P5WDG2 WS Pro, stoopid question...

[sierra_bound]

Just a few notes. Maximum FSB was around 470-475 @ 1:1 regardless of which multiplier I used. But that's actually pretty decent for a 975X board. The 2:3 ratio works pretty well, but not as well as on the P5B Deluxe. 4:5 is okay. All of the memory ratios I've tried work. There's also 4:3 which I might use later in an effort to push FSB even higher.

[linflas]

Sierra, how many volts did you have to push through your ES to get the 470 fsb?

How did temps do with your cooling?

thanks for the bios BTW, was able to get better memory timings at the 400fsb i have, but still have problems with prime x2 with large fft's, so the memory just does not have it in it to keep up, I have some cheapo rev2 ocz platinum pc6400, so got what I paid for.

Will try some real world stuff this week, gaming and encoding and see if my overclock will be stable through that.

my e6600 is a bit concave, so temps are not great, running high 50's at load, with water, so may be my max, i am happy with 3.6ghz, it is the best clock I have gotten, was only able to get a %30 OC out of my x2 4400 on a DFI CFX3200-DR motherboard. So, overall I am quite happy with what I got, after selling my old parts, only out of pocket about $100 for this new setup, so, no complaints.

[sierra_bound]

I was using 1.675v. Don't try that at home.

It is an ES chip, so it may not be typical of what people get with retail 6600's. With 1.5v, CPU temp is around 42C. Both Asus Probe and the Core Temp program are in agreement.

The board does not seem to have bad voltage droop, which is probably why I can clock my CPU's a little higher. As someone else mentioned, the board may overvolt a little.

One thing about running dual Prime. Conroe will heat up very quickly. Kentsfield is much worse. I'm not sure if Asus Probe is accurate, but I was seeing temps in the low 80's while running quad-Prime. And that was with VCore at only 1.45v! Kentsfield has a Max Tcase temp of 100C.

Wow, out of pocket only $100. That's really good.

[fhpchris]

I will have my WS PRO results on saturday.

After selling my CFX3200 and 939 stuff, I have not had any out of pocket

[linflas]

After selling my CFX3200 and 939 stuff, I have not had any out of pocket

LOL, I got $200 for the board, $450 for the processor, sold 3 days before price drop, on ebay, so glad their was some poor saps with cash who did not know, and $100 for my old ass, 2 year old, corsair ram, great overclocking ram, but slow by todays ddr standards.

Paid: $165 for the OCZ ram after rebate
$310 shipped for the mobo
$358 shipped for e6600
$50 for swiftech chipset block and new tubing

so a little more than $100, but if you don't count the waterblock...LOL

[xgman]

It is an ES chip, so it may not be typical of what people get with retail 6600's. With 1.5v, CPU temp is around 42C. Both Asus Probe and the Core Temp program are in agreement.

maybe retail 6800's run hotter, but even on high end water my temps are 49-60 at 1.5125v. The temps do seem to run up and down very quickly under stress. I haven't seen you 80's yet though. ouch that's hot.

[SlackerXL]

but even on high end water my temps are 49-60 at 1.5125v. The temps do seem to run up and down very quickly under stress.

maybe you should take a look at this?