Can anyone recommend a kit to cool the CPU to start with then be able to add on the GPU and Northbridge later?

I've been reading a lot of posts about cooling the southbridge if you start to o/c a NF7-s with a Barton 2500+. Now my question is how to you attach it? I assume you'd use some adhesive or something........what about throwing on some ASIII as well or will that not work? At the moment l'm looking...

hi all. after having a lightning strike fry much of my current system i'm having to gather together the components to build another one. being a poor boy but wanting as much of a system as i can for my budget, i want to put together something current that has good overclocking potentiel. i'm...

Hello does anyone know from where is taken cpu temp reading on this mb? my friend just got some ecs board (dont know exactly which one) with duron 1.4ghz (this is some via mb with ddr memory support) cpu temp reported by bios after startup is 52C which is a little to hot in my opinion. (room...

"The Old Man" wrote in message ... Hi all, I purchased an AMD XP2500+ to go with my new Asus A7N8X Deluxe Motherboard. Out of interest, mainly due to a friend informing me that boards with the Nforce2 chipset automatically...

Hi, Yesterday I upgraded someones PC with a new Asus A78X-X motherboard and an AMD XP Palomino 1900+ CPU. Under Windows XP Pro SP1A, it displays as an AMD MP 1900+ 1.60 GHZ. Is this correct? Thanks,

Can some one post the url for the site which shows the correct pins for the wire trick. I have a xp2500 which hopefully can be oced a bit.

I just bought an unlocked Barton core XP2500+ yesturday and I now have it running at 2.21GHZ detected as an XP3200+ (FSB200 x 11 1.65v) and completely stable in all tests and never above 46 deg standard air cooling under full load. I can't believe my luck! Or is this normal for the Barton? Just...

On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 13:15:57 +0000 (UTC), AD C wrote: Hmonitor wrote: New release of hardware monitoring utility with thermocontrol features is available at www.hmonitor.com! Just had a look, not impressed, motherboard monitor is better and it is

does anyone know the heat radiation of the new athlon chips. I have been looking around the amd website, but cannot find the processor specs. /iaw

The early tests show the Athlon-64 by far surpassing Intel's fastest = processor. "Never anonymous Bud" wrote in message = ... Separating himself from Baghdad Bob, Ed whined: = =20 Intel to...

Hi all, A friend is try ing to convince me of the virtues of a xp2500 on a MSI k6n2 Delta. He says this is the combo to buy and it can be pushed to 370 fsb with little trouble. Can any one advise me about this mobo and chip. I really need help. TIA HH

On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 00:47:25 +0930, John Leister wrote: Also how long would it take for my CPU to fry if I disconnected the fan, or removed the heatsink? I am told that either will cause death in a matter of seconds. in a half a second if you remove the heatsink,...

I am wondering where you go to get parts? I have always gone to Mwave.com. I havnt had a problem with them so far. I dont know if they have the best prices so I am asking for input. NOTE: As long as they sell AMD, I dont but any intel crap. spit. P.S. I tried Amamax.com to see how they are and...

My blue LED just died....... How long do these things last? My computer has a black case with four clips at the top a silver front panel and 4 drive bays up top. In the front are two LED indicators one red, an almost laser red too I might add it's very bright. The other one is or was blue but...

i like to find out which memory to use with asus p4c800delux motherboard. I would like to use a low timing memory modules. I appreciate a feedback if you have this motherboard. thank you

Hi all, I have my nicely oc'd system but I have a question in reference to sound... I have the epox-8rda+ mobo with integrated sound which is very good. Does integrated sound mean more work for the cpu during games etc and would using a pci crative sound card which I assume has an independent...

I was going to build my new sys around the Abit NF7-S and a new 2600/333 cpu, however getting hold of a rev2.0 (400fsb capable) abit board means having to go to online retailers. My local PC world is now stocking the MSI K7N2 for roughly the same price (but no p&p obviosly). Bearing in mind that...

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...

My Specs Are Soyo KT400 MOBO 512 DDR333 Athlone XP 2600+ When I try to OC, most of the time I go a little high, the computer wont give power to monitor, mouse and keyboard so I have to reset CMOS. Any recommendations as to what i should set FSB, Voltage, Ram prefs, Multiplier, and anything else?...