P5B Deluxe => can it run memory at *less than* 1:1 ?

[ben ifin]

Hi all

Cant seem to find an answer to this anywhere.

If I put a E6400 in a P5B Deleuxe and [theoretically] hit 500FSB, does the
P5B Deluxe have a Memory Divider setting / option that will allow me to run my memory at *less than* 500 FSB ?

Thx,
Ben

[herderien]

didn't see this possibility in 0502 and 0507 bios

[Vric]

anyway Conroe don't really like going lower than 1:1.

so don't cheap out the memory.

[Shintai]

No support for less than 1:1

[ben ifin]

What about this that I just found:-

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2797&p=5

Supposedly then, the P5B Deluxe offers the following memory timings:-

" DDR2 at Auto,400,533,667,800,889,1067 "

If this is right:-

- what does the AUTO setting run the memory at ?

- wont a 400 memory setting run the memory slower than the FSB ?


Thx,
Ben

[toddm27]

the lowest setting is 1:1 going on up, so no dividers, with any of the bio's I've tried on my board

[dinos22]

965 chipset does NOT support below 1:1.......already stated.....

[ben ifin]

Many thx .........

Damn though !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So there are two options:-

(A) => get a 965 P5B Deluxe that will do say 500 to 550 FSB
** AND THEN SPEND A FORTUNE ON +1000mhz DDR2 ? **

or

(B) => get a 975 P5W-DH that will do say 400 to 470 FSB and then
utilise some [say] Corsair Value Select DDR2 and use a sub-1:1 divider ?


(A) = stupid amount of money in order to fully exploit Conroe's full potential

(B) = spend less money but fall short of exploiting Conroe's full potential


I just *CANT BELIEVE* that 965 boards cant run their memory at sub-1:1 - surely
this could be fixed with a BIOS update / fix ?

Is there even any *cheap* DDR2 1000 ?

This has *really* pi#### me off !!!!!!!!!

Again, many thx for clarifying this.

Ben

[toddm27]

just get a p5b and some team group 667 or 800 ram that easily overclocks over 1000, tankguys has em, and rather cheap compared to the 1000+ kits, my 667 3-4-4-8 ram does 1060 with ease:D

[dinos22]

just get a p5b and some team group 667 or 800 ram that easily overclocks over 1000, tankguys has em, and rather cheap compared to the 1000+ kits, my 667 3-4-4-8 ram does 1060 with ease:D
right? at what vdimm? and 32M superpi screens and actual product links would be handy right now

[mkorpal333]

right? at what vdimm? and 32M superpi screens and actual product links would be handy right now

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=110839
http://www.tankguys.biz/ddr2-3338-p-1676.html?osCsid=aab31719592c72ae46900da9f6ad7e8f

by far some of the best memory on the market today. And the prices are very resonable.

[dinos22]

so that's not your OC?

they cost the same in Australia as G.Skill HZ and HZs are proven overclockers........:)

keep in mind also that's AMD platform.....sure as hell clock great though....hahha :)

[mkorpal333]

so that's not your OC?

they cost the same in Australia as G.Skill HZ and HZs are proven overclockers........:)

keep in mind also that's AMD platform.....sure as hell clock great though....hahha :)


Sorry, I don't have my set yet, but here are a bunch of results.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=101692&page=23

[grimREEFER]

umm, might i sugest getting a p5wdh and running 4:3?

[ben ifin]

" ...... umm, might i sugest getting a p5wdh and running 4:3 ? ..... "

Thats actually the dilemma - I would if P5W-DH's had any sort of 500 - 550 FSB "track-record" - looks like Asus is putting all its high FSB development into the 965 P5B Dlx - the P5B Deluxe's are increasingly getting 500 - 550 FSB with newer BIOS's.

I'm not aware of any P5W-DH's that are getting 500 - 550 FSB. Newer BIOS's on the P5B Deluxe's seem to be improving the boards max. FSB each time - I dont see this with the P5W-DH.

And thats the dilemma.

I want max. cpu FSB / O/C, so looks like I am going to start having to research same decent "cheap" ram that does 1000 / 1100 ...

Damn ...... what a pain ...... and I was just about to order my parts before this arose.

Still, best to know this before forking out the $$.

Ben

[ben ifin]

Just found this stuff:

Corsair TWIN2X1024-8500 DDR2

- 1066 / 533 FSB
- 5/5/5/12

$360 AUS / $215US


To max. out my Conroe, I think this is just what I am looking for.

Why arent more people mentioning or using this DDR2.

To my way of thinking, for the price, its simply ridiculous value.

Thoughts ?

Ben

[ben ifin]

my bad ... these are just 2 x 512 .. not 2 x 1gb ... thx eva2000