Quote Originally Posted by soapman72 View Post
Guys, Which memory strap seems to work best on this board? I've noticed that my memory read bandwidth scores are consistantly higher using the 400mhz strap as opposed to the 333mhz strap. Has anyone else noticed this? If it is relevant, I noticed this with the FSB set to 400 mhz and I have an E8400 cpu with 2x2gb OCZ platinum ram running at 1600mhz.

I also cant run the board on any divider other than the 2:1 divider. I am running the 0151 Bios, and this makes it as real pain when testing the CPU overclock for stability as I cant run the ram any slower than 1600mhz if I have the FSB set to 400 mhz.
First thing, boot with your settings all set to auto and upgrade your BIOS to at least 0204; second thing, the 2GB variety of the OCZ platinum has a limit of 1.95v before you void the warranty so keep that in mind [the 1GB variety has a 2.0v].
What is the "desired" speed you want to run your system at? 1600Mhz? If it is, then that is easy:

Set the FSB Strap to 400Mhz
Set the FSB to 400Mhz
Set the RAM to 1600Mhz
Set the RAM timing to Manual
Assign these timings: 7-7-7- [you can try 18-21] - 2T
Disable the Dynamic Read and Write
Set your vCore between 1.20 - 1.24v [it varies from chip to chip]
Set your PLL to 1.50v
Set your VTT to 1.10v
Set your RAM between 1.90 -1.95v [depends on the forth value on your RAM timing]
Set your NB between 1.35 - 1.41v [depends on the forth value on your RAM timing/voltage you assign your RAM]
Set your SB to 1.05v
Set LLC to performance
Disable CPU SS and PCIE SS

Leave everything else as default or AUTO.