msi 790 fx-gd70 thread

[hellcamino]

My new pump and ram showed up today! Once this thing is done bubbling I'll see what the new ram can do, it's Crucial 2x1gb PC3 14400 CAS 8.

[TiTON]

Higher than 960MHz? Or crashing right at 960?

Hey Massman - actually i really didn't pay attention. It was the last thing I did before going to bed :P

I will still be on phase tonight, while I work on something else. I will see what my max Spi32M is at that timing.

What is the highest you seen that is SPI32m stable on AM3?

Yep, running 32mPI is about as exciting as watching paint dry....Unfortunately I have found it a necessary evil to dial the ram in perfect....

What you were experiencing was exactly what I have been talking about.....The IMC was not happy...and would most certainly hold you back in the high clocks department

Hey Chew - Cool. Great to hear. there maybe more in this CPU

I do have a question.. Will upping my NB speed and volts TOO much have the same effect of not keeping the IMC Happy? I did notice on the GB mobo when I up the vNB too much, SPI32m didn't run. Even at Low NB Speeds. (p.s. I hate bios that say +.01v, and don't tell you what the starting voltage is)

Well.. hopefully keeping everything spi32m happy, i will be able to hit 6Ghz bench.. if I can.. there will be some interesting results by Monday

- Ton

[massman]

Hey Massman - actually i really didn't pay attention. It was the last thing I did before going to bed :P

I will still be on phase tonight, while I work on something else. I will see what my max Spi32M is at that timing.

What is the highest you seen that is SPI32m stable on AM3?

952MHz actually ... but the number 960 is pretty interesting as there are some rumours.

How much tweaking was involved in getting 952 stable? Just relax timings, phase and some volts?

[TiTON]

952MHz actually ... but the number 960 is pretty interesting as there are some rumours.

How much tweaking was involved in getting 952 stable? Just relax timings, phase and some volts?

Hey Massman. Well.. for tweaking.. i wouldn't say "much" tweaking.. just need to not go crazy and change everything. No shotgun approach.

I will give a shot to see if I can get higher the 960. As for the timing I used for 952.. that was spd at whatever I booted at.

Lets see if over 960 will be possible.

- Ton

[Smartidiot89]

Should an "Athlon II X2 250" or "Phenom II x2 550" work on this motherboard without a BIOS update? If not I am kinda in trouble

EDIT: even is a CPU is "incompatible" due to old BIOS, could I still flash the motherboard or would I need an older AM3 CPU to get it working?

[chew*]

Hey Massman - actually i really didn't pay attention. It was the last thing I did before going to bed :P

I will still be on phase tonight, while I work on something else. I will see what my max Spi32M is at that timing.

What is the highest you seen that is SPI32m stable on AM3?



Hey Chew - Cool. Great to hear. there maybe more in this CPU

I do have a question.. Will upping my NB speed and volts TOO much have the same effect of not keeping the IMC Happy? I did notice on the GB mobo when I up the vNB too much, SPI32m didn't run. Even at Low NB Speeds. (p.s. I hate bios that say +.01v, and don't tell you what the starting voltage is)

Well.. hopefully keeping everything spi32m happy, i will be able to hit 6Ghz bench.. if I can.. there will be some interesting results by Monday

- Ton

I think you will find that as you increase NB you will have to back down your ram speed.......as its driving your ram harder........that could explain your higher than avg ram speeds.........

I have no issues cranking NB on an ancient mach 1.........I suggest your try bringing it up to 3000 and restest your ram speeds before you waste LN2.

[TiTON]

I think you will find that as you increase NB you will have to back down your ram speed.......as its driving your ram harder........that could explain your higher than avg ram speeds.........

I have no issues cranking NB on an ancient mach 1.........I suggest your try bringing it up to 3000 and restest your ram speeds before you waste LN2.

Hey Chew.. I was did test NB on Phase last night.. I was doing 3Ghz NB just fine. I am sure I will have to turn down ram speed when I crank up NB, but I need to do it under LN2.

I need to see how fast my ram can be when NB is at 4Ghz+, which I can't do on Phase.

So we will see how that goes tonight.

- Ton

[chew*]

If you were pulling 3000NB at that ram speed on phase and it ran 32m with the CPU clocks high you will not have to back off at all 3000-3200 is max stable your going to get on phase for NB.......needs more cold to scale even on DI thats almost the limit unless you sacrifice CPU speed....... say 4400 CPU and 3500 NB or you can run 5gig with 3000NB, 5000 CPU is obviously faster for DI

LN2 really wakes it up.

Have fun.