@edministrator,replacing blown caps i think might be not so hard because the caps are relatively bigger than the other caps on board. One thing for sure is we need to beware while soldering,if short to others then the board will be fried. Personally i will recommend to D.I.Y. on the old board like ours as it's really hard to get a replacement board.

@edmin,what i meant just now was our old school boards definitely worth to give a try to modify caps since there is no more warranty from the manufacturer.

@kabu, currently i have no mobo to try. Will try up if i get anyone of them.Hehe,can test out my soldering skill too. Worst come to worst is will burnt the board one.

@MadzBlitz,this VIA mobo can't o/c high.The chipset is limiting you go to higher. The cpu shut down,could be the psu not providing enough juice.

@-YellowSn0w-,I've a MSI ATI 9550 lying around. Do PM me if you are interested. I'm letting it go with cheap price. It's equipped with Cooler Master Coolviva on it.

@MadzBlitz,I guess your temp should be an issue. There must be some setting on your mobo which is not suitable if you clock to 3.2GHz. What about your RAM ratio towards CPU FSB ? What's the ratio are you with currently?

Hi kabu,dun forget that the Northwood "A" and "B" version are not so good in o/c compare to Northwood. Both proc & mobo are also a factor to be considered.

@MadzBlitz, you may use CPU-Z to check on your CPU & FSB ratio. I don't think you are running on 1:1 by default. You may also adjust the ratio in bios there.

Hmm..People get this PSU for free.

His i-Hijau will be on sale,.

The extra psu is going to exchange with HDD? Good idea though. Make a review on that psu first if you are going to play with it.

@edmin,get your new psu already? This thread seems going to be dead slowly,not much members playing with their rigs already.

@edmin,Win7 ultimate on P4 2.0m still can feel like a fresh notebook.Awaresome.

@edmin,i try on my rig and i can feel the proc works harder than in Win XP but i do feel fresh because of it's more advance graphics and better functionality.

@alex,your mobo died? What you have bought recently?

I'm still with the RC version,any different noted from both?

rtm version?Guess i will wait for another while to get a copy.Hehe.The fixed bugs do not squeeze into RC version ?

@bai,IP35E,a good mobo too. Get your self a E8400? Your Celeron 1.7GHz might be 128kb of L2 cache only if i'm not mistaken.

@alex,what is your next plan?Maybe you can get yourself a VIA based S478 mobo?

@bai,which proc are you with on your Abit board?
@Alex,sabotage old school mobo is a good idea too.Hehe. I see your signature there WTB car radiator, for what use?

I see many of them are moving to the dark side already. Win 7 still performs rock in P4.

Yo guys,this thread has been silent for many days. I managed to get myself a CM690 with nice price. But i have to wait for the case to bring up to my place.Can't wait to transform my current one to CM690.

@Jcsy,have any new update on the old school rig?

Get a try with GTX295 + P4 EE. You can see the performance.

S478's top clock is at 3.4GHz only. 3.8GHz is LGA775 if i'm not wrong. I have never seen P4 3.6GHz and 3.8GHz in here. These toys are really rare.