Clock generator @ 132.7MHz instead of 133.3MHz

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Hello. I'm curious. Is it possible to change out a clock generator on a motherboard? I'm almost at the point of buying a new X58 board because it's driving me nuts.

 

[VirtualLarry]

You've tested with an oscilloscope, with "spread spectrum" disabled?

You can't trust software readings as 100% accurate.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

You've tested with an oscilloscope, with "spread spectrum" disabled?

You can't trust software readings as 100% accurate.

There are some on my motherboard that I do trust and do not trust. I have a multi meter and voltage reading points on my board that do match up with the software. While that is true I am still skeptic.

I have not tested with a oscilloscope? Do you have one?

Spread spectrum has always been disabled.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

I'd ignore it.

Back about 15 years ago, when there were multiple chipsets for a given CPU family, and motherboards from different manufacturers had a appreciable performance differences, it wouldn't be uncommon for a "workstation grade" motherboard from some manufacturers to be underclocked a MHz or two (for stability), while a "gaming" or performance oriented motherboard with the same chipset would be clocked at a couple MHz over stock to win benchmarks.

 

[Wall Street]

You are getting 99.5% of the performance, so I wouldn't worry about the last 0.5%. If it bugs you that much, you can change the BIOS setting to 134 and get 0.5% extra performance instead.

 

[Ketchup]

I would just change it to 134 if it bugs you that much. It won't make any noticeable difference, which is more than the difference the downclock is causing now.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

I know. It just irritates the hell out of me. My Asrock hits the nail right on the head, crisp clean numbers

 

[LTC8K6]

I know. It just irritates the hell out of me. My Asrock hits the nail right on the head, crisp clean numbers

Or the Asrock board is set up to report "correct" numbers to keep users happy. :biggrin:

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Or the Asrock board is set up to report "correct" numbers to keep users happy. :biggrin:

Sadly, this is more likely.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Or the Asrock board is set up to report "correct" numbers to keep users happy. :biggrin:

How would they do that!? cmon, haha

Dave, I'm the bigger nerd so you better watch it! haha j/k

 

[Ketchup]

AT did a test (at least once) showing what the actual FSB on various boards was. Spoiler: most of them were not right on the mark.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

AT did a test (at least once) showing what the actual FSB on various boards was. Spoiler: most of them were not right on the mark.

OMG you spoiled it for me!!

ok, i think im cool for now.. just get really aggravated over it at times