good parts

[Warren Togami]

Excellent choice of hardware you have there.  With that motherboard you can
easily adjust the multiplier of your CPU and get a few extra hundred MHz
with a good heatsink + thermal transfer compound.  Very safe too.

http://www.athlonoc.com/stepping1.php
Follow this guide to see how fast your CPU should be able to reach and
remain stable.

http://www.arcticsilver.com/
Wipe off that crappy thermal transfer tape with degreaser or brake parts
cleaner and get this stuff.  It should lower your CPU core temperature about
5 degrees C and allow perhaps another multiplier step.

Lap the bottom of your heatsink fan (HSF) with increasing grades 400, 600,
then 1,000 grit metal sand paper until it is so shiny that you can see your
reflection.  I've seen some people gain anywhere from 2-10 degrees C cooling
with only lapping the HSF.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO LAP THE ATHLON CPU CORE.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Hagen" <ehagen at hawaii.edu>
To: "Linux & Unix Advocates & Users" <luau at list.luau.hi.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 12:45 PM
Subject: [luau] Re: good parts


>
> I know it's a little late, but I have always done my price checking at
> www.byteware.com, it's a local store in Kam Shopping center on N. School
> Street.  Their prices and selection are very good.
> I'm looking at building a 1 GIG, 256 Meg system for around $900 from
> them.
>
> CASE Antec KS180 Full Tower 300W $130
> MOTHERBOARD Asus A7V133 KT133 w/
> AMD Athlon 1Ghz 266Mhz FSB (OEM) $300.00
> Kingston PC133 256MB SDRAM DIMM $59.95
> Seagate or IBM 40 GIG HD 7200 RPM $150.00
> ATI XPERT2000 32MB AGP $69.95
> TEAC 1.44 Floppy $20.00
> Toshiba SDM-1502 16X/40x DVD-ROM IDE $90.00
>
>
> Eric Hagen                  "Sometimes we get lost in the darkness,
> ehagen at Hawaii.Edu      the dreamers learn to steer by the stars..."
>     "You fight for something because it is good.
> Not because it stands to succeed."
>