I need some help

[InCrYsIs]

I have an ASUS P5WDH Deluxe and want to get a new board. I have a Q6600 and 4 1GB sticks of Kingston Hyper X ddr-800. Also have a zalman 9700 led. Does anyone have a suggestion on a board that can overclock this setup. This ASUS sux fot this. It OC's by e6600 fine but it doesn't work so well with the quad. I have been hearing good thing about evga and gigabyte. Any suggestions?

Thanks

 

[error8]

Just a question: what is the overclock you've got on your Q6600?

Also, you have 4 sticks of ram, that means all your memory slots are occupied and it limits your overclock in some way. That ASUS should be giving you some sexy FSB speeds and I don't think you need to change it.

 

[InCrYsIs]

Can't get it stable with any settings. I heard this board was a problem with OCing the quad. 975x chipset.

 

[error8]

What is your budget then?

One of my personal favorite overclocking motherboards is this http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813128059 . It has a great price/performance ratio.

Then this one is good for its price:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...?Item=N82E16813128080R

and if you have money to spend this will also be a great option:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813128326

 

[InCrYsIs]

I don't care. I'm all about the best. I am rather new to overclocking. I did have my e6600 at 3.0 ghz. So a friendly bios would be nice.

 

[InCrYsIs]

on the GIGABYTE GA-EX38-DQ6 there is a panel on the back for cooling that needs to be take off for an aftermarket fan. The reviewer said it was easily removed. Any comment on that?

Gigabyte would be a change.I,ve always had asus but I hear a lot of complaints about the newer boards.

Also any suggestion for a board that will also support SLI?

 

[BlueAcolyte]

All SLI board chipsets are made by Nvidia, so you will usually have a compromise in OCing perf compared to the Intel Chipsets. ASRock came out with a new 650i board that can do well over 400FSB... For about $120 at newegg.

What do you mean about the panel? Why would you cool the back of a motherboard anyway?

 

[InCrYsIs]

I was reading the review to put the bracket on for the aftermarket fan on this gigabyte boardt it has a cooler on the back to the board that needs to be removed
to get the fan brace on. Any comment on the EVGA 780i? I hear it gets a little hot (NB) but other than that pretty good reviews. It would be a first for me with the nvidia chipset.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813128326

 

[lopri]

Are you able to do 9x333 on P5W-DH with 2 sticks, instead of 4 sticks? 975X doesn't like 4 sticks when overclocked, I've learned. Especially with quads. I would recommend 780i only if you want SLI (now/later) or any other specific reason. For instance, it'd be perfectly legit to choose an NV board if you happen to have memory that doesn't clock high enough to match your CPU. (NV boards are capable of slower than 1:1 memory frequency)

Otherwise, Intel chipset has proven to be better especially for quad-cores. And yes the 780i's NB and SB get hot and you will likely need some kind of air blowing around them.

 

[rgallant]

Originally posted by: lopri
Are you able to do 9x333 on P5W-DH with 2 sticks, instead of 4 sticks? 975X doesn't like 4 sticks when overclocked, I've learned. Especially with quads. I would recommend 780i only if you want SLI (now/later) or any other specific reason. For instance, it'd be perfectly legit to choose an NV board if you happen to have memory that doesn't clock high enough to match your CPU. (NV boards are capable of slower than 1:1 memory frequency)

Otherwise, Intel chipset has proven to be better especially for quad-cores. And yes the 780i's NB and SB get hot and you will likely need some kind of air blowing around them.

Hi lopri, I'am running 900 4X1 4-4-4-12-5 @ 2.2 v GREAT board ,But I was hoping to use my stepup to the 9800GX2 ends Mar.19 not much time to look @ benchmarks ,so far looks like a $700.00 gamble,so the fall back MIGHT be SLI, how do you find the 780i-8800 512 SLI as far as being stable ,drivers, new programs ,gaming (Heat I can deal with)

 

[TheJian]

InCrYsIs,

I'm thinking you just have something set wrong.
http://www.tomshardware.com/fo...-29-overclocking-q6600
I'm sure I can dig up many more, but one is enough for me.
4x1GB can be done on that board even at 3.3ghz with your chip. The other guy can't get past 667. Which tells me he probably has his memory divider wrong or voltage low. Pull 2 modules and try it again. Still doesn't work? Lower the memory in the bios to 667. IF that works I'm guessing you need to change the divider or add voltage +.1 to cover 4 dimms.

Then again you've already ran here with 4 dimms correct? OR did you just add 2 with the quad perhaps?

Most importantly is your bios old? Update it maybe your q6600 is a stepping your bios is puking on. If the chip stepping came after your bios date upgrade. Whenever I stick in a new chip I upgrade first anyway. Worst case scenario I have to downgrade the bios, but at least I'm not running into "my old bios can't recognize my NEW cpu" syndrome. BTW it doesn't always look like this is the problem. It's not like the bios shouts it at you. You can seem to be fine but just crash. As a new overclocker you might not have any idea what a stepping is. So just update

Rather than talking about spending money, TROUBLESHOOT the problem. We know you have a good board, good modules (if you had all 4 running on that e6600), both chips run at the same FSB at 3ghz. This all adds up to something being set wrong. IF others are running Q6600 fine on this 975x board you either have a crap chip (not likely) or something isn't set correctly or the bios is old. All things being equal I'm betting BIOS. PERIOD. OK we might not know you have a good board/cpu/mem if you have know idea what ESD stands for. I'm not knocking you, if you ask me to fix a car I'll tell you I can't do anything more than change oil...LOL. But we need more info.

 

[InCrYsIs]

I have the newest bios.(Which I had while OCing the E6600) I have 9X333 1.4 VCORE I have the Ram set to 667 1:1. Auto timings. I have the PCI-E set to 100mhz and the NB is auto.

 

[TheJian]

Originally posted by: InCrYsIs
I have the newest bios.(Which I had while OCing the E6600) I have 9X333 1.4 VCORE I have the Ram set to 667 1:1. Auto timings. I have the PCI-E set to 100mhz and the NB is auto.

I'm not familiar with the board, and maybe I don't understand your post. But wouldn't a 1:1 on your board make your DDR2 (I think) memory be running at 1333mhz? Which is pretty far out there for DDR2 even at super relaxed timings with FREAKIN awesome memory. DDR2 is dual pumped so to speak while that cpu is a quad pumped FSB. So if the cpu is set 333 (1333 4x333), and your memory is 667 (1333 as in 2x667 as in 1:1 with a 1333 FSB) then you need to try 1:2 which would mean 333x2 (667, well within your memory's range). If that works you need to think about different dividers or seriously lower the timings because your memory could probably hit 3-3-3-9 or something at 667