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GSDragoon · October 5th, 2004

Compared to AS3, AS5 was hard to spread. I almost want redo that now, because I feel it was kinda messy. My real question is about the powersupply. As you can see, I have a 120mm fan blowing out of the case in the back. The bottom PSU fan blows up into the PSU, and the back one blows out. With the big 120mm fan in the back, there doesn't seem to be any air allowed to the PSU. I check the back fan and I can just barely feel any air being blown out. My concern is that the PSU isn't being cooled. Anyone have any comments/suggestions on that matter?

I also have nothing else below all my AGP slot. NF7-S has everything I want integrated. I need to stick something down there. Cooling for my video card, most likely. If anyone has some good modding suggestions, that would be great.

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**cooliscool** · October 5th, 2004

Put a blower fan or something there.. maybe a fan speed controller? My TT fan speed controller fills up the space nice and makes my case feel all cozy.

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N1ghtw0lf · October 5th, 2004

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Yeah I know. Speeze is a very good company, they make amazing cooling products for great prices.

I bought a Speeze case fan for $1.50 and it's better than my vantec I paid $8 for. It has nice black sleeving, a molex and mainboard connector on the same cord, spins at 3500RPMish. Speeze forever.

I see your RAM isn't in Dual Channel mode.. move one of those sticks to the for right slot for some added memory bandwidth.

I thought dual channel was the 2 slots that looked the same...at least thats what my manual said -_- IIRC

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**hushypushy** · October 5th, 2004

the NF7 doesn't support Dual Channel, IIRC.

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**cooliscool** · October 5th, 2004

I thought it did..

Try putting that second stick in the lonely slot, then go to CPU-Z's memory tab and see if it says "CHANNELS: DUAL"

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**hushypushy** · October 5th, 2004

Cpu-Z says my RAM is dual channel, and i know for a fact, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that it is not.

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**Kane** · October 5th, 2004

The NF7 is an NForce 2 mobo. It supports Dual Channel.

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**cooliscool** · October 5th, 2004

Well, the board has to be designed to support it aswell, even if the chipset does.

I do think the NF7 is dual channel though, since it isn't really a value board.

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N1ghtw0lf · October 5th, 2004

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The NF7 is an NForce 2 mobo. It supports Dual Channel.

On the box is says Dual400 which might mean it only supports dual channel if you have 2 3200 sticks, which i don't.

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**cooliscool** · October 5th, 2004

No, Dual Channel isn't limited to PC3200. It can be any kind of DDR as long as the two sticks are the same size, latency, etc. My board also says Dual DDR 400 on the box but I ran PC2700@PC2100 speeds in Dual Channel just fine. It's just that higher numbers sell more products.

Try putting one of those sticks in that slot.

That's usually how Dual Channel slots are arranged on 3-slot Socket A boards.

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**hushypushy** · October 5th, 2004

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Originally Posted by Kane-Sama

The NF7 is an NForce 2 mobo. It supports Dual Channel.

interestingly, both those statements are true, but not because of each other. (i googled a bit and found that the regular NF7 does do dual channel). i have an ASUS a7n8x-x, which is Nforce2 Ultra400 but does not support dual channel RAM--it's a limitation of the board in this case. the other A7N8X's support dual channel however. so, just because it's Nforce2 doesnt mean it does dual channel.

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**cooliscool** · October 5th, 2004

Heh, hushy.. redundancy?

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N1ghtw0lf · October 5th, 2004

i just moved it slots, cpu-z says dual, runs my write benchmark about 200mb faster than before putting my 2700 (one 2100 and one 3200 oc'ed and uc'ed) ram up near the 3200's according to the benchmarks. I'm happy with it as it is now.

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**hushypushy** · October 5th, 2004

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Heh, hushy.. redundancy?

only the part about saying the NF7 is dual channel, but i felt like i needed to make the point that just because it's Nforce2 doesnt mean it's dual channel.

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**cooliscool** · October 5th, 2004

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i just moved it slots, cpu-z says dual, runs my write benchmark about 200mb faster than before putting my 2700 (one 2100 and one 3200 oc'ed and uc'ed) ram up near the 3200's according to the benchmarks. I'm happy with it as it is now.

No "thanks." ?

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N1ghtw0lf · October 5th, 2004

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No "thanks." ?

thanks...

guess thats about all there is to say

. Not like it was a major difference

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**cooliscool** · October 5th, 2004

Hey, an extra 200mb/s is quite good..

But yeah, Dual Channel doesn't have as big an impact on AMD CPUs as it does on Intel CPUs, due to a significantly lower FSB.

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N1ghtw0lf · October 5th, 2004

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Hey, an extra 200mb/s is quite good..

But yeah, Dual Channel doesn't have as big an impact on AMD CPUs as it does on Intel CPUs, due to a significantly lower FSB.

my FSB is at 200 rather than the default 133 (or was it 166 can't remember), so i'de say its better than most.

