i finally bought the parts of my computer system.. i may not have gotten rock bottom prices but i just snapped.. i had to have it. I'll be posting frantically in 3-7 business days--

here's the rundown

CD MS|WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL 1
VGA ATI|RADEON 8500 64M DDR AGP% 1
CASE ANTEC|FULL TOWER SX1240 1
MOUSE MS|INTELLI-MOUSE PS2 OEM% 1
MNTR VIEWSONIC|19" .25 1600 PF790 1
CABLE FD|FLOPPY 18" ROUND GREEN 1
CABLE HD|IDEATA10/3 24"3H ROUND BLUE 4
FD 1.44MB|TEAC FD235HFB291 PS/2 % 1
MODEM 56K|V/F/D_CREATIVE PCI V.90% 1
CPU FAN AMD/INTEL | VOLCANO 7 1
ACCES FAN|90X25FAN 3/4P THERMALTAKE 1
ACCES FAN|80X25FAN3/4P THERMALTAKE% 2
HD 60GB|IBM 7200R #IC35L060AVER07 % 2
KB KBTEK|104K W/WRIST PAD PS2 600W% 1
DVD|SONY 16X OEM 1
DDRAM 512MB|64X64 PC-2100 CORSAIR% 1
MB VIA KT266A|SY-K7VDRAGON+ SOYO 1
MICROPHONE LABTEC|VERSE 504 1
CPU AMD|1800+/266 ATHLON 1.53GXP RT 1

wish me luck

Heh, good luck. I may snap myself and get a KT266A and a GF3 Ti-200 What I really want is a nForce 415-D and a GF4 460 MX but I'm not sure I can hold out for much longer. I can only hope that a 415-D comes out next week and the GF4 MXs either aren't that exciting or are expensive Oh yeah, the XP 1900+ and 512 MB of PC 2100 I also plan on getting will remain the same, either way.

just be careful with that 24" rounded IDE cable.
its longer than specified, and could cauze data corruption.
i had to ditch mine.
at stock 133fsb they were ok.... but i got data corruptin on them at anything higher.

The lack of thermal protection on Athlon's is cunning way to stop morons from using AMD.

How did you correlate data corruption on the cable with FSB?

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To the gentleman in the pink Tutu

How did you correlate data corruption on the cable with FSB?

I would have assumed that the IDE controller had it's own bus clock and would not be clocked off the PCI/FSB clocks?

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To the gentleman in the pink Tutu

Is the Radeon 8500 the retail version? There's actually not as big a difference in performance as some people think, but it does make a difference.

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Good luck.

My case has so many fans that it hovers above the ground .

easy.
a quite linerar relationship.
on the kt133a, and many other mobo's the IDE speed is obviously the same as the PCI. and thats tied into the fsb divided by 4.
at 133 there were no errors
140 had some,
145 considerably more
and 150 was just corruption central.

increasing Mhz increases the cycles per second.
greater chance of standing waves, bit degredation, and lowering of S/N ratio.


The lack of thermal protection on Athlon's is cunning way to stop morons from using AMD.

Ah, the magic of VIA's southbridge!

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

indeed. but u cant blame it all on the southbridge. i WAS using cables longer than the maximum spec (24" )

The lack of thermal protection on Athlon's is cunning way to stop morons from using AMD.

I was thinking of the problem you encountered overclocking the bus speed.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

oh yeah. that was another issue.

old IDE drive + FSB overclocking = badbadbad *grins*

odd that it managed to do perminent damage though.
ahh well

kt333a/sis745/nforce415-d commin up!

The lack of thermal protection on Athlon's is cunning way to stop morons from using AMD.

Good Luck... Hey get some arctic silver compound

cyprus

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Good Luck... Hey get some arctic silver compound.

cyprus

"The trouble with the Internet is that it's replacing masturbation as a leisure activity."
Patrick Murray.