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

[chawks2]

When I first purchased the board the PWM area popped and burned. My second iteration WC setup now has RAM sinks on the PWM and have not seen the temps go over 55c.

Very interesting WC loop you got there. The GTL ref never gave me any legitimate stable oc's. When I first played around with GTL I always had to be ready to reset the CMOS because there were many C1/weirdo beeps.

The board is great and easily overclockable, have nothing but great things to say. Makes you wonder why I invested in the DFI "Green" (LanParty UT P35-T2R).

[C-N]

When I first purchased the board the PWM area popped and burned. My second iteration WC setup now has RAM sinks on the PWM and have not seen the temps go over 55c.

My PWM temps never went over 60oC even running my E6600 @ 3.8GHz but as soon as I put a Q6600 on her the PWM went nuclear. I added an 80mm fan to the PWM are just to get my PWM temps back down in the 60's otherwise they could hit 100oC at 3.7GHz running Prime95 with the quad.

The GTL ref never gave me any legitimate stable oc's. When I first played around with GTL I always had to be ready to reset the CMOS because there were many C1/weirdo beeps.

I read somewhere maybe even this thread that you shouldn't need to go over 70% with the GTL's. I was able to run my Q6600 a little faster for longer by maxing out the CPU VTT & upping the GTL's to 70%. I think the GTL's do make a difference on this board but perhaps the differences are only very small & almost unnoticeable until you have your CPU on the limit.

The board is great and easily overclockable, have nothing but great things to say. Makes you wonder why I invested in the DFI "Green" (LanParty UT P35-T2R).

I also have the DFI but have to say as much as I love the Abit the DFI is just a bit better but then it should be it cost twice as much.

The DFI's voltages are sweet, real accurate & stable couple that with its superior thermal management/heat pipe & you end up with a killer board.

Straight out of the box with just a fan on the PWM are to bring temps down from the high 60's to the high 30's I primed 475 x 8 3.8GHz for 8 hours last night with my Q6600 @ 1.52v which is 0.07v lower than my IP35 Pro @ 3.7GHz thanks to the DFI' PWM & super smooth delivery.

The Abit is IMO the best all rounder but the DFI is just a little better if you want to push just a little harder.

CN