**Official ABIT IP-35 Pro Review/Overclock/Guide Thread**

[Neon Biker]

I think it's more like marketing BS, sort of like multiple "independent rails" for PSUs: the more the merrier... not.

[sofarfrome]

This is my first attempt. Not too shabby. Only adjusted vcore, vdimm, MCH, and dimm timings. Considering 5 months ago I was struggling to get an RD600 to 500FSB this is quite remarkable. Apparently my CPU has a very high frontside wall. Boots into xp at 540 too.

[Ace-a-Rue]

This is my first attempt. Not too shabby. Only adjusted vcore, vdimm, MCH, and dimm timings. Considering 5 months ago I was struggling to get an RD600 to 500FSB this is quite remarkable. Apparently my CPU has a very high frontside wall. Boots into xp at 540 too.

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interesting 32M SuperPI at 540 FSB...i am wondering if you can raise the multi and lower the FSB for a higher overclock to see if you get a better 32M.

here is my QuadGT at 390 FSB...of course, it is probably my Q6600 that makes the big difference...it should be interesting to see how my Q6600 does on the IP35 Pro

[sofarfrome]

interesting 32M SuperPI at 540 FSB...i am wondering if you can raise the multi and lower the FSB for a higher overclock to see if you get a better 32M.

Absolutely, I am working on the 8x multi right now.

Edit: 1M and 32M at 500x8

[Ace-a-Rue]

Absolutely, I am working on the 8x multi right now.

Edit: 1M and 32M at 500x8

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holy crap! ...wow...nice going on water....amazing!

[sofarfrome]

holy crap! ...wow...nice going on water....amazing!

I will have my P5K-D back from RMA next week so I will be able to do a small comparison. Initial results with the ASUS were promising but a SATA issue was bothering me so XPCGear is sending me a new board. I like the Abit very much so far. The only issues I have are the voltages are off as far as what is set in bios and what is actually measured. If I set 1.5vcore I get only 1.450 (amazingly enough uGuru sees 1.451) and the higher I go the larger the difference. Perhaps a bios update or mod of some sort can correct this. I also wish the P35 chipset would allow for unlinking of the memory or perhaps have dividers like the NForce4 as I would like to be able to run tighter timings without having to pump 2.3+ vdimm into these modules. I know DDR2 memory is cheap right now but I have several sets of Crucial memory I don't want to risk destroying to maintain the high FSB potential of these and future chipsets.

So far the P35 Abit is a winner in my book. I have used many P965 , 680i, 650i, and RD600 boards and none of them are as easy to OC and none could reach 540FSB with little tweaking such as this board. I realize there are boards out there that can better these results but they are few and far between. This is a damned fine board and I am sure there will be improvements as bios updates are released but so far I have no complaints. Again, I won't push my board to extreme limits as some will so there may be some drawbacks for those that do. I have not tried RAID yet so that is the only aspect of this board I can't vouch for. Otherwise the board functions flawlessly (audio, NIC, USB, etc) at the 540FSBx6 and 475FSBx8. Once I do some orthos testing I am going to do the 500FSBx7 and see how that works out.

I need to upgrade me WC (that 43C is idle temp) so if anyone has a great pump for sale CHEAP LMK

[cjordan61]

sofarfrome:
What kind of wt kit are you using, are you wc the NB,SB and the PVM as well ? If you do what coolers do you use ?
Or do you overclock the system with the otes system as installed?

[Ace-a-Rue]

I need to upgrade me WC (that 43C is idle temp)

at 4000 MHz that is why the cpu is so warm at idle.

[xgman]

I The only issues I have are the voltages are off as far as what is set in bios and what is actually measured. If I set 1.5vcore I get only 1.450 (amazingly enough uGuru sees 1.451) and the higher I go the larger the difference. Perhaps a bios update or mod of some sort can correct this.

My P5K dlx is oof by this same amount. I'm starting to think it is by design.

[mrcape]

I will have my P5K-D back from RMA next week so I will be able to do a small comparison.

Hey that should be a good read. Glad you are enjoying the Abit. I have a P5K but I'm not partial to any brands so I'm following all of these P35 boards and they're all doing pretty damn well.

Gotta love how these things overclock!

[Lome]

I think it's more like marketing BS, sort of like multiple "independent rails" for PSUs: the more the merrier... not.

multi rail psu is bs but not cause its "marketing bling"

its some EU mandate saying you cant have more than X watts on any single "user accessible interface"

somewhere around 250 i think