Hello All, I want to start by saying I am not too computer minded as I just upgraded memory by 1 gig to increase speed... ...I now know it is the processor speed that increases speed so I would like to know what is the worst that can happen if I overclock? I have a amd 3000+ venice running at...

Hi, I'm currently running an Athlon xp 2400+ on an Abit KT7A (@ 2.26GHz) I know the board doesn't officialy support the cpu but it's been running for a few months and seems stable and quick. However the bios and windows don't reconise the CPU with the 'unknown CPU type' message appearing. Will...

Hi, Just got some more spare time to play with my *alt.comp.hardware.overclocking.amd* machine :P, yes of course all your guys here helped me spec up this beast, with an aim to overclock! I have been slow to whack up all the settings and see what kind of overclock I could achieve, just that this...

It seemed as if Asus was considered one of the best brands out there, but I never see the A7N8X on anyone's short-list of preferred boards... What is the general consensus on this board, and what others boards would be recommended that has the mounting holes near the cpu to install my...

Hi, I've decided to go try and build myself a PC. As I don't like Intel, I've also decided that I would like to have and AMD CPU. Now I'm wondering what the "overclocking potential" of the current AMD Athlon family is. As a newbie to this subject can anybody recommend me a site that has a...

I'm replacing my Palomino with a Barton CPU; the chip itself on the Palomino is square, while the Barton is rectangular. I believe my current fan came with the Palomino CPU, so it has a square pad underneath. Will the fan work for the Barton too, or am I better off buying a new fan? - Zilla

Hi you all! I would be very grateful if someone here will help me with some suggestions on bulding my new computer. Here's what I'm preparing to build: case: AOpen QF 50C (Windowed) motherboard: GA-7VM400AMF Athlon XP 2500+ (AMD Processor

I would like to go 64 bit but dont see the need now or even the the medium future, no 64 bit OS well no XP one :) Also no appications and or games that support it maybe afew but thats it ?

what r u think about this board? OC and "tunning" - is it ok for that? sorry for bad english... -- ----------------------------------- Forward Forever Backward Never -----------------------------------

http://www.thermalright.com/a_news/main_news_sp97.htm I wish I hadn't invested in watercooling already. This thing looks fantastic. rms

Dave wrote: Is there a chart which shows approximately when the different models of Duron and Athlon processors were released? I can't find anything like this on the AMD site. Umm yeah its on the site under the specific CPU. under Product information, on the left there is "Processor...

Hello gang, I am getting to grasp slowly with the DDR thing. I have just moved from an Intel Platform using PC133cas2 to a new nForce2 Ultra 400 (NF7-S) using a 2500+. With this set-up I have 512MB (2x256) of TwinMOS TwiSTER PC3500 which has a spd of 8, 3, 3, 2.0 (not bad timings, but I know you...

Hi all, need your help. I want to know what might be stopping me from overclocking any higher. I have a 2600 factory unlocked barton with SLK-900U HS 2x512 Corsair XMS3200C2PT set at timings of 2.5-3-3-6;(2.5-3-3-11 does nothing more in stability or speed for me) Abit AN7 board; 400W PSU At...

Hello, I have just put together a machine with an AMD64 3500 CPU on an Asus A8V motherboard. I have not yet finished installing WinXP on it. However, when I initially checked and adjusted bios settings etc, I noted that the CPU temp was up 55C. Is that ok for this CPU? Thanks, Shane

I have a Soltek SL75-ERV motherboard and I am not sure if it would be compatible with some of the newer Athlon XP ThoroughBred processors. Is there someone out there who can help me out? Thanks

Anyone know what an socket 754 A64 3100+ clawhammer would be worth? It is clocked at the same speed as an A64 2800+ but has 1mb of L2 cache. I'm thinking about selling my socket 754 and getting a socket 939.

I'll soon be recieiving my new MB, the MSI k7n2g, but abit conbfused about which processor to order. At the moment I just want a cheap Athlon XP cpu, the following are shortedlisted from...

I'm planning to upgrade my current PC to an AMD 2500XP Barton CPU with a Swiftech MCX462 HSF (with the Delta fan) on a Gigabyte 7VN400 Pro 2 mobo. I'm looking to get either 516Mb or 1Gb of RAM (because I play PC games a lot and use Photoshop endlessly). I plan to overclock the CPU to about...

As implied. I've been using Norton's Anti Virus for the past couple of weeks as it seems to be the program everyone uses but I've noticed that it slows my computer down a bit when running. So I installed the anti virus package that came with my motherboard which was PC Cillin 2002 and I think...

Hello, My configuration is Abit NF-7, Athlon XP 2000+, Kingston PC3200 cl 3. I wondered if it is possible to set it up to work stable with 200 MHz FSB. Do I need increase procesor core voltage ? How much i can speed up my procesor without risk ? Can you give me parameters that allow me reach best...