Here is my feedback on the board for current and prospective owners to be of some help.
E8500 E0
TRUE (I need to lap it, I have noticed that the bottom is convex)
Scythe Flex F
PC Power Cooling Silencer 750W
I haven't had time to tweak.
Everything is at Default.
This is what I did for quick testing:
-Disable the features that affect cpu vcore and multiplier on the CPU Configuration page.
-Set the max voltages I am comfortable with on the Voltage Configuration page which are...
Vcore +0.15
NB +0.35
FSB +0.25
DDR +0.30
-Set DDR to run 1:1
-Relax the timings on the DDR Configuration Page.
RComp:2
PL=11
SPD:disable
6-6-6-24......
Results:
#560x8....I ran prime for 15-20 minutes and then stopped it. It looked good.
#570x8....Prime errored after 2 minutes.
#585x8....Ran SuperPi 1M.
#595x8....No Boot
#480x9.5....Prime errored after 2 minutes....570x8~480x9.5 I did that to see if it was the motherboard holding at 570. Same result so it was the CPU.
#480x9.5....VCore +0.20 this time. I ran prime for 30 minutes and then stopped it. It looked good. (not comfortable with 1.40-1.41V idle though.)
There is a lot of room for improvement for CPU Overclock using:
*Better Cooling
*More Voltage
*GTL Settings
*Clock Configuration (Skews...)
For Reference on Temperatures:
at load with VCore +0.15
Ambient 26
Core Temp 62-63 (TJ MAx being 100)
CPU Temp 56
Sys Temp 34
I have some screenshots but they are over the attachment size limit.
Pros:
*Good Overall Overclocker.. But I don't know how it stacks up to Asus P5Q series etc...
*CPU temperature LED on the motherboard. Nice touch.
*I like the TPower2 Utility also the hardware monitor snapshot.
*System temps are very low. (34 at load too good to be true?) I like the heatsink attachment even though I am not sure if it is benefiting since it is getting the hot air from the TRUE. I did not remove it to test since I am not motherboard FSB limited.
Cons:
*Bad spot for the Clear CMOS jumper. It is right under the first PCIE video card.
*I can't comment on the memory overclocking yet. But I did not like the RCOMP configuration setting. (do you guys know that it does?) I had to play around with it to get the computer stable. AUTO didn't help.
*VCore options!!. It jumps from +0.15 to +0.20 on the list. If it had smaller increments, I could have upped my VCore a little bit more. I only have an option to go with ~1.36 or ~1.41V now.
*VDroop.. at idle 1.360V
at load 1.336V
*I don't know if it is the sensor, my power supply (which I think is decent) or the voltage regulators on the motherboard but the Vcore moves between 1.352-1.360-1.368 at idle.
Is this too much fluctuation? Can it be a drawback of 4 phase analog PWM?
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