Quote Originally Posted by Rattle View Post
ok I have changed my mind, after playing with the mobo a couple days.

been playing with 500x7 needs high board volts though for some reason.

450x8 is doable as is 400x9, pretty much same as my p5b-d
Okay I'm getting a little concerned with your results. It took nothing, no changes on anything other than vcore & memory for me to get 500 X 7 orthos stable.



I know not all chipsets can perform the same but I thought the whole point of this board was 500 FSB on the 266 strap. I'm beginning to think the 266 strap @ high FSB's on this board is requiring something that every ram kit can't do. I find it hard to accept that every boards NB can differ this much that some are clock so much better than others. I did however notice that smart guardian reports less drop in voltages in windows on my first board than my second board (compared to what you set in bios).