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Φ IE 3 Computer Society Halloween Edition PC assembly / disassembly workshop with overclocking demo 25.10.06 By Jonathan White / EE AMD Athlon Microprocessor 32-bit Mobile Athlon XP (Athlon XP-M) 130 nm SOI manufacturing process 1.8 GHz clock rate (FSB: 200 MHz)
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Φ IE3 Computer Society Halloween Edition PC assembly / disassembly workshop with overclocking demo 25.10.06 By Jonathan White / EE
AMD Athlon Microprocessor • 32-bit Mobile Athlon XP (Athlon XP-M) • 130 nm SOI manufacturing process • 1.8 GHz clock rate (FSB: 200 MHz) • L1-Cache: 64 + 64 KB (Data + Instructions) • L2-Cache: 512 KB on die • MMX, 3DNow!, 3DNow!+, SSE • Socket A (EV6) • Front side bus: 333/400 MT/s (166/200 MHz double-pumped) • VCore: 1.45 V • Cost: $ 105
Chipset & Motherboard • nVidia nForce 2 chipset • EPoX EP-8RDA+ Pro Motherboard • 4 Mbit Flash EEPROM with AwardBIOS • Cost:70 now
Epox Ep-8RDA+ Motherboard • ATX form factor
Processor Socket • AMD Socket A
3 DIMM slots • 3 GB DRAM max • 1 GB installed DRAM • Dual Channel Support
AGP slot • AGP 8x graphics card compat.
Chassis / Power Supply • Cost: $55 • Antec Power Supple 350 W • Included with case
Hard Disk • Seagate Barracuda 120 GB HDD • 7200 RPM • 3 platters • ATA interface • Cost: $ 120 (THEN)
Optical Drive • 4x DVD Drive • Cost: 30 • 32x CD-RW Drive • Cost: 20
ATI based Graphics Card • R300 graphics chip • DirectX 9 capable • ATI Radeon 9700 Pro card • Chip clock: 325 MHz • DDR memory clock: 620MHz • 128 MB video RAM with 19.8 GB/s BW • 8 pixel pipelines • Fill rate: 2.6 GTexels/s • Cost: 50-100 now (Then 250+)
Integrated Sound Card • Selectable 2, 6-CH audio from onboard RealTek ALC65x AC'97 v2.3 compliant CODEC. • Support Aux-In, CD-In, S/PDIF-in and S/PDIF-outRear panel audio jacks configuration; • For 2-channel mode; stereo Line-out (green), stereo Line-In (blue) and Mic-In (pink) • Audio quality: 24-bit/96kHz
Overclocking • Unlocked CPU multiplier is key • Scale the core voltage to 1.65 volts • No FSB overclocking (too complex) • Resulting CPU frequency is: • FSB speed * CPU multiplier • Push higher Vcore via motherboard voltage regulator settings
Questions? Zoltar The Magnificent can answer them.