Please Spec Me i5 2500k Dual Screen Setup

stulid · 17 May 2011 at 16:07

Shame

jax_5 · 26 May 2011 at 20:42

Hi again. finally received my replacement case today.

Quick question do I need to connect both the 24-pin ATX Power Connector as well as the 8-pin (12v) power connector?

I've got the 24-Pin one already attached. Thanks

RJC · 26 May 2011 at 20:47

jax_5 said:
Hi again. finally received my replacement case today.

Quick question do I need to connect both the 24-pin ATX Power Connector as well as the 8-pin (12v) power connector?

I've got the 24-Pin one already attached. Thanks

Yes, you require both.

jax_5 · 26 May 2011 at 20:48

Thanks! I assume that's for the power drawn by the CPU?

RJC · 26 May 2011 at 20:50

jax_5 said:
Thanks! I assume that's for the power drawn by the CPU?

Yes

jax_5 · 26 May 2011 at 20:54

Cheers. I've got an AC'97 cable from my case (Define XL) unconnected (can't find where) but I've connected the HD Audio pin from the same (source). Am I safe to assume it's fine to leave that disconnected?

RJC · 26 May 2011 at 20:56

Yes, you will be fine, I think I used the HD Audio on my case.

jax_5 · 26 May 2011 at 21:04

Thanks again

Right, next step is to overclock this baby... Never overclocked before

RJC · 26 May 2011 at 21:10

jax_5 said:
Thanks again

Right, next step is to overclock this baby... Never overclocked before

Stop posting and get on with it!!!

I have overclocked Sandybridges cpu's only the i7 920 cpu, but I believe its a case of increasing the multiplier and slight change to the vcore.

jax_5 · 7 Jun 2011 at 18:30

Hi all

I've just noticed that my computer doesn't seem to wake up from sleep!

I don't use the sleep function but accidently pressed it on my keyboard yesterday. Once I pressed the keys on my keyboard to wake it up I recieve a no-signal message on my monitor (connected via hdmi) though the led on my case stops blinking when try to wake it.

stulid · 7 Jun 2011 at 18:39

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=271221

Post#9 onwards, its an intel code issue.

Then look at post#32 and 39, so you could try and update the BIOS to 1.4

Sleep is working fine for me, but I did a BIOS update to 1.4 as soon as I got the board and never tried before.

jax_5 · 7 Jun 2011 at 19:05

Thanks Stulid. it worked!

jax_5 · 7 Jun 2011 at 19:13

Using the cpu clocking feature the board overclocks to 4.2 with a v-Core of 1.3. Do you think it's possible to get a lower v-core reading by overclocking manually?

stulid · 7 Jun 2011 at 19:19

Try it, just alter the multiplier to 42X and leave the voltages alone.

If it fails to boot (unlikely) you got the ClearCMOS button on the rear to easily press.

jax_5 · 7 Jun 2011 at 19:37

Yes, that seems to have lowered it (very) slightly to just under 1.3.

How come the BIOS gives a higher reading for temps and v-core than AXTU and CPUID?

stulid · 7 Jun 2011 at 19:39

No idea, but the motherboards great isn't it? so simple to use..

jax_5 · 7 Jun 2011 at 19:45

stulid said:
No idea, but the motherboards great isn't it? so simple to use..

I couldn't agree more. I even read in a review that you can take screenshots from within the BIOS.

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Manually adjusting the CPU ratio to 42

stulid · 7 Jun 2011 at 19:52

Thats right, you can.

Mine,

Thats just using the 4.6 clock from the selection in the BIOS

jax_5 · 7 Jun 2011 at 20:02

I should've taken a screenshot of it under the selection of 4.2 in BIOS. But I'm happy as I'm running stock cooler... going to try and edit ratio to 43 and compare the readings.

jax_5 · 7 Jun 2011 at 20:10

Okay... going to go for 44 now

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