Testing / comparing : Intel D975XBX2 / Asus P5B DX ***56K WARNING***

[L'enFer]

ChaosMinionX, thanx, man. so, i think P5B Dx would be more preferable than XBX2 for Q6600 too?

[ChaosMinionX]

ChaosMinionX, thanx, man. so, i think P5B Dx would be more preferable than XBX2 for Q6600 too?

More than likely because of the High FSB capabilities and the ability to change the multi.

[aicjofs]

Originally Posted by nealh
GTJ..is there any keys to using 4 x 1GB of ram on this board?

The only thing I did different was to increase the Vmch slightly to help it drive 4 sticks. My 4xOCZ have been performing flawlessly.

Both my Ballistix sets were stable by themselves 500Mhz 4-4-4-10 at 2.2V and vMCH of 1.5V in Memtest for ~4 hours testing each set(2x1GB then other 2x1GB). When all 4 were in I tried vMCH all the way up to 1.7V and couldn't get them to pass(specifically good old test 5). I tried 4-4-4-12, 4-4-4-15, 4-4-4-18, and got improvements but still not stable. Then I thoguht perhaps memory voltage was drooping. Moved up from 2.2V in increments in BIOS, and at 2.32V I had all stable for 20hour memtest at 4-4-4-12 with vMCH at 1.6V