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1. May 2007 @ 16:14 |
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Actually I don't recall the Ds3 having IEEE1394. Could have been updated though I suppose.
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pszczoll
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1. May 2007 @ 16:33 |
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To BigDK , actually i was waiting until you gonna show on forum :). I was hoping that you gonna be able to help me with overclocking my new build. Im running it right now it work good. My spec are :
CPU Type DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, 2400 MHz (9 x 267)
Motherboard Name Asus P5B Deluxe (3 PCI, 1 PCI-E x1, 2 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Dual Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Broadwater P965
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT (256 MB)
1gb Corsair XMS2 CM2X1024-6400 (second one is comming tommorow)
I updated to newest bios. its ver.1004
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1. May 2007 @ 20:04 |
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cough cough.
i have that chip running at 3ghz 24/7 in a cheap as chips asus p5n e sli(it has all the features you are looking for). i can get mine upto 3.3ghz but thats when mine runs out on me. not that i mind, its + 80% from its stock 1.8ghz and in my book thats a good oc
the abit fatality fp in9 sli (lacks firewire) would most likley get my money if a bought another today, you can get them for around £70, it has the same nf650 chpset as mine but it has more robust cooling already fitted which sould make it easier to oc with.
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1. May 2007 @ 20:08 |
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Well, It's built, tweaked and running at 3.0GHz. I'm happy! Never thought I would fall in love with a motherboard, but I have! This thing is the Cat's Meow! Oh Yeah, it idles at 32-33C and doesn't hit 48 while encoding!
Here's the Math
Here's the Memory Bandwidth
Multi-Media
Not too bad at all for 3.0GHz.
Happy Computering,
theone
GigaByte 990FXA-UD5 - AMD FX-8320 @4.0GHz @1.312v - Corsair H-60 liquid CPU Cooler - 4x4 GB GSkill RipJaws DDR3/1866 Cas8, 8-9-9-24 - Corsair 400-R Case - OCZ FATAL1TY 550 watt Modular PSU - Intel 330 120GB SATA III SSD - WD Black 500GB SATA III - WD black 1 TB Sata III - WD Black 500GB SATA II - 2 Asus DRW-24B1ST DVD-Burner - Sony 420W 5.1 PL-II Suround Sound - GigaByte GTX550/1GB 970 Mhz Video - Asus VE247H 23.6" HDMI 1080p Monitor
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1. May 2007 @ 20:30 |
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thats got the cpu working better than ginas but your bandwidth is less.
nice going tho, 32000 mips at 3ghz is 4000 over mine.
the intel chipset is also quicker clcok for clock in superpi.
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1. May 2007 @ 20:45 |
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Marsey99,
Opps! Wromg one! This is more like it!
Sorry, I didn't realize I had sent the wrong file. That was the before!
Best Regards,
Russ
GigaByte 990FXA-UD5 - AMD FX-8320 @4.0GHz @1.312v - Corsair H-60 liquid CPU Cooler - 4x4 GB GSkill RipJaws DDR3/1866 Cas8, 8-9-9-24 - Corsair 400-R Case - OCZ FATAL1TY 550 watt Modular PSU - Intel 330 120GB SATA III SSD - WD Black 500GB SATA III - WD black 1 TB Sata III - WD Black 500GB SATA II - 2 Asus DRW-24B1ST DVD-Burner - Sony 420W 5.1 PL-II Suround Sound - GigaByte GTX550/1GB 970 Mhz Video - Asus VE247H 23.6" HDMI 1080p Monitor
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2. May 2007 @ 00:29 |
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I've had another look at the DS3 range, and indeed most do n ot have firewire support, currently the DS3P is the only one that does support firewire.
My mistake>
Apparently the DS3P is supposed to have sorted all the issues on the earler versions a well as addressing the lack of FW and Crossfire support.
If DS3 was the choice then DS3P would be the way to go.
Marsey99, it would be interesting to see what speed your CPU got to on the 965 or 975 chipset, it would probably be higher than what you can reach on the nforce board.
Plus as you've already seen the general performance in areas of memory are better on the Intel chipset boards.
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2. May 2007 @ 05:31 |
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Originally posted by BigDK:
Marsey99, it would be interesting to see what speed your CPU got to on the 965 or 975 chipset, it would probably be higher than what you can reach on the nforce board.
