Overclock Warehouse Dual CPU Bundle Review
What's included in the bundle?
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MSI 694D-Pro-A Dual Socket370 mainboard
w/Promise ATA100 controller
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Two Intel PentiumIII 700
FCPGA CPU's. CB0 Stepping
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Two Alpha PAL6035 heatsinks with 60mm
Delta fans
Let's take a look at the pieces individually, as we did
in the last Gen-X-Tech system review, and then see how it all came
together....First off, let's see what the MSI 694D-Pro-A Socket370 mainboard
brings to the table.
MSI 694D-Pro-A Dual Socket370 mainboard
| CPU |
Two Socket 370 for dual Intel(R) Pentium(R) III 500~933MHz or faster
processor |
| Chipset |
VIA(R) 694XDP / VT82C686A chipset |
| FSB |
66 / 100 / 133MHz |
| Main Memory |
168-pin SDRAM DIMM x4, maximum 2.0GB |
| Slots |
AGP x1, CNR x1, PCI x5 |
| Audio / Video |
Integrated Sound Blaster/ Direct Sound AC97 Audio |
| On-Board IDE |
4 Ultra DMA 100 + 4 Ultra DMA 33 / 66 |
| Dimension |
ATX Form Factor PCB Mainboard |
Feature wise, for a dual CPU board, this one is very
overclock friendly. It contains multiplier (?? for CyrixS370??) adjustment as
well as several levels of FSB adjustment. There is a LARGE gap in clockrates
between 114mhz and 133 however, and unlike many single CPU boards, there are no
singular 1mhz steps involved. The board also includes individual core voltage
settings for each CPU, an uncommon touch on dual boards. However, the MSI boards
voltages are somewhat freaky. The 2nd CPU will always read lower in voltage than
the first CPU, so getting matched core voltages can be tricky.
By using the BIOS, I added .2v to CPU1 in this rig, and
.3v to CPU2 in order to attain 1.91v and 1.94v respectively, which was the
voltage setting necessary to achieve a stable 1001mhz. Another anomaly that
occurs, is that the 2nd CPU can periodically fail to post on a warm reboot. Cold
reboot does not have this problem. MSI is aware of the issue, and is working on
a BIOS fix that should alleviate this little annoyance.
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