Not AGAIN!!

Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
edited May 2004 in Hardware
Newegg's refurb section got me. Again.

Besides the refurbished 2.8GHz P4-E that'll be here today, I just ordered a refurbished ASUS PC-DL Deluxe Dual P4 Xeon motherboard.

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  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited May 2004
    Sweet looking mobo. Does it OC?
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited May 2004
    you'd better be folding :fold:
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited May 2004
    Omega: I believe it does, yeah.
    TheBaron: How can I fold on it when I don't have any CPUs for it? I'll buy a 1.7GHz Xeon ($68) when I have the money, so I can test it. Then it's going in my parts drawer until I can afford a couple of hyperthreaded xeons. This system is going to be set up the same way my dual PIII system was- over a period of a number of months to a year, because I don't have the funds to set it all up at once.
  • madmatmadmat
    edited May 2004
    After all the hammering (pun intended) you did on the pres-hotts why on earth buy one?
    I think you need to just let me have it ;D
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited May 2004
    Actually, it's thrax that hammers the Prescott. I take a slightly different approach. I don't like the way the P4 is designed. I flat-out do not like it at all. I also don't like the power consumption and the heat that the Prescotts produce.

    That being said, the 2.8E still hits about 3.6GHz on water, and I'm hoping to hit at least 3.5 on air. It was also the cheapest hyperthreaded CPU Newegg's refurb had at the time, I was sick of having the IC7 sitting around, and I will not pay $250 for a CPU, especially a used one, which is how much the northwood P4-C was going for.

    Besides, I like a challenge. And cooling the Prescott will certainly not be easy. :D It's the perfect test mule for some ideas I've got that I might get around to building working prototypes of this summer. And, beyond that, if I kill it, it's just a P4. No one cares about P4s. :D
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    You don't like its design, but you bought it anyways.

    Rather than selling the IC7 to make some money, you spent more on a product you didn't like?

    .. Jesus dude.
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    Thrax wrote:
    You don't like its design, but you bought it anyways.

    Rather than selling the IC7 to make some money, you spent more on a product you didn't like?

    .. Jesus dude.

    ;D :Pwned:
  • dragonV8dragonV8 not here much New
    edited May 2004
    Geeky1 wrote:
    No one cares about P4s. :D
    Wash your mouth out with soap young man.:rarr:

    P4's are doing allright for us oldies that don't know too much about puters.:thumbsup:

    Jonshandbrake is only using P4's. :type:

    6 puters doing 10 WU's.:fold::fold::fold::fold::fold::fold::fold::fold::fold::fold:
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    Pentium 4 != :type:
    Pentium 4 = :aol:
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    Geeky1 wrote:
    Actually, it's thrax that hammers the Prescott. I take a slightly different approach. I don't like the way the P4 is designed. I flat-out do not like it at all. I also don't like the power consumption and the heat that the Prescotts produce.

    That being said, the 2.8E still hits about 3.6GHz on water, and I'm hoping to hit at least 3.5 on air. It was also the cheapest hyperthreaded CPU Newegg's refurb had at the time, I was sick of having the IC7 sitting around, and I will not pay $250 for a CPU, especially a used one, which is how much the northwood P4-C was going for.

    Besides, I like a challenge. And cooling the Prescott will certainly not be easy. :D It's the perfect test mule for some ideas I've got that I might get around to building working prototypes of this summer. And, beyond that, if I kill it, it's just a P4. No one cares about P4s. :D

    One thing, if the thing is HYPER hot for you, be aware that it runs at 1.32 volts just fine. Stated limit in voltage, upper, is 1.4 Vcc. If you are running it at voltages as great as hammers, you are overvoltaging it.

    Second thing, ignore the hype that LL RAM does not work with it if you are going to OC. Not only does it work, but real fast LL will let it OC BETTER. Corsair has some C2PT Dual Channel out that Prescott will run fine with.

    John-- who is also running a 2.8EE on air and with Corsair XMS C2PT RAM (platinum HS variety on the PRescott) also. Have not tried OCing it yet, much. Give me three weeks will tell mroe when have DONE more. Board I am using is an IC7-Max3, for those who do not know that. northwood can also do this, slightly higher Vcc.
  • dragonV8dragonV8 not here much New
    edited May 2004
    Thrax wrote:
    Pentium 4 != :type:
    Pentium 4 = :aol:

    Sleep with one eye open Thrax.:wink:

    We never get mad.:mean:

    We get even, hehehe.:nudge:


    BAck on TOPIC. Sounds like a good purchase Geeky1. I for one would be interested to see how she O/C's when it is completed, as o/c'ing will be our next adventure.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited May 2004
    By the time I find out, you'll probably already be overclocking (assuming you're talking about the xeon board). The Xeons I want are expensive as hell. I might get a 1.7GHz one ($68) to test the board with, but I'm going to have to wait until this summer to get the dual hyperthreaded ones I'd like to put in it.
  • gtghmgtghm New
    edited May 2004
    AFAIK, Xeons don't OC at all... I would be suprised if you got more than a few bumps on the FSB and 50 to 100mhz's more than they are rated for...

    I could be wrong though, check 2cpu.com forums they have a lot of Xeon dudes and dudets there. I know that at one time there was a few people changing out the clock generator on the 800 FSB RDRAM to the 1066 FSB RDRAM on the Tyan boards but since the 533's and DDR was implemented I kinda lost touch.

    I know that my Xeons won't budge one tiny bit... and I can not change the multi higher than the CPUs are rated for and no way to change the FSB multi, I am locked in at 2.2 @ 400 FSB or lower...

    Still, I do like my system... Gets me by... :)

    "g"
  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited May 2004
    Unfortunately, the PC-DL may not support any of the 800 MHz FSB "Nocona" Xeon's. It uses VRM version 9.1 where Nocona officially requires VRM 10.0.

    It's possible to jack the FSB up to 200 MHz (800 QDR) or higher with a few mods to the board (VDIMM mod & Socket Wire mod) and flashing to BIOS 1004.

    Just like P4's, the current 533 Xeon's can be overclocked VIA FSB, but the multi's can't be changed (unless you get real lucky and manage to find a pair of Engineering Sample Xeon's). :)
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