AMD Athlon XP 1700+ (AXDA1700DLT3C)

[Big.Wayne]

Hi,

just got one of these CPU's from a salvaged system, the mobo it was in had some blown capacitors, but I tested the CPU in another system and it appears fine.

The question is, what should I do with it lol

I got a few spare bits laying around (PC3200, 80GB hard disks etc) so it would be that hard to knock up a little nasher then. . .

a) Flog it for pennies?

b) Build a nice ATX system around it? (found an ABIT AN7 still on sale for £29.99 new) then flog it?

c) Build a Micro PC (try and find a shuttle or similar that accepts socket A) then flog it?

I've got fond memories of messing around with AthlonXPs in the nForce2 days, and Im wondering if I paired this CPU with a nice second hand GPU whether or not it could be a useful gaming machine?

 

[ghgh]

they're still pretty decent tbh, it wouldnt go for pennies on an auction site. Ive seen socket A stuff holding its value very well.

i'd make a micro atx system with it for watching movies and stuff and downloading, but coupled with a semi decent agp card it would play most games fairly well i'd imagine.

 

[El Jimben]

You'd definately be GFX limited with an Athlon XP setup, as there are no PCI-E boards with socket A. That said, if you overclock that chip with a decent mobo & couple it with a 7600GT, it'd be okish.

 

[mrthingyx]

LOL! I've got one sitting 'under the hood' of my current setup - an SFF which will overclock to 2.5GHz with decent enough cooling (it needs 1.8V).

Get it to 2.4GHz and it does a very nice job of running X3 and - paired with a nice graphics card (soon to be X800XTPE) it should do a very, very nice job of running it, FarCry, D3, and HL2.

Try and find an SFF to play with.

 

[Big.Wayne]

Try and find an SFF to play with.

Yeah that's what I am thinking. . . . have u got any pointers on a suitable product and roughly how much are they?

 

[mrthingyx]

From my experience, the Soltek Qbic series is very good but somewhat larger than the Shuttle G4 chassis as they house two optical drives. The overclocking options in the BIOS are completely bonkers due to limits of the (perfectly stable) KT400A chipset: memory voltages of 2.9V, CPU of 2V+ and a nice plethora of memory settings.

However, I have not been able to locate any Solteks brand new as of about six months ago...

I would sell mine but it's too expensive for me to upgrade at thie point (it's my main pooter).

 

[Big.Wayne]

K ta!

had a good look around the web last night but any socket A micro systems were hiding from me. . . . would be great to find one that used an nForce2 chipset too!

Thanks all for posts I think that concludes this thread

 

[mikeymike]

You'd definately be GFX limited with an Athlon XP setup, as there are no PCI-E boards with socket A. That said, if you overclock that chip with a decent mobo & couple it with a 7600GT, it'd be okish.

i disagree with being GFX limited due to AGP

get a x1950pro?? AGP is still not THAT much of a limit at all really, although i agree it is now a dead end technology-wise, im doubting were going to be seeing any DX10 cards for AGP, you can still get current tech cards for AGP and they will perform very closely to/on par with the PCI-e version. its more whether you want to dish out the money for one that you definately will not be taking with you to your next system

 

[mrthingyx]

i disagree with being GFX limited due to AGP

get a x1950pro?? AGP is still not THAT much of a limit at all really, although i agree it is now a dead end technology-wise, im doubting were going to be seeing any DX10 cards for AGP, you can still get current tech cards for AGP and they will perform very closely to/on par with the PCI-e version. its more whether you want to dish out the money for one that you definately will not be taking with you to your next system

You're disagreeing with his statement that there are no PCI-e graphics cards with Socket A connectors? My goodness!

Hmm... not funny.

 

[mikeymike]

ok well maybe i read it wrong, i was disagreeing with ago being limited, which in hinsight maybe he's not saying that, i'm not sure now

 

[Big.Wayne]

a Socket A SFF made by Epox... although it only has the single channel NForce2 chipset.

Thanks mrthingyx,

that was very strange, had just seen it when your mail arrived!

EPoX Ex5-320N

[edit] is it single channel? also it says it supports 400MHz-FSB but only DDR266/333?

 

[Oxygen]

Excellent find indeed!

I sold my 2500 Mobile and went back to the trusty 1700 DLT3 and it hasn't let me down yet.
Does 2.4 @ 1.7v daily on watercooling so it's quiet and paired with a 6800 it's not to shabby at all

Hold onto it and as already said, build a SFF, or do what I am after upgrading in Q1 2007, make it into a MAME system

 

[mrthingyx]

IIRC, the NForce 128 chipset does support pretty much every Socket A CPU but had to be limited in some respect because the Athlons can't use the extra memory bandwidth of the full, dual-channel NForce 2 400 to their advantage. Hence the 266/333MHz memory support (at a guess).

You probably won't notice any difference in actual performance, however, unless you're trying to stretch the DLT3C to a 200MHz FSB, at which point the 'out of sync' memory will give it a bit of a hit.

 

[El Jimben]

i disagree with being GFX limited due to AGP

get a x1950pro?? AGP is still not THAT much of a limit at all really, although i agree it is now a dead end technology-wise, im doubting were going to be seeing any DX10 cards for AGP, you can still get current tech cards for AGP and they will perform very closely to/on par with the PCI-e version. its more whether you want to dish out the money for one that you definately will not be taking with you to your next system

I'm well aware he could go for a better and more expensive GFX card like the x1950pro but if he's just gonna throw the system together out of parts lying around, it seems a lot to spend! Plus he might be rather CPU limited if he can't get a good overclock from that chip.

 

[mrthingyx]

I'm well aware he could go for a better and more expensive GFX card like the x1950pro but if he's just gonna throw the system together out of parts lying around, it seems a lot to spend! Plus he might be rather CPU limited if he can't get a good overclock from that chip.

You'd be less likely to get a good overclock out of a Conroe than a DLT3C.

Although, even a DLT3C @ 2.5GHz will only be as fast as an Athlon 63 32/3400...