haha...not really in acon room la....

now running at 3.36GHz idle 26C, nb temp 33C. not bad la...my pressy and nb temp last time the coolest is still around 35C+- idle. Just thinking of cool the nb down. now cpu dont have the temp problem i think.
@plankton
if you want to build a new 478 rig as a htpc then its a waste. if everything is ready left suitable mobo then its fine. i would suggest that get a matx mobo, then get a tv card or cheap gcard with svideo.

for ur mobo, the best u can do is only 2.75V for ur Vdimm and 1.575V for Vcore?its an Asus...how come so limited?shud be able to clock 240+FSB easily.its ur proc hang or it auto reboot when u do orthos in an hour??auto reboot means Vcore not enuf or Vcore fluctuates too much.if hang,for my pc is coz my RAM overheat.its quite hard to get a good fan RAM cooler even in kl.too expensive.FYI, my Vdimm is 2.85V most of the time.mobo can go till 3.3Vdimm.

yalo.... max only till the minimum of theirs. at least till 2.8v la .....over 3v then we called it extreme. 

but so far i quite satisfied with my puny p4p800x. serve me well for few years. this october will be the 3rd birthday for my 478,

kidding nia la.....haha...i thought you are setting up for your htpc. now using it as dual screen. cool.....
hahahahaha,,,,,,,me pokai liao, so just stay with my 19". next target wait till got cash then think...
@pengster

your ram very hot??i think is the ram compatible that hold you back in oc. Just my RM0.02.

bought it direct from dell RM1900 with 5 years extended warranty, setting up dual screen, 24" for movies+PS2 and TV channels while 19" as primary for PC daily usage. 

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Added on August 4, 2007, 8:40 am

having the 3.0HT with the P4P800 really makes huge difference compared when i am using my ex-rig, the 3.06 with intel i845 (non HT+DDR266). for example, when doing scanning with my old scanner (parallel port), CPU usage shoots to 100% and i can barely do other stuff with the ex-rig, while with current P4P800, everything went off fast and i can even multitask in between due to the load balancing done by HT (opened up task manager and saw 50% usage in each virtual core). even though it is not dual core, but the HT does speed things up, i still remember viewing a video with kabukiawie few years back, by THG on HT vs non HT rig, and shows the HT significantly faster in certain rendering applications and multitasking.

the DELL 24" is a good investment due to the first class quality panel and its vast input capabilities, can use it for many functions. the current offer stands at RM1849, while the 27" is RM3199 and 30" is RM4999, so i would say the 24" is a sweet spot for its price vs size+performance. it is a day and night comparison to TN panels in viewing angles department and color contrast. 

as requested, the cpu-z screenie:
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if ur old mobo is a MSI Neo2 series wif 865 chipset,den ur max Vdimm i can confirm is 3.3V. problem is,MSI mobo OC capability not so good no matter how high u set voltage.mine hit the wall at FSB 245.

just test and the 20GB WD consider faulty coz mobo  can't detect ...  ... now i'm joining kabukiawie with side panel open ...  ... so lazy to put it back now .... 

hehe, downloaded 3dmark05 last night and bench at stock gc speed. get 4k. haiz....the hanging still haunted my gc at stock speed. tried dna driver, 94.24, 168.xx still the same. only downclock is the only solution. 
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@GCI99

Welcome to this club. 

its normal for a prescott temp. but i think the temp can be reduce <50C idle.

watch your airflow in your case. like cabling etc. poor airflow can easily boost up the temp. clean the hfs if too dirty, and try apply a better thermal paste.

if all these still cant bring down the temp, its better you get a better cooler.  just my 2 cents

this is the only place for 478 users gather.

i googled on p4p8x last few days and found out that they get performance boost after flash it to p4p800 bios. the performance almost on par with p4p800. looks interesting. :)anyone have try that before?? like flash p4p800 to p4p800-se etc.

get 1 ram cooler fan lo... haha...pancy2 bling bling.
get from dell have 0% installment ma, so not that heavy la.
i afraid to flash as the physical layout of p4p800x and vanilla is different. Dont really dare to try. if using p4p8x then i dare la.
your rig down again??

take out all the thing and reinstall again. maybe some of the parts are not fit in properly, especially ram and gc.

got spare gc to swap?? maybe just clear cmos may help.

