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[Tangles]

put the P4 3.4ghz LGA775 90mn 800FSB 2mL2 cpu on ebay for $60 + $10 shipping

discount for sau buyer

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...p;rd=1&rd=1

also, my 2 x MSI 256mb 7800GTX cards in sli is for sale, only selling if someone wants them, otherwise Im happy with their performance. very happy. great cards, glad I got them, howeve I figure Id offer them for sale and if sold spend a cple hundred more on a ATI 2900 HD. never tried an ati raedon. or maybe a 8800gtx. meh.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...p;rd=1&rd=1

lurve ebay

[Pauly33GTS-t]

f**kit... my pretty much pristine condition MSI 7950GX2 (1gig of vid ram) (multi GPU on 1 slot) is for sale. 570 dollars for SAU. if you already got one nows your chance to have a go at QuadSLI

Edited July 24, 2007 by Pauly33GTS-t

[Madaz]

woooot

P4 3.8ghz - $200usd delivered, around $230aud

just recently been overclocking via bios my 3.4ghz lga75 chip to 3.57 and she's been sweet (benchmarking), and at 3.57ghz my Battlefield2 game ran the best it ever had in the past 2 yrs. Had 3:1 kdr for roundafter round after round. No jerkiness on the fps. only did the overclock last thursday, reset back to stnd now tho.

So, Ive been looking for a lga775 P4 3.8ghz 2m cache, model sl8py

found it on ebay, great price.

http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sspec=sl8py

happy dance. happy dance. hope now the 2 x 7800GTX MSI cards, 256mb ram each, work real sweet in SLi mode.

so, anyone want a 3.4ghz lga775 chip for $50? been very faithful

ill buy you CPU off you even though i want C2D or Q6600

i had a 650 core myself and clocked it to 4ghz on air

i dont know if i can afford it this week as i have to get a double din cradle and im in the group buy for a 300kph speedo dials

lets talk though

[Tangles]

ill buy you CPU off you even though i want C2D or Q6600

i had a 650 core myself and clocked it to 4ghz on air

i dont know if i can afford it this week as i have to get a double din cradle and im in the group buy for a 300kph speedo dials

lets talk though

not a problem.

wait a week or so? see how you feel about it then? cant let it go just yet, not until I receive the 3.8 chip.

should be 1-2 weeks I guess, but will let you know.

[Madaz]

lol you cant let it go yet but advertise it on ebay hmmm me suspects painkillers

[Pauly33GTS-t]

Q6600 is useless only 10 percent difference over a E6700, i would defintiely save another hundred and go 1333 FSB madaz.

[Tangles]

lol you cant let it go yet but advertise it on ebay hmmm me suspects painkillers

lol, nah not in a few weeks now.

being (head)strong

my new 3.8 chip is being sent via EMS right now, left last night... ebay for my curent 3.4 chip is a 10 period, so it all should work out ! lol

[Tangles]

Ok, need some help / advice from the resident techies, please

I have the following system:

Intel 650 Pentium-4 3.40ghz (upgrading to new Intel 670 3.8ghz)

Asus P5N32SLI Deluxe Motherboard (brand new)

3 x 1gig sticks of Elixier 533mhz ddr2 Ram (2 of these new)

MSI 7800GTX 256mb graphics card

MSI 7800GTX 256mb graphics card (both in 16x sli mode)

2 x 200gig sata HD 7200rpm (both in RAID0 setup)

Silicon Image Sata Raid Controller pci card

1 x 80gig sata HD 7200rpm

1 x new floppy drive

1 x LG dvd burner drive

Thermaltake Soprano case, extra fans

Thermaltake Golden Orb cpu fan

Super Flower 650W power supply with braided lines (brand new)

SoundBlaster Xfi Music card

Zalman 5.1 6channel surround sound headphones

Soloman 5.1 6channel surround sound speaker system with subwoofer

CMV 19inch monitor

Logitech G15 keyboard

Logitceh G5 mouse

Windows XP Pro

Built it up slowly, like a car I suppose, over the past cple of years.

OK, here is the deal. I got the 2nd MSI 7800GTX 256mb video card off ebay recently, tested it, works as good as my original which is in great condition. Set it all up, bam, fried my original 430w power, so I got the 650w sli power supply.

Been running sli mode with every game of Battlefield 2, but the PC sometimes crashes to desktop, or it freezes totally requiring a restart, or it'll suddenly lag up (once naded or artied) and the ground will turn to snow, the plants will turn polar white, and I'll move at 1 frame per second.

Ive tried numerous nvidia drivers, some modified and tweaked, some real old, some new, all the same IMO. SLi is giving me extraordinary feautures with architecture etc, even when everything in the Control Panel is turned off (bar sli x16 mode) and bf2 settings all on low to medium.

When the control panel settings are on full blast, the 2 cards offer huge performance....... awesome. But either or, it'll randomly freeze or lag up or shut down the pc, no matter what the settings or the rendering mode Im using. very random, can happen twice in a night, or not at all for 2 weeks.

Im lost. Tried all I can. Is it perhaps the power supply? I think its a 600w base supply to a max of 650w on overrun, so to speak. Could it be a heat issue? These cards pump out a huge amount of heat - perhaps install a fan that draws in outside air to blow all over the 2 cards? Any suggestions? Ive got the Soprano case so there are fans-a-plenty already installed.

