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

[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.

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