.

WyreTheWolf · May 6, 2003, 12:41 PM

I made a quick sig image for you... with your system specs rotating through... save a lot of space in your sig.

Zardon · May 6, 2003, 01:10 PM

its threads like this that make me see just how many great people we have on this forum.

tek · May 6, 2003, 01:51 PM

LOL, you guys rule.. I never thought people online could be this nice to a newb of the forum wow..

Thanks a lot for the sig WyreTheWolf, I never would've remembered to make myself a animated sig in ImageReady3 saying my system specs, lol

I'll go change my sig right now, thx.

WyreTheWolf · May 6, 2003, 02:24 PM

Not a problem.. glad to help.. BTW ... do you have hosting for that image... If not, I can move it to my ISP space.

tek · May 6, 2003, 09:14 PM

Yeah I have hosting.. no prob, ehhe.. I just thought I'd keep it on this server since it would load faster

I'll go switch it right now, thx.

tek · May 6, 2003, 09:49 PM

[COLOR=silver][SIZE=x-small]Windows XP Professional SP1
A7N8X Deluxe (nforce2 chipset)
Athlon XP2100+ (1804.10MHz)
1x Samsung 256MB PC3200 / 1x Kingston 256MB PC3200
WD 80GB Special Edition (8MB Buffer)
geForceFX 5200 8XAGP
SoundStormâ„¢ / DolbyÂ® Digital Audio
Lite-ON DVD-Rom 16x42x
Lite-ON CD/RW 52x24x52x
[/SIZE][/COLOR]

Is this OK for my sig ?
If you wonder why my MHz is lower its because something fucked up and 140 and 139 FSB is not stable, I played CS for 7 min, and comp restarted

~~shai~~ · May 6, 2003, 10:26 PM

well why dont you up the volts to 1.85 and try again

tek · May 6, 2003, 10:50 PM

Because that's too much man... shit'll burn out even with this Tt

~~shai~~ · May 6, 2003, 11:46 PM

1.85 isnt too much for the stock hsf
but try 1.80 if your "scared"

tek · May 7, 2003, 12:38 AM

Well the only thing that has problems is cstrike, it freezes in the middle of gameplay

May 7, 2003, 01:22 AM

hey shai... i dont know if you have ever noticed... but stock hsf's SUCK!!! 1.85 volts is a bit high for a hsf where they make it to barely work... also good job tek... it took 5 pages but you finally did it. I missed a lot since i stopped posting... but as i have said you should do what i did... sell your cpu and buy a 2100+ TBRED-B OR you could also get a 1700+... TBRED-b of course... also what is your hsf?

tek · May 7, 2003, 07:33 PM

Yeah general that's what I'm gunna do.. I'm gunna sell this 2100+ Palo and buy like a 2400+ T-Bred

And what is HSF?

May 8, 2003, 12:36 AM

heatsink/fan

tek · May 8, 2003, 12:12 PM

Fan on CPU: ThermalTake7 (I think) It's huuuuuge tho, and at times its powerful as a muthafucka. And I have a nother 4 or 5 fans throughout the
system.

EDIT: Set FSB to 138 and VCORE to 1.800 and now CS dont freeze no more :o
I guess if MHZ is over 1800 then vcore has to be something around it (1.800) and my MHZ is 1804.08.

May 9, 2003, 12:13 AM

whoa... size doesnt always matter (lol)... just because its huge doesnt mean its great. you SERIOUSLY need to get a new hsf if you are going to be overclocking...

WyreTheWolf · May 9, 2003, 05:38 AM

A volcano 7 is a rather chunk aluminum HSF with copper core. Time to start looking for something that is solid copper, and very THIN fin. Look at the SLK-800, and you will know what I mean.

Vampyromaniac · May 9, 2003, 10:40 AM

I thought a ccmbined copper/aluminum heatsink was good, because copper absorbs heat better, and aluminum releases it better

tek · May 9, 2003, 12:09 PM

I have a Volcano.. but not sure which one.
Yeah I have this one: A1254 (VOLCANO 7+)

Can somebody find me a link for the SLK-800?

Also.. the water cooling kit looks pretty awesome, I might try that

What ya think?
And I think I need a new power supply, cuz this one is ghett0.