Plus as you've already seen the general performance in areas of memory are better on the Intel chipset boards.
i too would like to see if it is my cpu or mobo that is falling over at 3.3ghz but untill i can swap one out i will never know. the next thing i will be getting will be a gpu so it will most likly be q3/4 before i think about swapping these 2 and hopfully the q6600 will be within my price range buy then and i might get another mobo then depending on what deals are on offer. then i could use the left over bits to knock together a desktop for my misses, but then that might drain the funds from a bigger screen so....
i have been talking with russ about this and his results have shown the opposit. he is getting higher scores on the cpu but lowwer scores for the mem at the same clocks.
to me that seemed to indicate that the 965 chipset which had its design dictated by intel would make the most of the cpu and show it in its best light. wereas the nforce chipsets are going to try to make nvidias own products look as good as possible and the extra mem bandwidth will aid this as games(read graphics card) will gain more from this extra bandwidth.
these are the results from ginas boardwhich show what i mean if you compare them to those above.
or mine from 2 weeks ago
they both show lowwer cpu scores and higher mem bandwidth?
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2. May 2007 @ 05:57 |
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marsey99,
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they both show lower cpu scores and higher mem bandwidth?
That's where her's ran bullet proof. It did everything I asked (and I asked a lot!)and never gave me any trouble no matter whether I was asking it to run OCCT for 12 hours. It didn't matter. I think the biggest problem with the P5N-E is the bios is right where the GigaByte's were, 5 or 6 months ago. That, and the settings are way too tight! I guess you could say that there's no forgiveness in the settings. Not very much anyway!
This, was the most enjoyable build I've ever done! And, I still haven't figured out all the things in the bios yet. This is one hell of a motherboard!
Happy Computering,
theone
GigaByte 990FXA-UD5 - AMD FX-8320 @4.0GHz @1.312v - Corsair H-60 liquid CPU Cooler - 4x4 GB GSkill RipJaws DDR3/1866 Cas8, 8-9-9-24 - Corsair 400-R Case - OCZ FATAL1TY 550 watt Modular PSU - Intel 330 120GB SATA III SSD - WD Black 500GB SATA III - WD black 1 TB Sata III - WD Black 500GB SATA II - 2 Asus DRW-24B1ST DVD-Burner - Sony 420W 5.1 PL-II Suround Sound - GigaByte GTX550/1GB 970 Mhz Video - Asus VE247H 23.6" HDMI 1080p Monitor
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steddy_ed
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2. May 2007 @ 07:01 |
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Hi all - this is my first post on this forum, I've been reading this thread for a while and it looks like there's a lot of knowledgable people hanging out here!
I'm doing a budget rebuild and I recently ordered a E4300, P5N-E SLI, and 2 x 1GB PC6400 RAM. I'm an overclocking newb, never really bothered with it before, but seeing the extra performance you can squeeze out of a budget cpu like the E4300 I reckon I'll give it a try.
So if anyone could post their BIOS settings for an overclock on this setup I'd be grateful (I see sammorris has a similar build..:)
Any other advice you could give me about the P5N-E SLI (hope I made the right choice there) or overclocking in general will of course be well appreciated..
Thanks in advance!
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2. May 2007 @ 08:55 |
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I use that motherboard and processor and that type of RAM and get good results (67% overclock)with not too much effort, you just have to play around and find the settings that work, it's not immediately obvious.
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steddy_ed
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2. May 2007 @ 09:39 |
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If I used the BIOS same settings as you have done on your E4300/P5N-E SLI setup, would I get the same results or do the settings depend on the BIOS revision and the rest of the hardware setup?
Not that I wanna just copy all your hard work! But as I said I'm a newbie to this overclock business so some guidelines / examples would be handy to help get my head round it...
can anyone point me to some good guides/tutorials? All the ones I've come across so far seem a bit dated
cheers
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pszczoll
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2. May 2007 @ 18:52 |
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BigDK,
From what i remember you did owned Asus P5b Deluxe ? , maybe im wrong.
I need to know what exactly i should disable in bios before overclocking, also if im gonna overclock 1 item in time from what should i start.
I got 1gb of memory and another stick is comming tomorrow, i dont want to oc before im not gonna check the performance of my build with 2gb of ram. I and than im gonna make decision how long i want oc , (im sure that im not gonna go max, on air).
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pszczoll
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2. May 2007 @ 19:35 |
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I just checked something, and sisoft sandra show my mainboard temperatur e 65C , after some restart , 113C ? can that be true?
everest temp on motherboard is 28C.
