hey pauldovi can you tell me if it is possible to leave the stock PWM sink on after removing the NB cooler?
Do i have to cut the heatpipe?
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hey pauldovi can you tell me if it is possible to leave the stock PWM sink on after removing the NB cooler?
Do i have to cut the heatpipe?
i think u have to cut it bro, i did mine, removed and applyed artic silver on the NB and SB and zalman thermal paste on the voltage regulatorsQuote:
Originally Posted by Revv23
what u gonna do if u need to RMA? I say buy aftermarket heatsinks and stick them on.
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Originally Posted by situman
hmm maybe i have a sink i can cut up and put on the PWM... but what can i get aftermarket that will fit?
sidewinder has those PWN sinks and also swiftect came out with new longer ramsinks u can either epoxy or use thermal tape.
Great hardware and a buggy beta BIOS, seems too familiar to me.
I'd like to try one, and I'll wait til others confirm the BIOS is ok. I already tried a AW9D-max and was disappointed.
I am ordering the PWM coolers from the Abit website and then I am going to WC the NorthBridge.
Paulovi. Whats your highest FSB?Quote:
Originally Posted by pauldovi
What coolers from what website? Link/picture?Quote:
Originally Posted by pauldovi
Any new BOIS's yet?
U can check here everyday for new bios http://forum.abit-usa.com/showthread.php?t=119222Quote:
Originally Posted by PanteraGSTK
what the max FSB with proc and with memory???
The QuadGT seems on par with most of the other board. Although i didn't even see a 480+ FSB SS
Typical Altech, useless bunch of tools.Quote:
Originally Posted by Booj
You can't have looked very hard - I've posted SP screens at 514MHz (1M) and 500MHz (32M).Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkSephiroth
Max FSB on my board, on the stock 1066 strap, without modification and without altering the NB/VRM cooling (not even changing the default TIM) is around 520-525MHz suicide, 505-510MHz stable.
nope he haventQuote:
Originally Posted by nightic
i wasn't paying attention to your specs for all you guys that have this board...so...please excuse me for asking a redundant question.
do any of you have a Q6700 or a Q6600 on this board?
if so, what is the max FSB?
what memory are you using?
what kind of cpu cooling?
many thanks.:)
Whos running over 500fsb 24/7?
See, that isn't really any better than my S3. Do you think the 1066 strap is a good enough reason to buy this board? That really is the only diffirence between this and mine. 1333 strap for my S3 and 1066 for QuadGT. Hope it's worth $200.Quote:
Originally Posted by nightic
it's up to you if it's worth $200 (although no doubt you would get some $ back by selling your S3).
Plus it's got additional features over the S3 which you may or may not need.
or you could just hang on until the Bearlake boards come out if you're happy with what you got.
I am, 7X515 on a not so good E6300, got the board up to 7x545 with a decent E6600, ended up with 7x525 24/7 on that combination but had to really relax the memory timings past 515 (5-5-4, memory does 4-4-3). Testing Quad Core on it now.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrDeeds
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Originally Posted by PanteraGSTK
the 1066 strap is worth more than anything else on the mobo.....from what i know S3 is always 1333 strap righ.....well at least on asus p5b dlx with 1066 strap and 9x389 outperforms by enough 8x437mhz and 1333 strap
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Originally Posted by Millyons
From what i understand the higher strap is only looser timings and higher speeds that are run by the mch. If you have memory and a cpu that can run (or bench) at those speeds then the 1333 strap will suit you better. But from what i've seen not many combos can run at those high speeds.
Think of it as the difference between ram running at lower bus speeds with tighter timings and ram running higher bus speeds with looser timings. Sometimes the results will be better sometimes it wont.
The higher end of the 1333 strap probably wont come fully into play untill intel releases the 1333bus chips and release the next wave of mch's.
Just my opinion.
lol man i know what straps do you dont got to explain it to me.......
only reason i want the Quad is so i could run my system at higher fsb and 1066 strap since my cpu and ram can handle it, and not have to screw around with booting below 401 and lower multi and then clock gen at start up...that is my only gripe with the p5b dlx....1333 strap at 401 even though my board at least can run at 470 ish and 1066, wish they just had an option in the bios for it
Thats what I'm leaning towards. I'm going to keep my S3 to use in an awsome HTPC I'm in the process of building. I won't really be looking to buy a new mobo until july or august anyway. I'll just have to see what is out by then. Maybe I will be able to go back to AMD if they ever figure out what they are doing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Heidfirst