E6700 + PC2-8000 Quick Advice..

[thudo]

Needing some advice from the Bios and Hardware Masters here:

Firstly.. here are my specs on where we are now:

CPU Used: Conroe E6700 Retail B2
Motherboard: Asus P5W DH (1301 Bios)

My Current Settings:
AI Overclocking: Manual :D
CPU Frequency: 350
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-1050Mhz
Preformance Mode: Auto
PCI Express Frequency: Auto
PCI Clock Synchonization Mode: Auto

Memory Voltage: 2.20V
CPU VCore Voltage: 1.5000V
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.40V
MCH Chipset Voltage: 1.55V
ICH Chipset Voltage: Auto

RAM Used:
OCZ DDR2 PC2-8000 Platinum Extreme Edition Dual Channel 1000MHz DDR2 
Recommended: CL 4-5-4-15 2.2 Volts (use a VDIMM of 2.25V ± 5%)

My Current Settings:
Dram Cas# Latency: 4
Dram Ras# PreCharge: 5
Dram Ras# to Cas# Delay: 4
Dram Ras# Activate to Precharge: 15
Dram Write Recovery Time: 4

CPU temp @ 3.5Ghz (Idle 38c, Load: 41-42c)
Cooler: Scythe Mine + Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Paste
Motherboard temp @ 3.5Ghz (Idle 33c, Load ~35c)

Power Supply: OCZ GamerXtreme 700W

Now my question -

With the above CPU and Memory.. Is there more room for both to improve? What should I be watching for above to push to 3.6Ghz (which is VERY high for a E6700)? How am I doing sofar with the above?

FYI: With the above settings, I'm seeing errors in the 16M and 32M tests for the SuperPI tests as well as the Go-Orthos-Beta. I gather this is normal for my settings as I need to tweak them. Any thoughts everyone? Any areas I should be specifically tweaking to allievate errors?

Thanks all.. comments and advice VERY WELCOME!

TuD.

[thudo]

Anyone with some quick advice? Thanks all!

[vanovich]

Anyone with some quick advice? Thanks all!

pci/pci-e 33/100

[m0da]

up the mch voltage.
up the dimm voltage.
hyperpath 3 - disabled.
dram throttling - disabled.
c1e, eist - disabled...

just a few of them
for a lot more, check out the p5w prob+fixes thread:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=110193

[thudo]

Update...

CPU Used: Conroe E6700 Retail B2
Motherboard: Asus P5W DH (1301 Bios)

My Current Settings:
AI Overclocking: Manual
CPU Frequency: 366
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-732Mhz
Preformance Mode: Auto
PCI Express Frequency: 100
PCI Clock Synchonization Mode: 33.33Mhz

Memory Voltage: 2.20V
CPU VCore Voltage: 1.4875V
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.50V
MCH Chipset Voltage: 1.65V
ICH Chipset Voltage: Auto
Hyper Path 3: Disabled
Dram Throttling Threshold: Disabled

RAM Used:
OCZ DDR2 PC2-8000 Platinum Extreme Edition Dual Channel 1000MHz DDR2 
Recommended: CL 4-5-4-15 2.2 Volts (use a VDIMM of 2.25V ± 5%)

My Current Settings:
Configure Dram Timing by SPD: Enabled
Dram Cas# Latency: -
Dram Ras# to Cas# Delay: -
Dram Ras# PreCharge: -
Dram Ras# Activate to Precharge: -
Dram Write Recovery Time: -

CPU temp @ 3.66Ghz (Idle 35c, Load: 41-45c)
Cooler: Scythe Mine + Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Paste
Motherboard temp @ 3.66Ghz (Idle 33c, Load ~35c)
Power Supply: OCZ GamerXtreme 700W

Note my new changes.. I'm now running @ 3.66Ghz with SPD enabled and some voltage changes..

Here's what works:

SuperPi = All Tests complete fine
Prime95 = All Tests (ie Torture Test) complete fine without errors (left for 1 hour)

And what doesn't:
Orthos Beta = Only Last CPU (Gromacs Core) test works perfectly.. any other test errors out in under 3 minutes.

Anyone understand whats going on here? Seems bizzaro to me.

Note: I am running WinXP + SP2 (all updates) but have dropped my Paging File down to 150mb (no need to have a large one anyway with 2gb ram). That shouldn't cause a prob with Orthos? Wouldn't think so.

Btw, where is this c1e and eist?

Any other synthetic tests or bios configs to consider? Just need to know if I should just be ignoring this "ghost in the machine" Thanks everyone!

[thudo]

Update - Ram PRIME95 for 12+ hours under same above specs.. No problems.. CPU Load Maxed @ 46c... Anyone else think Orthos is screwy? I do.

