Anyone know the difference between IP35-Pro and IP35-Pro XE ?

[figgly]

Thanks.

 

[corsa]

well, afaik the aluminium heatsinks are painted black instead of fake copper, and the rated fsb speed is up from 1333 to 1600, even though its well known fact that its already able to run @2000 fsb
Personally i much prefer the new look, and wouldn't hesitate :thumbsup:

 

[amddude]

http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en...5+Pro+XE&fMTYPE=LGA775

 

[Heidfirst]

basically what corsa said - we know that the XE BIOS will run on an IP35 Pro V1.1 so there can't be too much difference.

 

[figgly]

In case this will help anyone else, I did a build with the IP35-Pro XE and 4 gigs (2 x2GBs) ADATA 1.8v Ram, DDR-800 and a Q9450.

And it works fine. There is only one version of the bios so nothing to change there.

I don't know much about overclocking but I did turn the FSB to 400. So it appears to be running at 3.2MH. I made no other changes to anything from whatever the default values are.

Ran Prime 95 torture tests for 6 hours or so with no errors. Core temps after 6 hours using Real Temp 2.5 are 52 49 52 49. The max were 57 53 57 54. They started on idle at 37 31 37 31. I don't know what TJMax represents.

The CPU-Z program says the CPU is at 3200.6 MHz, Multiplier 8.0, Bus 400, Rated FSB 1600.1. The core voltage is 1.160 and sometimes it switches to 1.170. I don't know why it switches itself?

So I guess I am fine at 3.2 MHz?

 

[BlueAcolyte]

You mean GHz. Also, the VCore switches because of something called VDroop. While many people think it's a pain in the ass, it saves your processor from voltages issues when you stop doing CPU-intensive work.

 

[Old Hippie]

So I guess I am fine at 3.2 MHz?

Good to Go!

 

[bryanW1995]

Originally posted by: figgly
In case this will help anyone else, I did a build with the IP35-Pro XE and 4 gigs (2 x2GBs) ADATA 1.8v Ram, DDR-800 and a Q9450.

And it works fine. There is only one version of the bios so nothing to change there.

I don't know much about overclocking but I did turn the FSB to 400. So it appears to be running at 3.2MH. I made no other changes to anything from whatever the default values are.

Ran Prime 95 torture tests for 6 hours or so with no errors. Core temps after 6 hours using Real Temp 2.5 are 52 49 52 49. The max were 57 53 57 54. They started on idle at 37 31 37 31. I don't know what TJMax represents.

The CPU-Z program says the CPU is at 3200.6 MHz, Multiplier 8.0, Bus 400, Rated FSB 1600.1. The core voltage is 1.160 and sometimes it switches to 1.170. I don't know why it switches itself?

So I guess I am fine at 3.2 MHz?

sounds like you have a good cooler on that cpu. if you have a decent case then you should be able to easily achieve 3.6. well, fairly easily at least. just in case you want to try, here are my bios settings at 8x450 on my ip35 pro with an x3350:

vcore 1.35
mch 1.52
cpu vtt 1.30
ich 1.09
ichio 1.65

I do have an antec 900 with all fans on medium, but it's also in a hot room (26-27c ambient typically). I could go higher but appear to be fsb limited (stupid 45nm quads...).

 

[TylerM]

I'm quite happy with my Abit IP35 Pro. So either way you win.

 

[figgly]

Yes, meant Ghz.

Bryan, thanks for the settings. If I can figure out where to change that stuff I might try it. If I want to go up a bit at a time should all those things be changed together or is one more important. Do I have to know what they mean/do?

I have a P180 case with three antec fans running on the low setting. And a Noctua NH-U12P which comes with it's own fan which I have running at default. I plugged it into a aux fan header on the MB because the three pin plug wouldn't fit on the 4 pins header of the CPU fan on the MB.

I have to say I really like the way the Noctua looks. And it was much easier to install with it's back bracket kit then my old PC heatsink which used the intel push pin thing which I found a pain to install and didn't look that stable as well. The back bracket feels quite secure and the Noctua is quiet, which was important to me. I prefer quiet and 100% stable to speed.

Is your 3.6 Ghz rock solid stable ? And do you think it pays for me to increase CPU speed when my memory has loose timings? I think it's 5-5-5-18 if I remember reading when I bought it. It was 1.8v so I figured it would work in most boards.

 

[Heidfirst]

Originally posted by: figgly
I plugged it into a aux fan header on the MB because the three pin plug wouldn't fit on the 4 pins header of the CPU fan on the MB.

yes, it will - I have a Noctua on mine.
the 4-pin header is keyed so that the 3-pin only fits 1 way.