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

[luihed]

If everything goes as planned, I should finish my project watercooling all three ( NB, SB and mosfett ) by next week.... What ive done is make my own copper blocks that fits underneath the stock heatpipe.... 2x 1/4" lines goes in the northbridge, from there 1 line goes to sb and the other to the mosfett... Ill be using a 1/4" ID copper pipe to connect all 3 like the stock heatpipe ....

Not sure yet what Ill do to the stock HP .... I can leave it alone and just put it on top of my blocks (which will raise everything by 10mm) or I can chop it up then put it on top of my blocks..... The latter will only raise everything by 6-7mm, also there will only be 1 pipe going through the board... I have to wait and see how the blocks perform first before I can make my decision, my watertemp is usually 5c below ambient so it should work well.... Should look pretty cool

[scwam]

I'm going to purchase some MX-2, but it will take a week or so to arrive so I'll be on AS5 until then.achievement ).

Order it from Petra's. You'll get it in 3 days or less even with the cheapest shipping (FROM CA TO FL!). They have incredible speed.

[chawks2]

..how to dismantle your heatpipe so you could use the SB and mosfet parts.

I'm confusing you, it was just a thought, I bought the aBIT heatsink for the SB from their website. Sorry.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Tried Everest before, gets the cpu as hot as Prime blend. Prime small fft's get a lot hotter, at least 8C more on mine.

OCCT or S&M may push it even harder havent tried them on a quad yet, better still folding.

http://www.ocbase.com/perestroika_en/index.php?Download
http://testmem.nm.ru/snm.htm

i am not a Prime fan since it proves nothing other than you can fold at that overclock...i do not fold ....usually you have put the volts up there to support priming at a high overclock...if you can do an hour of prime then my hat is off to you!

[AstroCreep]

Tried Everest before, gets the cpu as hot as Prime blend. Prime small fft's get a lot hotter, at least 8C more on mine.

OCCT or S&M may push it even harder havent tried them on a quad yet, better still folding.

http://www.ocbase.com/perestroika_en/index.php?Download
http://testmem.nm.ru/snm.htm

Yeah, I like S&M and CPU Burn-In too.

[Pntgrd]

try everest stability over prime 95...you don't need prime to qualify your system as stable.

I tried Everest and it is no problem at 3600, 9x400 @ 1.32 showing in uGuru, 1.3825 in bios. I still have a fealing that the root of my problem is my psu. I had given this all up back when I built my last AMD system, an Opty 165. No matter what I tried I could not get it stable above 2600. I put that together in Dec. '05 and I bought the Powerstream then thinking it was the best around without breaking the bank. But I am going to find out. I picked up a PCP&C Turbo Cool 850 and will give that a try. At least I'll know it is NOT the psu anymore. And besides, for $120.00 NIB with the 5 year warranty, how could I pass it up

[Ace-a-Rue]

4.1Ghz run into windows!

[scwam]

Based on tests I've done using a ntc thermistor on a naked opteron and using a a devise similar to kill-a-watt, I've found that SP2004 (orthos) small fft tends to create the highest temperatures and pull the most power from the wall. Concurrently it would error out quicker than other priming tests as well. Even the "Gromacs Core" would pull about 10 less watts than small fft on that program. I think I only tested this with about 4 different programs (I know one of them was "Prime").

[Ace-a-Rue]

I tried Everest and it is no problem at 3600, 9x400 @ 1.32 showing in uGuru, 1.3825 in bios. I still have a fealing that the root of my problem is my psu. I had given this all up back when I built my last AMD system, an Opty 165. No matter what I tried I could not get it stable above 2600. I put that together in Dec. '05 and I bought the Powerstream then thinking it was the best around without breaking the bank. But I am going to find out. I picked up a PCP&C Turbo Cool 850 and will give that a try. At least I'll know it is NOT the psu anymore. And besides, for $120.00 NIB with the 5 year warranty, how could I pass it up

where did you buy that PSU?

[Pntgrd]

where did you buy that PSU?

Ebay store has a bunch of them. He has them listed at 139.95 buy-it-now but also has a Make Offer button. I said $115m he came back with $125, I came back with $120 and he took it. I know it won't be the quietest psu but I won't ever have to worry about if it is causing any instability problems. And the extra size will be no problem in my case. I just couldn't pass it up, if you know what I mean.

