Starting the new rig

[Dloader1]

I just ordered my new processor. Got the mobile barton 2400 and h2o cooling. Does anyone know how far i can push the fsb up without changing the multiplier. I wanted to test an old board I have (chaintec 7nil1) and it dosen't have the ability to change multiplier. I know most people are big fans of the nf7-s, but is there any better board out? For the psu I was thinking of the thermaltake psu maybe even the new polo one, yet I was hoping someone could recommend a specific psu they have had a lot of success ocing with. For hardrives I'm going with an 80gb maxtor sata and a raptor 36.7gb. Video card will come a little bit later since I have two spares and I want to wait for nvidia's new chipset that will come out this summer. I was hoping to hit somewhere around 2.5-2.6ghz with this setup and maybe get a 3dmark of 19,000 or higher. Memory will be geil ultra series pc3200 2x256.

[Gizmo]

I've been real happy with my TTGI/Superflower PSU so far....

Yes, you can push the FSB up. How far depends on a lot of things besides your CPU, though. However, the 7NIL1 is an NF2 board, so you should be able to get it to 200 FSB. That ought to let you get your 2400+ up to 3000+ speeds without having to twiddle the multi, as long as you can adjust the VCore. I don't know if the 7NIL1 will let you do that, but I don't think it does. However, even if you have to stick with the default 1.55v setting, you still ought to be able to do fairly well, I would think.

[SteveI]

I think 2.6ghz may be a long shot. I've heard of some people getting that far on the mobile 2500+, but even then, it does not seem common. About 2.4 on the new mobiles seem to be the safe bet. Regarding your mobo, 200fsb should still be attainable, and you can always try the pin trick to change multipliers. Aside from uninstalling your waterblock, the wires only take about 5 minutes to set up. While this isn't the ideal situation, it should give you options so you can better test the max capabilities of your mobo and your cpu.

[dabaerman]

I am beginning to like the Enermax brand of psu. I
now have two of the 'Noisetaker' series. they have
helped my oc's more than anything. did I mention
they are quiet? my hdd's make all the noise now!
I have a 2400M and will be putting it in service to
team45 soon. just need another psu

[dolanenwindrift]

SO is the 2400 mobile a better choice than the 2500 mobile?

[Gizmo]

Any of the 2400, 2500, or 2600 mobiles should be a good chip. The 2600 chips right now seem to be the 'golden' chips, from what I understand, but they will all OC pretty well. You don't have to ask them very hard to get to 3200+ speeds (2.2 GHz)

[Dloader1]

2.4ghz would be fine. I was looking into the new polo12 power supply, it comes with a front and rear fan control, 90mm case fan, and 80mm cpu cooler with heatsink, plus it lights up blue (my color for the interior of my case). I have a weird question too, can you run dual channel on the #1 and #3 dimm slots and still run another stick in the middle(#2) on a dual channel board with 3 dimm slots?

[Gizmo]

No. If you want dual channel, you can only use one memory slot on each bank (I think with the 7NIL1, you can use either slot 1 or slot 2, in combination with slot 3). If you want max ram, then you can populate all 3 slots, but you don't get dual channel operation.