The Maximus Formula Thread - Help/OCing/Guide/Rampage conversion

[XtremeTiramisu]

I can do fsb 475 here with a q6600, so its probably your chip.

and it's probably also the diff cooling method we use. I'm on high end air and you're on water. But using *9 multi I could push the cpu mhz in the mid 3800s and stable, the system does suffer from instability using *8 multi and FSB470+

Can you post your BIOS settings template at 475FSB*8 multi? and the bios version, thx

Edit: Nevermind, I saw you're using a 45nm 333fsb/strap E8400 dual core cpu in your sig...this anwers my question now. Your CPU is undoubtedly behaves in a completely diff way than my Q6600 G0. First being 45nm architechture, 333fsb/strap and it's a dual core as opposed to my 65nm, 266fsb/strap and quad. Obviously my cpu will run into a fsb wall before yours. 475fsb for a 333fsb/strap cpu is nothing spectacular really if we compare the fsb increase % to a 266fsb/strap cpu at 466fsb for example. So unless a 45nm 333fsb/strap chip can push well over 500fsb and being stable, that would be considered as a great advancement. However, in that case it may be limited by the current available mobo which can handle at such a high fsb and stay stable under hours of stress tests for daily use.

[Grnfinger]

and it's probably also the diff cooling method we use. I'm on high end air and you're on water. But using *9 multi I could push the cpu mhz in the mid 3800s and stable, the system does suffer from instability using *8 multi and FSB470+

Can you post your BIOS settings template at 475FSB*8 multi? and the bios version, thx

Edit: Nevermind, I saw you're using a 45nm 333fsb/strap E8400 dual core cpu in your sig...this anwers my question now. Your CPU is undoubtedly behaves in a completely diff way than my Q6600 G0. First being 45nm architechture, 333fsb/strap and it's a dual core as opposed to my 65nm, 266fsb/strap and quad. Obviously my cpu will run into a fsb wall before yours. 475fsb for a 333fsb/strap cpu is nothing spectacular really if we compare the fsb increase % to a 266fsb/strap cpu at 466fsb for example. So unless a 45nm 333fsb/strap chip can push well over 500fsb and being stable, that would be considered as a great advancement. However, in that case it may be limited by the current available mobo which can handle at such a high fsb and stay stable under hours of stress tests for daily use.

Zucker2k used to do 500fsb on his quad not 45nm chip.