Hi, I just put together my first system (!!) with a 1.8a, P4B266 and Radeon 8500, among other things, and was hoping you guys could answer a few questions I can't solve:
1) What's the best way to OC? Just start upping the FSB, or should I switch to Turbo1/Turbo2 immediately? What full-load temp should I back off at? Everyone talks about their max scores, but nowhere online is there a meaningful walkthrough.
2) What hookups/settings do I need to hear the Voice POST thing? I'd like to boot once with it, just so I know I'm clean. I get a weird high freq beep at startup that I think is my keyboard with a bad key, but it'd be nice to know.
3) I have the non -C, so it came with USB brackets. My case has 1 front USB port, but a completely split cable leading back to the mobo. So... given that, is there any way to hook up the front port w/o losing the back ports?
4) I have all my extra PCI cards in, and plan on having them in when I OC. I figure, if it's not stable with them in, then it doesn't matter how high I can get without em.
5) Just so you know, my scores at 1.82/4:3/2-2-2-5 are Sandra BW: 1939-1940 and 3dMark2001SE: 8386. I'm looking forward to 2.376!! Oh, am I really going to need a new HS/F? I have a side fan blowing in on it, but I also have 2 hot 7200 HDD's in the case. No AS paste, just stock so far.
Thanks for your advice.
P.S. I should have gone with all from NewEgg! Googlegear is so slow! (Texas)
1) What's the best way to OC? Just start upping the FSB, or should I switch to Turbo1/Turbo2 immediately? What full-load temp should I back off at? Everyone talks about their max scores, but nowhere online is there a meaningful walkthrough.
2) What hookups/settings do I need to hear the Voice POST thing? I'd like to boot once with it, just so I know I'm clean. I get a weird high freq beep at startup that I think is my keyboard with a bad key, but it'd be nice to know.
3) I have the non -C, so it came with USB brackets. My case has 1 front USB port, but a completely split cable leading back to the mobo. So... given that, is there any way to hook up the front port w/o losing the back ports?
4) I have all my extra PCI cards in, and plan on having them in when I OC. I figure, if it's not stable with them in, then it doesn't matter how high I can get without em.
5) Just so you know, my scores at 1.82/4:3/2-2-2-5 are Sandra BW: 1939-1940 and 3dMark2001SE: 8386. I'm looking forward to 2.376!! Oh, am I really going to need a new HS/F? I have a side fan blowing in on it, but I also have 2 hot 7200 HDD's in the case. No AS paste, just stock so far.
Thanks for your advice.
P.S. I should have gone with all from NewEgg! Googlegear is so slow! (Texas)