Temps on bew build

bluetech · 8 Mar 2007 at 18:57

Are these temps OK? I am a little concerned... I have:

Gigabyte 965P - DS3 rev3.3 mobo F10 BIOS

2x1GB Duel Channel Kit GEIL DDR2 800MHz PC6400 Value Ram @ 1.9v for stability (got a blue screen 0x0000000a error, DS3 default is 1.8 so upped by 0.1v as people reccomended).

C2D E4300 @ 1.8 GHz (stock speed and volts) with Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro.

Do the tems look OK here... sore 1 + 2 change between 48 and 51 degrees C. Also, whats with the +12v @ 2.3v ? Is this normal? If not could it be the DS3's BIOS settings?

Please be gentle... this is my first PC build. I have not overclocked anything yet... just set RAM to 1.9v in hope to resolve blue screening)

Thank You

edit: Core temps IDLE are 35 - 37 degrees C. Should this be lower?

ns400r · 8 Mar 2007 at 20:16

Temps all look ok, nothing to worry about.
The ram should be set to 2.1v (+0.3) as that is the default voltage for that memory.
Ignore the Speedfan 12v reading, it's broken in Speedfan!

Don't forget to alter the timings for the memory in BIOS. Pressing Control/F1 enables the timing section in the MIT page but press control/F1 before entering that page.

Time to overclock.

bluetech · 8 Mar 2007 at 20:25

ns400r said:
Temps all look ok, nothing to worry about.
The ram should be set to 2.1v (+0.3) as that is the default voltage for that memory.
Ignore the Speedfan 12v reading, it's broken in Speedfan!

Don't forget to alter the timings for the memory in BIOS. Pressing Control/F1 enables the timing section in the MIT page but press control/F1 before entering that page.

Time to overclock.

Thanks! The timings are set as SPD. I dont truly understand timings. In the bios there are about 7 options for RAM timings. But all the info I have is the numbers 5 - 5 - 5 - 15. Wont 2.1v be v.hot though? What should these timings be?

Here is a pic of the BIOS , they are a pale blue on the left. Dont worry, I am not playing with PCIE speed... nooo way! (BFG 8800 GTS 320MB):

http://www.pcper.com/images/reviews/308/bios05.jpg

Do you think the Blue Screen 0x0000000A could be related to this?

I dont wish to overclock just yet... want to have a stable system for 2 weeks before I do.

Thank you for you help. Any other comments are most welcome!

tinners · 9 Mar 2007 at 07:34

2.1 will be fine.
Take a look in the excellent DS3 thread
Will be a great help
Your memory needs setting to 4-4-4-12 (see the DS3 thread for how to do that)
Look at the example BIOS screen and where it says 4-5-5-15 this should be 4-4-4-12 in your case.
You may wish to make this 5-5-5-15 when you come to overclock.

ovia · 9 Mar 2007 at 07:39

Edit: NVM, beaten to it

bluetech · 9 Mar 2007 at 23:46

Thanks guy's. I will look into this.

bluetech · 10 Mar 2007 at 00:01

tinners said:
2.1 will be fine.
Take a look in the excellent DS3 thread
Will be a great help
Your memory needs setting to 4-4-4-12 (see the DS3 thread for how to do that)
Look at the example BIOS screen and where it says 4-5-5-15 this should be 4-4-4-12 in your case.
You may wish to make this 5-5-5-15 when you come to overclock.

According to geil's website, the above may be incorrect

http://www.geilusa.com/products/showSpec/id/52

Should it not be 5-5-5-15? SPD is 5-5-5-18.

At the moment I have SPD 5-5-5-15 @ 1.9v hoping to solve the BlueScreen issue... looks promising so far...

Please advise. Thank you...