Vincent is back with a new mobo

[adz]

blobrana wrote:
Hum,
nice choise,
Impressively they’ve used DDR PC3200 (400MHz) mem...

For the future: Adding another similar 256MB stick will (increase mem to 512mb :-)  ) really speed things up (duel channel etc)

The Skt 462 Sempron is essentially a stripped down Athlon XP Barton, so therefore suffers from the same FSB bottleneck. With a default FSB of 166MHz, it is pointless to run the RAM at 200MHz, in fact you can actually retard system performance by doing so.

As for dual channel (something the KT600 doesn't support) on a Barton/T'bred based Athlon, that is a total wrought. Max CPU throughput is 2.7GB/s @ 166MHz, so having dual channel RAM with a max bandwidth of 5.4GB/s @ 166MHz, doesn't make sense, better to invest in a single 512MB stick, cheaper too.

Even still, the Skt 462 Athlons/Semprons are solid performers, in fact, it might even be worth trying to push the FSB to 200MHz, I did that on a Sempron based machine at work, she handled it no problems, didn't even need a vcore increase.

[adz]

blobrana wrote:

@adz
Tnx for correction, I forgot the kt600 doesn’t support dual channel ..

The main point of getting DDR 400 mem is that it will run cooler and more reliably, and you up the CAS rating to 2.5 or 2…and there is always the option to upgrade the 333 cpu later onto a 400mhz data rate one…
Check My Build...

But either way, 512mb is the minimum i`d run an xp machine with.

Thats a nice little Athlon rig you have there, though I don't envy your cabling ability ;-) The case itself looks quite nice, what brand is it?

[adz]

the_leander wrote:
Hardware choices rock, but as adz alluded to, your cabling is... ahem unique to say the least ;-)

Remember - Cable ties are your friends, and can be used to hide a multitude of sins :-D

Another good tip is to route cables under the motherboard, assuming you have sufficient clearance of course.