The_Neon_Cowboy · May 9, 2003, 12:15 PM

if you ever plan to o/c and want the very best slk-800U about $40 shipped

May 5, 2003, 07:06 PM	#62
Roadee Never forgotten Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Rest In peace, Joe. Posts: 2,198 Rep Power: 69	Right!! Let me know what these sites are so I know which ones to stay away from. This may be of some information to Tek if he plans on upgrading his cooling. http://www.overclockers.com/articles373/ http://www.pcabusers.com/reviews/hhc001/p3.html http://www.modthebox.com/review20_3.html http://www.3dvelocity.com/reviews/co...r/hhc001_3.htm http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20020916/cooler-15.html Come to think of it.......after doing a search on Google, I couldn't find a bad review on it, except for the noise of the fan. Hmmm... Any way, Tek, go for a basic overclock that wont damage your equipment. Just send me a message and I will walk you through it step by step, little by little, and you wont have to worry about frying anything. You said in the beginning that you were basically looking for an overclock just so you could say that you have an overclocked system, of say, an XP2200+. I will help you get that safely or help you find out why your system isn't letting you do it. I have built 4 systems with the A7N8X Deluxe so far this year, and have 3 more to get finished, 1 with the 2100+, 1 with the 1700+, 1 with the 2500+ and 1 with the 2600+ "mine", and the 3 to go with Barton cpu's. And I build them for the fun of it and just to help people out that don't have a lot of money. I am also on yahoo and msn, if you PM me I will give you the information. __________________ We are born naked, wet, and hungry. Then things get worse.

May 5, 2003, 07:37 PM	Thread Starter #63
tek DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, US Posts: 2,103 Rep Power: 0	Wow.. lots of replies, wasn't expecting that.. hehehe Uhm.. I'll go set my Mem. to sync as you said shuki. As for roadee... I def. do not need upgrading of cooling, I have 4 fans in comp, and a ThermalTake 7 on my CPU, this thing is ENORMOUS, trust me.. it will get the job done. I will contact you VIA MSN so you can help me overclock this thing to a 2200+ Shai... I dunno why everybody gettin all pissy, plz no flaming cuz of me.. it make me cry If I missed anything please post it after this __________________ [COLOR=White][/COLOR]

May 5, 2003, 11:54 PM	Thread Starter #66
tek DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, US Posts: 2,103 Rep Power: 0	Roadee is god. He took me through every LITTLE TINY step via MSN, it took us 4 hours but I'm finally done, system is stable, and this is the maximum I can go, thanks again Roadee, shuki, everybody else. FSB: 140MHz Multiplier: 13x Memory Frequency: 100% Memory Timings: 5-2-2-2 VCORE: 1.75 (Auto) vDDR: 1.6 (Auto) Spread Spectrum: Disabled Current MHZ: 1824.13 Roadee and Shuki are going in my sig. for the amazing help they gave. __________________ [COLOR=White][/COLOR]

May 6, 2003, 01:51 PM	Thread Starter #72
tek DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, US Posts: 2,103 Rep Power: 0	LOL, you guys rule.. I never thought people online could be this nice to a newb of the forum wow.. Thanks a lot for the sig WyreTheWolf, I never would've remembered to make myself a animated sig in ImageReady3 saying my system specs, lol I'll go change my sig right now, thx. __________________ [COLOR=White][/COLOR]

May 6, 2003, 09:14 PM	Thread Starter #74
tek DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, US Posts: 2,103 Rep Power: 0	Yeah I have hosting.. no prob, ehhe.. I just thought I'd keep it on this server since it would load faster I'll go switch it right now, thx. __________________ [COLOR=White][/COLOR]

May 5, 2003, 06:32 PM	#61
shuki DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: in the hidden place Posts: 1,975 Rep Power: 0	and shai, what kind of hsf is tek using for his cooling?? you are giving out very bad advice here and then jumping on the defensive about it. I'm asking you to just drop it now and let tek decide what he wants to do.

May 5, 2003, 08:13 PM	#64
~~shai~~ Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 613 Rep Power: 0	tt doest do the jod as it used to and its not even the + model right i would go for a slk900 or sk7 in your next upgrade

May 5, 2003, 10:23 PM	#65
generalstupid Guest Posts: n/a	i wouldnt put a processor to 1.95 volts PERIOD... too risky... also... i have an SK7 and a Smart fan 2... works well but will work even better with as3... get those three and you are set!

May 6, 2003, 05:32 AM	#67
shuki DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: in the hidden place Posts: 1,975 Rep Power: 0	tek, GREAT! and Roadee, good job! What we have right here in this thread is a prime example of why this community is so great! (well most of this thread ) And tek, congratulations on reaching your goal! you had set it at xp2200+ speeds and you are there bro!! :thumbsup: all around

May 6, 2003, 09:17 AM	#68
~~shai~~ Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 613 Rep Power: 0	now dont forget to test it in prime

May 6, 2003, 12:41 PM	#70
WyreTheWolf Wolfish Bastard Join Date: May 2002 Location: Cave; Ozark Mountains Posts: 2,110 Rep Power: 0	I made a quick sig image for you... with your system specs rotating through... save a lot of space in your sig.

May 6, 2003, 01:10 PM	#71
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	its threads like this that make me see just how many great people we have on this forum.

