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Core Voltage in CPU-Z is 1.224V, whereas VID in CoreTemp is 1.2500V

Re-ran Orthos and temp in was up 48c this time. Maybe the thermal compound is setting? I'll leave the machine running for a while and see before I start overclocking.

Cheers
 
Its best to set the voltages manually for the nb and sb too.

Also best to keep the ram at/under its rated speed so that you can be sure that isnt causing a problem at all.

Did you set the 1.28v vcore yourself or did the board decided that? Is that under load or at idle? Drops quiet a bit under load. Shouldnt need that much under load for 3.6GHz.

Is your cpu a CO or EO revision?

Mines a CO and needs about 1.31v underload to do 4GHz and 1.38v for 4.2GHz.
 
Ordered mine on Saturday so should arrive tomorrow (Tuesday). Replacing my POS P5N-T that has had nothing but problems since day 1 and has finally given up.

After reading this thread I really can't wait now, and I've also gone and got the parts to upgrade my w/c setup as well so it should keep my occupied for a fair few hours.

I do have a couple of questions though,

Firstly, is it worth flashing the BIOS from the start? Or is it better not to bother unless I have any issues.

And secondly, do any of you see any issues arising with my existing components......

Q6600 Rev.0
4Gb (4x1Gb) Corsair Dominator PC8500C5
Nvidia 8800GTX OC2
Creative X-FI Fatality extreme Gamer
2x SATA DVD-RAM Drives
WD Caviar Black 1TB
2 x WD Caviar 250GB

Don't think I'll have any issues looking through previous posts but it's always good to check IMO.

Although I do wonder if it'll be worth getting rid of the 4x 1Gb DIMMS in favour of 2x 2Gb
 
Hi Eddie - Your spec looks fine but can i ask what are your specific reasons for getting this board? The only reason i got it was that it was reconised as the best board for xfire setups. Wouldn't it be better to get a board that is setup for SLI?
 
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Hi Eddie - Your spec looks fine but can i ask what are your specific reasons for getting this board? The only reason i got it was that it was reconised as the best board for xfire setups. Wouldn't it be better to get a board that is setup for SLI?
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Did think about it, but to be honest I have no intention of ever having an SLi setup. I prefer to just upgrade to a new single card setup when the need arises.

Besides, looking at current ATI & Nvidia cards I think I'll be moving back to ATI in the future anyway, so if I do end up going dual card it'll be xfire. But for the moment I'm running all my games (even FC2 & Fallout 3) on full graphics at 1920 anyway, as soon as that changes I'll think about upgrading.

Have always been an ATi fan really anyway, the 8800 is my first nv card.
 
beh* said:
On second thought - swap the Creative X-FI Fatality for an Asus Xonar DX.
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You're not the first person to suggest that. Been holding out to ensure there were no problems, but it would seem that they don't have any issues. At least none that I've read about.

May well get one in a couple of months. The only thing that puts me off is XP performance, as I run an XP/Vista Dual boot for older games.
 
For those of you who are wondering what this board looks like without it's heat pipe etc ...

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Actually detaching the heatpipe from the NB was easy. Getting the pushpins out of the south bridge was another story :P For those who are interested the results of my build are in my sig.
 
I'm now having some success with the overclocking and managed:

8x500Mhz with the E8400 Revision E0 at 1.2V
1000Mhz memory at 5,5,5,15 using Corsair Dominator DHX

Temps stabilize at 52c while running Orthos. Will now run this overnight to check stability.

Cheers for all the help

Paul
 
Well, it arrived yesteray. Got it installed last night along with the new watercooling parts. It's running perfectly, although I've only got the CPU clocked upto 3Ghz so far. I'm going to start ramping it up slowly over the next week of so.

Have to say, loving the BIOS though, much better than my previous boards. Might look at a 2nd loop to cool the NB & SB in a couple of months depending on how things go on the standard heatsinks.
 
Hi guys I know this is a pretty old thread and no ones posted on it for a while, but I just bought this motherboard along with a thermalright heatsink its the IFX-14, the poblem with this heatsink it that it fits rather awkwardly, the x plate fits fine but the 2 straight brackets right sideways so top right to bottom left and bottom left to bottom right.

Its not that it doesn't fit but it does however get in the way of a few things one of the brackets will cover the square looking capasitors thats located top of the cpu (so if the ram slots are to the right of the cpu, the square things are just located above the cpu along with the capasitors).

So my questions are what are those square/cube things? and is it ok to place the bracket on top of it? or should I just return the heatsink and get another one and don't risk it?

Thanks for any helpful replies
 
I think the ones you mean are the pwm chips which i think stabalize the cpu voltage and are best kept cool so i guess it depends if the contact is helping the cooling or reducing it
 
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I doubled checked the heatsink anyways and I found out that there was no way it would have actually fit, so rma it and going to get the Thermalright TRUE Black 120 instead, definately know this will fit.

Thx for any help guys
 
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