I have a abit nf7-s rev 2.0 and think i might treat myself to a amd 3200xp + 400fsb but is this compatible with the NF7-S?
Richman
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I have a abit nf7-s rev 2.0 and think i might treat myself to a amd 3200xp + 400fsb but is this compatible with the NF7-S?
Richman
Yep. :)
Indeed it is m8 :)
It is yes but please please please get a 2400+ mobile instead as it will go far further than a 3200+ and will do the same speed at a lower voltage should you not wish to overclock.
All that for about half the price :)
Ah i didnt know that last time i overclocked my 2800xp+ and windows was freezing and i had really bad experiances with it, but maybe if i get a 2400-m it may be better. Will it be better than my current 2500xp+ (stock) cpuQuote:
Originally Posted by GreenPiggy
Richman
A mobile Barton will be absolutely guaranteed to reach 3200+ speeds.
Thats 2.2Gig. I haven't heard of a mobile Barton that won't reach 2.4Gig(Mine reaches 2.6)
Also it is preferable to the standard 3200 as it will probably reach those speeds at a lower voltage which comes in useful if you have a crappy power supply
The reason a mobile is better is that it's certified to run at a lower voltage than a desktop CPU(1.45 as opposed to 1.65V)
The mobile will however be able to take the same voltages as the desktop. This consequently gives you much more headroom for overclocking :rockon:
Looking at your system the only problem with getting 400FSB might be if you have dodgy RAM. Unlikely seeing as it is Twinmos :)
will work fine mate :)
My 2500+ used to run as a 3200+ but now I've got it going a little faster thanks to the Abits lovely clockability, just get some nice memory for the dual channel and then watch as the system screams away :)
What cooler would be needed as i have a coolermaster aero 7?
So the 2400-M is the best bet then overclock her?
Richman
Should be fine. I've had 2.4 out of a desktop Barton with an Aero7 lite.
The mobile should run cooler at the same speed because of the lower voltage.
The most popular setup here seems to be NF7 & Mobile 2500/2400+ so you'll be in good company:)
I will order one on friday and get to work then :d
Get a 35W 2400+ from CPUcity and get 2.6 Gig out of that beauty
one of these http://www.cpucitystore.co.uk/catalo...roducts_id=464
Richman
Thats the baby. Treat her rough:)
Remember that your mobile may not be as good as the desktop version, but for that you's have to be very unlucky. Most, however, will be very sweet chips - mine does 2.4 at ~1.725v, but ive heard of one done 2.6 at the same voltage which is sweet :).
Buy a retail chip and get the aproved heat sink and fan with it :)
That was my inital plan that is why i was asking if my Abit NF7-S would support a 3200 chip as i was gonna get a chip not retail tho but oem and use my aero 7+. Will my aero 7+ be ok on a 3200 or will i need something else.Quote:
Originally Posted by Apex
If iam going to get a mobile chip which iam Highly considering i would need some advice on overclocking if that is ok as iam not really sure on how to go about it.
Richman
Mate just add me to your MSN and ask anytime. I have exactly the same setup.
The Aero7+ should be absolutely fine. Would probably be ok up to 2.4 tbh
Just had a bash at overclocking the FSB on my current 2500 and i got into windows everything was fine went to open paint and i got a blue screen telling me windows had been shut down to prevent damage and i now come into windows after returing the setting to find this:
I dont know why it does this or how i can stop it but iam not sure if it had anything to do with my overclocking the 2500 barton to 3200 (200FSB)Quote:
TrueVector engine: File "C:\WINDOWS\Internet Logs\RICHMAN-2004.ldb" was corrupt and has been copied to "C:\WINDOWS\Internet Logs\xDB2.tmp". File "C:\WINDOWS\Internet Logs\RICHMAN-2004.ldb" was corrupt and has been deleted.
Richman
You got zone alarm running ?
cos if so TrueVector is the name of the service for zonealarm
might need to raise the voltage of the ram a bit say 2.7/2.8v to be ont he safe side :)
Yep Zone Alarm is running would that error have been caused by me upping the FSB to 200? i think i will get some more advice of you ppl before i do anymore becuase i can afford to loose this chip by frying it atm :p.Quote:
Originally Posted by Apex
The Chip iam trying to change is a 2500xp+ Barton and it is locked so i can olny change the FSB but as i have never used Soft Menu III before iam kind of lost.
Some advice or tips from you guys would be really really good.
Richman
In the same menu where you changed the cpu fsb
set the agp to 66 to start with
at the bottom theres the options for voltage, you need to change the default to user specific
i would then whack the cpu voltage up a touch and whack the cpu and vdd voltage up a touch and try again
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Hope there of some help to you :)
Apex i have taken some screenshots of my bios so that you can tell me exactly where to got :) they can be downloaded from here
Richman
Np m8 hope my info was of some help :)
i've just brought a shuttle sn45g which comes with a xp-m 2500+ and 512mb pc3200(geil(SP?)) ram, just wondering if i would beable to get this up to 3200+ speeds without any heating problems in the shuttle?
or even better could i get it to say 2.4 or 2.5gig without any heat problems?
thanks
Richman - I'm just about to upgrade from an old (unlocked) Barton XP2500 to a Mobile XP2400.
The older Barton does 2280MHz but not a jot more. Newer Bartons will get 2300~2400MHz whereas the mobile should get up to 2400~2600MHz.
So let alone advising you to get the mobile CPU, I'm planning on changing from the standard Barton to the mobile one - So it is definately the one to get. :)