ASRock 775Dual-VSTA for Conroe (Core2) with both AGP/PCI-E and DDR1/DDR2 support

wesley · 3 May 2007 at 16:08

22 pages!! got no time to read them all lol

so a quick question if you guys dont mind?

i'd like to get this :

ASROCK dualVSTA motherboard
GEIL 2GB RAM
conroe 1.8ghz

so i can keep my old Leadtek 6800GT 256mb AGP card, will upgrade to better PCI-e card in the future.

will they works well together? also how high can i overclock with this asrock motherboard?

cheers

bilston · 3 May 2007 at 16:27

wesley said:
22 pages!! got no time to read them all lol

so a quick question if you guys dont mind?

i'd like to get this :

ASROCK dualVSTA motherboard
GEIL 2GB RAM
conroe 1.8ghz

so i can keep my old Leadtek 6800GT 256mb AGP card, will upgrade to better PCI-e card in the future.

will they works well together? also how high can i overclock with this asrock motherboard?

cheers

Should all work ok together. Overclocking wise, dont expect too much, some have got over 300 stable while others (myself included) cant get much past 285. It's so minimal I just use it at stock until I'll have the chance to upgrade to a proper mobo.

wesley · 3 May 2007 at 16:36

thanks bilston

will this mb ok for my ATX - non2 (20pins) power connector?

thanks again

artaxerxes · 3 May 2007 at 16:49

You will need a molex to square 4 pin adapter to fully power the board. Aside from that you should be golden.

I got a 50% overclock on stock voltage and cooling.

tripitaka · 3 May 2007 at 17:57

I can comfortably get my 1.8 up to 2.5.
Not what I'd call a minimal overclock, and definitely worthwhile in my opinion.

Mang0 Tree · 3 May 2007 at 19:31

I have mine running at 297 rock solid. That's 2.67, I'm well happy with it when I consider how little it cost me to begin with

wesley · 4 May 2007 at 08:40

thanks guys

Mang0 Tree and tripitaka, what temp you're running?

cheers

Master Skooter · 4 May 2007 at 10:58

Just to inform people, my Sapphire X1950XT works fine.

I finally got around to building it this week (after it being sat around for 3 days...damn WoW!!

)

Fired up like a dream first time, which was a nice surprise, as for some reason i was expecting to run into a few hurdles.

It does seem quicker than my old system (xp2500m/X800XT-PE), multi tasking no longer brings it too it's knees. WoW didn't look any different really, which was a little bit of a shame, but it's definately smoother & i can run it with all settings maxed out & experience no slow down at all (yet).

Right, now i just need to clock the thing....

Darg · 4 May 2007 at 11:21

tbh WoW isn't that graphically great a game. It is 3 years old now and hasn't really had any update to the graphics engine.

If you want to see your moneys worth then get Oblivion/FEAR or one of the other games that can bring most graphics cards to their knees. Yours should fly through them fine

Master Skooter · 4 May 2007 at 12:06

Once i get it clocked i'll look at trying a few. Be nice to feel blown away as people informed me i would....i've never felt that at any of my upgrades

Darg · 4 May 2007 at 12:40

I went from 3Ghz P4 with 9800Pro to E6300 and 7600GT. I was stunned

tripitaka · 4 May 2007 at 12:41

Don't remember the temps off the top of my head.

But, I do recall I ran some 2 core prime 95 stuff for a couple of hours at stock, and then did the same after overclocking.

The temp difference was minimal - perhaps a couple of degrees more when overclocked, and that was using the stock cooler.

turbo · 4 May 2007 at 16:46

Hey guys

Just built my new system based on this mobo and a 6300.

Anyway I've come to change the graphics card for a PCI-express solution and have a few questions!

I took a look at the compatibility list and saw that the 7900gtx cards are supported but no mention of the 7950GX2.

Having just sent the money off for one of these before checking I feel a little daft, especially when I have now done some more digging and found out that these cards can be a little tempremental about what motherboard they work on, etc.

Does anyone have any experience with them at all, or do they think I'll be ok because nearly all of the other 7xxx cards are supported?

Worst case scenario is that I try it and flog it if there are issues but I've done a google and cant find anything that sort of answers the question for me already

Darg · 4 May 2007 at 17:01

I really don't know if it will work. You're essentially trying to run SLi through a single 4X PCI-E slot =/

Is there any way to get your money back?? If I were you I would use your 7 day rule that lets you return any item bought online withing 7 days of recieving. If you have *just* ordered it then I would call up their sales team immediately and try to cancel.

I'm sorry but for the price you can get much better single card solutions! They are a waste of money.

turbo · 5 May 2007 at 11:12

Darg said:
I really don't know if it will work. You're essentially trying to run SLi through a single 4X PCI-E slot =/

Is there any way to get your money back?? If I were you I would use your 7 day rule that lets you return any item bought online withing 7 days of recieving. If you have *just* ordered it then I would call up their sales team immediately and try to cancel.

I'm sorry but for the price you can get much better single card solutions! They are a waste of money.

Well I purchased it through the MM so its not cost me stupid money. I'll wait for it to arrive and then try it out, dont think theres any harm in giving it a go!

At least if it doesnt work I can warn you guys lol

ron3003 · 5 May 2007 at 15:57

I've been running my Dual/Vsta since last year. I have an e6600 clocked at 290fsb giving me 2611.mhz. I currently have 2x512mb kingston ddr ram and hwinfo tells me it's at 181.4mhz and timings are 2.5-3-3-7.
I'm thinking of ordering 2gb of the Ocuk (elixir) ddr2 pc6400 800mhz ram.
That is advertised as having timings of 5-5-5-15. I know that 2gb is better than 1gb but can anyone tell me if the ddr2 timings will improve performance or actually hinder me?
Thanks.

dagwoood · 5 May 2007 at 22:24

ron3003 said:
I'm thinking of ordering 2gb of the Ocuk (elixir) ddr2 pc6400 800mhz ram.

......but can anyone tell me if the ddr2 timings will improve performance or actually hinder me?
Thanks.

Ron3003, the board doesn't support PC6400 RAM, as per the specs page ; 667 is the fastest it supports.

To be honest, I didn't notice any difference when I changed from DDR to DDR2; benchies didn't show much difference either.

wesley · 6 May 2007 at 00:20

Hello

Got E4300, this asrock board and Geil 2GB this morning. work well with 6800GT AGP

now running at 2.7ghz. very happy

dagwoood · 6 May 2007 at 10:20

ron3003 said:
Info from here,

http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=93127&page=22

DDR2 bios settings/volts:-

high = 2.0v
norm = 1.9v
low = 1.8v

The exact voltages, as per an email I received from Asrock technical support after asking them the question are:

Dear Sir,

DIMM Voltage Adj: High, Normal, Low, (DDRII, 2.03, 1.93, 1.83)

Thanks for the email.

Yours truly,

ASRock

bilston · 6 May 2007 at 10:44

ron3003 said:
I've been running my Dual/Vsta since last year. I have an e6600 clocked at 290fsb giving me 2611.mhz. I currently have 2x512mb kingston ddr ram and hwinfo tells me it's at 181.4mhz and timings are 2.5-3-3-7.
I'm thinking of ordering 2gb of the Ocuk (elixir) ddr2 pc6400 800mhz ram.
That is advertised as having timings of 5-5-5-15. I know that 2gb is better than 1gb but can anyone tell me if the ddr2 timings will improve performance or actually hinder me?
Thanks.

The timings wont really matter that much. Having 2gb instead of 1 will boost performance when you do memory intensive stuff, like play games. If you just use the PC for general stuff, 1gb should be enough I'd have thought.