Played with my P5Q3 Deluxe today.
I Installed XP Pro w SP3 onto my P5Q3 Dlx with Bios version 1303 lat night.
It had Vista Ultimate 32-bit on it for the past 10 weeks but it couldn't break Super Pi 1M in 10 seconds unless I pushed the CPU to 10 x 500 (5.0 GHz).
And that's too much on great air I feel.
So here are my fun screen shots with XP Pro and running on Air.
http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/597/piunder10t2ce6.jpg
http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/489/17149ra3.jpg
P5Q3, OCZ and Mushkin RAM
Hi people,
I am about to change from a Maximus Formula board based DDR2 system to the P5Q3 Del. board.
My first attempt last week was a fiasco. I was using OCZ DDR3 RAM and even at defaults it wouldn't get stable. I even set TRFC to 72, with no success. All attempts at installing a Windows 2003 server failed for 8 hours, with a system freeze somewhere in the setup process. An old Vista installation however did boot. Whatever I did, the system just hung after a few minutes.
So I returned the new hardware the next day and got my money back. My local K&M store advised to try a different kind of memory first and I more or less randomly decided for Mushkin HP3-12800 RAM. The RAM and a new P5Q3 are on the way to the store currently.
What are the chances with Mushkin RAM to have a stable system?
Any other recommendations on DDR3-1600 modules, or tricks for stabilisation?
The modules are still in transit to the store before I am getting them. I do still have the option to keep my money, get different RAM or a different board/chipset, I just don't feel like spending more than 200 Euros for a transitional mainboard before getting a Nehalem system.
Thanks for the help in advance!
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Planned rig:
Q9300 CPU
ASUS P5Q3 Deluxe Wifi-AP
2x2 Gigs of Mushkin HP3-12800 8-8-8-24 RAM
750W Coba Nitrox PSU
SB X-Fi Fatal1ty PCI
Intel PRO/1000 PT PCI Express NIC