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  so ayam this mobo.. need to find asus p4c800-e deluxe i think .. 3d score so lap sap...
bye the way.. when our old school club s478 want do gathering??? i think some otai here can make a plan..hehehe

For those who wanna OC, there are still some 512MB DDR400 D43 chips located at The Curve, shop name SBC. Very rare indeed

quite hard to fully enable the PAT la unless we do the bios flashing to hack the PAT. still looking for the comfirmation on flashing p4p800 bios to my puny p4p800x

i know why you got full enabled PAT. Its because you are running <200fsb. my prescott last time also full PAT enabled with just 170fsb+-. too bad i cant make it till 200fsb. now running with 2.8C and oc a bit already exceed 200fsb. Even enable it using tweak865 also only manage to get partial enable.

oh? any changes?? can oc more??

@raymond
hmm....its really sweet as you are running 4 sticks of ram and still manage to rock that high.

very nice. it should help alot in your oc. you using artic ceramique??
haha.....addicted to overclocking is GOOD. :lol:we all kena overclocking virus liao. everyday spreading. hoho......

Yes i think my 2.6C can go at least 3.4GHz if the vDimm can set higher.   But i'm not planning to swap it now as i have bring my IC7 to penang now.
vDimm to 3.3v and vAGP to 2v ?   Doesn't they are too high ?

Well, if im not mistaken the VAGP doesnt concern much on the AGP card itself. This VAGP will supply sufficient voltage to the Northbridge for more stable system.

remember that NB was the one controlling the AGP bus.
so adding up vagp will aid in that.

Guys,i found some info about the vAGP at the link below,it's stated as above.But don't know why i can't view all the pictures here.

http://www.vr-zone.com/print.php?i=53

I guess overclockalbert has help me out from my doubt.
@pengster
Well i would say in long run it will benefits. I myself not really test the difference from a low VAGP and high VAGP, but since it is proven I guess it is better.

Back from a long run outstation work! Hm.. About upping the vAGP, i do try before with my system. I dont know whether is true or not but i do feel the stability of increasing it. i upped mine from 1.5v to 1.6 and i could prime my rigs in 3.65Ghz, 1:1 ratio with Orthos priority 10 for 5hrs without shutting down. Before increasing the vAGP my system failed on priority 10 priming after 30mins priming.

Thats what i feel by upping the vAGP!

hmm....it seems that now everyone is busying playing with vagp. I am out from the party...

@raymond
what vcore you use for your p4p800x?? i mean you set in bios. i currently set to 1.575v. dont know safe or not. hmm....temp is not a problem.

For my board, increasing Vagp does help stabilise FSB. But most overclockers say that ATI graphic cards are very sensitive to voltage, because it puts more stress on the MOSFETs on the card.

To add salt to the wound, I replaced one of the MOSFETs on my 9700 PRO with a lower quality version because one accidentally got ripped out when I pulled the heatplate off

I just changed to a new LianLi aluminium case yesterday, temperatures definitely have dropped since my old casing. To add, I'm lovin' the brushed aluminium

But since my new casing has no sideport to blow cool air directly to the processor, my processor fan rose from 2700 RPM to a warp-speed 4500 RPM! It spins so fast till the whole casing starts to rattle and vibrate. And to add, the fan now sounds almost like a tornado inside...

@pengster
it is cool!!! any improvement?? can oc more??

Your RAM cooler looks very nice,how much you bought the thing?Where you bought it from?

Actually my bro gave it to me since he had moved to laptops and the case was just sitting in the store room. It's a Lian Li PC-6085A.
Looks like it's from AllnGap's bulk.

What fan is it equipped with?