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3. May 2007 @ 01:51 |
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download speedfan and if 2 of the 3 match up go with them.
of those 2 progs i would belive everest first but its always nice to get a second opinion.
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also try asus pc probe its their own temp software.
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3. May 2007 @ 01:52 |
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I'd be tempted to believe everest. The latter result makes sense.
I find speedfan is the least reliable for temperatures actually. Everest usually gets it right.
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3. May 2007 @ 02:29 |
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After everything was all set up, I went back and set the memory at4-4-4-12. Also compared to mine, Gina's only has 1GB (2x512) of memory while I have 2GB (2x1gb). Here's the benches.
Lost a little mips but picked up some memory bandwidth and the multi-media score went up a little bit. It seems more responsive and quicker.
Best Regards,
Russ
GigaByte 990FXA-UD5 - AMD FX-8320 @4.0GHz @1.312v - Corsair H-60 liquid CPU Cooler - 4x4 GB GSkill RipJaws DDR3/1866 Cas8, 8-9-9-24 - Corsair 400-R Case - OCZ FATAL1TY 550 watt Modular PSU - Intel 330 120GB SATA III SSD - WD Black 500GB SATA III - WD black 1 TB Sata III - WD Black 500GB SATA II - 2 Asus DRW-24B1ST DVD-Burner - Sony 420W 5.1 PL-II Suround Sound - GigaByte GTX550/1GB 970 Mhz Video - Asus VE247H 23.6" HDMI 1080p Monitor
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pszczoll
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3. May 2007 @ 03:08 |
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i did download speedfan and it shows aux temperature 119C , what is that exactly? , i turned my case fans speeds to medium from high and temperature jumps 19C , 112C , 102C .... why its like that?.
maybe some voltages in bios are wrong , i didnt change anything in bios tho,
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3. May 2007 @ 03:13 |
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It's a bug, it's probably picking up a reading from something that isn't a temperature monitor. In my instance, Aux is the CPU temperature, and the CPU temperature is just rubbish because it says 40C permanently.
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3. May 2007 @ 03:17 |
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iv got 2 mystry temps, everst says my cpu is always 25c and speedfan gives me a aux that is always 40c.
try pc probe its asus own temp software and gets all mine right and ignores the others.
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3. May 2007 @ 03:20 |
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PC Probe gave me correct temperatures, but the fan speed recording was just laughable. Everest has got all the temperatures as correct, just given one the wrong label.
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3. May 2007 @ 03:44 |
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pass, both everest and pc probe give me the same fan speeds although everest give my cpu as an aux.
none of them a perfect, pc probe gets temps and speeds right but no control over fan speed/ everest gets temps mixed up but once you figure which is which thats no biggie but still no fan speeds and speedfan gives odd names till you find out which temp is which (then you can lable them as you wish) it gets the fans speeds miles off but it gives you the options to change the speed.
i used all 3 at first and now i have speedfan setup right its ok my only isuue is the fan speed is miles off.
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3. May 2007 @ 03:49 |
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I have exactly the same issues as you. The CPU is Aux in everest, but correct in speedfan. The speed monitor is bugged, but the speed change is useful. I want to control my heatsink physically not using software, as it means it will run quietly when my PC is still booting up. QFan doesn't drop the fan speed sufficiently for my liking (1800rpm, vs the 900rpm minimum speedfan gives). Unfortunately the fan cable is too short to do this, and I can't extend it as it's a 4-pin PWM cable. I'm contemplating cutting the PWM part of the plug off.
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3. May 2007 @ 12:11 |
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pszczoll I would remove asus probe if you have that installed, as it can affect results with other tools on occassions.
Yes I do have the P5B Deluxe, thats what my current PC is using, at the moment its running with a 1640 fsb, as until I get a better cooler for the CPU I can't be bothered to push it so its running 410x6.
As for the memory statement, I must have misread what was posted before.
I'll do some test with my PC when its fully setup, nearly there with it.
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pszczoll
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3. May 2007 @ 14:52 |
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Ok i did turned off my pc , and i was checking motherboard, just touching it is some places to check temps, and nothing was hot. so im gonna check it with some other software , or just ignore it.
To my memory , its Corsair 2x1GB Corsair CM2X1024-6400Pro 800MHZ 1.9v and standard timmings on Corsair website for that memory model are 5-5-5-12.
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