It seems it is time to pick everyones' brains again.
I have 2 ASUS M4A79 motherboards. One is the M4A79 Deluxe Socket AM2+ version and the other is the M4A79T Deluxe Socket AM3 version. I used to think that these were decent quality boards, especially at the $200 price that I paid for them when they were originally purchased. Now, I am not so sure.
When I first set up the two computers with these boards, I used the ASUS Probe software to monitor fan speeds, voltages and temparatures. As I have started looking into overclocking more and more, I have also started using more monitoring software and I started trying to figure out what more of the numbers mean. With both of these boards' BIOS default configurations, my OCZ Platinum memory was being defaulted to a lower voltage than recommended, which I believe was the reason why they were both operating their memory at slower than rated speeds/timings. Also with both boards' BIOS default configurations, the CPU voltage is higher than what the CPUs are rated for. Both boards are running 1.45 volts Vcore according to PC Probe while CPUz shows them both at 1.43 volts. As far as I can tell the processors only require 1.35 volts. I have also noticed that there is a significant discrepancy between the CPU temperatures indicated by PC Probe and those indicated by the AMD OverDrive utility, Everest or even SpeedFan. PC Probe shows both processors' temperatures to be approximately 10 degrees celsius below what the other monitoring software indicates.
I adjusted the voltage manually in the BIOS for the processor on each board and for the memory as well; setting them for their recommended voltages in each case. Now the memory shows its rated speed in CPUz, but the timings are different than what is stated by OCZ. Also, at these increased voltages both systems appear to be unstable. When I launch a CPU intensive application like Prime95 performing a CPU test, everything seems fine, but when I do a blend test and it starts using a lot of memory the systems hang. The same has happened while trying to play games on both systems since I changed the voltages.
Both boards have been updated to the newest non-beta BIOS. Is it possible that there is something else going on with these boards that I am not addressing, are the boards just bad boards or is it likely that the memory is the culprit (aside from the CPU voltage issue, which as far as I can tell is just a glitch in the "Auto" settings in the BIOS)?
My complete systems' specs are as follows:
AMD Phenom II 955 BE (Revision RB-C2) | ASUS M4A79T Deluxe | 2x1GB OCZ Platinum DDR3 1333 (CL 9, tRCD 7, tRP 7, tRAS 16) | Gigabyte/nVidia GeForce GTX 460 1GB (Core 715, Shaders 1430, Memory 1800) | Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB | Cooler Master Stacker 830 Case | Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus | Cooler Master Real Power Pro 1000W PSU
AMD Phenom II 940BE (Revision RB-C2)| ASUS M4A79 Deluxe | 2x1GB OCZ Platinum DDR2 1066 (CL 5, tRCD 5, tRP 5, tRAS 15) | ASUS/nVidia GeForce 9600GT (Core 650, Shaders 1600, Memory 900) | Samsung 160GB 7200RPM HDD | Generic Case | Stock CPU Cooler | RaidMax Quantum 700W PSU
-MrCaffeineX
I have 2 ASUS M4A79 motherboards. One is the M4A79 Deluxe Socket AM2+ version and the other is the M4A79T Deluxe Socket AM3 version. I used to think that these were decent quality boards, especially at the $200 price that I paid for them when they were originally purchased. Now, I am not so sure.
When I first set up the two computers with these boards, I used the ASUS Probe software to monitor fan speeds, voltages and temparatures. As I have started looking into overclocking more and more, I have also started using more monitoring software and I started trying to figure out what more of the numbers mean. With both of these boards' BIOS default configurations, my OCZ Platinum memory was being defaulted to a lower voltage than recommended, which I believe was the reason why they were both operating their memory at slower than rated speeds/timings. Also with both boards' BIOS default configurations, the CPU voltage is higher than what the CPUs are rated for. Both boards are running 1.45 volts Vcore according to PC Probe while CPUz shows them both at 1.43 volts. As far as I can tell the processors only require 1.35 volts. I have also noticed that there is a significant discrepancy between the CPU temperatures indicated by PC Probe and those indicated by the AMD OverDrive utility, Everest or even SpeedFan. PC Probe shows both processors' temperatures to be approximately 10 degrees celsius below what the other monitoring software indicates.
I adjusted the voltage manually in the BIOS for the processor on each board and for the memory as well; setting them for their recommended voltages in each case. Now the memory shows its rated speed in CPUz, but the timings are different than what is stated by OCZ. Also, at these increased voltages both systems appear to be unstable. When I launch a CPU intensive application like Prime95 performing a CPU test, everything seems fine, but when I do a blend test and it starts using a lot of memory the systems hang. The same has happened while trying to play games on both systems since I changed the voltages.
Both boards have been updated to the newest non-beta BIOS. Is it possible that there is something else going on with these boards that I am not addressing, are the boards just bad boards or is it likely that the memory is the culprit (aside from the CPU voltage issue, which as far as I can tell is just a glitch in the "Auto" settings in the BIOS)?
My complete systems' specs are as follows:
AMD Phenom II 955 BE (Revision RB-C2) | ASUS M4A79T Deluxe | 2x1GB OCZ Platinum DDR3 1333 (CL 9, tRCD 7, tRP 7, tRAS 16) | Gigabyte/nVidia GeForce GTX 460 1GB (Core 715, Shaders 1430, Memory 1800) | Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB | Cooler Master Stacker 830 Case | Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus | Cooler Master Real Power Pro 1000W PSU
AMD Phenom II 940BE (Revision RB-C2)| ASUS M4A79 Deluxe | 2x1GB OCZ Platinum DDR2 1066 (CL 5, tRCD 5, tRP 5, tRAS 15) | ASUS/nVidia GeForce 9600GT (Core 650, Shaders 1600, Memory 900) | Samsung 160GB 7200RPM HDD | Generic Case | Stock CPU Cooler | RaidMax Quantum 700W PSU
-MrCaffeineX
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