TheLastAlliance
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Hey [H]ardOCP Readers. I have a technical question/s for you guys.
I need to know everything, and anything that could possibly go wrong with the Intel 875 Chipsets. Bios problems, compatibility issues with different combinations of hardware, etc...... Overclocking results and any other information you guys can muster up is greatly appreciated. I know I am asking for the world...
The reason is I have an MSI 865PE Platinum Edition board, I went through two RMA's of that exact same motherboard with the memory controller, or memory really being messed up. I was so fed up with the problems and compatibility issues between the Mushkin PC3500 Level One and the MSI 865PE Platinum Edition motherboard that I tossed it, and I now have an MSI 875 P-FISR Board.
I built an awsome rig back in Janurary ($1500), when the Prescott was only a week old, A Swiftech 478 (Monster Heatsink ), the Mushkin PC3500 Level One ram had only been out for like a month, got a 9600XT (which had to be RMA'd 4 months later and got a 9800 Pro), SoundBlaster Live 5.1 Card, An Antec SOHO File Server, and a 430 TruePower Powersupply (Which might I add had to be replaced, and I got a 480TruePower instead).
This machine has been a nightmare since day one, I feel like I have had to replace everything, actually come to think of it everything was RMA'd and replaced with something new execpt the heatsink and processor! I am sorry if I have jumped the gun on the 875 chipsets, but I don't want any more problems. I mean I have been batting zero for ten months here when trying to overclock and such. All I want is a little stability, and I can't even get that!
You guys have no idea the nightmare I had between these two components (Ram and Processor), at stock they worked 95% of the time. I could go into all the problems that has occured with the combination listed above, it would take eight pages single spaced to write them all out! And no I am not joking. I mean, I have seen nothing quite like this before. Please Help me!
This is why I am a little gun-shy when it comes time on 10/25 (Monday) to rebuild this new rig and test it for compatability. My new rig is listed below, can someone please tell me what to expect from this combanition of parts? And what kind of overclocking/performance can I expect rom this rig?
My rig is as follows...
---MSI 875 P-FISR
---Intel Pentium 4 Prescott @ 2.80 Ghz
---I Had Mushkin PC3500 Level One Dual Pack (One Gig) (RMA'd this stuff and got the OCZ )
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-146-294&depa=1
---***Just Bought OCZ EL Platinum Revision 2 1GB (512MBx2) DDR PC-3200
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-146-890&depa=1
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (Overclocked Stable to 435/375 with an Artic Cooler Rev. 2)
Antec SOHO File Server Metallic Gray
SoundBlaster Live 5.1 Card
480TruePower instead
Swiftech 478 Heatsink
Prefer information on this rig and the problems that might occur. Thanks! You Guys at [H]ardOCP are awsome!!!
I need to know everything, and anything that could possibly go wrong with the Intel 875 Chipsets. Bios problems, compatibility issues with different combinations of hardware, etc...... Overclocking results and any other information you guys can muster up is greatly appreciated. I know I am asking for the world...
The reason is I have an MSI 865PE Platinum Edition board, I went through two RMA's of that exact same motherboard with the memory controller, or memory really being messed up. I was so fed up with the problems and compatibility issues between the Mushkin PC3500 Level One and the MSI 865PE Platinum Edition motherboard that I tossed it, and I now have an MSI 875 P-FISR Board.
I built an awsome rig back in Janurary ($1500), when the Prescott was only a week old, A Swiftech 478 (Monster Heatsink ), the Mushkin PC3500 Level One ram had only been out for like a month, got a 9600XT (which had to be RMA'd 4 months later and got a 9800 Pro), SoundBlaster Live 5.1 Card, An Antec SOHO File Server, and a 430 TruePower Powersupply (Which might I add had to be replaced, and I got a 480TruePower instead).
This machine has been a nightmare since day one, I feel like I have had to replace everything, actually come to think of it everything was RMA'd and replaced with something new execpt the heatsink and processor! I am sorry if I have jumped the gun on the 875 chipsets, but I don't want any more problems. I mean I have been batting zero for ten months here when trying to overclock and such. All I want is a little stability, and I can't even get that!
You guys have no idea the nightmare I had between these two components (Ram and Processor), at stock they worked 95% of the time. I could go into all the problems that has occured with the combination listed above, it would take eight pages single spaced to write them all out! And no I am not joking. I mean, I have seen nothing quite like this before. Please Help me!
This is why I am a little gun-shy when it comes time on 10/25 (Monday) to rebuild this new rig and test it for compatability. My new rig is listed below, can someone please tell me what to expect from this combanition of parts? And what kind of overclocking/performance can I expect rom this rig?
My rig is as follows...
---MSI 875 P-FISR
---Intel Pentium 4 Prescott @ 2.80 Ghz
---I Had Mushkin PC3500 Level One Dual Pack (One Gig) (RMA'd this stuff and got the OCZ )
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-146-294&depa=1
---***Just Bought OCZ EL Platinum Revision 2 1GB (512MBx2) DDR PC-3200
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-146-890&depa=1
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (Overclocked Stable to 435/375 with an Artic Cooler Rev. 2)
Antec SOHO File Server Metallic Gray
SoundBlaster Live 5.1 Card
480TruePower instead
Swiftech 478 Heatsink
Prefer information on this rig and the problems that might occur. Thanks! You Guys at [H]ardOCP are awsome!!!