[jpharg]

Orthos beta stresses both cores. You need to run two instances of Prime95 to stress both cores(make a copy of the Prime 95 folder and exe). That is why Orthos is not stable and Prime95 is. You should see your temps get much higer with Orthos beta than runing a single Prime95.

[thudo]

Then that sounds like I need to increase my Vcore to 1.500V+ and Vdimm to 2.30V+. Also, I have to consider how often dual-core will be used by my apps and games. Something to think about.. Btw, nice tight timings ya have!

[thudo]

Okie.. finalizing things..

CPU Used: Conroe E6700 Retail B2
Motherboard: Asus P5W DH (1301 Bios)

My Current Settings:
AI Overclocking: Manual
CPU Frequency: 366
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-915Mhz
Preformance Mode: Auto
PCI Express Frequency: 100
PCI Clock Synchonization Mode: 33.33Mhz

Memory Voltage: 2.25V
CPU VCore Voltage: 1.5000V
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.50V
MCH Chipset Voltage: 1.65V
ICH Chipset Voltage: Auto

RAM Used:
OCZ DDR2 PC2-8000 Platinum Extreme Edition Dual Channel 1000MHz DDR2 
Recommended: CL 4-5-4-15 2.2 Volts (use a VDIMM of 2.25V ± 5%)

My Current Settings:
Configure Dram Timing by SPD: Disabled
Dram Cas# Latency: 4
Dram Ras# to Cas# Delay: 4
Dram Ras# PreCharge: 4
Dram Ras# Activate to Precharge: 12
Dram Write Recovery Time: 4
HyperPath 3: Disabled
DRAM Throttling Threshold: Disabled

CPU temp @ 3.66Ghz (Idle 35-36c, Load: 41-45c)
Cooler: Scythe Mine + Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Paste
Motherboard temp @ 3.66Ghz (Idle 33c, Load ~35c)
Power Supply: OCZ GamerXtreme 700W

Now with that it doesn't pass Orthos yet but everything else does. (Well.. have't run incidences of Prime95 yet). I code Advanced Skirmish AI for Dawn of War/Winter Assault and have max details @ 1600x1200 with 5 HARD AIs and never have probs (game does not use dual core) so I need to try something like Max8.

Anyway.. I can get the computer stable @ 3.5 Ghz with 1:1 with the ram. I still want to have faster ram speeds but right now with the above its fast. Anyway.. coming to finally love the speeds. I could compromise with slightly slower ram speeds and make it true 1:1 @ 3.66Ghz then just tighten the mem timings even more. Comments?

[thudo]

Update: Think I have a winner..

o CPU Used: Conroe E6700 Retail B2
o Motherboard: Asus P5W DH (1301 Bios)
o Ram: OCZ DDR2 PC2-8000 Platinum Extreme Edition Dual Channel 1000MHz DDR2 
Recommended: CL 4-5-4-15 2.2 Volts (use a VDIMM of 2.25V ± 5%)
o Power Supply: OCZ GamerXtreme 700W
o Video Card: XFX 7600gt @ 620/830 

CPU temp @ 3.66Ghz (Idle 35-36c, Load: 41-45c)
Cooler: Scythe Mine + Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Paste
Motherboard temp @ 3.66Ghz (Idle 33c, Load ~35c)
Video temp: (Idle 41c, Load 47c)

My Current Settings:
AI Overclocking: Manual
CPU Frequency: 366
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-915Mhz
Preformance Mode: Auto
PCI Express Frequency: 100
PCI Clock Synchonization Mode: 33.33Mhz
Memory Voltage: 2.30V
CPU VCore Voltage: 1.5250V
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.50V
MCH Chipset Voltage: 1.65V
ICH Chipset Voltage: 1.20V

MicroCode Updation: Enabled
Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled
Execute Disable Function: Disabled
Enhacned C1 Control: Disabled
CPU Internal Thermal Control: Auto
Virtualization Technology: Disabled
Intet SpeedStep Tech: Disabled

My Current Settings:
Configure Dram Timing by SPD: Disabled
Dram Cas# Latency: 4
Dram Ras# to Cas# Delay: 4
Dram Ras# PreCharge: 4
Dram Ras# Activate to Precharge: 12
Dram Write Recovery Time: 4
DRAM ECC Mode: Disabled
HyperPath 3: Disabled
DRAM Throttling Threshold: Disabled

I run various tests with a game I am testing and normally the game would die during the 1st round OR during the 2nd. Now it never dies with the above while keeping my original specs I want. Orthos still dies after 2mins but other benchmark apps work fine.

I might try increasing the Dram Write Recovery a little as a test to see what Orthos does. Not expecting much.