Congratulation to the winner of the Chaintech VNF 4 Ultra...

SlipSand · Post by **SlipSand** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 3:07 pm

lol I was boycotting PCI-E. But your right the fact of going to 64 bit is alot more. But I dont have a mobile AMD. Reg. Sounds like u got screwed. I'll buy it from you.

No not really im going 64 bit.
-Lates.

gvblake22 · Post by **gvblake22** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 8:10 pm

hey capper (or anyone else)...
What chipset HS/F's will work with the NF4 chipsets?? I'm a little worried about the heat problem you specified in your review

LVCapo · Post by **LVCapo** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 8:13 pm

If you are just running it at rated speed, then the passive cooler on there is fine. If you are going to overclock it i'd recommend the Swiftech chipset cooler

gvblake22 · Post by **gvblake22** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 2:17 pm

w00t! Got the board in the mail today!!!!

AAhhhhhh, NF4 and s939 goodness!!!

Just from handling the board, I already noticed that this stock cooler is CRAP! The springs are not nearly tight enough to put enough pressure on the core of the chip to cool it effectively; I can rock the HS back and forth and wiggle it around with the slightest pressure/motion! Its definately gonna get a swiftech on there

Thanks Legit Reviews!!! You guys are the BEST

SlipSand · Post by **SlipSand** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 2:30 pm

Enjoy it because if u dont. Ima kill you.

lol j/p. See hwo good it OC's man. Fill us in.

Post by **Apoptosis** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 3:12 pm

kick ass man! That north bridge HSF should work fine unless you are going for overclocking. If O/C'ing is in the future you'd upgrade it no matter what!

Let us know how it does!

gvblake22 · Post by **gvblake22** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 4:34 pm

Will do.
I am gonna be waiting for Venice and $$ so I probably won't have this whole thing up and running 'till end of spring/early-mid summer

SlipSand · Post by **SlipSand** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 4:44 pm

Well at least u have it.

/spam

gvblake22 · Post by **gvblake22** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 5:07 pm

SlipSand wrote:Well at least u have it.
/spam

LOL, you're too much Slip!
I can tell you REALLY wanted this board (and still do) and are probably still a little ruffled about the "other things" too.....

Well, I'm definately happy to have won, and if for some reason this new build doesn't work out, you'll be the first person I contact about taking this board off my hands

SlipSand · Post by **SlipSand** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 5:23 pm

Thanks...I (as many other people) am just low on cash. Its a massive problem with me keeping it. Hell I'm behind in 1.5yrs of games.

gvblake22 · Post by **gvblake22** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 6:06 pm

Well, my latest game title is Dungeon Siege so I feel your pain. I can still only get like 20-30fps on that!

SlipSand · Post by **SlipSand** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 8:57 pm

My last one is HL2 and its not even mine its my friends...Damn Steam...We found out a way to get past that...

Even then I miss BFV and UT2k4...

gvblake22 · Post by **gvblake22** » Mon May 30, 2005 7:19 am

Hey, just thought I would give everyone the latest update on my build plans for that VNF4 Ultra. I just ordered my 3200 Venice and eVGA 6600GT from Monarch Computers this morning along with a Fortron 500w "Blue Storm" PSU (which was only $78!).
Cooling includes an XP-90, Arctic Cooling nV Silencer 6 rev. 2, and that Swiftech chipset cooler to keep 'er runnin cool

The best deal was by far the 6600GT which I will have gotten for $138 withy free shipping after a $30 mail in rebate!!! WOO HOO!!! Can't wait to get this thing going. I know I'm gonna be glad I worked those 80 hour weeks at the Greenhouse to pay for this thing!!! lol

One question though, how worried should I be about this board not POSTing without an updated BIOS to support the new Rev. E Venice Core AMD chips??

LVCapo · Post by **LVCapo** » Mon May 30, 2005 7:33 am

you are going to just have to use an older Clawhammer or Winchester core to flash the BIOS to support the new Venice I guess.....shouldn't be a problem at all, if you don't have the CPU to do it, find a friend or a computer shop to do the flash for you.

gvblake22 · Post by **gvblake22** » Mon May 30, 2005 8:00 am

capper5016 wrote:you are going to just have to use an older Clawhammer or Winchester core to flash the BIOS to support the new Venice I guess.....shouldn't be a problem at all, if you don't have the CPU to do it, find a friend or a computer shop to do the flash for you.

Damn, that's what I was afraid of

So it won't even POST with the Venice? I was thinking if it would at least POST I could have a floppy all ready to go with the new BIOS and flash it before I even did anything, but I guess it sounds like that isn't gonna happen?
I don't have any other s939 cpu's nor do any of my friends so I guess I'll off to a computer shop to see what they can do for me!

Bio-Hazard · Post by **Bio-Hazard** » Mon May 30, 2005 8:13 am

You might get lucky and it might post. When I got my DFI LanParty Ultra D it had the old Bios and it posted OK with the Venice Core CPU and then I flashed it with the updated Bios.

LVCapo · Post by **LVCapo** » Mon May 30, 2005 9:16 am

try it on your own first, you might get lucky as BIO said

SlipSand · Post by **SlipSand** » Mon May 30, 2005 10:00 am

Drool...Man I wish I could get that kinda performance leap. Sniff sniff...

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Mon May 30, 2005 3:46 pm

Slip its getting cheaper and cheaper to do so, that Mobo is under 100 and a new 939 is 150. If you buy a 6200 you can unlock the pipelines and get a 6600 out of it for under 100. thats 350 for cpu, video, and mobo.

SlipSand · Post by **SlipSand** » Mon May 30, 2005 5:55 pm

Yeah but I'm looking for best OC setup for a 64 bit.

DFI LP NF4 SLI-DR / Venice 3200+ / Some BH5 1GB DDR 433? / PCI-E 6800GT?

Plus my father just bought a 6600 and its not much faster than my 5900U.