RE: Re: DIY PC

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

Hey guys ... How about taking this OT posting elsewhere? *chortle*

Overclocked PC memory is hardly HA related!

[ducks and runs like f*ck]

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Timothy Morris [mailto:timothy.morris@xxxxxxx]=20
> Sent: 25 January 2002 00:51
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: DIY PC
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: musashi1977uk [mailto:musashi1977uk@xxxxxxx]=20
> Sent: 24 January 2002 21:47
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: DIY PC
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> Tim, re our previous discussion on Corsair v Crucial Andy has=20
> actually posted a review of  the 2 lots of memory on OC website at  =
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> http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?
> postid=3D974616#post974616
> I think the crunch factor in the whole thing is that Crucial prices=20
> have substantially risen and Corsair has actually come down in
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> so the differential between the two is far less. This being the
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> I would buy the Corsair (=A3106.50  for 256mb 2700) over the
Crucial=20
> (=A353.30 for 256 mb 2100) if I were looking to seriously
Overclock,=20
> although Andy did  get 192 mhz fsb stable with the Crucial !!! The=20
> Crunch here is really do you want to overclock if so buy the
Corsair,=20
> if you dont spend your money on upgrading the processor from a
1500XP=20
> (=A392.90) to a XP1900 (=A3164.60). The choice is yours, but
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> having spent the past 18 months running overclocked processors,=20
> getting that Duron 700 to 1 gig and getting my igig axia to 1.5
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> I feel that the time has come where there are few applications out=20
> there that will take full advantage of the the processing
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> of an XP1500 let alone a XP1900. Personally I have found little
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> taxes my axia currently. Probably the biggest bottlenecks in my=20
> system are my aging Geforce 2 mx (dh) (I keep it cos I run 2
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> off it and rarely play counterstrike these days) and my 30 gig IBM=20
> GXP75 HD.
> Anyway read the review it is quite interesting
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> 205 MHz FSB - no wonder he told me to buy the stuff. If I can=20
> get an XP
> 1500+ running at 2 gig I'll be really impressed (but I doubt=20
> it with air
> cooling and without doing the voltage mod) The combination of=20
> the Alpha cooler and aluminium case with 4 fans should keep I=20
> reasonably cool. Out of interest what sort of CPU temp under=20
> load should I be looking for?
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> The only really CPU intensive program I run these days (apart=20
> from the very occasional game of Wolfenstein) is a real-time=20
> simulator for model helicopter flying, which in addition to=20
> using a fully rendered 3D environment at 1280x1024x32,=20
> actually uses fairly sophisticated modelling equations=20
> (simulates vortices on the blade tips etc). ATM (PIII 800EB=20
> and GF 2 GTS) I have to turn most of the graphics options=20
> right down, and fly in a fairly sparse environment in order=20
> to get decent frame rates. I'll be beta testing the next=20
> generation later in the year, and I'm sure that will be even=20
> more demanding.
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> Once I've put it together (probably this time next week as I=20
> want to run Super PI overnight to determine that the fastest=20
> settings don't generate any memory errors) I'll post some=20
> 3DMark scores running at different FSB settings which should=20
> be fairly representative.
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> Tim
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