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I would definately recommend it, im sure alot on here would agree with me, its a solid board, a lot of features and until I got this board, I never like gigabyte. As far as mods, I modded my 3.3v rail on my PSU, did the vcore mod, and also did vdimm. I'm only on a lowly koolance exos with an extra radiator looped in, it cools my cpu, chipset, and GPU for my radeon 9800xt. Fully modded and overclocked, I'm at nearly 2.5ghz and broke 25K on 3dmark2k1 :D w00t
Hm please check my new Thread in "A64 sys, need advice" need some knowledge, I'll post some new questions
I have exactly the same steppingQuote:
Originally posted by BuLkHy
is this chip good?....im new to amd64 though...need some advise... :D
2800Mhz with 1.9v
my A64 runs with 3.35V-4.2V-dimm and 1.7V-2.1V-core --> no problems.
I just put together an A64 3200+ CAAPC CG with a Gigabyte K8Npro. The vdimm is modded to my +3.3v rail to give a constant 3.34v to the ram. So far with basic watercooling and vcore mod I can do 253x10 math stable, and 250x10 3D stable all at 2.5x LDT. I was able to get 230x10 at stock voltage. Gonna do the vcore mod soon, and get this CG up to atleast 2.7ghz , hopefully further.
At 1:1 my 2x512 oc pc3200 OCZ eb did 261x9 2.5-2-2-11. With a bios update to F12 I was able to get my Mushkin L2's to 267 2-2-2-11. I hear a lot of other boards have problems with 512 sticks, but the K8N just gobbles em up no prob.
I was a little worried at first to, but I have had smoothe sailing. I am quite enjoying this board. Didn't have this much fun with my P4C800-E and 3.2C or 2.4C
my 3200+ runs at 2600mhz 1.7v, mem 3.4v 260x10, rock stable:)
it does 2800mhz at 1.9v no probs.
so far so good with my shutle:D
whats the max this baby can go on a possible abit ultra 250 board?
i think it depends wich cooler u use and the cpu...
i give u one exp.... mine gives 2800mhz and i have a friend with prommy aswell that only goes to 2750mhz:rolleyes:
and the mobs are the same:)....
my opinion, its like amd´s....its pure lucky:)
thanks crazy
So is 3.2VDIMM and 2Vcore safe on a bencg rig with chilled water? Can I use a bit more Vcore if needed?
Mobo is a VNF3-250.
I have a pretty nice 3000+ and I cnat afford to replace it.
i think vdimm its ok, but 2vcore:eek: ....Quote:
Originally posted by afireinside
So is 3.2VDIMM and 2Vcore safe on a bencg rig with chilled water? Can I use a bit more Vcore if needed?
Mobo is a VNF3-250.
I have a pretty nice 3000+ and I cnat afford to replace it.
u like ur cpu??:p:
the max that mine works its a 1.9v... i tried 2v, and even 2.1v and don´t make diference...;)
.15V probley wont get me much more :p: We will see...
did u guys experience with the same voltage but diff cooler gives u diff result?....
when i was getting +2C celcius at 2.655ghz....1.78vcore...it is nv stable... oni for 2.6ghz stable...but with same voltage ...same clock... with 8c improvement ... -6C LOAD... 2.677ghz stable....
nah...i have a prommy modded with r404:D ...Quote:
Originally posted by BuLkHy
did u guys experience with the same voltage but diff cooler gives u diff result?....
when i was getting +2C celcius at 2.655ghz....1.78vcore...it is nv stable... oni for 2.6ghz stable...but with same voltage ...same clock... with 8c improvement ... -6C LOAD... 2.677ghz stable....
always at -56º:banana: ....(260x10, 1.7vcore), with folding@home working 100%, then drops to -50/49º stable 24h:)
so no point trying another cooler:p:
my cpu don´t pass the 2815mhz:(
Ok, I just got an Oddball stepping 3200+.. wondering if it will Overclock.. will have to find out:
The stepping is
ADA3200AEP5AP
DAAOC 0414RPCW
Anybody seen these before?
Looks interesting ;) , CO stepping, but very new. Good luck!Quote:
Originally posted by hag6br
Ok, I just got an Oddball stepping 3200+.. wondering if it will Overclock.. will have to find out:
The stepping is
ADA3200AEP5AP
DAAOC 0414RPCW
Anybody seen these before?
Quote:
Originally posted by hag6br
Ok, I just got an Oddball stepping 3200+.. wondering if it will Overclock.. will have to find out:
The stepping is
ADA3200AEP5AP
DAAOC 0414RPCW
Anybody seen these before?
The one I had managed 2.5 under a mach I, not quite as much as the Newcastle 3200+ did on boxed cooling :stick:
Well with new technology there is always the learning curve. Since many of the people on XS forums are into pushing their systems to the max it is natural for components to die prematurely. Such is the nature of the game. How do you know how far is too far if you don't try it?
I just hope people don't read threads like this and think that AMD64 CPUs are unreliable in any way. Yes they require very very good DDR in order to function at a high level reliably. This is the price you pay for having a super fast on-CPU memory controller (rather than a chipset based controller as was the norm).
would it be possible so summarize the general findings of this thread?
It a bit of a long read 8pages!
I didnt bother reading the whole thread, but at this point it is now common knowlege that DO NOT raise the vdimm past 2.9v and dont do any mods, especially not vdimm mods! The a64's ondie memory controller hates 3v and higher. I wont tell you not to vdimm mod, some will for high benchmarks but they pay the price in dead cpus. keep the vdimm at 2.9 or below even if you can get higher