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**Kane** · October 5th, 2004

.....In that case Hushy, why were you talking about the NF7? All the Abit NF7 boards are Dual Channel, including the crippled ones. I was referring to your earlier statement "the NF7 doesn't support Dual Channel, IIRC."

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**hushypushy** · October 5th, 2004

i was taking a guess, then i went and googled it, and then i came back to see that you'd already said the same thing...maybe i shoulda googled first and then came back here?

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October 5th, 2004	#461 (permalink)
GSDragoon Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,969	Compared to AS3, AS5 was hard to spread. I almost want redo that now, because I feel it was kinda messy. My real question is about the powersupply. As you can see, I have a 120mm fan blowing out of the case in the back. The bottom PSU fan blows up into the PSU, and the back one blows out. With the big 120mm fan in the back, there doesn't seem to be any air allowed to the PSU. I check the back fan and I can just barely feel any air being blown out. My concern is that the PSU isn't being cooled. Anyone have any comments/suggestions on that matter? I also have nothing else below all my AGP slot. NF7-S has everything I want integrated. I need to stick something down there. Cooling for my video card, most likely. If anyone has some good modding suggestions, that would be great. __________________ Athlon64 3400+ @10.5x250MHz, 2.625GHz \| DFI NF3 250GB 2x512 Corsair pc3200 \| BFG FX6800 OC 128MB \| X-Fi XtremeGamer

October 5th, 2004	#462 (permalink)
cooliscool Global Moderator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: South Carolina, USA Posts: 6,828	Put a blower fan or something there.. maybe a fan speed controller? My TT fan speed controller fills up the space nice and makes my case feel all cozy. __________________ Bottles' Glasses - Banjo Kazooie/Tooie model viewer and ripper

October 5th, 2004	#464 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,978	the NF7 doesn't support Dual Channel, IIRC. __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.

October 5th, 2004	#465 (permalink)
cooliscool Global Moderator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: South Carolina, USA Posts: 6,828	I thought it did.. Try putting that second stick in the lonely slot, then go to CPU-Z's memory tab and see if it says "CHANNELS: DUAL" __________________ Bottles' Glasses - Banjo Kazooie/Tooie model viewer and ripper

October 5th, 2004	#466 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,978	Cpu-Z says my RAM is dual channel, and i know for a fact, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that it is not. __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.

October 5th, 2004	#467 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,305	The NF7 is an NForce 2 mobo. It supports Dual Channel. __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

October 5th, 2004	#468 (permalink)
cooliscool Global Moderator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: South Carolina, USA Posts: 6,828	Well, the board has to be designed to support it aswell, even if the chipset does. I do think the NF7 is dual channel though, since it isn't really a value board. __________________ Bottles' Glasses - Banjo Kazooie/Tooie model viewer and ripper

October 5th, 2004	#470 (permalink)
cooliscool Global Moderator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: South Carolina, USA Posts: 6,828	No, Dual Channel isn't limited to PC3200. It can be any kind of DDR as long as the two sticks are the same size, latency, etc. My board also says Dual DDR 400 on the box but I ran PC2700@PC2100 speeds in Dual Channel just fine. It's just that higher numbers sell more products. Try putting one of those sticks in that slot. That's usually how Dual Channel slots are arranged on 3-slot Socket A boards. __________________ Bottles' Glasses - Banjo Kazooie/Tooie model viewer and ripper

October 5th, 2004	#472 (permalink)
cooliscool Global Moderator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: South Carolina, USA Posts: 6,828	Heh, hushy.. redundancy? __________________ Bottles' Glasses - Banjo Kazooie/Tooie model viewer and ripper

October 5th, 2004	#473 (permalink)
N1ghtw0lf Crasher of Castles Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Missouri Posts: 6,970	i just moved it slots, cpu-z says dual, runs my write benchmark about 200mb faster than before putting my 2700 (one 2100 and one 3200 oc'ed and uc'ed) ram up near the 3200's according to the benchmarks. I'm happy with it as it is now. __________________

October 5th, 2004	#477 (permalink)
cooliscool Global Moderator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: South Carolina, USA Posts: 6,828	Hey, an extra 200mb/s is quite good.. But yeah, Dual Channel doesn't have as big an impact on AMD CPUs as it does on Intel CPUs, due to a significantly lower FSB. __________________ Bottles' Glasses - Banjo Kazooie/Tooie model viewer and ripper

October 5th, 2004	#479 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,305	.....In that case Hushy, why were you talking about the NF7? All the Abit NF7 boards are Dual Channel, including the crippled ones. I was referring to your earlier statement "the NF7 doesn't support Dual Channel, IIRC." __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

October 5th, 2004	#480 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,978	i was taking a guess, then i went and googled it, and then i came back to see that you'd already said the same thing...maybe i shoulda googled first and then came back here? __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.