"ASUS P5Q Deluxe discussion".

[Leeghoofd]

I ain't talking about shortcuts. Antiviruses usually utilize some memory even if idle, normally you would have to delete it completely to fully stop it. Deactivating it won't do anything. other apps I guess you can leave me on.

Rusty are you aware that for good superpi runs some benchers prefer the Luna windows XP desktop... I don't have many apps launching here... I try to keep my rig as clean as possible but for regular benchmarks (not chasing any records ) You won't notice much on a regular windows install with or without many apps loaded...

If you want to grab every extra point, I suggest you to install a bench OS like most of us do... which is about 300-400megs for an XP install... almost no apps that eat resources, no internet explorer,...

Hey guys first post in this thread, checking in.

I am stable at 3.6ghz with a GO step q6600.
My VID is 1.3125 (1.13v)

Almost everything in the bios is auto right now with the exception of manual control over cpu multi & ram timings.

Vcore 1.425
Cpu Multi x8
FSB 455
Ram 1:1 5-4-4-12
Enabled the function to limit vdroop
Speed Step, C1E, Spread Spectrum. All that jazz is still on since I leave my computer on 24/7 and have had no stability issues so far.

Prime95 Stable, I am seeing max temps of 50c on the Tcase and ~70c for the 0&1 Cores and 60c for the 2&3 cores. I would like to keep 3.6ghz for my 24/7 settings but try to reach higher for benchmarks.

I edited a bit your post 3.3vcore seems a bit much... as long as you can cool that CPU 1.5 is no prob for day to day running, I try to keep them cores under 65°C for 65nm, 60°C for 45nm... but you will have to tweak the settings for the mobo manually as you said most is on auto... these mobo's really do overvolt on the chipsets and that's not good...

For the PLL I keep them on auto most of the time... but many users use 0.63 for both...

You really got a good CPU with a VID that high that still can do 3.6ghz at 1.42 Vcore....