3700+ up n running

[Ronaldo]

Hey guys just thought tell every one that i put a 3700+ instead of Core2duo.

I was gonna upgrade and core2duo was the one i wanted but just couldnt afford it, so checked around and found some buyers for my current cpu/mobo/gfx card.

I wanted a upgrade on the cheap so i bought a (new) retail 3700 1mb cache for £59 inc del, geforce 6800 Ultra PCI-E £60 inc del and A8N SLI Premium £40 in del.

Now its up and running with a 19" LCD Monitor (using VGA cable (NO DVI Provided) )

While formattin SATA HDD it messed up and wouldnt install windows, after 4 hours testing parts i found out it was the HDD so, got a spare IDE and installed windows then connected the SATA HDD and formated it now SORTED! LOL

Spec

3700+ (at stock)
A8N SLI Premium
DDR400 2x512 Kingston
6800 Ultra PCI-E
120Gb SATA HDD|250 SATA2 HDD
120GB IDE
DVDrom|CDRW|NEC 3520.

Happy with CPU for now

got res 1280x1024 doesnt look smooth as my old CRT is it cos i aint using DVI?

700:1 contrast ratio
8ms response time

aslo need to know if i connect 2 seperate molex to PCI-E 6pin adaptor?
and do i plug a molex into asus ez plug if i'm only using 1 gfx card?

thanks

 

[Ronaldo]

Ok, one of the molex (prolly ez plug) will have to be shared with case fans.

Simon D, nice one me and u been bumping into each other for these few weeks, both interested in same parts LOL. I hope u dont face the same problem i did when i tried installing windows LOL

ok i got another problem, was search for a DVI cable on a site which listed few, i clicked like 6 items 1 after another and for like 5 sec the i couldnt switch by clicking on, it was like it was ready (like u have on a low spec'd pc)

Is this a ram issue? i did get this b4 (was using same ram, psu,hdds.)

 

[Ronaldo]

Tfts dont look as smooth as crts, youl get used to it

hey mate, was trying to watch a movie and it looked lame, like i wass watching on a small low res,low colour laptop

 

[Ronaldo]

i finished setting everything up and was formatting NTFS full and after 60% it just fooked up, i had to hard restart and then the windows cd wouldnt load with that hdd connected but that was the only 120GB hdd i had for windows, the other 2 had stuff on them.

so took a 30GB out of old pc and installed windows then connected the 120Gb hdd and formated in windows then it worked.

 

[Ronaldo]

What he said !

lol will do mate first need to know everything is good stock, might have to buy new ram

 

[Ronaldo]

Tagan 480watts

 

[Ronaldo]

nice mate, let me know how u get on.

also just wondering do amd 64 need to be sync 1:1 to get most out of it?

wondering cos of hyper transport