ASUS Maximus Formula SE

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I'd be worried about your cpu pll voltage. That is pretty high. I was told that 1.8 or so could kill your cpu. I know that board overvolts alot. Mine overvolts the cpu pll by about .12 so i'd watch that carefully if the "1.8 kill your processor" saying is true.

Yea im worried about some of the Volts but it works fine. I think i might revert to 466 x 8 settings still get 3.74Ghz with that stable but might try new cas 4 timings.

Thanks for your concern though.

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What is your ram's default speed? 1066?

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What is your ram's default speed? 1066?

Ok I have just dropped the volts down to

CPU Vcore 1.50
CPU PLL 1.70
NB 1.69

Tried 3dmark01 just 4 initial tests usually stops on Nature if will cause probs later. Need to run Prime now but seems stable at these settings.

The Ballistics are rated 1066Mhz but running at 1021 510Mhz 4,5,5,14 timmings at 2.00V,

Just a question is it faster to have 466Bus x 8 Mutliplier = 3.74Ghz with 1864+ FSB and Memory around 559Mhz @ 5,5,5,15 on 5:6 Divider?

Than 425 x 9 @ 3.825 with 1700 FSB and Memory @510 4,5,5,14 on 5:6 Divider?

They both post about the same results on 3Dmark01 and 06. Have I answered my own question lol?

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Ok I have just dropped the volts down to

CPU Vcore 1.50
CPU PLL 1.70
NB 1.69

Tried 3dmark01 just 4 initial tests usually stops on Nature if will cause probs later. Need to run Prime now but seems stable at these settings.

The Ballistics are rated 1066Mhz but running at 1021 510Mhz 4,5,5,14 timmings at 2.00V,

Just a question is it faster to have 466Bus x 8 Mutliplier = 3.74Ghz with 1864+ FSB and Memory around 559Mhz @ 5,5,5,15 on 5:6 Divider?

Than 425 x 9 @ 3.825 with 1700 FSB and Memory @510 4,5,5,14 on 5:6 Divider?

They both post about the same results on 3Dmark01 and 06. Have I answered my own question lol?

I have found in my testing that for me 450x8 gives better performance and higher scores in benchmarks compared to 400x9. This runs my cpu at the same speed but my ram is running 1081 when using the 8 divider and it is 1066 when using 9 divider. CPU benchies are higher with the 8 divider, which leads me to believe that these q6600's like higher fsb's.

The reason I ask about your ram speeds is because when you are running a divider of 8, what voltages do you have set for the ram because I can't get stable with that divider for some reason. I would like 450 or 445x8 but it is not happening.

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I have found in my testing that for me 450x8 gives better performance and higher scores in benchmarks compared to 400x9. This runs my cpu at the same speed but my ram is running 1081 when using the 8 divider and it is 1066 when using 9 divider. CPU benchies are higher with the 8 divider, which leads me to believe that these q6600's like higher fsb's.

The reason I ask about your ram speeds is because when you are running a divider of 8, what voltages do you have set for the ram because I can't get stable with that divider for some reason. I would like 450 or 445x8 but it is not happening.

I use 2.0V for ram on that divider everthing else on AUTO voltage wise. I'm going to go back to 466 x 8 and try different voltage and maybe raise the bus a bit.