My Brisbane Build with the help of Chewy

[jm1647]

Yeah, & maybe a nice square hole in the mobo

And a big dent in the case too, I better leave the side cover off in case the Arctic Cooler goes flying

I had the SanDiego at 3GHZ but backed off a lil bit

[jblitz277]

That would a nice poll, will jm hit 2.5 GHz(total of 5Ghz) with a 60$ dual core cpu?

jim what processor r u using?

[Chewy]

http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?postid=526515#post526515

even I am not sure, must be the bargain basement one

[jm1647]

@Chewy - yeah trying to get the most bang for my buck at the time I purchaed them

Here is what I have

ASUS M2VMX mobo

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131143

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ Brisbane 1.9GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103036

OCZ Platinum Revision 2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227139

ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 64 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185125

I have decided which case yet
Antec SLK1650 with 350WATT PSU I got for $9.99AR

http://shop4.outpost.com/product/4310015;jsessionid=YUoLzxPQ5TYoegHMcfMh+A**.node2?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

or the Ultra Wizard Case which was free AR

http://shop4.outpost.com/product/5124886;jsessionid=7ISvoQ4djsG57dQkALjFNw**.node3?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

with the last Ultra 500WATT PSU I have left that was free AR



EDIT - I forgot I got some case fans too

http://www.nexfan.com/silent-120mm-fan-d12sl-12.html with a buy 2 get 1 free and $5.99 shipping. I bought 4 and got 2 for free at the time figuring I was gonna do another build after the SanDiego 4000+ one

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yate Loon All Black D12SL-12 4 4.19 Add Fan
Screws = 4 Black Case Fan
D12SL-12 120mm Real Mounting
Screws (+$0.20)
Silent Case Fan *BUY TWO
GET ONE FREE* + FREE 80mm
LED FAN GRILL
Subtotal 16.76
Coupon discount -2.99
(yateloon)
Subtotal 13.77
Shipping 7.99
Total 21.76

Fan specs:

Model: D12SL-12
Air Flow: 47 CFM
Fan Speed: 1350 RPM
Noise Level: 28 dBA
Power: 1.8 watt
Fan Size: 120x120x25 MM
Connector: Includes a 3-pin motherboard power / RPM connector and a 4-pin standard power connector

[jm1647]

I haven't gotten around to putting the stuff in a box yet. The mobo, HSF and memory look so good: ) Maybe this week I'll have it up and running I hope!

[Chewy]

2 weekends and no progress? there may be hope yet for you!

ur membership is computer builders anonymous is up for grabs tho

[jm1647]

This weekend I had my grandson again and he is coming back tomorrow. And I had my laptop die on me Saturday Fedex to pick it up Monday or Tuesday.
If I lose my membership I'll listen to the meetings thru a window I was only on Step 2

[Chewy]

we had better watch out, Blu may build a quad core after he sees what sse4 does

[jm1647]

Chewy - it's alive The M2V-MX mobo has a different bios for overclocking then the A8N5X has. Gotta look at it before I attempt anything. Looked at it briefly and the quickest it will go is 240.

And what is another good program to use. Everest 2.20 only reads the HDD temp and doesn't report the memory timings

[UncasMS]

everest ultimate shows mem timings under => motherboard => spd or under => computer => overclock

another good tool will be CPU-Z

[Chewy]

go manual, set fsb to 240

set memory for 333 and cas levels to their stock

test with latency mem bench

[jm1647]

go manual, set fsb to 240

set memory for 333 and cas levels to their stock

test with latency mem bench

I played with the BIOS a lil, weird for the memory the lowest I can see it going is 400, then 533, 667 and 800. And there are settings for manual, auto and limit.
On the screen it say for the fsb on the right side the help it says 200-240 but playing with it, you can go higher. The BIOS looks weird to me compared to the A8N5X. The link for the mobo manual is http://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/...826_m2v-mx.pdf

I got Lil Danny coming tomorrow so I wouldn't be able to tinker until tomorrow night And I got a big point F@H SMP WU running I lost once already I want to finish first. I wouod like to get this build humming.

[Chewy]

the 333 would be half speed/666

with a 20% fsb overclock that would push the 666 up to 800

got that from the memory controller graphic page 66 last night

[jm1647]

@Chewy - thats what the book shows but when I get to it in BIOS it shows auto and when I select it I see auto, limit and manual. When I select manual all that shows for the memclock values is options 400, 533, EDIT 667 and 800. Should I make it limit and select 800. On the right hand side it says, Select the DRAM Frequency programming method. If auto, the DRAM speed will be based on SPDs. If Limit, the DRAM speed will not exceed the specified value. If manual, the dram speeed specified will be programmed regardless.

Thanks again for the help

[Chewy]

that figures, go slow and test, my experience is spd and auto don't work very well, but they should

mem bench latency would be my first bench