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Mounting a Prometia or Vapochill on AMD A64/FX51

Howto by MajorSlaughter @ 2003-10-11

In due time CPU kits will be offered from both nVentiv and Asetek for the the AMD A64/FX51 motherboards.
But for those of us that don´t want to wait, we must improvise! This guide will show how I mounted my Prometeia/nVentiv cooling system onto my Athlon 64 setup.

Results

Results

Let’s see what this setup is capable of

MajorSlaughter Bench Rig
CPU	AMD Athlon 64 3200+
Mainboard	Asus K8V-DX
Cooling	Prometeia
Memory	2 * 256Mb XMS PC3200LL Corsair
Video	ATI Radeon 9800Pro w/VapoChill

The ATI reached a core speed of 549Mhz and 416Mhz on the memory, giving 24,550 3dmark on my first try. And after some tweaking and fine-tuning I reached my current top of 26006!

I hope you found this guide useful for your quest to obtain the highest performance from your brand-new Athlon setup, if you have any questions or comments don't hesitate to drop them off @ the forums

//MajorSlaughter

Comment from Da_BoKa @ 2003/10/11

nice work

greetz

Comment from MajorSlaughter @ 2003/10/11

Yes, actually it comes with the mb and AMD includes an extra one with their Retail A64/FX51

Comment from jmke @ 2003/10/11

the A64/FX51 is super expensive everywhere Koensa

thanks for the great howto MajorSlaughter

Comment from MajorSlaughter @ 2003/10/11

Quote:

Originally posted by jmke
the A64/FX51 is super expensive everywhere Koensa

thanks for the great howto MajorSlaughter

Thanks jmke !

Comment from Da_BoKa @ 2003/10/11

Quote:

Originally posted by MajorSlaughter
Yes, actually it comes with the mb and AMD includes an extra one with their Retail A64/FX51

but what does it??

greetz

Comment from jmke @ 2003/10/11

I think it is a backplate for mounting your heatsink , this is how it looks to me, and MJ also posted it

Quote:

He used the extra back plate that came with his cpu as the hold down for the promie head

:grin:

Comment from MajorSlaughter @ 2003/10/11

Yes, its just a back plate for the heat sink mounting bracket to reduce flex and distribute pressure more evenly. It's part of the AMD socket 940/754 design specifications.

Comment from jmke @ 2003/10/13

some photos from XtremeSystems forums where someone followed MJ's guide:

Comment from jmke @ 2003/10/13

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Comment from jmke @ 2003/10/13

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Comment from Sarcastro @ 2003/10/13

Excellent work MS!

So when are you gonna break 27k?

Comment from MajorSlaughter @ 2003/10/14

Quote:

Originally posted by Sarcastro
Excellent work MS!

So when are you gonna break 27k?

I'm at 26k right now, need a new bios from Asus to let get get my fsb over 260mhz ! stuck ya know

All the ram I have won't work right on A64 at 1:1 either, which will be ok once they fix the fsb limitation anyway.

Comment from ThommY @ 2003/10/17

Very nice MajorSlaughter!
The A64 is nr 1 in my wishlist

Comment from Gamer @ 2003/10/18

nice work MS.

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