Testing / comparing : Intel D975XBX2 / Asus P5B DX ***56K WARNING***

has anyone found a replacement for the chipset cooler ?

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Originally Posted by cyber_terror

Since both sanda and everest dont work with overclocked xbx2, which memory benchmark do u suggest?

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Read post #1613

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Also, the benchmarks work fine in Sandra. Just don't try to read anything on the smbus.

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Originally Posted by jetjaguar

has anyone found a replacement for the chipset cooler ?

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what about the swiftech mx-159cu. it comes with a clip as to allow you to use the hooks found around the NB chipset.

I contacted the SETFSB team and they answered me. They ask me some informations so that they can work on a pll for the XBX2. There will be surely a prog to oc on windows soon :D

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Originally Posted by shimmishim

what about the swiftech mx-159cu. it comes with a clip as to allow you to use the hooks found around the NB chipset.

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Not stable enough. It'll shift around way too much. Clips are short too...so, you'd have to either bend them or find some other way to mount it.

hmm while i was orthosing the other night .. i touched the nb heatsink and it was still cool and this was with 1.7v thru it .. so maybe it doesnt get hot ?
or maybe just add a small fan on top of the heatsink ???


i would take the stock heatsink off to apply some as5 but those clips that hook underneath the motherboard scare me

I can boot up to 3.9 on this mobo with air cooling, and this chip needs 1.65v for anything more.

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=165195

As far as i975x mobos go I think it's great. My second favorite mobo is the P5B deluxe wifi, which is 965.

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Originally Posted by jetjaguar

hmm while i was orthosing the other night .. i touched the nb heatsink and it was still cool and this was with 1.7v thru it .. so maybe it doesnt get hot ?
or maybe just add a small fan on top of the heatsink ???


i would take the stock heatsink off to apply some as5 but those clips that hook underneath the motherboard scare me

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The stock heatsink comes off in about 5 seconds. Just spread the fins where the black plastic clips hook in and everything will come apart pretty easily.

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Originally Posted by gtj

The stock heatsink comes off in about 5 seconds. Just spread the fins where the black plastic clips hook in and everything will come apart pretty easily.

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o so u dont have to take the clips off from under the motherboard ??

do u think its worth putting some as5 on there ? also is there a way to monitor the temps of the nb ??? in windows

and one last question what size fan do u think i could fit on it ? 40mm or 60mm ?


thanks

Thermalright HR-05 fits fine. Just gotta tilt it a little. Damn thing gets pretty warm.

Question for gtj and others...

I overspent on the memory I purchased and am thinking about getting something cheaper. Is this the correct part for the OCZ Plat R2 memory I see in some sigs?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227139

Any issues with this memory at all on the BadAxe 2?

Thanks!

-scaryogre

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Originally Posted by situman

Thermalright HR-05 fits fine. Just gotta tilt it a little. Damn thing gets pretty warm.

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does it fit though with a tuniq tower 120 installed ??

and it gets warm ?? hmm my stock heatsink is cool

also any pics of the hr05 installed ?

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Originally Posted by jetjaguar

does it fit though with a tuniq tower 120 installed ??

and it gets warm ?? hmm my stock heatsink is cool

also any pics of the hr05 installed ?

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my stock stays cool too but i'm only putting 1.6 through the NB and I've taken off the stock TIM and put AS 5 on (first thing I did when I got the board).

The stock TIM SUCKS big time. It almost had a fabric-ish type of consistency. I had to use goo gone to get it off.

hmm wondering if i should take it off and put some as5 on it .. or get the hr05

The thing gets hot enough to burn my fingers. I have watercooliong so I'm not sure how it will fit with ur Tuniq. I'll get pics up tonight if I'm not too lazy.

hmm which do i trust

IDCC or CPUZ 1.38 regarding mem

IDCC is reporting my mem at 720 while CPUZ is reporting its running 1:1 at 900 ???

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Originally Posted by jetjaguar

o so u dont have to take the clips off from under the motherboard ??

do u think its worth putting some as5 on there ? also is there a way to monitor the temps of the nb ??? in windows

and one last question what size fan do u think i could fit on it ? 40mm or 60mm ?


thanks

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Correct. That's the benefit of the soldered in loops. You can change the HS without removing the MB. Definitely put some AS5 on there.

I'm not the guy to ask about what fits because I WC mine (for silence not performance).

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Originally Posted by scaryogre

Question for gtj and others...

I overspent on the memory I purchased and am thinking about getting something cheaper. Is this the correct part for the OCZ Plat R2 memory I see in some sigs?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227139

Any issues with this memory at all on the BadAxe 2?

