Cache and 45nm

[Brett_Henderson]

Take your time...  This type of help is priceless.. I'm in no hurry.. and will likely keep this thing reasonable (under 3.6)

Can't thank you enough !

[NickN]

damn it!

Its a P45 chipset.. you may be limited on FSB.. checking now. Some of them would run high FSB and others would not

the right board with the x38 or x48 chipset would not be limiting

Its probably going to be some trial and error in this with the P45

you got the right heatsink.. thats for sure.. the Zalman cant really handle the better quads and is old news

[Brett_Henderson]

Its probably going to be some trial and error in this with the P45

No worries..  that's 1/2 the fun.. and I'm not after anything outrageous.. I'm still amazed out cool it runs at 3.11Ghz

[NickN]

Its probably going to be some trial and error in this with the P45

No worries..

[NickN]

OK this is a hybrid board.. both DDR2 and DDR3.. hmmmm

You may want to consider switching your memory over to DDR3 now

I have never worked with the hybrid boards Brett so I do not know their ability and limits.

Still reading here.

[Brett_Henderson]

Yeah.. that's what happenes when you buy what's on the shelf. Normally I research (and ask) before buying.. and will when I go i7.. but this was a panic buy..  :D  

Don't spend too much time on this..  I'll grope my way through it..  I'll likely be moving up in 6 months, anyway.. I'm already getting improved performance.. even at 3.11Ghz

[NickN]

[quote]Yeah.. that's what happenes when you buy what's on the shelf. Normally I research (and ask) before buying.. and will when I go i7.. but this was a panic buy..

[NickN]

Not sure what BIOS you are on but there have been revisions

http://www.gigabyte.us/Support/Motherbo ... uctID=2842

I would not mess with it unless you have a problem clocking however they do post enchanced overclocking ability and stability has been added

BIOS F10 is the latest...

[NickN]

Gezzzzz this download is slow... its going to take a while Brett.

As soon as I have numbers I will post them however I was able to confirm this board will do 475-480MHz FSB from the clocking forums

[Brett_Henderson]

According to CpuZ, it's F10..

It seems like an easy to use BIOS.. I mean, even "I" just went in,, boom boom boom and upped it 10% without even thinking about it.

I'll likely not push it to where I'm cranking voltages up (much)..

It's just fun top play with it  :)

So... don't cut your day in 1/2 on this.. I'm in no hurry..  I'm gonna play with it all night..lol

[Brett_Henderson]

See ?..  between postings here.. I just bumped it up..

400 X 8   3.2ghz   (changed RAM to: 400 X 2.66 to keep it at 1066)

But here's what's weird..  If I look at "My Computer"  "Properties".. it says, "3.40Ghz"

[NickN]

[quote]According to CpuZ, it's F10..

It seems like an easy to use BIOS.. I mean, even "I" just went in,, boom boom boom and upped it 10% without even thinking about it.

I'll likely not push it to where I'm cranking voltages up (much)..

It's just fun top play with it

[Brett_Henderson]

No no.. I'm doing genuine clocking (see above)


Edit:.. I'm gonna bring it back down.. go run some errands..   so seriously.. don't neglect any real work in front of you.. I'm in NO hurry..  :)

[NickN]

[quote]See ?..

[NickN]

No no.. I'm doing genuine clocking (see above)

Good.. I would not want a good pilot to go to waste on AP