Biostar Tpower I45 , +600mhz FSB easy

[Pt1t]

I tested the new P45 based motherboard from the Brand Biostar, and i was very happy to see that this board was overclocking Qween

first, here Are some pictures of the Tpower I45













And Screenshot of the new biostar OC/monitoring software





Super pi 1M result @ 4ghz , ram 5:6



And everest memory test



FSB maximum of my Qx9650 (maxed by cpu ... same result as asus P5QE board)



And finally , max FSB with An E8500 (under cascade cooling ..., maxed to 630mhz under classic watercooling and boot easy @ 600*6)



Biostar product link : http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en-us/...t.php?S_ID=365

For FSB max and ease of bios, it was the best of 4 P45 motherboard i m testing

[Pt1t]

And here are Bios pictures

[socheat]

Any maximum result yet?

[MomijiTMO]

Looks pretty sweet. Pricing?

[Pt1t]

Originally Posted by MomijiTMO

Looks pretty sweet. Pricing?

About 160€

[hey]

very nice m8

[Pt1t]

Originally Posted by socheat

Any maximum result yet?

I ll start other cold test after all P45 review ... but i can do super pi 1M @ 610*9.5 under cascade cooling.

[s e t h]

is this available in retail or is that a sample?

[Pt1t]

Originally Posted by flytek

is this available in retail or is that a sample?

That was a sample .. mass production began last week ... then retail will be available quickly

[loc.o]

Very nice looking and performing board. Whats max vcore?

[Pt1t]

Originally Posted by loc.o

Very nice looking and performing board. Whats max vcore?

    * FSB Settings: 200MHz to 800MHz
    * DDR2 Settings: 1:1/5:6/4:5/3:4/2:3/5:8/3:5/1:2
    * FSB Strap: Auto, 200/266/333
    * CPU Voltage: -0.050v to +1.300v
    * DDR Voltage: +0.50v to +1.850v
    * Chipset Volatge: +0.025v to +0.700v
    * FSB Voltage: +0.025v to +0.750v
    * CPU Core1 GLT Ref Voltage: 0.58 to 0.67*VTT
    * CPU Core2 GLT Ref Voltage: 0.58 to 0.67*VTT
    * MCH GLT Ref Voltage: 0.56 to 0.64*VTT
    * PCIE Settings: 100 to 150mhz
    * CPU Clock Skew Control: 100 to 1500ps
    * MCH Clock Skew Control: 100 to 1500ps
    * CPU Driving Control: 700 to 1000mV

+1.3v

[before]

Excellent FSB... need one...

[Monstru]

So finally something else besides 965 Asus can get High Wolfdale FSB. Let's hope all retail boards act like this, and this is not just a very special sample

[Pt1t]

Originally Posted by Monstru

So finally something else besides 965 Asus can get High Wolfdale FSB. Let's hope all retail boards act like this, and this is not just a very special sample

Windwithme tested an other board too :

[boblemagnifique]

Originally Posted by Pt1t

About 160€

160/170€

635mhz with the Biobio P45 , it's very good !! , impressive fsb for a little biobio

[diablos]

realy good mb with a clean layout

[Monstru]

Well, all I can say it that this is pretty nice. Once I see >640 FSb on LN2 I am sure going to be convinced

[kiwi]

Hmm, biostar usually have boards in 90€ range at least it was so with 965 and P35 Tforce series

Anyway, looking forward to 600+ bench results and especially performance per clock/fsb

[Pt1t]

Originally Posted by kiwi

Hmm, biostar usually have boards in 90€ range at least it was so with 965 and P35 Tforce series

Anyway, looking forward to 600+ bench results and especially performance per clock/fsb

TP45D2-A7 and TP45 HP will be cheaper but P45 alone is cost allready 44$

[dinos22]

vcore max 1.3
is that a mistake??

[Pt1t]

Originally Posted by dinos22

vcore max 1.3
is that a mistake??

VID + 1.3v Dino

[BenchZowner]

I think it's +1.3V Dino, so VID + 1.3V ( let's say 2.35V for a E8500 with 1.05Vid )

Edit: Oops, Pt1t beat me to it

[quintus]

i'll wait for it!!!
come to daddy

[shine121]

nice boards,cheap and strong

[before]

CPU Configuration section of BIOS looks very well done... Prefetch, etc.



PS: (0280) Frequency to (0286) Ratio Actual Value aren't set to Refresh access by default; I did it.