I have the same board, darkstar.
Overclocked my P2 2.8 (fsb 800, but the old generation C or D I forgot, you know the one that doesnt heat up a lot) to 3.0 FSB 850. I can go up to 3.3, but the fan will get noisy.
I have put on it the fan of the p4 3.0 D, and a good case with a side air intake for the cpu, and installed a program that regulates the fan speeds, and now my PC is super silent, I leave it on 24/24 in my bedroom and it's hardly noticeable.
I'm such a geek!
Thats really neat , but careful man always keep your temp. monitored and i advise u to upgrade your cooling system, a fan might not be able to cool of all that heat, I once thought about Ocing but then i checked some reviews and tutorials and decided not to since my cooling is still done through the fan. Btw u can also oc your memory , try to play with the cas,ras to cas and ras latency , those also can really boost your memory performance!!
Yeah, I've played around with my memory!

My temp is monitored with "speedfan", which automatically varies the speed of the CPU fan. The CPU never goes over 62, but the board recently went up to 58, which is, uh, worriyng. but if I speed up the case fan it should be OK.

I was very careful when coosing the parts of my PC: my case has 2 80mm rear fans, a side air intake (with a tunnel) to bring fresh air directly to the CPU. The CPU is a 1st generation P4-800, wich are way cooler than the actual ones. The CPU fan is the intel fan provided with the P4 3.2ghz D(or E?), which gives up way more heat than my current CPU. So I can afford to run it at low speed most of the time.

So I dont think that I can upgrade my cooling system. I could get some better air cooling system for the CPU from the US or Europe. But in lebanon, the only better CPU fan/heatsink that I could find are these 7000 rpm CPU fans that sound like a vacuum cleaner and will keep me awake! Liquid cooling is nice, but expensive, and I'll have to order it from the outside too.
pc and parts offers water cooling kit but only for the cpu
i think it is a global win kit
Yeah, I've played around with my memory!

My temp is monitored with "speedfan", which automatically varies the speed of the CPU fan. The CPU never goes over 62, but the board recently went up to 58, which is, uh, worriyng. but if I speed up the case fan it should be OK.

I was very careful when coosing the parts of my PC: my case has 2 80mm rear fans, a side air intake (with a tunnel) to bring fresh air directly to the CPU. The CPU is a 1st generation P4-800, wich are way cooler than the actual ones. The CPU fan is the intel fan provided with the P4 3.2ghz D(or E?), which gives up way more heat than my current CPU. So I can afford to run it at low speed most of the time.

So I dont think that I can upgrade my cooling system. I could get some better air cooling system for the CPU from the US or Europe. But in lebanon, the only better CPU fan/heatsink that I could find are these 7000 rpm CPU fans that sound like a vacuum cleaner and will keep me awake! Liquid cooling is nice, but expensive, and I'll have to order it from the outside too.

Why dont u use corecenter instead of speedfan , corecenter comes with your mobo's cds or does speedfan have any additional features?
In speedfan, you setup a minumum temperature and a maximum temperatur, and the program will variate the CPU fan speed to keep it whithin that range.
Corecell only has an "auto" mode, where you cannot setup the desired temperature
Speedfan also shows the CPU temperature in the tray when minimized. And it also monitors the hard drive using SMART.
I found a shop that specialises in cooling, their water cooling systems range from around $213 down to $133. What'd you guys think about the prices?
Exellent prices for lebanon
You mean I can have a complete water cooling system at 133$?
Is that in lebanon?
Cause if it is, can you give me the address, pleease :oops:
lol unfortunatly it's not in lebanon, but in Jeddah =P
it's in City Center, second floor. I don't remember if it's to the right or left, but it's at the back. You'll know it lol they're called cooling masters.