This one available in Belgium yet? - Page 2

4th October 2003, 23:52

The 200euros go in the "help sarc get a brand new Ferrari" fund.

Seriously, I don't know. Of course taxes are going to be a part of it however the price doesn't seem that high considering excl taxes it still costs about 630 euros at most of our distributers. And I'm not familiar with the Asus bundle so it's likely there's a few differences between the two aswell.

I am not pimping it in any way, we just got it in and I decided to play with it for a little, just to see how it works. Everything in windows doesn't seem to be a lot faster, and we have had some trouble getting it to function normally. Once we had the right Via drivers everything seemed fine though.

We're currently looking to "acquire" a 64bit windows version or Linux distro, to see how that works.

Is the MSI the best athlon 64 mobo? I wouldn't know, for I have seen just one. By the looks of it, it looks like any other board by MSI, cheap! And that's not a good thing when you have to shell out 799 for the combo.

Onboard features on the other hand where excellent.

piotke · 5th October 2003, 11:10

looks nifty

And the cooler, is it silent and well performing ?

5th October 2003, 12:08

Quite silent and it cooled very well. When touching the heatsink during 3dmark runs it was about 42 degrees.

BlackRabbit · 5th October 2003, 13:57

Quote:

Originally posted by Sarcastro
Quite silent and it cooled very well. When touching the heatsink during 3dmark runs it was about 42 degrees.

You can measure temps by touching things?

How much power does this CPU pull?

jmke · 5th October 2003, 14:14

onboard firewire in 2 different connectors!! that's a MAJOR plus!

5th October 2003, 17:20

Quote:

Originally posted by BlackRabbit
You can measure temps by touching things?

How much power does this CPU pull?

yeah. Example: when MBM says the CPU is about 40 degrees, I touch it, feel if it is slightly warmer than my body temp and if it is, I trust the value.

How much power it pulls? I don't know. You could probably find it in it's spec sheet over at AMD's website. It will be around 80watts is my guess.

jmke · 5th October 2003, 17:26

Quote:

and then put my finger on heatsink A and it was ~43°C, than I installed heatsink B and immediatly felt it was running at 43.8°C !!

5th October 2003, 17:31

5th October 2003, 17:33

Ok, I'll rephrase it yet again for you pendantic bastards.

I use my finger to validate the temperature motherboard monitor or Asus probe gives me. There, happy now?

The Senile Doctor · 6th October 2003, 14:39

question is... is it as slow as hardwaresites say it is?
coz I think it's slow as hell...

does it overclock?
and how fast is it maximally overclocked, coz' I won't trade in my 3.65 240 fsb 1:1 p4 powerbeast for a slomo athlon 64...

5th October 2003, 11:10	#12
piotke [M] Reviewer Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 5,003	looks nifty And the cooler, is it silent and well performing ? __________________ .

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jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	onboard firewire in 2 different connectors!! that's a MAJOR plus! __________________

5th October 2003, 17:31	#18
Tarantula Posts: n/a	lol

6th October 2003, 14:39	#20
The Senile Doctor Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: wherever the doom is Posts: 3,171	question is... is it as slow as hardwaresites say it is? coz I think it's slow as hell... does it overclock? and how fast is it maximally overclocked, coz' I won't trade in my 3.65 240 fsb 1:1 p4 powerbeast for a slomo athlon 64... __________________ OC-2-the-death Where the Reverend is doing his Magick, all mortals be silent Doom over the world

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4th October 2003, 23:52	#11
Sarcastro Posts: n/a	The 200euros go in the "help sarc get a brand new Ferrari" fund. Seriously, I don't know. Of course taxes are going to be a part of it however the price doesn't seem that high considering excl taxes it still costs about 630 euros at most of our distributers. And I'm not familiar with the Asus bundle so it's likely there's a few differences between the two aswell. I am not pimping it in any way, we just got it in and I decided to play with it for a little, just to see how it works. Everything in windows doesn't seem to be a lot faster, and we have had some trouble getting it to function normally. Once we had the right Via drivers everything seemed fine though. We're currently looking to "acquire" a 64bit windows version or Linux distro, to see how that works. Is the MSI the best athlon 64 mobo? I wouldn't know, for I have seen just one. By the looks of it, it looks like any other board by MSI, cheap! And that's not a good thing when you have to shell out 799 for the combo. Onboard features on the other hand where excellent.

5th October 2003, 12:08	#13
Sarcastro Posts: n/a	Quite silent and it cooled very well. When touching the heatsink during 3dmark runs it was about 42 degrees.

5th October 2003, 17:33	#19
Sarcastro Posts: n/a	Ok, I'll rephrase it yet again for you pendantic bastards. I use my finger to validate the temperature motherboard monitor or Asus probe gives me. There, happy now?