[neonflx]

can anyone tell me what speed does the second PCIEXP runs at the reason is because i want to install this card and want to make sure it is fully compatible

CARD: areca ARC-1210 PCI-Express x8

thx

[Alik4041]

can anyone tell me what speed does the second PCIEXP runs at the reason is because i want to install this card and want to make sure it is fully compatible

CARD: areca ARC-1210 PCI-Express x8

thx

Second PCI-E runs at 4X

[Alik4041]

Order it from Petra's. You'll get it in 3 days or less even with the cheapest shipping (FROM CA TO FL!). They have incredible speed.

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 Thanks

[neonflx]

Second PCI-E runs at 4X

what would it mean if i install this PCI-E 8X, would it run at full potential or should i get something different

thx

[derektm]

what would it mean if i install this PCI-E 8X, would it run at full potential or should i get something different

thx

Read a few pages back there is a screenshot from Brother where he tested his card in 8x and in 4x. The 4x had a pretty decent performance drop.

[neonflx]

Read a few pages back there is a screenshot from Brother where he tested his card in 8x and in 4x. The 4x had a pretty decent performance drop.

Found it thx, i guess i'llwait till the X38 and see what mobo to get

[Ace-a-Rue]

can anyone tell me what speed does the second PCIEXP runs at the reason is because i want to install this card and want to make sure it is fully compatible

CARD: areca ARC-1210 PCI-Express x8

thx

fully compatible!...i have the card...check my specs...running fine as i am using it to type this post...barely going to see a difference between 4x and 8x speed!

[olskool3565]

First of all I'd like to thank all you guys for such a great forum, you've answered many questions I've had for a long time.

My problem is I don't seem to be able to get my system to boot at any thing above 400FSB. I've dropped the multi down to 6 and still no post. I've been running at 3.2GHz (356X9) Prime stable for a month now. I decided to drop the multi to see how far I could push the ram before I get a new CPU next week but no boot. I tried 450X6 and 425X7 ram timings 6-6-6-24 no post. it just reverts to previous settings. I know it's not the ram because they run fine @ 854MHz 4-4-4-12.

P.S. I've tried with just 2 of ram sticks also.

[Brother Esau]

Read a few pages back there is a screenshot from Brother where he tested his card in 8x and in 4x. The 4x had a pretty decent performance drop.

The only real difference is in Burst Rate but for actual day to day use its fine and the performance hit on read/write is very small only a few point drop in Benching. Now if you were running as a server where people are accessing it all day then thats where you see you're Burst Rate really come into play.

[furballi]

First of all I'd like to thank all you guys for such a great forum, you've answered many questions I've had for a long time.

My problem is I don't seem to be able to get my system to boot at any thing above 400FSB. I've dropped the multi down to 6 and still no post. I've been running at 3.2GHz (356X9) Prime stable for a month now. I decided to drop the multi to see how far I could push the ram before I get a new CPU next week but no boot. I tried 450X6 and 425X7 ram timings 6-6-6-24 no post. it just reverts to previous settings. I know it's not the ram because they run fine @ 854MHz 4-4-4-12.

P.S. I've tried with just 2 of ram sticks also.

Stick 9x multi. Core speed is KING. E4300 is not designed for high FSB.

[olskool3565]

Stick 9x multi. Core speed is KING. E4300 is not designed for high FSB.

Well I figured I would get my best overclock wih the 9x multi, I was just trying to push my ram to see how fast I could get them to run. 425x7 is only 2.975GHz, I thought this should run no problem.

Ohh well as long as I don't get the same problem with a Q6600 or E6850 it doesn't matter.

[Jodiuh]

Just got the board a couple days ago. Threw on XP and did some stock stability tests. Now that the weekend's here, it's time to play. Here's my first run after hiking up all V a tick (MCH 2 ticks). Board's on an open bench w/ minimal airflow, case will be better. Any feedback would be appreciated.



Heatpipe's def on good, that's a first for a stock situation for me. It's completely straight and level! SB's barely warm, if at all. NB's warm/hot. And the PWM's sink's hot. They're def doing their job, but I'm sure a reapply of paste will help. Now I just have to decide whether I wanna play Bioshock or do Ace's mod/put in case.

EDIT: Arctic Cooling AF8 80mm's over the PWM and it's down to 52C. It's gonna be just fine inside the case...maybe I'll play Bioshock after all.

[JPxM0Dz]

4.1Ghz run into windows!

That's pretty impressive with the Q6600

My E6850 @ 4.2Ghz

[Alik4041]

Can you guys please tell me how to make a MS Dos USB Flash Drive? I'm trying to flash my bios with Ace's Guide. Really need help on this. Thanks.

[Ace-a-Rue]

That's pretty impressive with the Q6600

My E6850 @ 4.2Ghz

oh man! ..the race is on...LOL