DFI looks to have a winner here.

[trans am]

I'm using it now. 3.2vdimm! I adjusted my 3.3 rail on my ocz powerstream and it works great!

[TinTin]

I'm using it now. 3.2vdimm! I adjusted my 3.3 rail on my ocz powerstream and it works great!

It is my enermax PSU, setting 3.2V Vdimm in BIOS gives around 3.18~3.20V I want a 3.3V adjustable PSU...
My 256*2 BH-5 can be overclocked to around 265MHz CL2-2-2-10 (3D-benchable) with 3.2V Vdimm.

[Zeus]

It is my enermax PSU, setting 3.2V Vdimm in BIOS gives around 3.18~3.20V I want a 3.3V adjustable PSU...
My 256*2 BH-5 can be overclocked to around 265MHz CL2-2-2-10 (3D-benchable) with 3.2V Vdimm.

Can't you just mod the 3,3V rail of your PSU?
I have an Enermax myself and modded the 3,3V rail by putting a 10ohm fixed resistor inline in the 3,3V sense wire and from there a pot to ground.
Cant remember the value of the pot but if you want to know, pm me.

Works like a charm.

Q: Do you raise Vdimm by just raising the 3,3V rail or do i have to raise the 3,3V rail about 0,1V higher than my desired Vdimm and then set the value for Vdimm in bios?

[iceman2g]

@Zeus

Upping ATX +3.3V will not increase your VDIMM automatically unless you set higher VDIMM in bios ...

[trans am]

It is my enermax PSU, setting 3.2V Vdimm in BIOS gives around 3.18~3.20V I want a 3.3V adjustable PSU...
My 256*2 BH-5 can be overclocked to around 265MHz CL2-2-2-10 (3D-benchable) with 3.2V Vdimm.

My man Klisp just bought 2x512 CorsairXMS 3500 BH-5 for this DFI board.
right now he's using OCZ EL4400 from his P4 rig and it sucks on the a64 rig. timings are 2.5-5-5-10
11x 268 htt and ram is running at 9/10 (he's using a LS to cool)
currently his rig with the 4400 does about 27.5k in 3dmark2001 what do you think he'll gain with the BH-5 if it does 2-2-2-5 at 250?
I told him to buy the BH-5 over EB or Ballistix. was that good advice? note that he has the same psu as me and the bios is ready to go with the 4Vdimm support so he can push that BH-5 to the limit!!!!!

[chickenrun]

The half multi's made your scores drop? in which test? bandwidth? cpu? My friend klisp has this board too and he said that when he used dimm 2, 3 the board ran at 2t and using 1 and 3 or 1 and 2 the board ran at 1t. Weird huh? Someone mentioned a beta bios that came out on 9/14 (not the one that fixed the mobile issue that oskar made,) but it's a different one that allows 3.4vdimm. but you need to raise the rail on you psu. I have a powerstream with adjust. rails. could I use the bios in question with the adjustable rails? Does anyone have a link to it?

Mem-Bandwith with Sandra...

[Zeus]

@Zeus

thanks. Must 'ave been reading over it.

[p4z1f1st]

@ OskarWu (or somebody who knows it):

which of the DRAM DriveStrenght-Options is the most OC-friendly? Level1 or Level4 ?
or could someone explain me, what the option really does

[mad mikee]

My man Klisp just bought 2x512 CorsairXMS 3500 BH-5 for this DFI board.
right now he's using OCZ EL4400 from his P4 rig and it sucks on the a64 rig. timings are 2.5-5-5-10
11x 268 htt and ram is running at 9/10 (he's using a LS to cool)
currently his rig with the 4400 does about 27.5k in 3dmark2001 what do you think he'll gain with the BH-5 if it does 2-2-2-5 at 250?
I told him to buy the BH-5 over EB or Ballistix. was that good advice? note that he has the same psu as me and the bios is ready to go with the 4Vdimm support so he can push that BH-5 to the limit!!!!!

My BH-5 seems fine in dimm 1+3 at 248 so far, working up the memtest ladder... (3.2Vdimm go look at my settings on dfi-street- installed thread)

[RocKer]

I told him to buy the BH-5 over EB or Ballistix. was that good advice?

Personly a buy EB,becaus it's working best with A64,the bh5 allso but EB's perform better on less volts,that allways bin told to me,but the only way to be sure is to test it .

A have allso 2x256mb bh5's to go with the a64,but a will allso buy 512mb EB's to,to be sure you no .

[Ubermann]

Getting all my parts today.
Was wondering, maybe put a new thread with all useful info from this thread to ppl that will begin to overclock this motherboard.
33 pages (and other threads) is alot of info to go thru when you need info on bios setting and such.
Gonna try later when i have time to do that.

