Hey all,
Just one more thing before I try my first proper overclock - the time it takes for windows to boot on my machine seems a bit cak. I've recently built a new machine and although it runs slightly quicker than the old machine, the start up time doesn't seem any better, here are the main specs of my old and new machines:
Old
AMD Athlon XP 3200+ (OC'ed to 2.4Ghz)
Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro 2
3Gb PC3200 unbranded RAM
80Gb SATA 7200rpm HDD
ATI Radeon 9600 256Mb Grahpics
New
Intel Q6600
Asus P5K Delux wifi AP
2Gb Corsair SMX2 PC6400
80Gb SATA II 7200rpm HDD
GeForce 8500 GT Sonic 256Mb Graphics
I'm using the same version of XP Pro, with a very similar software suite. I've switched off a few things in the BIOS like wifi and firewire as I don't need them. I've only got 7 items in the startup tab of msconfig and there are 78 services running. I've removed all but about 20 fonts and optimised my boot files with bootvis.
My total boot time (including my av app loading) is 1 minute 49 seconds which seems excessive. Is this slow?