Intel Pentium 4 540, 3.20Ghz
Prescott core, LGA 775
1 MB Level 2 cache, 800 FSB, Hyper-Threading, 0.09µ
MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
Currrent Stable overclock: 3455MHz (216MHz x 16multiplier), 1:1 RAM/FSB ratio, vcore: 1.485v (Tortured for 16hrs+)
Stability testing methods: Prime95 torture test - 16hrs+ large FFTs test (2 instances)
Maximum overclock on Air cooling: 4.001 Ghz, 1.651vcore
Cost me: $350 NZD
Thermaltake CL-P0015, Tower102
Heatpipe CPU Cooler
Fans attached: 1 x SilenX 80mm 14dBA Thermistor Fan
Overclocked CPU temperatures: 40 °C idle, 59 °C load
Cost me: $50 NZD + $29 NZD for the fan
Asus P5P800
Intel 865PE chipset, LGA 775, AGP 8X, Dual Channel DDR 400
Gigabit LAN, SATA, Sound Blaster Live, Joystick port, ICH5 Southbridge
(864MHz DDR) FSB, 1:1 ratio
Mosfetts cooled by BGA heatsinks
Cost me: $150 NZD
Audigy 2 ZS PCI
CoolerMaster Centurion silver case
Cost me: $134
Enermax 470W EG475P-SFMA24P PSU
ATX v2.0
80mm back fan replaced with: 1 x SilenX 80mm 14dBA Thermistor Fan
| +3.3V | 0.5A / 34A | ||
| +5V | 0.3A / 40A | ||
| +12V 1 | 0.5A / 16A | ||
| +12V 2 | 0.5A / 15A |
Cost me: $195 + $29
1 GB (2 x 512 MB) PC3200 Corsair XMS RAM Modules
Model: CMX512-3200XL (2-2-2-5 @ DDR400) v1.1
Samsung TCCD chips, Dual Channel enabled
Maximum stable overclock: 248MHz (496 DDR), 3-4-4-8, 2.8v
Cost me: $534 NZD
4 x Double Sided, Dual Channel memory gives better memory performance on 875P chipset:
Searching for the Memory Holy Grail: Part 1
Searching for the Memory Holy Grail - Part 2
Intel White Paper (pdf)