AMD XP 2000 and ECS K7VTA3 v.8 $69.99 at Fry's

[zock2002]

How overclockable is this CPU on the ECS MOBO? Read you can't do much with this board.

 

[wackyquacky]

i got the 1800+ combo they had shipped to me in NY. cost me 15 bucks. still ok considering i got a retail chip and board.

 

[puppyfriend]

Originally posted by: wackyquacky
i got the 1800+ combo they had shipped to me in NY. cost me 15 bucks. still ok considering i got a retail chip and board.

Did you have to pay tax? If not then it's not so bad. Even for many people getting it local will still cost about $10 extra for tax and gas to get there.

David

 

[JoyDutta]

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[JoyDutta]

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[JoyDutta]

Originally posted by: puppyfriend

Originally posted by: wackyquacky
i got the 1800+ combo they had shipped to me in NY. cost me 15 bucks. still ok considering i got a retail chip and board.

Did you have to pay tax? If not then it's not so bad. Even for many people getting it local will still cost about $10 extra for tax and gas to get there.

David

Yes it will help if tax was not charged on out of state purchase. I am in Indiana and if there was no tax charged and I can save on gas and the trouble of driving I can as well pay that extra 15$ on shipping.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: AkumaX
har har.. they can be palominos too (up to 2100+)

lol u'd have to be cursed to get a palo, those things are old... and really sucked.

 

[Braxus]

Anyone in the Southern Bay Area with a V8 board (2DIMM) wanna trade for a V5 board (3DIMM). Need one with a smaller PCB.

 

[LOLyourFace]

shipping to east coast? nice!

 

[Rab]

anyone know if this is available at the seattle frys?

Yes, it is.

The PLU is different, #3858887, but the price is the same.

 

[Braxus]

Chip I got from the Sunnyvale store was a AIXHB stepping. Have yet to try to OC it.

 

[puppyfriend]

Picked it up at the Palo Alto store today. ECS advertises the new V.8 board as overclockable. They even have this overclock symbol on the box of the MB. There was a surprised at Fry's today though. The Palo Alto store charges less for any previously returned boards. You know the ones with the "Quality" sticker on them. PA charges a whole $2 less.

I don't think we'll see anymore K7S5A combo's from Fry's. The Palo Alto store is clearing them all out for $29. I don't know why they just didn't try to get rid of them all as part of a Combo. The V.5 boards are now priced at $39 as opposed to the V.8 for $54.99.

David

 

[jjyiz28]

Originally posted by: SledgehammerFab25
Not sure if this is it but here are the letters: AIXHB 0331MPMW above that: AXDA2000UT3C.
The chip's color is pinkish.

AIXHB. that has got to be the best ones yet for tbreds. its a "B" core. "A" which means its in the center of the wafer which means it has best o/c opportunity. its an "X" rather than an "U" which makes it newer. too bad its a DUT rather than a DLT. but still AIXHB is better than AIUHB, JIUHB, NIUHB, KIUHB, etc...

 

[croak]

Got in on this deal at the Renton store, they gave me an XP2000+ Thorton. AXDC 2000DUT3C. These any good?

 

[jjyiz28]

Originally posted by: croak
Got in on this deal at the Renton store, they gave me an XP2000+ Thorton. AXDC 2000DUT3C. These any good?

whats your stepping. i think its something like AQZEA, AQ***. etc..

 

[croak]

AQZFA

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: croak
Got in on this deal at the Renton store, they gave me an XP2000+ Thorton. AXDC 2000DUT3C. These any good?

overclockers.com and its forums are a good source of info on steppings and most anything else. search using google or whatever.

that steppings not the super overclocking one, i forget how far that one goes, maybe 2ghz?

 

[jjyiz28]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

Originally posted by: croak
Got in on this deal at the Renton store, they gave me an XP2000+ Thorton. AXDC 2000DUT3C. These any good?

overclockers.com and its forums are a good source of info on steppings and most anything else. search using google or whatever.

that steppings not the super overclocking one, i forget how far that one goes, maybe 2ghz?

most everyone is getting AQXEA, the AQZFA is better. andthis is the thorton, so i believe it will start with AQ***.

hey croak , see if you can enable all the L2 cache. and post o/c results

 

[? (=Þ)]

slight side note, what heatsinks are you guys using on this board? I want to know if some of hte big ones can clear stuff around the socket, like a Thermalright SLK-900A?

 

[klingsor]

Just walked out of Fry's in SoCal. They have:

XP2600 + Abit KD7a = 149.99
P4 2.4 533 + ECS L4VXA2 = 149.99
XP2200 + ECS K7VTA3 = 79.99

The CPU's seem like a good price but is the ABIT the only decent board? Trying to decide which one to buy. I guess I should mention that I'll take orders next time I come to Fry's, in about a week.

 

[BuonaDomenica]

Anyone in the Los Angeles area with a v.5 board (3DIMM) wanna trade for a v.8 board (2DIMM)Brand new just purchased today. Need one with 3 Dimm slots since I have lots of 256MB stick of ram here. Fry's does not bundle the v.5 version of the board anymore. Please Email me at BuonaDomenica90210@yahoo.com


thank you
BD

 

[AkumaX]

hey what part of LA area you at? might consider

 

[BuonaDomenica]

Originally posted by: AkumaX
hey what part of LA area you at? might consider

I live a few blocks south of Beverly Hills near LA Cienega and Pico Blvd.

I can come to your place if you not too far away. board is still sealed and brand new.

 

[puppyfriend]

I just got v.8 of this MB. Right on the box it says it supports voltage mods for overclocking? How do you do it though? There's nothing in the BIOS.

David

 

[r6ashih]

i want to know how to overclock for this board too. i have the version 8