Johneverd said:System specs are:

DFI LANParty UT NF4 SLI-DR Expert Motherboard
Thermalright XP-120 heatsink (lapped flat)
1 GB (2 x 512MB) Mushkin PC3200 Level II V2 (2-2-2-5) Samsung TCCD based RAM
OCZ 520w Powerstream PSU
XFX 7800GT video card with Zalman VF700-cu cooler (from same Dell deal as this chip)

BTW, my Fatwallet account shows $11.27 FatCash from Dell.

Thanks!

I am contemplating an Ultra-D, since I won't be using SLI. Just rec'd an Artic Cooling Freezer Pro 64 today...SVC had em on sale for $23.99...includes fan.

Let me ask your thoughts about the RAM. Last time I ck'd, all 2x512 TCCD was running @ $160. Several companies offer 2x1024 of UCCC for the same price. I don't want to OC real aggressive... 2.4 to 2.6 would be fine. What do you think @ the better RAM option???

homersapien said:Dual instances of Prime95, and for how long?

It'd be interesting to know how high you can get your chip to clock on stock voltage. Mine (same stepping as you) will do 270x10 on stock volts, but the volts increase rapidly up to 2900mhz, where it's diet seems more like 1.5v. Those extra volts aren't worth a measly 200mhz to me though. Would have been nice it the CPU scaled better and I could do, say, 310-320x10 on 1.5v
I ran Dual instances of Prime95 today for just over an hour without errors. Here is a Screenshot. I will run it overnight either tonight or tomorrow.

For those interested in Dual instances of Prime95 for their new dual-core chips, below are good intructions on how to set it up: LINK to Prime95 Instructions

EDIT: 270x10 on stock volts is very nice. I might go for the same thing (if it will let me) for day to day use, after I am done playing with it.

When you overclock, just change the 270 and multiply 10 in bios, that's it, right? Nothing else to do? Thanks.

Thank you!

3200+ order delayed until (atleast) 2/27 by Dell. Original ship day was 2/10

Johneverd said:enzyme said:When you overclock, just change the 270 and multiply 10 in bios, that's it, right? Nothing else to do? Thanks.
It can be dangerous to your new processor to jump right in at 270MHz, as too much heat can burn it up.

Not true.

Each CPU has a threshold temperature. Only if you cross that temperature, it is dangerous to your CPU. anything lower and you are perfectly fine (no need to worry).

whether he slowly clocks upto 270fsb or directly goes to 270fsb, it wont matter as the temperature at 270fsb with the same heatsink will be roughly the same.

Hello, New to the forums here.

I am looking to purchase a new motherboard and cpu:
My attention is towards Asus A8N-SLI Premium and X2 3800. Is there any good coupon codes or deals that i should be aware of?

Thanks

ufjason said:I assume there are some overclockers here. Could anyone recommend some memory to use with the x2 3800 and asus a8n-e? I'm planning on overclocking the cpu to 2.5ghz with the stock cooler and want to pay as little as possible for the memory without sacrificing performance. I saw that the kingston hyper-x will get 500MHz (pc4000) 3-4-4-8-1 (CAS Latency 3) performance for 78.xx after mail in rebate. Any recommendations and advice would be helpful. The research I found said that the stock cooler should be fine for this overclock, let me know if you agree.

nForce 4 boards have options to run the RAM on a divider without a performance loss, like in the nForce2 days. Running quality low latency RAM (2-3-3-x or even better 2-2-2-x) with a divider will yield the same results as running high(er) speed RAM with 'looser' timings, as Athlon systems love low latencies.

The stock cooler will be fine if you don't need to increase voltages. If you do need 1.45+ volts, then consider even a modest $30 heatsink and quiet fan.

For anybody that might be interested.

FRY's is going to have the AMD X2 3800 FOR $279.00 with a free ECS Mo/Bo, this weekend.

Check out the add on the "hot deals" section.