i7 860 - eVGA P55 FTW

[zfactor]

have you tested any other p55's? i cant afford to buy more than one mobo right now with my hours cut back so i want to buy right the first time..

[Tycun]

Guys, This board & i5 750 $300 at Fry's, end at 10/15/2009
http://newspaperads.mercurynews.com/...id=32664&type=

[zfactor]

WOW BUT is that in store only?? id love that deal but im no where even close to a fry's...

[Tycun]

I am not sure, I think you can purchase online, better call them for details. That is about $130off, awesome deal.

[zfactor]

nope just did its in store only believe me i tried...

[PolRoger]

I have switched my cooler to a TRUE with push/pull fans which has helped to control my temps at 19x200. I still can't get my (x20) turbo multi to work. I think it may be BIOS related and I have an i5 750 inbound and I should be able to test that chip later this week.

[OC Nub]

I have switched my cooler to a TRUE with push/pull fans which has helped to control my temps at 19x200. I still can't get my (x20) turbo multi to work. I think it may be BIOS related and I have an i5 750 inbound and I should be able to test that chip later this week.

Nice vcore.

[xXxDieselxXx]

Here is mine with a Corsair H50 Cooler

[OC Nub]

Very nice oc, great temps. Which video card is that, 5850 or 5870?

[zfactor]

diesel what kind of temps under load with say prime? interested in that cooler as well

[xXxDieselxXx]

Very nice oc, great temps. Which video card is that, 5850 or 5870?

Thanks chief! It's a 5850 and I'm loving it. Best bang for the buck.

diesel what kind of temps under load with say prime? interested in that cooler as well

I have to say I'm very impressed with this little cooler. Quality is top notch.

I wanted a quick water cooling solution. I wanted to save headaches I had on my last custom water loop.

Regarding the temps. I was able to take it at 4Ghz and ran it on Prime for almost one hour but the temps were hitting upper 70's and some times hitting 81-83.

I finally found the sweet spot for my liking at 3.8Ghz

I like to keep the temps below 80. That's just me

Here a little sample for few minutes. However I was able to run it at 3.8Ghz for several hours and the temps were always the same

BTW, on the picture the temps show lower 30's on idle but that was right after stress test. Normally hangs on the upper 20's on idle.

[PolRoger]

I've been testing overclocks with the Turbo fully enabled...

With vdroop
C1E: disabled
Speedstep: enabled
Turbo: enabled
C-state: enabled

On my cpu: 195 x22 for 1 thread (4.29Ghz), x21 for 2 threads (4095Ghz) and x20 for 8 threads (3.9Ghz) with ~1.39 vcore on idle and 1 or 2 threads ~1.34 vcore with load and 8 threads.

[KURTZ]

very nice Roger

[zsamz_]

just got my board will be plyin with it soon
i just gotta say what a difference the lotes socket makes
you can just feel the xtra pressure and see that you got good contact on pins



zfactor if you buy any other board you be wastin $

[OC Nub]

Congrats zsamz, please post your results.

[zsamz_]

Congrats zsamz, please post your results.

as soon as i get this damn megahalems to fit in the 775 holes
cant even buy an addapter in canada yet
n i dont wanna spend 40$ for 1 from the us lol
so moddin 1

edit: if you dont own a megahalems its a pure shame
make sure you get the socket addapter modin the backplate was a pain

i thought my coolmaster 212 was good the megahalems totaly owned it -10c is just somethin else
my 212 beat my true
@4.1 my max temp reached 75c instead of 85 while priming
@4.0 max was 70c
i reduced volts to 1.39 stable for 4.1

new bios no good
august 18 bios is more stable now if they add b2b in 8-18 bios n start from there lol

[hardtarget]

Sorry for asking a noob question, but why are some folks using an Intel XEON X3460 over a regular i7/i5?

[OC Nub]

as soon as i get this damn megahalems to fit in the 775 holes
cant even buy an addapter in canada yet
n i dont wanna spend 40$ for 1 from the us lol
so moddin 1

edit: if you dont own a megahalems its a pure shame
make sure you get the socket addapter modin the backplate was a pain

i thought my coolmaster 212 was good the megahalems totaly owned it -10c is just somethin else
my 212 beat my true
@4.1 my max temp reached 75c instead of 85 while priming
@4.0 max was 70c
i reduced volts to 1.39 stable for 4.1

new bios no good
august 18 bios is more stable now if they add b2b in 8-18 bios n start from there lol

Very nice zsamz.

Was reading that on these i7 cpu's the vdimm has to be within .5v of vtt. Is this correct or did I misunderstand this?

[sholvaco]

Sorry for asking a noob question, but why are some folks using an Intel XEON X3460 over a regular i7/i5?

If I'm not mistaken X34xx Xeons are Lynnfield dies binned on their IMC performance (they have to be able to support buffered memory) and if they are anything like the Bloomfield based Xeons (w35xx) it could mean better electrical properties across the rest of the CPU die aswell => potentially higher overclocks.

[zsamz_]

i learned somethin
i got 210x20 stable
hopefully it will work with new bios
i gonna make u guys wait been awake all night


OC Nub i'll pm you

[OC Nub]

Thanks zsamz, hope you are on to something there.

[EvilClocker]

Still Tweaking mine.. Still working on vcore

[hardtarget]

If I'm not mistaken X34xx Xeons are Lynnfield dies binned on their IMC performance (they have to be able to support buffered memory) and if they are anything like the Bloomfield based Xeons (w35xx) it could mean better electrical properties across the rest of the CPU die aswell => potentially higher overclocks.

Cheers for clearing that up m8y so given the choice between the standard i7 860 and an Xeon X3460 the Xeon would be worth the extra $

[KURTZ]

Cheers for clearing that up m8y so given the choice between the standard i7 860 and an Xeon X3460 the Xeon would be worth the extra $

completely @ default/stock ... i'm waiting for the new block ...

[hokiealumnus]

New BIOS out - A39. Original post, quote here:

This BIOS is ONLY for the EVGA P55 FTW Motherboard (part number 132-LF-E657- )

A39 Updates:

* Improved XMP Support
* Supports New 1.35v DRAMs
* Improves Xeon CPU Support

This package contains the necessary Flash Tool and ROM file to Flash your EVGA Motherboard. Please check to ensure that you downloaded the right package for your motherboard.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This flash is designed for Windows 32Bit/64Bit or DOS mode.

* Download the following .zip file: E657_A39.zip
* First go into your BIOS and load defaults, save and exit
* Go into the folder where you unzipped this package and run the appropriate batch file.
o For Windows XP, Vista or 7 32Bit: AFUWIN32.BAT
o For Windows XP, Vista or 7 64Bit: AFUWIN64.BAT
o If in DOS Mode: AFUDOS.BAT
* Press Y in CAPITAL LETTERS to start the flash process
* DO NOT TURN OFF POWER OR RESET DURING THE FLASH PROCESS
* After the flashing is finished, shut down the computer. Then power on again and go into BIOS, Load Defaults, Save and Exit.


Warning:
**Do not restart or interrupt your PC while the flash is ongoing
**Do not Flash BIOS on overclocked settings
**It is always recommended to power-down after flash

On a side note, next week is an OC competition at TRP so I'll have some new benchmarks to post.