[eva2000]

well got my DFI NF3-250Gb setup... had a few problems

1. Swiftech MCW6002 waterblock's screws aren't the right size - too short with the springs or too long without springs and won't fit the DFI stock retention bracket. I had to place a thin pad of foam under the backplate underside of board to position the backplate flush against the back side of motherboard, then use the DFI stock retention bracket's screws by themselves to securely fasten the MCW6002 waterblock

2. board came with 27/8/04 bios and 1x 256MB OCZ PC3500EB would only boot 1/6th of the time, 1x 256MB ADATA PC4000 boots everytime

3. 27/08/04 bios recognises my AMD64 3400+ Newcastle as Sempron in memtest86+ v1.25 heh

so now what's the right command to flash the bios

awdflash 140904.bin /F

or

awdflash 140904.bin /F/QI

?

[trans am]

well got my DFI NF3-250Gb setup... had a few problems

1. Swiftech MCW6002 waterblock's screws aren't the right size - too short with the springs or too long without springs and won't fit the DFI stock retention bracket. I had to place a thin pad of foam under the backplate underside of board to position the backplate flush against the back side of motherboard, then use the DFI stock retention bracket's screws by themselves to securely fasten the MCW6002 waterblock

2. board came with 27/8/04 bios and 1x 256MB OCZ PC3500EB would only boot 1/6th of the time, 1x 256MB ADATA PC4000 boots everytime

3. 27/08/04 bios recognises my AMD64 3400+ Newcastle as Sempron in memtest86+ v1.25 heh

so now what's the right command to flash the bios

awdflash 140904.bin /F

or

awdflash 140904.bin /F/QI

?

I had that same problem with my mcw6002 too. I just removed one of the washers and it worked fine.

[eva2000]

I had that same problem with my mcw6002 too. I just removed one of the washers and it worked fine.

what's your in bios cpu idle temp like ? i just updated to 14/09/04 bios and cpu idle in bios = 46-49C ???

installing win2k right now

[trans am]

what's your in bios cpu idle temp like ? i just updated to 14/09/04 bios and cpu idle in bios = 46-49C ???

installing win2k right now

mobiles are always off mine says 39c idle. i'm using the same bios.
dual heatercore.

[Rudzer]

Anybody tried A-DATA DDR500 with the board?

cheers

[Dissolved]

well got my DFI NF3-250Gb setup... had a few problems

1. Swiftech MCW6002 waterblock's screws aren't the right size - too short with the springs or too long without springs and won't fit the DFI stock retention bracket. I had to place a thin pad of foam under the backplate underside of board to position the backplate flush against the back side of motherboard, then use the DFI stock retention bracket's screws by themselves to securely fasten the MCW6002 waterblock

2. board came with 27/8/04 bios and 1x 256MB OCZ PC3500EB would only boot 1/6th of the time, 1x 256MB ADATA PC4000 boots everytime

3. 27/08/04 bios recognises my AMD64 3400+ Newcastle as Sempron in memtest86+ v1.25 heh

so now what's the right command to flash the bios

awdflash 140904.bin /F

or

awdflash 140904.bin /F/QI

?

A:\AWDFLASH NF3LD827.BIN /sn/py/cc/cd/qi

[Dissolved]

@ OskarWu (or somebody who knows it):

which of the DRAM DriveStrenght-Options is the most OC-friendly? Level1 or Level4 ?
or could someone explain me, what the option really does

bigtoe was running 2.

[p4z1f1st]

yes, i know....that's why i'm asking

i "think" level1 will be the most oc-friendly (i'm driving level2, too)...but i wanted to know.....sandra-benchies didn't bring me the answer (exactly same results)

[p4z1f1st]

oh man, could someone explain me the cryptical dividers of the board?

with the modded 9/14-bios they're somehow "difficult" to understand

[eva2000]

Anybody tried A-DATA DDR500 with the board?

cheers

Using that very ram right this moment to test stability - 1x 256MB ADATA PC4000 hehe boots fine

A:\AWDFLASH NF3LD827.BIN /sn/py/cc/cd/qi

thanks

this board's bundled monitoring app though has to be the worse looking interface I've seen... and i thought Epox's USDM app was bad heh

stock system at idle

[trans am]

yes, i know....that's why i'm asking

i "think" level1 will be the most oc-friendly (i'm driving level2, too)...but i wanted to know.....sandra-benchies didn't bring me the answer (exactly same results)

Tha't weird I tried 1, 4, and 2. 4 booted fine. 1 wouldn't boot and 2 booted fine.

[Bourch]

Anybody tried A-DATA DDR500 with the board?

cheers

Currently I'm running 2x512 ADATA Banks 1 and 3. They work fine but when I readed your post I was searching for the best OC with them. I don't know what is the highest vdimm they like and don't like to burn them. I was confused about the DRAM DriveStrenght-Options too.

This is my current config:

Newcastle 3200+ 2200@2550 vcore 1.55 (readings between 1.58-1.6)
FSB 255x10
2x512 ADATA at 510DDR at 2.5-4-3-0 Vdimm 2.9 (readings between2.87-2.89)
HTT 255x4

Looking for more info on same config (DFI + 1Gb ADATA)

[TinTin]

I got no markable stability difference in using Drive strength 1~4
I left it auto now...

[trans am]

I got no markable stability difference in using Drive strength 1~4
I left it auto now...

Tony mentions 1 little thing about playing with drive strength and everyone jumps! It must be nice to have that kind of power over people.