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Hardware
experiences
Athlon 750 @ 939
CPU TYPE:
AMD-K7
INITIAL CPU SPEED
750 MHz
COOLING METHOD
Heatsink with Multiple Fans
FINAL CPU SPEED
939 MHz
CPU SPEED PERFORMANCE
AFTER OVERCLOCK: 125.2%
This system was built from scratch using parts ordered from various suppliers as the prices dropped to acceptable levels.
Processor is Athlon Slot A 750MHz
Motherboard is an ABIT KA7-100
Heat sink is GlobalWin FLK32 with single fan
I have an 80mm fan pulling in fresh air from the front and a 60mm pulling air out the back. In addition I have a three fan hard drive cooler which is just moving some additional cool air into the area of the processor. This unit has a slide-off removable filter.
I have rounded the 40 wire IDE cables to improve the airflow but I am reluctant to work on the 80 wire cable for fear of destroying it.
The LS-120 floppy is on the primary UDMA-66 IDE controller and the two CD devices are on the secondary UDMA-66 IDE controller. The Maxtor ATA-100 drive is on the primary UDMA-100 controller.
I am currently running at 900mhz because I really don't need the extra performance that 939MHz provides, the system runs with a cpu temperature of 87 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit and a system temperature of 75 to 80.
The rest of the system is as follows:
Premier Mid-Tower ATX case 3 + 3 bays
LS-120 super disk floppy
48X CD Reader
4X Mitsumi CD Burner
32MB Guillemot Maxi-Gamer Cougar 4X AGP
SoundBlaster Live Value
128MB of PC-133 Dimm memory
20.4 GB Maxtor ATA-100 hard drive
17" Viewsonic Monitor
Diamond SupraExpress 56i Modem
Cable Modem with 10MB/Sec ethernet card
No pictures as yet. A digital camera is in the works as my next toy.