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Massman · 2nd February 2009, 19:58

I'll be updating my laptop now :-).

DDR2 is DIRTCHEAP!! 2x3GB, here I come

jmke · 2nd February 2009, 20:16

set up a RAM disk for temporary files of Windows, Browser, etc to make it all fly

thorgal · 2nd February 2009, 22:42

Installed E8600 + DFI P45

What a disappointment: cannot get the cpu up to 4Ghz at all, not over 450FSB after 3 nights of work. CPU temp sensor seems to be stuck as well, readings are all over the place (@ 17°C and NOT moving under load).... Will sell this lot asap, costly joke

geoffrey · 2nd February 2009, 22:44

Still have some stuff here which I'm not using ATM, you can always lend it.

Massman · 2nd February 2009, 22:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by thorgal

Installed E8600 + DFI P45

What a disappointment: cannot get the cpu up to 4Ghz at all, not over 450FSB after 3 nights of work. CPU temp sensor seems to be stuck as well, readings are all over the place (@ 17°C and NOT moving under load).... Will sell this lot asap, costly joke

Seriously? You either have a very sucky motherboard/bios or are doing something wrong. Mine did 500FSB at the absolute lowest voltages.

Can you share some of your bios settings (including what bios you're using)?

thorgal · 2nd February 2009, 23:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Massman

Seriously? You either have a very sucky motherboard/bios or are doing something wrong. Mine did 500FSB at the absolute lowest voltages.

Can you share some of your bios settings (including what bios you're using)?

It's the cpu I think... it needs 1.35V to get to 3.8GHz... I've never seen such bad E8600. Stepping is good though

I really really hope I'm doing something wrong. Updating bios now, so can't see which version I was running any more (never checked

) Have to change OS probably as well : still on Vista 64

Massman · 2nd February 2009, 23:02

What stepping?

I'm a little worried about the 450FSB limit as well

thorgal · 2nd February 2009, 23:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Massman

What stepping?

I'm a little worried about the 450FSB limit as well

Q822A433 ; pack date 08/04/08

500FSB no post at all btw. Can you tell me how much vNB you need for that approx ? And VTT ? Don't think it's that though as I've tried various configs. Almost ready here to throw everythign out of the window, I'm that frustrated

jmke · 2nd February 2009, 23:21

might be Vista x64 hold you back

Stuck at 4GHz with the Phenom II X4 940...

Massman · 2nd February 2009, 23:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by thorgal

Q822A433 ; pack date 08/04/08

500FSB no post at all btw. Can you tell me how much vNB you need for that approx ? And VTT ? Don't think it's that though as I've tried various configs. Almost ready here to throw everythign out of the window, I'm that frustrated

In overclocking there are always to aspects that determine the quality of the motherboard: voltage and limit. The first is quite simple to explain: the less voltage you need for a certain setting, the more you have left to push your system even further. To find out if the motherboard is of high quality in terms of voltage scaling we try to find the lowest voltage settings needed for 500FSB, which is a barrier that most people try to reach when overclocking. 500x8, for instance, gives you already 4GHz at a relatively low vcore (as most 45nm C2D's run at <1.2v stock); 500x9 gives you 4.5ghz, which is doable if you have good air-cooling. In case of Asus and MSI, which we tested for voltage scalability as well, we always needed to increase the Vmch (voltage of the northbridge) a little bit to get 500FSB rockstable. The DFI P45 on the other hand, hits 500FSB with the lowest voltages set in the bios for the chipset!

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thorgal [M] Reviewer Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,887	Installed E8600 + DFI P45 What a disappointment: cannot get the cpu up to 4Ghz at all, not over 450FSB after 3 nights of work. CPU temp sensor seems to be stuck as well, readings are all over the place (@ 17°C and NOT moving under load).... Will sell this lot asap, costly joke __________________ Last edited by thorgal : 2nd February 2009 at 22:45.

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Massman [M] Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Waregem Posts: 6,466	What stepping? I'm a little worried about the 450FSB limit as well __________________

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