Athlon64 3000+ Socket 939 "Venice" Processor
Epox 9NDA3J Motherboard
Total from Newegg: $230 after tax and shipping.
That along with 512 borrowed from Rachelle has given me a very nice desktop to work with. (I recently bought another 512, so that I can return Rachelle's 512 to her next time I'm home).
Pictures of course:
The two boxes, right out of the FedEx packaging.
The contents of the motherboard package.
The motherboard itself. Note that there are a total of 4 DIMM slots, as opposed to the normal 2 or 3 DIMM slots of budget boards. The reason this is worth noting is that when I upgrade ram, i'll be able to merely ADD ram, than having to replace it. Also the board supports Dual-Channel.
The picture of the processor itself. The stock Heatsink/Fan is EXTREMELY Quiet. I love how I can barely hear the system going, and thats only if I don't have any music or anything else going on. Stock the processor runs at 1.8Ghz with a 200Mhz Bus(kinda). Equivalent performance is to a 3.0Ghz Pentium 4, for most tasks.
Stock the system ran a very cool 40C, under full folding load.
UPDATE: I overclocked the system. Its now running at 2.43Ghz with an 270Mhz Bus(kinda). Thats about a 30% overclock. To translate into easier to appreciate terms. I'm getting the equivalent speed to a 3.5-3.7Ghz P4 or a 3500-3700+ Athlon.
The processor is running at a still cool 44C, again, under full load. What used to take 1.5 Hours/frame to fold, now takes roughly 23mins/frame.
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