I'm looking to sell a few of my AMD parts (considering memory, graphics card, motherboard and CPU) and get a conroe setup as this is doing my head in.
Its perfect running at standard speeds, I honestly get no problems whatsoever...
But when I overclock it, it just seems to have a life of its own.
Recently I upgraded the heatsink on the CPU to a Zalman 9500 model, fantastic cooler, managed to knock nearly 20C off of the temp under a full load compared to the standard retail cooler. I was very impressed.
I have managed to overclock the AMD 4600+ CPU further and its stable. Works perfectly, until I turn it off and then try to turn it on in the morning, it refuses to post. No matter what I can think of doing (insert key etc) it just wont boot.
I have to reset the bios completely before it turns back on. It then boots up, perfectly. I have to change all the bios settings to what I want them to and overclock again... I find this unacceptable and its doing my head in!! Its fine standard, but I dont want to run it standard
So, here's the list of hardware I was thinking of selling:-
AMD AM2 4600+ CPU
Abit KN9 Ultra motherboard
Geil 2Gb PC6400 800Mhz
HIS X1900 XT
I'm looking for an Intel Conroe setup with the E6600 CPU but I'm unsure what motherboard to get with it. I hear a lot about the Gigabyte boards, but I've never owned one... yet...
Can anyone please help me? I apologise for the length of this post, I hope it doesnt put people off replying.
Many thanks and Happy Christmas
Its perfect running at standard speeds, I honestly get no problems whatsoever...
But when I overclock it, it just seems to have a life of its own.
Recently I upgraded the heatsink on the CPU to a Zalman 9500 model, fantastic cooler, managed to knock nearly 20C off of the temp under a full load compared to the standard retail cooler. I was very impressed.
I have managed to overclock the AMD 4600+ CPU further and its stable. Works perfectly, until I turn it off and then try to turn it on in the morning, it refuses to post. No matter what I can think of doing (insert key etc) it just wont boot.
I have to reset the bios completely before it turns back on. It then boots up, perfectly. I have to change all the bios settings to what I want them to and overclock again... I find this unacceptable and its doing my head in!! Its fine standard, but I dont want to run it standard

So, here's the list of hardware I was thinking of selling:-
AMD AM2 4600+ CPU
Abit KN9 Ultra motherboard
Geil 2Gb PC6400 800Mhz
HIS X1900 XT
I'm looking for an Intel Conroe setup with the E6600 CPU but I'm unsure what motherboard to get with it. I hear a lot about the Gigabyte boards, but I've never owned one... yet...
Can anyone please help me? I apologise for the length of this post, I hope it doesnt put people off replying.
Many thanks and Happy Christmas
