Ok, so I got that new P5K motherboard all setup and found a 24/7 CPU speed that has a happy medium of not going over 1.55 volts vcore (real), and stays at a decent temperature under maximum load. Now let's see how this new motherboard will let me take advantage of those Thermochills...

Drumroll for the OMG!!! Overclock.....




Wow, didnt I post a screenie of a 9 hour 3.8 run with the BadAxe2 board already in this thread? Now there's a good investment, huh? Small difference between the two though, this P5K board doesnt mysteriously turn off or lock up when doing something besides Orthos at 3.8 speed. I played a bit with 3.9Ghz, but fear of going to the 1.6 volt range kept me away from making that Orthos stable, that and getting really hot running small FFT's, to the tune of the low 70's in TAT. Maybe I'll turn on the AC and re-check the CPU block mounting should 4.0 GHz become a goal again.

I'm thinking of getting a bigNG fan controller for this next, I'm getting the impression that some sort of beyond 7 volt fan speeds will be a good idea at times with 24/7 3.8 Ghz. I did some reading on it today and I gotta say, I'm impressed. Just gotta wait for PPC's to get it in stock. Anyone have any experience with ordering this from overseas somewhere?