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Originally posted by AZCA yes, those timings work on some boards like ASUS, but what really happens (if u have an ASUS board), the BIOS automatically slows down the RAM to prevent crashing, so those timings are fake, not real. what u really getting is 6-3-3-2-1T, and there were many articles confirming that.

Hell no dude, Im a member on nForce boards for ages now, and they are pros they know alot more then you or me.
And my board runs at 4-2-2-2 and my bandwith is around 3500mbs, and 100% stable.
BTW, I bought my Corsair XMS DDR400 512MB from newegg for 90 bucks when they had sale.

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Originally posted by ThaDevil Hell no dude, Im a member on nForce boards for ages now, and they are pros they know alot more then you or me. And my board runs at 4-2-2-2 and my bandwith is around 3500mbs, and 100% stable. BTW, I bought my Corsair XMS DDR400 512MB from newegg for 90 bucks when they had sale.

well, maybe u just got lucky and got quality ram from Corsair, cause I tried 4 diff sticks and was disappointed.

With Kingston had no problems, built 3 high perf computers, just stick them in, people playing games 24/7 and running servers @ 333 Mhz 5-2-2-2-1T, stable as a rock, + the price is lower too

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Originally posted by AZCA well, maybe u just got lucky and got quality ram from Corsair, cause I tried 4 diff sticks and was disappointed. With Kingston had no problems, built 3 high perf computers, just stick them in, people playing games 24/7 and running servers @ 333 Mhz 5-2-2-2-1T, stable as a rock, + the price is lower too

Im a hardcore gamer myself, and my system is mainly for gameplay and some music and videos, but maily for games like Freedom Fighters, BF1942 and Zero hour for now ... and I play all of my games at 1280x1200 4xaa 4xaf without a hitch, smooth operator.
Im definalty ready for HL2, Doom III and what not

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Originally posted by whiskers ANTEC LIFE STYLE SERIES SONATA PIANO BLACK Model# Sonata w/ ANTEC TRUE380 380W Power Supply $95.00 Pioneer 16X DVD-ROM Model DVD-120S Slot Load Drive OEM $38.99 CORSAIR MEMORY XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series (Twin Pack) 512MB(2 x 256MB) 2x(32MX64) TWINX512-3200C2PT With Platinum - Silver Heat Spreader.Retail $138.50 Asus Motherboard for AMD Athlon XP/Duron Processors, Model# A7N8X Deluxe Retail $125.00 AMD ATHLON XP 2400 /266 FSB PROCESSOR CPU - RETAIL $82.00 Sapphire ATI OEM RADEON 9000 Atlantis 128MB TV out, , Powered by ATI ,BULK $66.00 Grand Total » $ 545.49

all right, i'm gonna order, but before i do, is that all i need or is there something else i'm forgetting. i have 2 hard drives + lan cars + etc. what about a heatsink + fan? do i have to buy the heatsink separately? fan recommendations? i need to be sure that it's compatible with the mobo/cpu and easy to install, i don't wanna screw it up.


EDIT: the cpu comes with a heatsink/fan, but do i really want the generic one?

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Originally posted by whiskers all right, i'm gonna order, but before i do, is that all i need or is there something else i'm forgetting. i have 2 hard drives + lan cars + etc. what about a heatsink + fan? do i have to buy the heatsink separately? fan recommendations? i need to be sure that it's compatible with the mobo/cpu and easy to install, i don't wanna screw it up. EDIT: the cpu comes with a heatsink/fan, but do i really want the generic one?

Lan cars ?? wtf is that ??
If you want good cooling get an SLK800A .... one of the best HSF out there....also grab a SmartFan II.

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Originally posted by ThaDevil Lan cars ?? wtf is that ?? If you want good cooling get an SLK800A .... one of the best HSF out there....also grab a SmartFan II.

rofl, that was a typo, lan carDs... lol.


man, that heatsink looks massive, quite possibly more than i need for now.

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Originally posted by whiskers rofl, that was a typo, lan carDs... lol. man, that heatsink looks massive, quite possibly more than i need for now.

The Asus A7N8X Deluxe comes with 2 on-board lans (both are excellent!).
The HSF, you get what you pay for .... so its up to you.

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Originally posted by ThaDevil The Asus A7N8X Deluxe comes with 2 on-board lans (both are excellent!). The HSF, you get what you pay for .... so its up to you.

all right, thanks a lot, man, you really helped me.

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Originally posted by whiskers all right, thanks a lot, man, you really helped me.

NP man

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Originally posted by whiskers the cpu comes with a heatsink/fan, but do i really want the generic one?

If it wasnt up to the job of keeping the cpu cool enough at stock speeds then amd wouldnt sell them in their retail cpu packs, if you plan to overclock get a monster heatsink!

@ThaDevil you got any proof of that 40mhz fsb? most of teh sites/chats with A7N8X dlx owners ive had found their mobos crap out after 210mhz, and past revisions of the abit may suck, but the latest version doesnt and I know now of people who have hit 250mhz fsb

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Originally posted by whiskers rofl, that was a typo, lan carDs... lol. man, that heatsink looks massive, quite possibly more than i need for now.

Get the thermalright SK-7 Heatsink with a Smartfan 2, best bang-for-buck cooling system.

SK-7 is considerably cheaper than its SLK counterparts, but doesnt cool that much worse.

Ran Sisoft Sandra Burn-in maxed 20 times and my max cpu temp at stock (XP2400+ @ 2Ghz) was 40°C

I have got a great cooling setup in my case tho, all air, should do my Barton 2500 nicely when i get it

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