Damn...still can't deside

Gardinen · Oct 12, 2004, 05:46 AM

I still can't deside which Socket 939 motherboard to get. nForce3 och KT800Pro? MSI, Abit or ASUS?

germanjulian · Oct 12, 2004, 06:11 AM

well you cannot decide.... I would go with KT800Pro and MSI.

I think their gaming performance is better then Abit nforce3.

why dont you just read some reviews.... thats how I would decide.
Both standarts are every good and all manufacturers are good too

Gardinen · Oct 12, 2004, 06:23 AM

Dude...I think I've read all the reviews there is

I really like the Abit boards, since I've been using the long time myself now.

Although the MSI boards with the VIA chipset is what I'm thinking of. Very nice with a passive northbridge. Can I overclock with that board with a passive northbridge?

dipstick · Oct 12, 2004, 06:33 AM

Its a simple decision; if you're not going to OC much then go VIA, it is slightly faster at some things at stock clocks. If however you want to OC and want to run very high htt and Vcore, and could use a firewall then look no further than the nForce3. Simple choice, no?

Gardinen · Oct 12, 2004, 07:24 AM

Well how much is a much overclock???

I'm planning on getting the 3200+ s939 and the question is how much it can be overclocked.

dipstick · Oct 12, 2004, 07:47 AM

Well, 2.5GHz should easily be had with a nice board. But with the 10x multi you will need a nice mobo that can hit 250+ htt. This is where I simply would not gamble with the VIA.

Gardinen · Oct 12, 2004, 07:54 AM

Okey. do you think my memos would handle that high HTT?? Or doesn't mather perhaps?

germanjulian · Oct 12, 2004, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Gardinen

Okey. do you think my memos would handle that high HTT?? Or doesn't mather perhaps?

justto help you out its matter not mather

no insult just trying to help with the english a bit since ur from sweden

dipstick · Oct 12, 2004, 08:31 AM

Well, you will have to drop the mem in DDR333 mode but at 250htt it will be running at a little over 200MHz anyways so no worries there. And the cool thing with the A64s is that as long as the MHz for the memory are there it doesn't matter what divider you use

Gardinen · Oct 12, 2004, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by germanjulian

justto help you out its matter not mather

no insult just trying to help with the english a bit since ur from sweden

LOL hehe. It's a typo

Gardinen · Oct 12, 2004, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by dipstick

Well, you will have to drop the mem in DDR333 mode but at 250htt it will be running at a little over 200MHz anyways so no worries there. And the cool thing with the A64s is that as long as the MHz for the memory are there it doesn't matter what divider you use

Well on the nForce2 there were something that you would get lower performance if runnin the memories in async with the FSB. Does that goes with the nForce3 as well??

dipstick · Oct 12, 2004, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Gardinen

Well on the nForce2 there were something that you would get lower performance if runnin the memories in async with the FSB. Does that goes with the nForce3 as well??

No it does not.

Gardinen · Oct 12, 2004, 08:45 AM

Cool. Cus my memories can be quite overclocked. What numbers would it be then? The 3200+ socket 939 has a default clock of 2gHz. What would the FSB and HTT be set to and the divider, if I'm gonna get to i.e. 2.5Ghz??

dipstick · Oct 12, 2004, 08:54 AM

For 2.5GHz on a 3200+ and an NF3 I would say like this;
250htt
htt@x4
Mem@166

Voltages you will have to find out on your own as it depends on the cpu. Also you will have to go up slowly, dont just boot up at 250htt. Once the htt and mem dividers are dropped all you have to worry about is the cpu

Gardinen · Oct 12, 2004, 09:04 AM

hmm having the mems at 333mhz isn't excatly was I was looking for. Is there maybe another configuration to get the memories runnnin at 400mhz?

dipstick · Oct 12, 2004, 09:09 AM

heh, I dont think you're understanding me. Sure, at 200htt your mem will be at 333MHz but at 240+ htt your mem will be back and over 200MHz.

tastyweat · Oct 12, 2004, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Gardinen

I still can't deside which Socket 939 motherboard to get. nForce3 och KT800Pro? MSI, Abit or ASUS?

The MSI Neo 2 Platinum is the best 939 board available at the moment.

Gardinen · Oct 12, 2004, 11:54 AM

Yeah but how loud is the Northbridge fan on the K8N Neo2?

dipstick · Oct 12, 2004, 02:45 PM

I cant hear it running

CaptinSxb · Oct 12, 2004, 02:57 PM

What kinda temps would an overclock like that produce? Just curios because im planning on doing the same thing my self.

dipstick · Oct 12, 2004, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by CaptinSxb

What kinda temps would an overclock like that produce? Just curios because im planning on doing the same thing my self.

On the cpu or mobo? I'm not sure about the cpu but my Neo2 at 300htt idles at 30c and loads at 38c.

Judas · Oct 12, 2004, 08:57 PM

the new KT890 is looking good and Abit has one available... PCI EX support and all

Gardinen · Oct 13, 2004, 02:15 AM

No PCI EX for me. My brand new X800 is an AGP.