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Gherkin   07-13-2003 at 01:11:24 AM

<b>Case:</b> CHIEFTEC Server Chasis (silver) ($63.00) newegg.com
<b>Power Supply:</b> Antec 350W ($46) newegg.com
<b>Motherboard:</b> ABit NF7-S rev. 2 ($109) excaliberpc.com
<b>Processor:</b> AMD ATHLON XP 2500+ "Barton"(retail) ($92) newegg.com
<b>Memory:</b> Crucial Micron 512MB PC-2700 ($76) newegg.com
<b>Video Card:</b> Sapphire ATI 9500 128 MB ($142) newegg.com
<b>Hard Drive:</b> Western Digital 80GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache ($90) newegg.com
<b>CD-RW:</b> Sony 52x24x52 (black) ($45) newegg.com
<b>Floppy Drive:</b> Panasonic 1.44 MB Density Floppy Disk Drive (black) ($8) newegg.com
<b>Monitor:</b> not sure yet
<b>Speakers:</b> Altec Lansing Enhanced 2100 Retail ($65) excaliberpc.com
<b>Mouse/Keyboard:</b> Logitech BLACK Optical Desktop ($33) newegg.com

am I missing anything? I'm not so sure about the videocard though, any suggestions on that would help. And I was thinking of upgrading to the "Barton" 2800+ for ~$80 more. Is that worth it?

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Nights_L   07-13-2003 at 01:30:20 AM
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looks good your system
80$ more for XP2800+, from my point of view..no, not worth it since 2500+ can be overclock easily to 2800+

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Gherkin   07-13-2003 at 01:56:28 AM
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What exactly do you have to do to overclock? I've never done it before and I'd be scared it would mess stuff up.

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Scout   07-13-2003 at 03:17:36 PM
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If the processor is unlocked, you can either change the multiplier or push the front side bus (both settings in the BIOS). I just built on of these for a friend and his XP2500+ was unlocked and his chip ran at XP2800+ speed at standard voltage with just a multiplier change.

The key is to find stability and you can put a little more voltage to the processor if needed, but watch the heat carefully.

Scout
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