Just ordered some new hardware!

[Zertz]

Everything should be home tomorrow!

E8400
ASUS P5K-E WiFi
4x 1GB Crucial Ballistix
LG L226WTY-BF 22IN

Can't wait to build it and have some fun

[Major_A]

Congrats on the new build. I ordered on Monday and couldn't find an E8400. Then again I only looked at a handful of places that I trust buying from. Eventually I'm going to pick up a nice monitor 22" or 24", but that's down the road.

Out of curiosity what are you upgrading from? I see you have an AMD chick as your avatar.

[Zertz]

I have a X2 4200+ on an ASUS M2N-E right now

[vbironchef]

Keep the avatar.

[ibleet]

I have a X2 4200+ on an ASUS M2N-E right now

Oh man you will see a HUGE difference! Congrats!

[Apoptosis]

you jumped ship!

[Zertz]

you jumped ship!

I sure did! My current stuff is going to my mom so she's taking my place in the AMD ship

[ibleet]

LoL I jumped ship a few months back also...best move I ever made by far.

[Zertz]

Got everything up and running :D

Just have to reinstall Vista now!

[Major_A]

Damn, ordered after me and got the parts quicker. Plans on overclocking?

[Zertz]

I will, but nothing too "extreme". I'll run a few benchmarks just to see how it compares to my "old" X2

Stock settings... everything on Auto beside Vcore. That's under Vista64 btw



My AMD setup (with only 2GB of RAM) scored 9858 with a barely stable 2.7Ghz overclock, so that's a good start for me!

Edit #1

500FSB...


Edit #2

3.7Ghz @ 1.27Vcore in BIOS

[stopthekilling77]

quite nice! how are your temps running that @ 3.7Ghz?

[Zertz]

quite nice! how are your temps running that @ 3.7Ghz?

High 50's

I'm still on the stock cooler right now though, I need to find my stock AMD heatsink so I install the Zalman cooler on my new stuff.

Here's some more numbers...


Memory at 1066 5-5-5-15

Oh and, just by replacing the crappy thermal pads on my 8800GT with MX-2 paste, my max core overclock went from 713Mhz to 747!

[Apoptosis]

let's see some pictures of that system!

[martini161]

LOL im glad i never even got on that gosh foresakin ghost ship!i agree with apop, pics please!

[ibleet]

Your 3DMark score is nearly identical to mine...none too shabby.

[Zertz]

I'll get some pics up once I can get a hold of my mom's camera :o

Been running it at 3.6Ghz 24/7, this thing is a beast compared to the X2! Oh and... the 22 incher is awesome too!

Your 3DMark score is nearly identical to mine...none too shabby.

My GT was clocked about the same as your GTS when I benched it A bit higher actually

[Zertz]

Here's what it looks like!

[kenc51]

Nice mobo

You can tweek that board for some crazy memory performance! (even with all dimm slots loaded)

[Zertz]

Max FSB --> Every voltage settings at minimum! Except Vcore = 1.3V


4Ghz!


Let's see what the memory can do now