Commando takes on Wolfdale 45nm - E8500 -> 5104Mhz at 1.60v !
Commando takes on Wolfdale 45nm - E8500 -> 5104Mhz at 1.60v !
Let's see how the old 965P C2 chipset holds up for E8500 Wolfdale :)
Asus Commando takes on 45nm Wolfdale E8500 cpu. I decided to go back to Asus Commando as the motherboard was already prepared and insulated for Kayl Black FrozenSS 1/4HP phase change cooling.
First I installed my E6700 cpu on Asus Commando, so I could flash the bios using biso Ez Flash from 1501 bios to 1605 bios. Then I installed E8500 but system wouldn't boot - stuck on CPU INIT on LCD display. Then I decided to reinstall E6700 cpu, and flash from 1605 bios to 1604 bios, then reinstalled E8500 and now it booted up!
Not sure if it's bioses issues with E8500 but when I play with high FSB, only the first reboot from setting high FSB in bios will load into windows, subsequent bios exits result in system boot hanging with DET DRAM displayed on LCD display ? Never had such an issue with E6600 or E6850 on Asus Commando with 1501 bios. Definitely, bios and/or memory related I think as I got a higher FSB with 5-5-5-x than 4-4-4-x.
Anyway down to fun stuff :D
System
- Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Q740A493T
- Kayl Black FrozenSS 1/4HP
- Asus Commando 1604 bios
- 128MB Gainward FX5200 PCI
- 2x1GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC2-8500
- 2x1GB Team 6400C3 Micron D9GMH
- 160GB Seagate 7200.7 SATA
- Pioneer DVR-08 Burner
- Sony FDD
- 620W Corsair HX620 Modular PSU
- WinXP Pro SP2
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Some CPUZ max capture screens
570FSB not stable, still have to figure it out - memory or bios related issues.
http://fileshosts.com/intel/Asus/Com...cpuz_valid.png
@4800Mhz at 1.480v idle
http://fileshosts.com/intel/Asus/Com...etemp_idle.png
@4940Mhz at 1.528v idle
http://fileshosts.com/intel/Asus/Com.../cpuz_idle.png
@5003Mhz at 1.560v idle
http://fileshosts.com/intel/Asus/Com.../cpuz_idle.png
Kayl Black Frozen SS 1/4HP power! Bios says -25C evap says -42.2C heh
@5104Mhz at 1.600v idle
http://fileshosts.com/intel/Asus/Com.../cpuz_idle.png
Loose memory 5-5-5-18 Super Pi 1M
http://fileshosts.com/intel/Asus/Com...1m_9s297ms.png
Kayl Black Frozen SS 1/4HP power! Bios says -21C evap says -40.2C heh
Commando owns E8500 Wolfdale -> 5320Mhz! SS 1/4HP
New thread for a new bios :) Old 1604 bios results at http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=174868
Flashed to 1605 bios from 1604 this time it worked. Asus Commando vcore options only allow next vcore option up from 1.75v = 1.704v idle is 1.7625v = 1.808v idle. So this is it 1.808v vcore on E8500 and this E8500 Q740A493T continues to scale with vcore on Kayl Black FrozenSS 1/4HP!
Bios temps = -9C
Evap idle = -40C
Evap super pi 32M load = -34C
Evap wprime 1024M load = -30C
Room temp = ~29C
System Power Meter load = 265 watts
System
- Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Q740A493T
- Kayl Black FrozenSS 1/4HP
- Asus Commando 1605 bios
- 128MB Gainward FX5200 PCI
- 2x1GB Team 6400C3 Micron D9GMH
- 160GB Seagate 7200.7 SATA
- Pioneer DVR-08 Burner
- Sony FDD
- 620W Corsair HX620 Modular PSU
- WinXP Pro SP2
CPUZ Validation @5320Mhz
http://fileshosts.com/intel/Asus/Com...cpuz_valid.png
http://fileshosts.com/intel/Asus/Com...mhz_560fsb.png
Super Pi 1M @5193Mhz
http://fileshosts.com/intel/Asus/Com...1m_8s859ms.png
Wprime 32M @5168Mhz
http://fileshosts.com/intel/Asus/Com...m_16s484ms.png
Pifast @5130Mhz
http://fileshosts.com/intel/Asus/Com...st_18s30ms.png
Wprime 1024M @5092Mhz
http://fileshosts.com/intel/Asus/Com..._533s657ms.png
Super Pi 32M @5099Mhz
http://fileshosts.com/intel/Asus/Com...9m24s625ms.png
Super Pi 32M & Everest Bandwidth @5119Mhz
http://fileshosts.com/intel/Asus/Com...9m21s859ms.png
http://fileshosts.com/intel/Asus/Com...verest_twk.png