Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee

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Just because I'm waiting for laundry to cycle and have finished the vacuuming, I re-pimped and re-tweaked my PC. Non-geeks can probably skip this one.



The processor: Athlon XP 1800+ (from angelsil
The mainboard: Epox 8K3A
The memory: 512MB Corsair XMS3200 DDR
The video: Gainward GF3 Ti200

The objective:
Let's see what this bitch can do.

The outcome:
http://www.digitaldiscipline.com/images/1700temp.JPG
http://service.madonion.com/compare?pcm=862200

Translation:
Awwwwwww, yeah.

whippingboy's system still whomps ass all over it, at least once FedHex gets off their ass about the vid card they trashed.

Comments

[etcet.livejournal.com]

it's just plain ol' DDR, running at 4:3, CAS2

No raid - I had to sell off the U160 SCSI raid stuff to make rent last year, so it's just got one of those 120GB WDD SE drives with the 8mb buffer.

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You'd probably get a little better performance out of a couple 60 gig ATA133s, even on that Highpoint controller. Won't the XMS3200 sync at CAS3?

[etcet.livejournal.com]

HHDs: True, striping across two drives would be faster, but the 120 was on sale *g* besides, it's drawing less power, making less heat, and quieter than a pair of smaller ones.

RAM: It's running at 196MHz (392DDR) - 4/3 of the FSB speed, at CAS2 with max (fastest) timings. I can't get more memory bandwidth without upping my FSB, and I'm not sure how much further I can push the chip without really putting the screws to it @ 2.0v.
I suppose I shoulda said the memory was running at 3:4 initially to avoid the confusion, neh?

[arcsine.livejournal.com]

HDDs : It's all good, the WD drive's no slouch, and it all comes down to "you get what you pay for", and the price probably evens out.

RAM : Sweet. Angry. JEEBUS! I'm so proud of you right now.

hehe

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Sandra sez: 2202/2086 MB/s @ 368MHz (2x184)