hi all,

what a useful and informative thread. been reading for a while now, first time post. once i receive my tax return i shall be purchasing a UD3R + Q9550, already got myself a TRUE and i just lapped it. my goal is a 4ghz 24/7, and id assume i should have no problem getting there...?

the bios templates are sooooo useful, as im very confused about the many extra features that the P45 chipset has over the P35. coming from an EP35-DS3L it seems to be a little daunting the amount of more features this board has. i understand that the cpu ref, Vtt, cpu pul, mch ref are very important when it comes to stability, but im just not sure how im going to go about setting these values. is it just trial and error like the rest of the overclocking process? if theres one thing i notice in similarity between all the templates ive seen is that the values of these things have been increased from stock, never decreased. but, from one of the stickys here, i see that there is a whole process to determining these values. again, are these values stock that vary from board to board? i guess what im really asking is, how will i know what these should be set to. if i has to guess i'd say that im just gonna have to play around with em and see what gets me the most stable.

my soon to be rig:

-UD3R
-Q9550
-TRUE (lapped) w/ scythe ultra kaze 3000rpm
-mushkin 2x2gb ddr2 1066 5-5-5-15 2.0 - 2.1v
-evga 9800gtx+
-cooler master cm690 case