** OFFICIAL ** Intel DX38BT & DX48BT2 BoneTrail Thread

[Patyabc]

Dear Friends:

I hope you could give me some info to get 3.6 in My MB, cause I was trying a lot of methods without success.

I thank you very much your assistance.

CPU Q9650 stepping E0
MB DX48BT2 205
Mushkin 4 Gb's XMP 1600
SapphireRadeon 4870 512
CPU Cooler Zalman 12"Fan
Thermaltake 1000
PSU Be-Quiet 650 W

[Sean-E-Boy]

Dear Friends:

I hope you could give me some info to get 3.6 in My MB, cause I was trying a lot of methods without success.

I thank you very much your assistance.

Paty,

From the provided details you listed you are going to have issues. With 650W I would be somewhat surprised if you could overclock (OC) to 3.2 (host clock 360 x multi of 9), it really just isnt enough juice to get a good stable OC. I would suggest at the very minimum a 750W PSU...800 or 850 ideal.

aside from the power supply issue, you should have no problem getting to 3.6 or 4ghz even. on the other hand, this board isnt like a supercharged corvette, where you just pick a gear and slam on the gas, many of the settings in the BIOS will have to be changed from default and the various components (RAM, MCH {the x48 chip}, FSB, and the CPU) will have to be overclocked and tested individually to determine where OC weak points are with your particular rig in order to be stable at 3.6 or higher.

It is completely possible, but will take some time.

sean