UNOFFICIAL BIOSTAR TPower I45 M/B

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my memory settings are little fussy since i am using DDR-6400...i tried DDR-8000 and it was about the same...with the 6400 memory, one memory timing change can stop it from posting...then, there is a little bit of a hassle to reset the bios with a previous saved bios...they have a numerical value that you can set for how many times it should try to overclock at the newer settings...might as well set it to 1 or 0 since 3 times (default setting) doesn't get you any where but lost time.

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first set of images are from Gigabyte X48T-DQ6 (DDR3) board with the 9800 GTX card and same Areca card in Raid 0 but the drives were different...i used Seagate 7200.10 series, 250 gig, Sata II, one platter drives on the X48 Areca card.

the biostar has Veloci-Raptor, 300 gig, Sata II drives...pretty amazing drive for only 2.75" wide.

next post will show the Biostar runs.

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here are the biostar runs at the same FSB and Mhz...the link speed is only 8X while gigabyte was at 16X...both boards incorporate the PCIe 2.0 specs.