Hi, could anyone give me some suggestions on my setup? I'm running,..
Q9450 - BX80569Q9450, 8x, 0.85-1.3625v, C1, 95w, max 71.04C - (air cooler Hyper2112)
P5E3 Deluxe - latest bios 1401
Corsair 4Gb (2x2Gb) 1600Mhz PC3-12800 TW3X4G1600C9DHX XMS3-1600 C9 DHX 9-9-9-24-2T 1.8v
...but i can't get them all to run at their default speeds! - I'm not to bothered about overclocking (as i favour stability and very low noise). That said it runs stable @3.2Ghz, but with slow memory.
- [Has anyone succesfully got their ram to run at 1600Mhz with a Q9450 on a P5E3 Deluxe ?]
Incidently, the bios & cpuZ (v1.47) report Dram volts @1.5v but AI Suite shows 1.8v (minimum selectable). Setting 1.8v in AI Suite set the bios to 1.5v, (if i set in bios to say 1.65 it won't boot).
Also Real Temp reports the cpu temp 5C lower than Core Temp & 2-3C higher than AI Suite, so depending on which is accurate my temp @2.4/3.2Ghz idle is some where between 29-40C and 50-60C stressed.
- [How do I tell which one is accurate?]
temperatures given below are from core 1 (which is always the hottest) but as i don't know which temp app is accurate i've put lowest-highest.
Ok, I started with all the bios cpu settings on Auto. It runs at idle @2.0Ghz (6x, 1.12v), stressed @2.67Ghz (8x, 1.192v) as expected. But I noticed the memory is only recognised (gpuZ) as PC3-8500 & runs @534Mhz 7-7-7-20-2T (fsbRAM 5:8) - of course at this speed everything is stable - I ran Prime95 for 2 hours all four cores maxed out, also ran 2 instances of Orthos (1 on cores 1/2, other on 3/4) for an hour - max cpu temp 44-52C
If I try Tuner-Auto, Dram-1600Mhz, & all other settings to Auto, the cpu runs at the same speed but its voltage jumps UP to 1.296v @ idle and DOWN to 1.272 under stress!!!, & the ram is still recognised as PC3-8500 but runs at 668Mhz 9-9-9-24-2T (fsbRAM 1:2).
- [Why is the cpu voltage higher at idle then stressed?]
If I try Tuner-Manual, FSB-400Mhz, Strap-333Mhz, and all other settings to Auto, the cpu runs idle @2.4Hhz (6x, still high @1.296v), stressed @3.2Ghz (8x, 1.272v), the FSB is 1601Mhz, but the ram runs at 400Mhz (fsbRAM 1:1) 6-7-7-20-2T (much better than the 9-9-9-24-2T rated for 1600Mhz)
- [shouldn't the ram be at 800Mhz? - Is this Quad Pumped ?]
- [I ran Prime for 3 hours - max cpu temp was somewhere between 45-56C].
- [at least this would suggest the cpu has no problem running @3.2Ghz (8x 400)].
The same settings but with Dram-DD3-1601Mhz gets the same results and ran Prime for 4 hours, everything ok so i shut down and went to bed. BUT the next day it wouldn't boot saying the overclock settings had failed. The only setting i changed was the Strap to Auto and rebooted. The idle cpu voltage dropped to 1.284v, and the memory appeared to be running correctly at 800Mhz (fsbRAM 2:1) 9-9-9-24-2T but it froze after about a few minutes while idle.
I've tried many different combinations of the following bios settings,..
Tuner - Manual (or Auto)
FSB Strap - 333Mhz (or Auto)
FSB - 400Mhz (or Auto)
Dram Freq - 1600Mhz (or Auto)
AI Twister - tried all settings
Dram voltage - 1.5v (or Auto)
All other settings left to Auto
...& this has got varied results and i've had it running at 2.4/2.8Ghz and 3.6/3.2Ghz both with 1600Mhz fsb, it boots and runs SuperPi, but in every combination with the ram @1600Mhz (800Mhz-fsbRAM 2:1) it freezes, sometimes after a few minutes at idle sometimes after about 40 minutes of Prime.
Could anyone give me some pointers ?
SarahD
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