Spec me up scotty (Conroe)

Bennah · 6 Jul 2006 at 11:22

Does the place ship to UK though? Custom charges maybe inc and what not...

Richdog · 6 Jul 2006 at 11:32

No they don't ship to the UK afaik so not really a competitor, and even so customs charges don't apply within the EU like they do from USA to UK etc. I was just querying why Germany, an EU country that is generally in-line with UK prices (and is with many techie things), has the ASUS for the considerably cheaper sum than here.

Kesnel · 6 Jul 2006 at 15:18

Richdog said:
Why the huge price difference?

This I have been wondering too. OcUK are usually the, if not close to, the best prices about. However there's a place in the UK that does the P5W DH for £147 inc VAT and postage.

Rilot · 6 Jul 2006 at 16:15

Really impressed with the overclocks people are getting with these Conroes. Seriously tempted to get myself one.

Stelly · 6 Jul 2006 at 16:23

Rilot said:
Really impressed with the overclocks people are getting with these Conroes. Seriously tempted to get myself one.

Dont blame ya mate, and even not overclocked they are world beaters

Stelly

bbreezeuk · 6 Jul 2006 at 16:30

whats the max fsb most people are getting out of the intel bad axe

Stelly · 6 Jul 2006 at 16:39

bbreezeuk said:
whats the max fsb most people are getting out of the intel bad axe

With Intel Bad Axe Motherboard its really high

Stelly

bbreezeuk · 6 Jul 2006 at 16:51

Stelly said:
With Intel Bad Axe Motherboard its really high

Stelly

like 500fsb or more

Kesnel · 6 Jul 2006 at 16:55

You can get 500mhz fsb on the Bad Axe, and the P5W DH for that matter, only if you're willing to vmod for 2v vmch.

Bennah · 7 Jul 2006 at 09:38

Depends on the cooling too.

Whats vmch btw? nb voltage?

I suppose the vdroop mod is really needed on the P5W DH's?

Kesnel · 7 Jul 2006 at 09:53

Bennah said:
Depends on the cooling too.

Whats vmch btw? nb voltage?

I suppose the vdroop mod is really needed on the P5W DH's?

Yep, vmch is nothbridge voltage and vich is southbridge.

Vdroop doesn't seem too bad on the P5W DH from what I've heard and seen, someone did a test with a DMM over at XS and got around .02-.03 droop with a 805. Some have reported as little at .01 droop with Conroe due to the lower power draw. I'd imagine the vdroop mod will help with the big clocks though.

Bennah · 7 Jul 2006 at 10:36

Thanks for that Kesnel.

I probably have the vdroop done to the board when I get one.

Just thinking, I would have to be thinking about good cooling for the NB again

Back to the good ol' Northy overclocking days...

Kesnel · 7 Jul 2006 at 15:28

I'll definitely be getting a vmch mod done, so I may as well get the vdroop done too, better safe than sorry.

The Bad Axe can give up to 1.725v vmch through the bios compared to the Asus' 1.65v so the vmch mod is a must I think.

AMDPower · 7 Jul 2006 at 15:44

I'll definitely be getting a vmch mod done, so I may as well get the vdroop done too, better safe than sorry

how does vdrop effect overclocks?

what happens if i dont want to do any mods for the take care of the v-drop?

could i still get 450mhz fsb out the motherboard without any modifications?

thanks

Bennah · 7 Jul 2006 at 16:28

v-droop keeps the voltages from drooping that much when overclocked and loaded.

There is a chance of hitting high fsb's without any hard mods done to the board. Depends what cooling you got. If your going to pump a lot of voltage into the NB then good cooling is needed really. Same with the mem and cpu.

Overclocking, is a gamble at the end of the day. You might get a high clocking setup, average or poor. Not every setup is the same.