New A7N8X System

[Flyboy]

Finally finished upgrading my other computer. For those interested here's the specs:

Motherboard: A7N8X
Video: Abit GF4 Ti4200, 128MB
RAM: 512 MB PC3200 Corsair (XMS), CAS2
Hardrive: 60 GB Western Digital SE
CPU: AMD XP 2600+
CPU Cooler: CoolerMaster HHC-001
Case: Lian-Li PC7B (4 case fans, aluminum chassis)
Power: Antec True 430 Watt
Cdrom: Sony 48x
OS: Windows XP Pro, SP1

3DMark2001 SE: 10400

I haven't had time to bench more, but I'll give you the scores if anyone's interested. No overclocking yet either.

Oh...and temps are:
Mobo: ~34 deg C
CPU: ~36 deg C

 

[halkebul]

Very good component choices! And you could use PowerStrip to overclock the graphics card. Congrats!

<A HREF="http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=527833#527833" target="_new">Official Asus A7N8X Thread</A>

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[Flyboy]

Thx. I'm thinking I'll run it hard for a week before overclocking it. Do some burn-in tests. Then I'll work on trying to reach 11000 to 12000 points. I thought the memory scored kinda low in PCMark2002.

PCMark2002:
CPU: ~6800
RAM ~4800

Does 4800 seem low to you for memory performance?

Thanks halkebul!

 

[halkebul]

There's alot of confusion in forums about which memory slots the memory modules should be in, in order to benefit from the dual memory controllers of the nForce2. But, one of our own tom's hardware members called asus and they replied that the only way to benefit from the dual memory controllers is to insert the two memory modules in the BLUE slots. Not sure it will change the memory benchmark. But might be interesting to see the results. Cheers!

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