Quote Originally Posted by sparkison View Post
Just go this board and so far I LOVE it!!

I had a DFI P35 board prior and was having a VERY difficult job overclocking my new Q9550 - So I did some research and decided to pair up the Quad with this board and it's going great so far!!

Looking to hit at least 4ghz, so any input on what to change to get there is greatly appreciated!!

Here is what I have stable so far -

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////////// 3.70GHz - 7HR. Prime Stable //////////
//////// GA-EP45-UD3P Rev. 1.1 - BIOS F7 ///////
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Robust Graphics Booster [Auto]
CPU Clock Ratio[8]
Fine CPU Clock Ratio [.5]

**********Clock Chip Control*************************

CPU Host Clock Control [Enable]
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) [436]
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) [Auto]
C.I.A 2 [Disable]

*********Advanced Clock Control**********************

CPU Clock Drive [800mV]
PCI Express Clock Drive [900mV]
CPU Clock Skew [0ps]
MCH Clock Skew [0ps]

**********DRAM Performance Control***********

Performance Enhance [Standard]
Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) [Disabled]
(G) MCH Frequency Latch [400mhZ]
System Memory Multipler [2.00D]
Memory Frequency [872mhz]
DRAM Timing Selectable [Auto]

CAS Latency Time [5]
tRCD [5]
tRP [5]
tRAS [15]

*******Advanced Timing Control***********

tRRD [Auto/Default]
tWTR [Auto/Default]
tWR [Auto/Default]
tRFC [Auto/Default]
tRTP [Auto/Default]
Command Rate (cmd) [Auto/Default]


***********Motherboard Voltage Control*******

Load-Line Calibration [Enabled]
CPU Vcore [1.320v]
CPU Termination [1.30v]
CPU PLL [Auto]
CPU Reference [Auto]

MCH Core [1.320v]
MCH Reference [Auto]
MCH/DRAM Refernce [Auto]
ICH I/O [Auto]
ICH Core [Auto]

DRAM Voltage [Auto]
DRAM Termination [Auto]
Channel A Ref [Auto]
Channel B Ref [Auto]

*****************Advanced BIOS Features*********

CPU Multithreading [N/A]
Limit CPUID Max to 3 [Disable]
No-Execute memory Protect [Enable]
CPU Enhance Halt (CIE) [Disabled]
C2/C2E State Support [Disable]
C4/C4E State Support [Disable]
CPU Thermal Monitor [Disabled]
CPU EIST Function [Enable]
Virtualization Technology [Disabled]
I hit a max core temp of 71C; I know it's a bit high(right at the thermal limit ) but, I'm not too worried about it right now - Just reset the heatsink and the AS hasn't had time to fully set yet - I also have a nozzle kit for my DTEK I need to install yet for the quad; it has the nozzle for the dual core right now and the 'center' cores (2 & 3) didn't get above 67c....so I hope the nozzle kit will even out the temps a little between all four cores
Set your PCI Exe Freq to 100 and the CPU PLL to 1.50 for starters.