TAKE2: Gigabyte DS3+E6400 Step6 B2+G.Skill PC6400 HZ+Big Typhoon Air....up to 3.8GHz

[AgonxOC]

So if I get the HZ I shouldnt have any issues.....


Alex

[dinos22]

So if I get the HZ I shouldnt have any issues.....


Alex

no i am yet to see someone have problems with them

[Lestat]

cough cough


i have the HZ's and i cant get past 900 without issues.
i dont think these boards particularly like 900mhz or higher dram.

now i can set the fsb higher in windows but it isnt stable.

trying to boot by setting the memory divider to 1000 is impossible. it wont work. it either doesnt boot at all, or you get MASSIVE errors in memtest.
this is with 9x 8x 7x and even 6x

[AgonxOC]

So what memory should I select?

Alex

[JamesJ]

STOCK voltages

Holy sh1t...

[dinos22]

So what memory should I select?

Alex

HZ

don't worry about Lestat he generalises way too much...........Lestat thinks he's talking for 1000s of users from experience with a single kit of HZ........from what i've seen with other users they are just fine

[Phosphate]

Sounds good. I will have the same exact combo asyou except for Big Typhoon VX and OCZ PC2-6400 platinums I'm hoping for the best.

[dinos22]

i'm going to do some tweaking soon.............i'll also test the XS version of XP to see what i can do in terms of SPI speed

here is a quick test at 3.6GHz which gives me a new PB 150MHz slower on CPU and lower RAM frequency.........

[towwel]

STOCK voltages

Omg, lucky bastard
My OCZ PC6400 goes up to 500mhz but I can't get my mobo over 450mhz. Tried to raise Fsb & Mch voltage (even +0.3v), it all doesn't help.
Even @ mp 6, 440-450mhz is the max

What bios are you using? I'm using F4C atm (haven't tried other biosses yet)

[kiwi]

dinos22:

Have you tried RAM @ >520 any timings/voltage? My corsair UL can do 500 4-3-3 2.37V easy but no go above 520 any timings. I am not really sure but I highly doubt it is memory limit

[dinos22]

dinos22:

Have you tried RAM @ >520 any timings/voltage? My corsair UL can do 500 4-3-3 2.37V easy but no go above 520 any timings. I am not really sure but I highly doubt it is memory limit

yeah i have the same problem

man your RAM kicks arse 4-3-3

[kiwi]

Actually I just run another loop of occt + prime and then some 3d and they are stable at 500 4-3-2 2.37V DMM I will probably get e6400 in a few days, aiming for 8x500

[dinos22]

good to see kiwi can't wait to see your results




Update!!!

3.8GHz 32M SuperPI
Sub-14m run




3.8GHz 3DMARK01
X800 Vanilla overclocked to 448/588 W.R.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=9026406





3840MHz 1M SuperPI






3.9GHz+ Screenshot

[dinos22]

1.59v hehe

something strange was going on at 1.6v goes to windows at any speed but keyboard and mouse don't work..................funny thing is the bios vcore options are in pretty small increments UNTIL 1.6......the next option after 1.6v is 1.8v and 2.0v

this is with bios F4E

wonder if F3 has smaller increments past 1.6v

[Direwolf]

Damn, gets pretty satanic after 1.6v huh . Try raising the Fsb & Mch voltage and it might just get stable where your at (3.9). Great results

[splmann]

Here my Results:

Vcore: 1.6 Volt
Vdimm: 2.3 Volt
Chipset: 1.6 Volt
Vfsb: +0.3








Regards

Roger

[BWR]

dinos, did you mod the NB in anyway? Stock paste and everything?

[Direwolf]

splmann- on single stage or air? If thats on air... nice

[splmann]

Sorry its on Single Stage !!!

Regards

Roger

[sierra_bound]

3.7GHz 32M SuperPI 15m 08.234s

Here's a comparison with P5B Dlx @ 3.6GHz. The larger L2 cache of Conroe/Kentsfield makes a difference in Pi.

1:1


2:3 ratio

[Lestat]

Dinos wtf your 1m pi is way wayyyy slow. and your at 3.8ghz ?. what gives ?
mine at 3.6ghz 400 mhz FSB 1:1 4-4-4-12 is less than 14sec. i believe.
@ 3.8ghz its right at about 13 seconds.
wierd. why is yours so slow

odd.

[sierra_bound]

As I just showed, you can't compare Allendale and Conroe. In SuperPi, Conroe will win just about every time because of the larger cache. Allendale/965 is a fun combo to overclock. But that combo will get slaughtered in 32M by Conroe/965. Likewise, Conroe/965 will lose to Conroe/975. All of the Pi records have been done with Conroe/975. That's not just coincidence.

[Lestat]

ahhh i didnt notice he had an allendale

the 975 vs 965 is true but there still aint a good 975 baord. and i call the bad axe not good cuz it all has to be done by windows programs for the most part.
i dont care for that. but thats just me ya know.
and the P5W DH yucky i had 2 of them i wont be getting another.

i like my little $145 DS3. franky clock for clock and dollar for dollar i still say its the best board out right now.

[kiwi]

OK, 4.1GHz retail conroe + 965 is a good progress already for this combination
Now if anyone showed me retail 9x500 on 965 I'd be willing to get one myself

Please don't confuse with ES + 965


Or maybe I should get one and see what it does under ss/dice

[celerity]

I'm running retail E6400 with DS4 and I'm stuck at 400 FSB... I can boot without any problems but when I run dual prime I get error. I believe it has to be the RAM, because CPU stress test only works fine.

I have G.Skill 6400 HZ 2x512 MB 4-4-4-12 d9 micron. I tried to run them at 5-5-5-15 with no luck. Any ideas what it could be?