Quote Originally Posted by CryptiK View Post
Yes that's correct. If you want to see whats faster, run a SPI32M at 266 strap, then 400 strap, but the difference in mem speed is going to impact that too. I found that on the 266 strap on my M2F, I could not run a certain chipset enhancement on max, I had to back it off a bit. However with the 333 strap, I could run it on the most aggressive setting and even though I had 48MHz less ram speed, I was almost (within 100 mb/s) as good as on the 266 strap. I did not run SPI32M benches to test though.

I'm about to go insane with my board right now, what was stable is no longer stable, increasing/decreasing vcore & Vtt, backing off chipset enhancements, increasing PL, raising vdimm, nothing works. It's really annoying me. Couple that with the lack of ram overclocking ability this board has and I'm looking at getting rid of it. there is two boards I really like, and have to choose between, that's providing I can get rid of my M2F and P5Q-Deluxe (brand new in box) without loosing too much money.
Seems its the P45 Chipset that drives us insane. My board does the same thing, I'll run OCCT/Prime/memtest 3.8 and have a completely stable OC, however if I go back and rerun the tests they will fail immediately or close to that.

Almost seems like it is Heat related, but that is not the case here. I take temps with my Laser while testing and after to see how hot the NB/Mosfets/SB etc are. 32C is the max I get on the NB for instance,(very good cooling), with about 28C idle.

Funny thing is that if I wait an hour or so, reboot and try the exact same tests again, they pass? Not looking for help just a statement. Just a quirk in the chipset I believe. Again, seems heat related but does not show as such.

Larry