Im thinking of selling them both (450 delivered, currently sinffing out on ebay whether someone wants them) and getting a 2900XT instead. But Id rather not, these 2 beauties when stable are unreal. Any suggestions? Oh, Ive bought a new Intel 670 3.8ghz chip and sold my Intel 650 3.4 chip, awaiting delivery. Can also sell the 3 gig 533mhz ram for 2gig 667 ram I suppose.

Help !!! Im sick of the random freezing. Its not often, but enough to be totally unpredictable. What could be causing this? My first venture with SLI and I love the graphical nature of the 2 cards. Even when not on full steam.

aarrrggghhhhhh

[Pauly33GTS-t]

tangles. are you seeing artifacts and texture corruption on the screen.

Both are a sideaffect of overclocking but more often than not HEAT.

The soprano case while it does have a few fans and looks nice, it does not cool down your pc too well, I had the Tsunami case which is like the soprano but all aluminum, and I thought that the side casefan was positioned VERY POORLY for my 7950GX2 1gb card which is 2 7900's sandwhiched together on a single PCI slot.

I had some similar issues with that case, if i played for more than an hour i would experience random crashed, BSODs, and random resets. very annoying.

I took the side fan off and pointed a fan on a stand into it and it was more stable but still it wasnt quite a long-term soution..

In the end, I bought one of these and it fixed all my issues.:

And its the most free flowing and best case I have ever purchased.

I think its rated as the case that pretty much is the pinnacle of air cooling atm, no other pushed as much air as this.

its ~200dollars tho. so there might be other things you can try to see what the problem may be first.

Edited July 27, 2007 by Pauly33GTS-t

[Pauly33GTS-t]

btw its "Antec 900"

[Tangles]

cheers for the thoughts

nah no artifacts or evidence of the 2nd card being previously overclocked and damaged.

I know my original card is as good as new. definately no architecture corruptions. beautiful crisp and precise video output, the game is a pleasure to play (all I do on the pc is listen to music, search, and play BF2 in clan wars and pub servers)

hhmmm, might drill out a hole in the clear case under the current central fan (pushing air out), to push air in towards the 2 cards which sit right down low. I have a 90mm fan but only a 60mm drill hole bit, lol. was worried about the new power supply, I dont want to change that as I think it should suffice. same thoughts with the current ram sticks.

[Cubes]

As Paully said it does sound like a heat issue.

BUT... Just to rule it out. Overnight; run memtest looping test 5 and then the following night loop test 8.

That will rule out any issues with the ram.

[Pauly33GTS-t]

make sure ur ram is matched. that can also cause numerous problems. (ie same voltage, latencies, settings, even if u have to over clock them make sure they are all stable).

Also, in the 6800 days I had issues with my 3d card so I updated its firmware and solved some issues, although this is risky I'd look into that also.

[Tangles]

she does get damned hot, thats for sure.

heats up the room nicely in winter !!!

Im sure the ram is all matched..... will do the tests Cubes. cheers

[Tangles]

maybe using 3gig ram is silly.

will take out the older ram module......

[Fishpaste~]

how new is the ram??

i'd say that is your problem, and if you read the motherboard manual, it'll probably say you can only run 1, 2 or 4 sticks of ram! with all current CPUs/computers you wuold be CRAZY to run 3 sticks, you want dual channel ram in all of your systems regardless - and to anyone else running 3 sticks (or 1) in a dual ram setup, stop doing it your almost halfing your systems performance!!!

also, some games just dont like SLI, and will give you errors when they run in sli (i know wow had massive problems with it)

you may have fried the grapics cards when the power supply blew up, or the 650 may not have enough grunt to actually run the cards and hence the graphical errors

hope this helps

[Tangles]

cheers, yeah was running 4 x 1gig sticks, 2 sets of matched ram. found tho that the 4th stick sat against power supply lines, wasnt happy with that so I took it out. That one is being sold with my old mobo on ebay for $100 (current bid), just put up the other 3rd stick on ebay for $35. These 2 sticks were approx 2yrs old. Will keep current 3month old 2 x 1gig matched ram @ 533mhz sticks. But will also do Cubes mentioned memtests on them.

Im thinking the power supply is 650w rated up to 700w, actually. yes might be the issue, but wont bloody replace that, rather sell both cards and 'upgrade' again for minimal cost to a 2900xt ($500). Heat. too hot in the box, for sure...... gggrr so hard to work out what could be the definate answer. I dont believe either cards were fried when the power fried itself. They work fine as stand-alone.

cheers for the advice.... at me wits end. done so many driver updates, tried heaps of different graphical settings. but yeah, tonight, drill new fan hole and install extra fan, take out extra ram stick, do tests.

[Pauly33GTS-t]

And if that doesnt work, buy another fridge aka Antec 900 and you will never worry about heat, only dust.

[Fishpaste~]

any psu up to the 800w tagan is still cool and quiet, over the 800w tagan and your starting to increase the noise/heat of the system

i'd put my money on ram being the problem, either not liking the 3 sticks, or incorrect bios setup for the ram you are running (note: somtimes running spd settings is a lot worse than setting them up at correct timings)

if the cards are running fine individually, then the only thing will be the ram causing the problem (and a small chance its the motherboard)

[Pauly33GTS-t]

It should be all good tho with the mobo cause its asus, but maybe the psu u had before might have damaged it by fair chance.