questions bout the 200n - interested in getting it...

[amdking]

questions bout the 200n - interested in getting it...

[amdking]

I love what the reviews show me about this system.
My main question is the overclockability of it. I know its not the newer ULTRA chipset and I know there was a new bios released that gives option of up to 250fsb.
Now, I did notice a voltage option in the bios labled as the IGP voltage. Does this mean ur adjusting the entire northbridge chipsets voltage or just the video portion of it?
If it is the entire northbridge then thats really cool...as raising that will help get higher clocks out of it - I hope =)

I will be using my own vid card not onboard gfx, just wanted to clear that away before I roll out with the FSB and voltage options.

To start I will prolly just run the board in single channel. I read that there is virtually no performance gain from DC maybe 3% which is like another 6fsb or so...
I also have seen that one stick of RAM also offers more of a overclocking potential - does that have any truth to it with Nforce2? - I hope =)
Last one, have any of u tried to upgrade the fan on the heatsink...or know of a upgrade fan thats possible for it? I imagine upgrading the system exhaust fan would be quite easy tho.

All in all I love the voltage options...internal layout...external style...internal cleanliness when assembled...everything bout this case.

Thanks

[HemoPhilic]

The IGP voltage is for the entire chipset.

I agree that running single channel and disabling the onboard graphics will give a better overclock. I'll be doing that one of these days as I'm waiting for Half Life2 to be released before I get an addin AGP card.

Upgrading the fan on the heatsink would be difficult IMO. The clearance between the fan and the bracket holding the heatsink down is only a few millimeteres so that would limit the size. I've been toying with the notion of adding in a different heatsink and found this one...
TTIC-NPH-1

I'm not absolutely sure it will fit but it has the right design to work with the Ideq setup.

The stck cooler is actually pretty good. I can get my 2500+ up to 3200+ and a little beyond.

With the SmartFan utility you can manually adjust the speed of the fans. They get up to about 3000rpm and cool pretty well.

Get one and play around with it you'll like it.

[ArchStanton]

I have a question to other 200N owners.  Does anyone know what the JCLK jumper does??  I know the JCLK1 is to reset parameters to safe/default mode after overclocking too high but what is the other one for?

[HemoPhilic]

I can't tell what it does. I've messed with both of those jumpers and they don't seem to do anything.

[SandboxTiger]

Can the 200n run a 137+ Gig HD?