[18th Anniversary] Asus Black Pearl - P5k-Premium Testing Report

[wilson]

ok now i seem to have a problem as in when playing games i get freezing and stuttering and it seems to be after i put the e8400 in but i also put the water block on my gpu so may be it got damaged . Now my system passes both 3dmark 06 and prime so im stuck as to what it is. Is there any way i can find out which it is ??

[Audioboxer]

I have this board, an E6600 and G.Skill 1000mhz DDR2 5-5-5-12 ram.

My question is, am I better to run at,

8x400 = 3.2ghz

or

9x355 = 3.2hgz

Differences are,

Mem divider 4:5 with 8x400 and runs at 1000mhz. On a 266 strap

Mem divider 2:3 with 9x355 and runs at 1065mhz. On a 266 strap

Both are stable!

I'd of thought 9x355 right, for the memory boost?

The rated FSB is 1420mhz with 9x355 and it's higher with 8x400 (can't remember exactly what).

Thanks!

[sesdave]

I have this board, an E6600 and G.Skill 1000mhz DDR2 5-5-5-12 ram.

My question is, am I better to run at,

8x400 = 3.2ghz

or

9x355 = 3.2hgz

Differences are,

Mem divider 4:5 with 8x400 and runs at 1000mhz. On a 266 strap

Mem divider 2:3 with 9x355 and runs at 1065mhz. On a 266 strap

Both are stable!

I'd of thought 9x355 right, for the memory boost?

The rated FSB is 1420mhz with 9x355 and it's higher with 8x400 (can't remember exactly what).

Thanks!

If you look back at previous posts there are benches posted comparing a q6600 with high FSB x lower multiplier against lower FSB higher multiplier. Or check out the P5W problems &issues thread where the E6600 was used a lot - it was a question asked a lot there. Higher FSB will increase the BUS speed which should gve better overall performance - looking at some of the stats it doesnt really make that much difference for games and apps in the real world unless a couple of extra FPS really matter. Whatever your CPU like best - I dont think 65mhz extra memory is going to make that much diifference on 355x9. If you want to see a real difference try upping the CPU speed to 3.6 with 400x9. If you E6600 batch is good it should do that okay on this board with 1.45-1.5v.

Happy Easter to everyone - snowing here in North Yorkshire-lol!

[Audioboxer]

If you look back at previous posts there are benches posted comparing a q6600 with high FSB x lower multiplier against lower FSB higher multiplier. Or check out the P5W problems &issues thread where the E6600 was used a lot - it was a question asked a lot there. Higher FSB will increase the BUS speed which should gve better overall performance - looking at some of the stats it doesnt really make that much difference for games and apps in the real world unless a couple of extra FPS really matter. Whatever your CPU like best - I dont think 65mhz extra memory is going to make that much diifference on 355x9. If you want to see a real difference try upping the CPU speed to 3.6 with 400x9. If you E6600 batch is good it should do that okay on this board with 1.45-1.5v.

Happy Easter to everyone - snowing here in North Yorkshire-lol!

Thanks for the reply.

I tried to get 3.6ghz stable before, and I would get lockups and what not.

My E6600 is a revision B2, Stepping/Family 6, Model F.

I'll have another read!

[sesdave]

Thanks for the reply.

I tried to get 3.6ghz stable before, and I would get lockups and what not.

My E6600 is a revision B2, Stepping/Family 6, Model F.

I'll have another read!

I had one similar that did 3.6 with Bios vore 1.5 on a P5W DH - its had a vdroop of .025.Try it with the settings I posted http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=873 with these amendments , CMOS=9, vcore =1.5 and FSB=1.3v and see if you have any joy. Course not all e6600 would do 3.6 but most of them could get there with a bit of encouragement. If not 400 try 390 then 380 etc.

[Audioboxer]

I had one similar that did 3.6 with Bios vore 1.5 on a P5W DH - its had a vdroop of .025.Try it with the settings I posted http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=873 with these amendments , CMOS=9, vcore =1.5 and FSB=1.3v and see if you have any joy. Course not all e6600 would do 3.6 but most of them could get there with a bit of encouragement. If not 400 try 390 then 380 etc.

Thanks! I'll have a look.

I'm currently at 3.36 ghz (8x420) on a vcore of 1.45 (1.432v with droop).

[Audioboxer]

1.5v wouldn't boot into windows, 1.55v would.

1.55v is the highest I'd go, but it's still higher than I would like.

I'm on air cooling (tuniq tower), with a P180 case.



Need to check for stability now - If it pulls through, do you guys think those IDLE temps are ok?

Things get a bit hot, I'll aim for a 3.4ghz clock and be happy (was at 3.36 before, stable - on 1.45v).

[ReverendMaynard]

ok now i seem to have a problem as in when playing games i get freezing and stuttering and it seems to be after i put the e8400 in but i also put the water block on my gpu so may be it got damaged . Now my system passes both 3dmark 06 and prime so im stuck as to what it is. Is there any way i can find out which it is ??

Yank out two stick of ram and test it.

[sesdave]

ok now i seem to have a problem as in when playing games i get freezing and stuttering and it seems to be after i put the e8400 in but i also put the water block on my gpu so may be it got damaged . Now my system passes both 3dmark 06 and prime so im stuck as to what it is. Is there any way i can find out which it is ??

Is that in all games or just ones like crysis and COD? what drivers are u using. HAve you got an xf-i sound card - if so worth laoding latest driver as it can cause similar problems.