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3rd February 2009, 07:34 | #401 | |
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| Quote: Edit : which bios did you use ? | |
3rd February 2009, 10:52 | #402 |
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| 0725, best there is afaik (though an unofficial bios) |
3rd February 2009, 11:44 | #403 |
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| Last Q: VTT for E8500 @ 500FSB ? Did you have to use GTL-ref ? Any other tweaks ? |
3rd February 2009, 12:13 | #404 |
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| 500FSB was completely untweaked: I just set the lowest voltages and boot 500x8 (vcore was raised though) |
3rd February 2009, 14:01 | #405 |
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| Oh well, CPU can be RMA'd so it seems so no harm done. |
3rd February 2009, 23:27 | #406 | |
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Only 1 question : is this the board or the CPU ? What do you think ? I can RMA the cpu, but not much use if it's the board. Another question : could it be the ram ? Which ram did you use (currently on Corsair dominator) ? Last edited by thorgal : 3rd February 2009 at 23:32. | |
3rd February 2009, 23:33 | #407 |
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| I honestly wouldn't RMA a cpu if it wouldn't hit the overclock you'd hoped for. |
3rd February 2009, 23:37 | #408 | |
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But to answer your statement : why should I keep it when I can't OC it ? So what should I use it for : heating the room ? I bought it specifically to OC, so if it doesn't meet it's requirements, it has to go. | |
3rd February 2009, 23:52 | #409 | |
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5th February 2009, 21:03 | #410 |
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| ow man that 's a sucky E8600... mine did 4.5Ghz 1.36 stable 24/7 and even benched under water at 5Ghz ( only superpi 1mb and AM3 ) The voltage requirement for 3.8ghz is not a good sign at all mate, you got another s775 board to test it on ? otherwise you can get my UD3P with DDR3if you want (if I can get an X58 next week) : though that board is really a challenge to get going unlike it's DDR2 brother that just flies out of the box |
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