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tried upping 3.3v rail but didn't help with my mem past 3.2v vdimm :(
Just playing with some raid0 tests.
3.4E @ 3415mhz stock 1.3875v
DFI 875P-T 12/30 bios
64MB Albatron MX480EL
2x 512MB OCZ PC3700EB singles @200mhz 3-2-2-6
2x 250GB Maxtor Maxline II Plus 8MB Cache PATA drives using Abit Serillel2 adaptors to connect to board's SATA 1 + 2 ports.
Raid 0 using 128k stripe and 16k clusters
ATTO
http://www.fileshosts.com/DFI/875P_T...k/ATTO_4mb.jpg http://www.fileshosts.com/DFI/875P_T.../ATTO_32mb.jpg
Drivebench
http://www.fileshosts.com/DFI/875P_T...ebench_4MB.jpg
http://www.fileshosts.com/DFI/875P_T...bench_32MB.jpg
http://www.fileshosts.com/DFI/875P_T...ench_128MB.jpg
Sandra 2005 Lite
http://www.fileshosts.com/DFI/875P_T...ilesystems.jpg
Now interesting is when i ghost imaged my existing OS drive to a empty raid0 array - where existing partitions such as C (sized to 81GB), uses default 4k cluster size, this is what i get
http://www.fileshosts.com/DFI/875P_T...OSimaged_C.jpg http://www.fileshosts.com/DFI/875P_T...OSimaged_C.jpg
http://www.fileshosts.com/DFI/875P_T...OSimaged_C.jpg
http://www.fileshosts.com/DFI/875P_T...OSimaged_C.jpg
http://www.fileshosts.com/DFI/875P_T...OSimaged_C.jpg
downloaded hdtach3 free edition and did
short test 8MB
http://www.fileshosts.com/DFI/875P_T...OSimaged_1.jpg
long test 32MB
http://www.fileshosts.com/DFI/875P_T...ged_32mb_0.jpg
compared to single 250GB Maxtor Maxline II Plus PATA drive
http://www.fileshosts.com/DFI/875P_T...ine_single.jpg
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I doubt upping the 3.3V rail gives me more vdimm. There was not 1MHz difference between 3.3V and 3.7V with BH6!
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Too bad real HDs can't run that fast!
