Originally posted by: shinzwei
I am in=)
i am awaiting my second system:
AMD Athlon64 3700+ SD With XP-90/92mm Panaflo
MSI Neo2 Platinum
2x512 Kingmax Cas2.5 PC3200
120GB HDD
X1800XL
you think i will hit FX-57 speeds?
Thermal paste alone doesn't help that much. The differance between the best stuff and worst stuff is typically only a couple degrees.
Wether or not you can hit fx-57 speeds (btw there's architechural differances to think of as well, a real fx-57 has other improvements besides just speed) will depend more on whats your bottleneck stopping you from overclocking more.
Is it heat on the cpu? Heat on the chipset? Have you overvolted? Is the chipset the bottleneck? The memory? (PC3200 may not overclock terribly well). Has the CPU reached its absolute limit? Do you need a better cooler like the XP-120?
Etc.
BTW, any deal for free thermal paste is good. And even if its only nearly as good as artic silver, its still a hot deal