synergy321
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LOL ....n00bie LOLfugu said:quit the namecalling
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LOL ....n00bie LOLfugu said:quit the namecalling
Might wanna thread lightly when prodding fugu there... Or you'll soon realize who's the n00bie.synergy321 said:LOL ....n00bie LOL
nismohks said:hmm now im leaning more towards the Abit boards. im not much of an overclocker but i know enough so that i wont fry my future new cpu(939 A64 3500+)
just one thing bugs me with the AV8 thrid eye though. its the psu power plug on the MB. im afaid that there might be a fat bunch of cables thats gonna be in the middle of my case(antec P160). HOPEFULLY i am able to route thatcable behind the psu and come out just under it to the MB header like the Antec Lanboy.
btw. is the AV8 fussy with Ram? im thinkning of getting:
PC-3200 1024MB Corsair TwinX 184-pin DDR SDRAM CAS 2 (2x512MB sticks) 400mhz w/aluminium heatspreader
is that any good and is it the right speed for the A64 3500+?
So far no probs with the A8V build. Will be running Prime95 tonight to test stability.
Synthetic benchmarks don't mean much and in actual games from the tests [H] has run in the past the VIA chipset actually ran a smidge faster than NF3... NF3 had the edge in synthetic stuff and HD benchies. Not saying it's an advantage either way, all I'm saying is the differences are so miniscule that I'd go more on features, reliability, and user experiences than the performance when it's so close.HeavyH20 said:Take it from someone who had all THREE of the those boards. The MSI Neo2 Plat is the best, it overclocked the best. The VIA chipset does not allow very high 1T clocking of the DDR. And, the MSI, clock for clock, (contrasting 1T to the sucky 2T timing at 280 FSB on the VIA boards) proved to be about 1000 points faster on the CPU score in AM3(13,300 vs 12,200ish).
Mine's just fine... Not sure if that was sarcasm, plenty of rock-solid A8V OC results on the boards as well.ShuttleLuv said:Good luck.
Impulse said:Synthetic benchmarks don't mean much and in actual games from the tests [H] has run in the past the VIA chipset actually ran a smidge faster than NF3... NF3 had the edge in synthetic stuff and HD benchies. Not saying it's an advantage either way, all I'm saying is the differences are so miniscule that I'd go more on features, reliability, and user experiences than the performance when it's so close.
Mine's just fine... Not sure if that was sarcasm, plenty of rock-solid A8V OC results on the boards as well.
My A8V has proven to be stable with varying mem timings (all at 1T) up to at 'least 280 FSB (haven't tested higher) but the processor itself is holding me back right now, it Primes at 280 with a multiplier of 8 all day long though... Unless you're doing some heavy OC'ing w/WC/phase and/or using a chip slower than a 3000+ I doubt you'll need to run much higher than that.
My proc doesn't seem to like 2.4GHz+ right now, not sure if it's a voltage issue or what, gonna fiddle with the HT later and see if a higher multiplier will work for some freakish reason (there's been reports of it working despite common wisdom saying not to go over 1,000MHz on the HT bus).
nismohks said:is the MSI PCIe board for a64 any good then?
pigz said:there is (not sure about the nforce4 chipset) only one 939 mobo that is worth it...
MSI K8N NEO2 PLATINUM
ps. great for overclocking
pss. epox has serious issues