May 6, 2003, 02:24 PM	#73
WyreTheWolf Wolfish Bastard Join Date: May 2002 Location: Cave; Ozark Mountains Posts: 2,110 Rep Power: 0	Not a problem.. glad to help.. BTW ... do you have hosting for that image... If not, I can move it to my ISP space.

May 6, 2003, 09:49 PM	Thread Starter #75
tek DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, US Posts: 2,103 Rep Power: 0	[COLOR=silver][SIZE=x-small]Windows XP Professional SP1 A7N8X Deluxe (nforce2 chipset) Athlon XP2100+ (1804.10MHz) 1x Samsung 256MB PC3200 / 1x Kingston 256MB PC3200 WD 80GB Special Edition (8MB Buffer) geForceFX 5200 8XAGP SoundStormâ„¢ / DolbyÂ® Digital Audio Lite-ON DVD-Rom 16x42x Lite-ON CD/RW 52x24x52x [/SIZE][/COLOR] Is this OK for my sig ? If you wonder why my MHz is lower its because something fucked up and 140 and 139 FSB is not stable, I played CS for 7 min, and comp restarted __________________ [COLOR=White][/COLOR]

May 6, 2003, 10:26 PM	#76
~~shai~~ Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 613 Rep Power: 0	well why dont you up the volts to 1.85 and try again

May 9, 2003, 10:40 AM	#86
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	I thought a ccmbined copper/aluminum heatsink was good, because copper absorbs heat better, and aluminum releases it better __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250

May 6, 2003, 10:50 PM	Thread Starter #77
tek DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, US Posts: 2,103 Rep Power: 0	Because that's too much man... shit'll burn out even with this Tt __________________ [COLOR=White][/COLOR]

May 6, 2003, 11:46 PM	#78
~~shai~~ Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 613 Rep Power: 0	1.85 isnt too much for the stock hsf but try 1.80 if your "scared"

May 7, 2003, 12:38 AM	Thread Starter #79
tek DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, US Posts: 2,103 Rep Power: 0	Well the only thing that has problems is cstrike, it freezes in the middle of gameplay __________________ [COLOR=White][/COLOR]

May 7, 2003, 01:22 AM	#80
generalstupid Guest Posts: n/a	hey shai... i dont know if you have ever noticed... but stock hsf's SUCK!!! 1.85 volts is a bit high for a hsf where they make it to barely work... also good job tek... it took 5 pages but you finally did it. I missed a lot since i stopped posting... but as i have said you should do what i did... sell your cpu and buy a 2100+ TBRED-B OR you could also get a 1700+... TBRED-b of course... also what is your hsf?

May 7, 2003, 07:33 PM	Thread Starter #81
tek DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, US Posts: 2,103 Rep Power: 0	Yeah general that's what I'm gunna do.. I'm gunna sell this 2100+ Palo and buy like a 2400+ T-Bred And what is HSF? __________________ [COLOR=White][/COLOR]

May 8, 2003, 12:36 AM	#82
generalstupid Guest Posts: n/a	heatsink/fan

May 8, 2003, 12:12 PM	Thread Starter #83
tek DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, US Posts: 2,103 Rep Power: 0	Fan on CPU: ThermalTake7 (I think) It's huuuuuge tho, and at times its powerful as a muthafucka. And I have a nother 4 or 5 fans throughout the system. EDIT: Set FSB to 138 and VCORE to 1.800 and now CS dont freeze no more :o I guess if MHZ is over 1800 then vcore has to be something around it (1.800) and my MHZ is 1804.08. __________________ [COLOR=White][/COLOR] Last edited by tek; May 8, 2003 at 10:08 PM.

May 9, 2003, 12:13 AM	#84
generalstupid Guest Posts: n/a	whoa... size doesnt always matter (lol)... just because its huge doesnt mean its great. you SERIOUSLY need to get a new hsf if you are going to be overclocking...

May 9, 2003, 05:38 AM	#85
WyreTheWolf Wolfish Bastard Join Date: May 2002 Location: Cave; Ozark Mountains Posts: 2,110 Rep Power: 0	A volcano 7 is a rather chunk aluminum HSF with copper core. Time to start looking for something that is solid copper, and very THIN fin. Look at the SLK-800, and you will know what I mean.

May 9, 2003, 12:09 PM	Thread Starter #87
tek DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, US Posts: 2,103 Rep Power: 0	I have a Volcano.. but not sure which one. Yeah I have this one: A1254 (VOLCANO 7+) Can somebody find me a link for the SLK-800? Also.. the water cooling kit looks pretty awesome, I might try that What ya think? And I think I need a new power supply, cuz this one is ghett0. __________________ [COLOR=White][/COLOR]

May 9, 2003, 12:15 PM	#88
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	if you ever plan to o/c and want the very best slk-800U about $40 shipped __________________