Quote Originally Posted by jcool View Post
Damn Ace, you must be the most hardcore Abit fan I know
Like I said, I spoke with the Abit rep at Cebit and he kinda admitted the PWMs were underpowered. Come on, 80A is nothing and will be reached with almost any 65nm CPU as soon as you go over 3Ghz. And I say it again, 3,6Ghz isn't a "very high overclock", at least not here at XS. So if it holds 2 weeks at 3,6Ghz, it holds 2 month at 3Ghz, nothing more. What do you think your QX eats at 4Ghz? Less than 80A? I don't think so
And yet the IP35 Pro holds... it might squeal a bit and Vdroop but it holds, even though its PWM circuitery is weaker then that of the IX38... in theory.
I do love Abit, but the IX38 just isn't a good board for overclocking. Sorry but that's the way it is... I'm not all happy with my DFI, but at least it keeps holding at 4Ghz 24/7...
ok...i might of been a little hard on you

but...holding four cores at 100% core load, 24/7 at 3.6 ghz overclock, is very tough on the board...did i remember incorrectly your posting that you were doing a 24/7, 100% core load at 3.6 ghz overclock?

i like abit very much...i just wish they would speed up their marketing process for all their upcoming boards.