Bios tweaks for Foxconn AMD 780G board

[coomarlin]

I just upgraded a machine from a Athlon 2500+ barton with 1GB ram to a Athlon 64 X2 5600+ with 4GB ram. I know the 5600 is not the hottest thing out but I expected a little more from it. I'm wondering if there might be some bios setting you all recommend for a 780G chipset that I'm not aware of.

Also, there is an option called cool and quiet in the bios. SHould that be enabled or disabled.

What kind of overclock should I expect with the stock AMD cooler. I know you can't expect much with a stock cooler but I'm wondering what kind of FSB I can expect.

Foxconn bundled some software that will allow me to play around with speeds and voltages from within windows.

 

[coomarlin]

I went snooping around in the Bios and took a closer look at the memory settings. They were set to auto.

But in Scisoft Sandra I see this:
Chipset
Model : AMD Athlon 64 / Opteron HyperTransport Technology Configuration
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 1GHz (2GHz)
Total Memory : 4GB DIMM DDR2
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 363MHz (726MHz)

Doesn't that indicate that my memory is not running at full speed? I'm using CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) and the foxconn coard is supposed to support up to DDR2 1066

 

[coomarlin]

Alright, get a look at these two pics.
CPU-Z at 2900mhz
CPU-Z at 3200mhz

The pics show CPU-Z next to the Fox One software. CPU-Z shows my vcore at 1.9V! while the Fox ONe software shows it at stock 1.34V.

When I go into Sandra it warns me that my vcore is above spec.

In my Bios I read:
Current CPU Speed 2900mhz
Current FSB/HTT 1000mhz
Current CPU Multiplier 14.5x
Current Dram Speed 800mhz
Cpu Core 1.344V
Dram Voltage 1.904V

So is it possible that CPU-Z is reading my dram voltage as vcore?

As for the overclock, seems very stable so far. Hasn't crashed any while encoding AVC video. And CPU temp hasn't risen above 48.

 

[colonel]

the temp of CPU is great...compare to my mine 50@ overclocked with a cpu core 1.5OV , I think you have a lot way to go, I will start with a low HTT to push the FSB

 

[coomarlin]

Originally posted by: colonel
I will start with a low HTT to push the FSB

Now sure I get what you are referring to?

Whats your take on the vcore reading 1.9V?

 

[VirtualLarry]

Does CPU-Z still read 1.9V when all of the other programs are closed? IIRC, CPU-Z conflicts with other apps that also read voltages, etc.

 

[coomarlin]

Yes it does. Even after reboot.