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Does anyone know when the tbred AthlonXP 1700+ (or anything below 2200+, really) will be available? I've got a complete system lacking only the CPU that I'd like to throw my current proc into (1.2GHz Athlon tbird, B stepping) and upgrade my current system to a tbred AXP, but I'm getting...

Keep in mind that Intel was able to work most of the kinks out of their 0.13mu fab process with the Tualatin, who's 1.26GHz release did not see such incredible overclocks, either. It did do better than AMD's dismal 5% OC, which shows AMD is probably having start-up problems with the new fab...

meltdown: I should hope Intel's 0.13µ processing is better than AMD's, they've only had an extra year to work all the kinks out. -= This is our wading pool. Stop pissing in it. =-

Even with the 0.13mu die shrink, the P4 core is huge. The clawhammer will be 64mm^2, which is tiny in comparison to the Northwood's 146mm^2. Intel will be at the price disadvantage, even with their 12inch fabs coming online. -= This is our wading pool. Stop pissing in it. =-

Nothing on Intel road maps put anything close to a 4.4GHz CPU at the release of the ClawHammer in Q4 '02/Q1 '03. Current roadmaps show a 3GHz P4 in Q4. Just because the P4 core may be capable of more, doesn't mean Intel will make it so. If they max out the clock speed of the current core...

The beep codes tell you exactly what's wrong. Go to their website and find the BIOS beepcodes. -= This is our wading pool. Stop pissing in it. =-

Isn't Intel itself admitting it is capped out in production? Its been fairly well documented over the last couple months that the reason AMD has been able to make such impressive gains in market share was due largely to Intel's inability to meet OEM demand. Not that this is a bad thing. It...

AMD's performance rating does reflect real world performance, that is its whole point, rather than relying on now arbitrary GHz ratings to specify speed. If rated at 3400+ at release, it should perform close to the same as an Athlon rated at 3400+. As the performance rating currently seems to...

AMD expects to release the Clawhammer somewhere around the 3400+ mark, using its current Performance Rating system. The Clawhammer will have an integrated memory controller, drastically reducing memory latencies. It will also use Hypertransport to offer 6.4GB of bandwidth per CPU initially...

I would bet it's your motherboard. The AOpen K33 is based on the Via KT133 chipset, which had numerous known bugs in the southbridge, which handles all of your PCI devices. A BIOS update might resolve your issues. If that doesn't work, you may want to replace the motherboard entirely. If...

You are an uneducated mook. If not for the pandemic stupidity contaminating every thread you post in I would ignore you completely, but I feel obligated to quarintine your ignorance as best as possible. A P4 generates just as much heat as an Athlon. If you had ever read the white papers on...

A water cooling system at its basic level is a water block, which is basically a hollow piece of metal, that you attach to your CPU like a heat sink. Water flows through this, moved by the water pump. All the heat is removed from the system by running the water through a radiator and blowing...

Water cooling systems require fans. It pumps the water from a reservoir, over the CPU, through a radiator, and back into the reservior. Submersed pumps are quieter than non-sumbersed inline pumps. A water cooling setup usually runs quieter becuase you can use a large radiator and a large fan...

There is an interesting article ovar at <A HREF="http://www.vr-zone.com/reviews/Leadtek/7350KDA-OC/" target="_new">vr-zone on the Leadtek 7350KDA.</A> This motherboard uses the SiS 735 chipset. Apparently it supports 1/5 and 1/6 CPU-PCI clock multipliers, allowing you to run your Athlon...

If you're getting no beeps, your system should be running okay. An unseated video card would result in 8 beeps (I experienced this while building a K7S5A system with a poorly seated video card). You can get all of the beep codes from <A HREF="http://www.ami.com/support/doc/beep_codes.pdf"...