Abit IP35 Pro - VMod needed

[3oh6]

Thanks 3oh6, that's what I had hoped to hear. Seems CPU's are the limiting factor for high FSB. Anyone happen to know a CPU FSB wall hack

All @ lowest voltage...Now I know I bought the right board.

except vMCH, which needs small bumps as you raise the FSB. the biggest thing to remember is that the memory divider sets the MCH strap and the PL (perfomance level). overclocking this board is a bit of a juggling act, but once you figure out what does what...its nice to work with.

keep in mind this is just 1 board though so YMMV but i have had a few P5B-Dlxs all of which would clock as high as the CPU would and seen many other IP35 Pro users with high FSBs. as long as there is a 1333 strap, the P965 and P35 chipset boards should all have no problems clocking well over 500FSB as long as the CPU doesn't have a wall.

[andyddr]

except vMCH, which needs small bumps as you raise the FSB. the biggest thing to remember is that the memory divider sets the MCH strap and the PL (perfomance level). overclocking this board is a bit of a juggling act, but once you figure out what does what...its nice to work with.

And that folks is what makes overclocking an art

[MikalCarbine]

I have

Sweet, did you notice any greater stability with the mod, or does it just fix the vdroop?

except vMCH, which needs small bumps as you raise the FSB. the biggest thing to remember is that the memory divider sets the MCH strap and the PL (perfomance level). overclocking this board is a bit of a juggling act, but once you figure out what does what...its nice to work with.

I'm new with these Intel boards, could you please explain MCH strap and PL to me? Would one achieve higher performance running 1:1?