Recent content by kiria

Nothing in the front bottom, that's for sure. But what about the top? Do I need it, and is it easy to drill/jigsaw it?

I've got a new HSF for my OC e4300@3Ghz, zalman 9500 and I can say it rocks. On stock intel cooler I was getting in TAT 49idle/crash under load));-now 36 idle/61 load. BUT, it's only with the case opened. When it's closed I'm idling 46-47/66-69 load under Orthos, wich is not good. i have a...

I've just reseated the CPU, and slightly removed some thermal grease from it, put it back, and now I have 47-50 idle / 63-65 100% load without any OC, on stock. Damn, I really consider buying new cooler. Which one do you think is good to keep my e4300 at 3-3.15Ghz, and that is not very...

I exchanged my Foxconn motherboard for GB DS3 rev 3.3, because I couldn?t OC my e4300 more than 2.4 Ghz. I put this board, set it to 333 Mhz, vcore 1.37(BIOS 1.4) and it runs flawlessly. However, core temp shows 46-50 idle and 71-75 under 100% load. ITAT pretty much the same (48/69-72). It runs...

Damn... Just read the MB forum for the recommended C2D motherboards, and found this: ATX ? Low-End Foxconn P9657AA-8EKRS2H Specs: P965 + ICH8R, PCIe x16/PCIe x4/PCIe x1/PCI: 1/1/1/3*, PATA/SATA/eSATA: 1/6/1, RAID, Gb LAN, ALC883, optical S/PDIF out, IEEE 1394 Overclocking: ~343MHz...

Played a little bit with it, I can't go more than 266Mhz, if I put 277Mhz - won't boot up. And I don't know really what settings should I use for the DRAM (g-skill 2gb 5 5 5 15 800mhz). And no pcie freq. settings in the BIOS (foxconn P96557AA mb), anandtech also mentioned it in theit foxconn...

Things seems getting better. I didn't find pci freq settings in the BIOS, only PCI SPREAD SPECTRUM (near the CPU SPREAD SPECTRUM), have no idea what it is, but I disabled both; and Detect PCI CLK that I also Disabled. I updated the BIOS, downloaded latest utilities for the MB from the foxconn...

Damn, just tried to OC it but with no success. I tried adding 11mhz each time as Extelleron suggested, the first time was ok, but when I added 22mhz, the system doesn't start up(the same for 266,300,333mhz). Tried changing vcore to 1.4, and dram vcore to 2.0, nothing happens. Changed DRAM...

I want to overclock my e4300 that runs on foxconn P96557AA and 2Gb G-Skill Ram-800MHz, but the only option in BIOS I found is CPU SPEED that is adjustable from 200 to 600. So, I don't really know is this (CPU SPEED) i need to adjust, let's say up to 333Mhz, to overclock this thing? And should I...

So, is the CPU SPEED in the BIOS is actually the FSB speed of the motherboard? IS this what I need to change, let's say from 200Mhz to 333Mhz, to OC this thing?

I've got several questions. My setup is e4300, g-skill 2GB ddr2 800Mhz, foxconn P96557AA-8EKRS2H, PSU 500 Watt. The questions are: (1) My PSU only has 4pin 12V power, do I need to buy an extender cable (4pin to 8pin) if I plan to oveclock e4300@3Ghz? (2)I have Vista installed, and it seems...