nope , his mobo not support phenom
the mobo max support is amd 6400+
izzit same family?

Oic, guess it's better for him to just change the mobo altogethers then.


TS: Try overclocking your athlonx2, 2.8ghz is easily attainable even with stock cooling. It will make a good match with 4670/4830/4770/4850.

This post has been edited by InFe_eD: Nov 6 2009, 04:18 AM

im afraid, like another forumer pointed out, that my mobo cant support phenom or any AM2+ procs.

my max stable with the 3600+ is 2.5Ghz. well i dont intend to OC my proc nowadays as more damage to TNB bills

oh, if you got the 3600+ to 2.5ghz already then I suggest you just stick to it.

it's good enough at that speed and doesn't warrant you changing to others like X2 5200+ and or higher range processors. the difference would be minimal.

IF you didn't increase the CPU Vcore, overclocking your cpu wont use up more wattage. Actually I even undervolting while overclocking my brizzy. More performance and less TNB bills for free.

well i dont know if it's a good OC or not. u can judge it here:



i cant remember whether i upped the vcore or not

well, upping the vcore or not, that's the max i can go anyway iianm. tried to bump to 1.3~1.4v but still 2.5Ghz max stable

This post has been edited by cloudstrife07: Nov 6 2009, 04:55 AM

Strange... 2.5ghz max oc is not consistent with what we normally see from windsor.

either one:

1. my board is limiting me
2. my RAM (last time use 1GB DDR2 667Mhz) is limiting me
3. heat

as for RAM, i guess im using a lower divider, as u can see the RAMs didnt even reach its own stock speed (@625Mhz). so higher probability is that the board is limiting me.

well at AMD OC club down there, i see that goldfries too had his OC around 2.5Ghz when he was using 3600+ last time. and he's using Nforce 550 too iianm.

This post has been edited by cloudstrife07: Nov 6 2009, 05:19 AM

I just notice that your Windsor is a F2, else you will be able reach to 3ghz easily

Anyways, 2.5ghz is good enuf to pair up with a 4470 ady, good luck in your graphic card shopping

haha thanks bro for all the advice

one more thing, is it worth the trouble for me to RAID-0 the hard disk with another low capacity hard disk? probably with another 80GB or 160GB. or just wait for Caviar Black just like another forumer mentioned?

Yes you can but its performance would clearly behind that of a RAID array based on identical hard drives. IIRC, some1 care to clarify?



This post has been edited by InFe_eD: Nov 6 2009, 06:18 AM

well i do acknowledge that hardware RAID > software RAID, it's just that im thinking whether it's worth the trouble or not. if the Caviar Black performs similar to it then i'd better wait for it (wait for the money to buy it).

Oic, I don't think a RAID 0 of 2 small hdd will give much performance boost. Consider the limited space too I don't think that it's worth the hassle.

I had heard from my frens that the Samsung F1 Spinpoint 1 TB perform better then the Caviar Black, tho Im not sure abt this as I had never use Samsung.

Or you might wanna try 2 WD 500gb in RAID 0, really recommended

i thought of using that RAID-0 drives for the OS, and when i got the money next time i'll just buy a normal 1 tera hard disk.

may i know why it's slow? is it because of the rpm?

Not just the rpm, the platter sizes matter too IIRC.

thanks for the info. i just bought the Sapphire 4770

i got a new problem now, my PC couldn't start. went into BIOS, configured the clock etc, and then save the settings.

after restart, there's no beep coming out from the board and the 4770 fan speed is running at full rpm

sometimes just need to adjust the board and card.

erk i dont get what u mean goldfries.

u mean i had to take out the board and the card, make it like overclocking station?

or just re fit the card? if it's refitting i've done many times already

This may sound dumb but did u plugin the PCIE power connector?

yup i did plug it in. don't worry