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    overclocking on a budget

    Take one P4 prescott 3G processor(~$150), add one Albatron PX865 PE pro motherboard($35 on ebay), stock intel heatsink, and 2x512 pc3200 ddr($99 after rebates from fry's).

    set fsb to 260, cpu voltage to +.3, memory multiplier to 1.6, and boot suse 9.1 live cd.

    This is what I got.

    processor : 0
    vendor_id : GenuineIntel
    cpu family : 15
    model : 4
    model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
    stepping : 1
    cpu MHz : 3897.776
    cache size : 1024 KB
    fdiv_bug : no
    hlt_bug : no
    f00f_bug : no
    coma_bug : no
    fpu : yes
    fpu_exception : yes
    cpuid level : 5
    wp : yes
    flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe pni monitor ds_cpl cid
    bogomips : 7733.24


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    [Mar 30 22:50:05 UTC] Automatic processor type detection did not
    recognize the processor (tag: "6547:0F41")
    [Mar 30 22:50:05 UTC] RC5-72: Running micro-bench to select fastest core...
    [Mar 30 22:51:13 UTC] RC5-72: using core #6 (GO 2-pipe).
    [Mar 30 22:51:49 UTC] RC5-72: Benchmark for core #6 (GO 2-pipe)
    0.00:00:32.08 [8,738,643 keys/sec]
    [Mar 30 22:51:49 UTC] OGR-P2: Running micro-bench to select fastest core...
    [Mar 30 22:52:07 UTC] OGR-P2: using core #0 (GARSP 6.0-A).
    [Mar 30 22:52:46 UTC] OGR-P2: Benchmark for core #0 (GARSP 6.0-A)
    0.00:00:32.77 [20,288,991 nodes/sec]

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    sweet

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    There are at least 3 problems I found with that setup.

    i865 <- old, i875 better.
    Intels are better paired with RAM faster than PC3200 which can be found for fairly cheap.
    It's better to be able to overclock without voltage increases.

    Personally I like Asus boards.

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    Originally posted by Leviathann
    There are at least 3 problems I found with that setup.

    i865 <- old, i875 better.
    Intels are better paired with RAM faster than PC3200 which can be found for fairly cheap.
    It's better to be able to overclock without voltage increases.

    Personally I like Asus boards.
    The price difference between the 865 and 875 just doesn't justify the cost diff. I too have a few asus boards but none of them cost $34. The albatron is very stable and works, plus it's got just about everthing my asus boards have.

    The PC3200 ram was from my xp2500 oc to 3200 on a A7N8X-E deluxe system. When I buy ram for this new system I will be looking for ddr500. But for now the 5.5GB/s with the ddr400 memory oc to 428 is nothing to complain about!


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    Can't find the 865's anywhere on eBay. I see lots of 848's....

    And the problem with saying "I prefer ASUS", is that they have about a zillion different boards out there - which one do you mean??

    I've got two Prescott CPUs sitting here, just waiting for me to get them motherboards to live in.....
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    Quick search on Froogle provided this:

    http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=Asus+i865&scoring=p

    Also, there is a cheap mobo at my favorite place to shop (www.emicrox.com):
    http://www.emicrox.com/eShop/product...78&pid=1441810

    It's an ASUS P4 socket 478 mobo for $66. Nice price. Anyone use the mobo listed above (P4S800-MX 661FX AUD VID LAN AGP 8X MATX)???

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    Fry's the the rescue! They are having a sale on the PC4000 memory I wanted for my new system. I'll take two please.



    pc4000 memory

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    Nice find!

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    Originally posted by rsbriggs
    Can't find the 865's anywhere on eBay. I see lots of 848's....

    And the problem with saying "I prefer ASUS", is that they have about a zillion different boards out there - which one do you mean??

    I've got two Prescott CPUs sitting here, just waiting for me to get them motherboards to live in.....
    Yeh but they only make so many for prescott's. If it's socket 478 then get something that's i875, I own a P4C800-E Deluxe, this is their top-of-the-line socket 478 board, and it's prescott ready.

    I don't know very much about the new i9xx chipsets so the others will have to fill you in.

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    Originally posted by guru
    Fry's the the rescue! They are having a sale on the PC4000 memory I wanted for my new system. I'll take two please.



    pc4000 memory

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    Damn.. i should have waited a couple more weeks. I paid that much for the PC3200 memory in that size. (Also at Fry's for the same price.)

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