Thanks!

-scaryogre

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Those are the ones. Rock solid for me.

This thread seems to be the only one that seriously covers about 975XBX2. I can't seem to find a decent one these days about it. I was wondering whether a guide can be compiled like for the other mobo's cos seriously sifting thru 65 pages for nuggets can be really frustrating

Here's a few tests from me at 3.8GHz. Once you unearth the 'quirks' with this board, it's a decent performer.

Crappy untweaked Spi1M:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...uperpi1m_3.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4..._ddr284434.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...72/xeon3-2.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...72/xeon3-1.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...nt72/xeon3.png

AM3 at 704/851 on 7900GTO, stock cooler (3.8GHz, DDR2-845 4-4-3-4, 2.28v)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...2/am3_176k.png

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Originally Posted by ChaosMinionX

Thats odd, have you tried changing your vmch a bit since your FSB is higher to give the memory lil extra boost? i had to bring my vmch up to make dominatorc3 6400's run at advertised with 0 memtest 86+ errors. But I wouldnt be suprised, XBX2 seems to have killed my Dominators that are currently in the process of being replaced. They ran fine on my P5B, then I put em on XBX2 and they died so not really sure, Ive also checked the dimms with a MM and it read +/- .03-05v as set in bios. Try the Vmch and let me know how it turns out be interested to know.

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Hmm. I just had my Dominator 8500 memory die on my XBX2 as well. :( I had upped my VMCH up to 1.6 to try and get the memory to run at its rated 1066 speeds and I noticed I started to get a lot of mem related errors in Windows. Setting things back to slower 533 speeds, I was still getting errors in Memtest. It looks like one of my four 1GB modules is shot.

Hm, so I seem to be erroring quite a bit on test #7 on memtest86+

Running 389x9 at 4:5 with Corsair XMS2 DDR800 at 5-5-5-18 @ 2.2vcore.

Are there any other settings besides upping the vcore that would help stabilizing this RAM? vfsb? vmch?

BX2 has been rock solid since I put it in. ;)

EDIT: Well I just dropped it to a 1:1 memory divider with 4-4-4-12 timing @ 2.0vcore. Performance seems a little worse but it's stable. Guess this RAM just can't handle that high of speed. I was always told Intels prefer frequency rather than timing (hence the reason I was trying for a high latency with loose timing setup).

EDIT: Well, what the hell. It's erroring on stock timing of 5-5-5-18...

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Originally Posted by Eluzion

Hm, so I seem to be erroring quite a bit on test #7 on memtest86+

Running 389x9 at 4:5 with Corsair XMS2 DDR800 at 5-5-5-18 @ 2.2vcore.

Are there any other settings besides upping the vcore that would help stabilizing this RAM? vfsb? vmch?

BX2 has been rock solid since I put it in. ;)

EDIT: Well I just dropped it to a 1:1 memory divider with 4-4-4-12 timing @ 2.0vcore. Performance seems a little worse but it's stable. Guess this RAM just can't handle that high of speed. I was always told Intels prefer frequency rather than timing (hence the reason I was trying for a high latency with loose timing setup).

EDIT: Well, what the hell. It's erroring on stock timing of 5-5-5-18...

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I get that same problem with my teamgroup sticks (see sig for specs).

I even RMA'd my first XBX2 because I couldn't overclock past 3.4GHz without getting frequent and debilitating memory errors, even with the looses timings and highest rated voltages. It was so unstable I could barely keep my system on long enough to determine it was in fact the memory that was failing.

Here I am now, new board, newest bios, and identical problem. (Yes I have tried older BIOS versions; the memory errors persist.) I just run mine at 379x9 (3.4 GHz) with 1:1 mem settings @ 379.5 MHz, 4-3-3-9, which has kept stable for me.

I intend to swap these sticks, the tankguys.biz guys are pretty cool, but I can't be bothered just yet.

Just letting you know you aren't alone.

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Originally Posted by Suge Knight

I contacted the SETFSB team and they answered me. They ask me some informations so that they can work on a pll for the XBX2. There will be surely a prog to oc on windows soon :D

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It work :banana:

http://sugeknight.info/PC/Cartes%20m...200-102-33.png

I make a point of thanking the SETFSB team for their quick answers end their work. :clap:

sad sad news! My Storm G5 won't make solid contact with my cpu due to the caps being too high. My load temps skyrocketed to 83 while idle was like 47 at 3.75ghz 1.45vcore. Its a solid board too. Anyone else have waterblock mounting issues?