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Conroe now available from OcUK!

Well with the DFi and Asus mobos and a E6600 or less, if your looking to overclock the FSB >400 people are finding they have to run the mem 4:3 to boot, so you could proberbly save yourself some money and get pc5300 too.

I think the bad axe may be the same.

Hopefully this will be fixed with more mature bios's.
 
trojan698 said:
Yeah, if I were you I'd seriously consider cancelling and ordering an E6600 or even E6700 if you're using that phase unit.
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hmm, i'm twisting in the wind again :D

will think about it overnight and decide on a clear head in the morning i think
 
The Old Man said:
Hi,
You talking about the Intel Extreme D975bx-304 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard? Is that the Badaxe?
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Yes thats the bad axe, I had one for a few days and i really didnt like it so sent it back.
 
Devious said:
Yes thats the bad axe, I had one for a few days and i really didnt like it so sent it back.
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what didnt you like about it mate?

only thing i see to be lacking is the 4 sata ports only
 
tomos said:
what didnt you like about it mate?

only thing i see to be lacking is the 4 sata ports only
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-Needed hardmod to unlock the main overclocking options in bios
-Quirky bios
-266 + 50% max FSB in bios
-Seemed unstable to me (though I had to run on defult vcore as I didnt want to hard mod it)


I bought the asus at the same time and prefer it much more.
 
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you liked asus more than tha bad axe? how come , i have seen loads of people who get higher clocks STABLE with the bad axe.

my 640 can bench @ 4.5 GHZ while in an asus can past 4.3 no way.

also tha bad axe has 8 sata , quirky bios? :confused:
 
Iraklis F.C. said:
you liked asus more than tha bad axe? how come , i have seen loads of people who get higher clocks STABLE with the bad axe.

my 640 can bench @ 4.5 GHZ while in an asus can past 4.3 no way.

also tha bad axe has 8 sata , quirky bios? :confused:
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8? i thought it only had 4 ports? :confused:

p.s. what options do you have to 'unlock' to get to in the bios?

what are the limits without unlocking/
 
I think so... well... last time I think I looked it did.... erm... I'm at the gf house so I will check tomorrow, I really thought that it had 8... but I'm more then likely wrong!!!

Stelly
 
Does anybody know how well this system will overclock?

MB-011-IN Intel DP965LT 965 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-011-IN) 1
£74.95 £74.95
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO) 1
£136.95 £136.95
MY-014-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 NR PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBNR) (MY-014-GS) 1
£114.95 £114.95
CP-127-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-127-IN) 1
£154.95 £154.95
HS-017-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (HS-017-AR) 1
£14.95 £14.95
Subtotal £496.75
VAT £86.94
Total £583.69

Taking in account the mobo, artic freezer, ram etc.
 
UKTopGun said:
Does anybody know how well this system will overclock?

MB-011-IN Intel DP965LT 965 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-011-IN) 1
£74.95 £74.95
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO) 1
£136.95 £136.95
MY-014-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 NR PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBNR) (MY-014-GS) 1
£114.95 £114.95
CP-127-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-127-IN) 1
£154.95 £154.95
HS-017-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (HS-017-AR) 1
£14.95 £14.95
Subtotal £496.75
VAT £86.94
Total £583.69

Taking in account the mobo, artic freezer, ram etc.
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I would do for the Intel Bad Axe mate

Stelly
 
if i decided to keep my phase for my other X2, which would be the best air cooling for a conroe?

Thermaltake Big Typhoon 4 in 1
Thermaltake Sonic Tower 4-in-1
ThermalRight Ultra-120
Scythe Samurai Z
Scythe Ninja Plus
Scythe Miné

i have a spare delta 120mm fan going which i would use on whichever the best would be. any suggestions?
 
Stelly said:
Scythe Ninja Plus gets my vote

Stelly
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grr, this was all so much simpler last year when i went for an X2 :p

i've heard goot things about scythe, but on XS, the Tuniq Tower 120 looks awesome :eek:
 
tomos said:
grr, this was all so much simpler last year when i went for an X2 :p

i've heard goot things about scythe, but on XS, the Tuniq Tower 120 looks awesome :eek:
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aaaaaaaaaah see the Tuniq Tower 120 was not in your list, I would pick that ;)

Stelly
 
Stelly said:
aaaaaaaaaah see the Tuniq Tower 120 was not in your list, I would pick that ;)

Stelly
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so would i from what i've been reading on XS during the last hour. shame OCUK dont stock it.

now the hunt is on to find the Tower :D
 
tomos said:
so would i from what i've been reading on XS during the last hour. shame OCUK dont stock it.

now the hunt is on to find the Tower :D
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The Tower is HUGE to say the least and I also read a post on XS saying that it only probably offers a 2-3 degrees lower cpu temp than the Thermaltake BT. Also the poster made an interesting point that most people had the mobo outside of the case! So you need a large case to fit it. Also the Tower does not cool components around the cpu socket well, whereas the BT does such as the mcch or something? :confused: Anyway I'm gonna go for the Thermaltake :)
 
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