The Ultimate Core 2 Duo Guide: Chipsets, Guides, Links, and more!

[dinos22]

no, the j micro is esata. the silicon is hardware raid for internal drives.

In the following picture the orage sata ports are for the asus ez-backup (hardware raid) which can be configure as raid 0, 1, or big via jumper.

http://www.pbase.com/eltonandersen/image/74197662

interesting have you done any comparisons between those and other SATA Intel ports

[crazyea]

No because I was silly and activated windows and all my data is on the drives. Creating a new array will kill that. I should have played around a bit first. OH well, next time.

[njkid32]

Great info Nick! I've stickied the thread so hopefully people will see it and read before posting a new thread

[NickS]

Thanks, Eric

Updated: 680i Data Corruption Issue --> Supposedly Fixed in Later BIOS Releases

[PanteraGSTK]

I'm glad this is a sticky now. Now people won't have to ask my questions lets try and make this as detailed as possible with all the benches we can think of.

[NickS]

Naww.. that's up to the user. This is just a basic shove towards choosing a motherboard.

[PanteraGSTK]

Naww.. that's up to the user. This is just a basic shove towards choosing a motherboard.

I just meant use the benches with similar settings on different chipsets would be helpful. Thats the kind of stuff I look for when choosing a board. What is faster at what. That sort of thing.

[dinos22]

looks like my 965 is a mutant cause i can't say it runs very cool lol

680i i have is on the test bench so i guess i can't comment on board temps as they are cool when on open bench lol but case is where it matters and i'm not yet replacing the asus P5B unless nvidia will finally start listening to my bios suggestions/remarks to get some SPI cranking

[NickS]

The search tool is your friend. Google is your friend.

[kiwi]

It is not mutant lol, 965 is hot and so is 680i. In fact, any performance chipset is hot without fan

[adamsleath]

I looked at LSI and Areca cards. I don't think I will be buying a RAID card that costs more than my motherboard. I know they are good, but crap thats expensive. Any recomendations on a CHEAPER reliable RAID 0 card? Sorry I can't stop asking questions, but I don't like on-line reviews for the most part and you guys have more experience on this site than anywhere else I've been so thanks.

with 2 vid cards and a sound card there is no room for a another card(RAID) in my box
still waiting for a better bios.

[adamsleath]

It is not mutant lol, 965 is hot and so is 680i. In fact, any performance chipset is hot without fan

680 nb is surely hotter than 965 nb fan or no fan???

i have to raise voltage on 680i nb to crazy levels in order to reach 480 fsb [1.65-1.7v for 480x7] and i believe heat is hindering the overclock [wot a surpirse]...i still have not reached 500fsb...for some reason 440x8 does not work on my board with ANY ram divider....and the nb is NOT hot at 440x8...so i'm stumped.

i think vcore at 1.6v or higher would be required for higher fsb.....in any event i have not the cooling for such high voltages; but there is a large difference in re'q voltages for diff cpu's; i've tried undervolting and my cpu responds to higher voltages for higher clocks.

edit: setting 1.4v for nb (i think because its running cooler) helped me to get higher fsb (from 437 to 458x8)

[NickS]

680 nb is surely hotter than 965 nb fan or no fan???

i have to raise voltage on 680i nb to crazy levels in order to reach 480 fsb [1.65-1.7v for 480x7] and i believe heat is hindering the overclock [wot a surpirse]...i still have not reached 500fsb...for some reason 440x8 does not work on my board with ANY ram divider....and the nb is NOT hot at 440x8...so i'm stumped.

Yup

[G.Foyle]

I also didn't notice heat difference between 1.5 and 1.6 volts (346 FSB vs 445-highest I can go), but nevertheless it's surely too hot. I plan to install Thermalright chipset cooler there but voiding warranty... it's a problem for me as I caouldn't afford another mobo in case this broke.

[NickS]

Edit 2/14/07- Added this thread, shifted some links around for better categorization.

[NickS]

Added this thread.

[NickS]

This thread added

[dinos22]

very informative thread it is Nick

[G.Foyle]

Perhaps you should mention Vcore bug of ASUS 680i boards is gone with newest bios releases (0802 and 0902 for P5N32-E and so on)

[NickS]

Perhaps you should mention Vcore bug of ASUS 680i boards is gone with newest bios releases (0802 and 0902 for P5N32-E and so on)

What is this vCore bug you speak of? Just vDroop or an actual bug with setting voltages..

[Zeus]

What is this vCore bug you speak of? Just vDroop or an actual bug with setting voltages..

I think he's reffering to the "holes" in the vcore settings.

[nvteleskier]

Nick
Thanks for the great job. I have a new E6600 that I'd be happy with at 3.6-3.8 and was a little skeptical about >1.5vcore, but I see pretty much everyone in the 4.0 GHz club uses >1.5, so now I'm not worried about trying it. Also, new ASUS P5N32-E SLI Plus with latest bios, resolves a lot of the vdroop issues I've been reading about.

Keep up the good work!

[NickS]

I think he's reffering to the "holes" in the vcore settings.

KK, will add that.

[NickS]

Added this awesome thread!

[illuminati-hwt]

Addition to NVIDIA 680i Chipset.. (in this case it's EVGA boards)

There's a new PCB revision out. Look at mem-slot; serial ending with C00 = old, D00 = new.
Fixes quadcore 1300FSB+ bug.
Supposedly also fix skippy PS/2 mouse.
Reports of memory-overvoltage being fixed (if it ever exsisted)