IP35-E / Q6600 / 8GB Memory

[Tweakin]

I have a thread going on in the OC forum if anyone is interested in my results/failures with this board.

System was fine with e6750 and 4GB of GS Kill. Moving to a Quad and vdrop and vdroop both increased. I've now added another 4GB of memory bringing the total to 8GB and the strain on the system has taken it's toll.

This was a system that could hit 3.6GHZ (Quad) and now I'm straining to get into windows @ 3.2GHz. I have changed many settings that relate to timings, GTLref, VTT, MCH...etc. Will post results soon (hopefully).

Anyway, if anyone has any thoughts on the task at hand please post...

 

[cmdrdredd]

Goes without saying... 4 slots filled = more strain on the memory controller inside the northbridge. Voltages drop on quads, again this is known.

Raise voltages and retry.

 

[Tweakin]

Originally posted by: cmdrdredd
Goes without saying... 4 slots filled = more strain on the memory controller inside the northbridge. Voltages drop on quads, again this is known.

Raise voltages and retry.

Been there and done that...I guess I'm just not that happy with a Quad.

 

[n7]

No surprise.

Not only does 8 GB put a ton of strain on a mobo, but so does a quad.

OCing with a dual core & two dimms is pretty much a piece of cake...achieving similar results with a quad + four dimms will be a lot more work.

You mention vdroop numbers in your other thread...when i had my quad on my P5B-D, it was worse vdrop/droop than that.

IMHO, the IP35-E isn't really all that great of a board.
Not saying it's bad (i know it's a good value), but good value doesn't really translate into high end OCing per say.
Quad core + 8 GB is high end OCing.

And it seems you're still running on the stock heatsink?
You gotta get something better...

 

[EvilSponge]

My question is why the need for 8gigs of memory? Of course if your doing heavy video stuff or autocad I can see it or some other heavy rendering program. Just curious I think my most intesive apps use approx 2 gigs of my 4 gigs.

 

[Mango1970]

Is it just having 4 X xxxx RAM affect strain or does 4 X 1024 have less affect than 4 X 2048? I mean is it the fact it's 8 GB or just simply the 4 slots filled that affect it?

I have been running 4 X 1024 on both my comps and the Q6600 G0 on my Asus p5KE wifi runs my Patriot ram PC26400 4-4-4-12 at over 900 at 2.0 V at 5-4-4-13 with no sweat. My CPU is now running at 3.38 (with FSB at 375) I am just over 1.3 V on board with most other V's set to their lowest manual settings, except the NB one, using a TRUE for HS/F. Got 3 500GB WD sata drives, 8800 GTX and using a 600 W OCZ PS.

It's always been stable. I can do well over 3.5 but the temps get out of hand when it's really warm in my condo. Again is it harder to OC with 8GB?

I kinda figured all P35 chipset boards were the same -- figured what I can get OC wise on my Q6600 with 4 sticks of RAM, everyone else with a P35 chipset should get up to a limiting factor of the CPU itself rather than the mobo if all things equal.

 

[Tweakin]

Originally posted by: Mango1970
Is it just having 4 X xxxx RAM affect strain or does 4 X 1024 have less affect than 4 X 2048? I mean is it the fact it's 8 GB or just simply the 4 slots filled that affect it?

I have been running 4 X 1024 on both my comps and the Q6600 G0 on my Asus p5KE wifi runs my Patriot ram PC26400 4-4-4-12 at over 900 at 2.0 V at 5-4-4-13 with no sweat. My CPU is now running at 3.38 (with FSB at 375) I am just over 1.3 V on board with most other V's set to their lowest manual settings, except the NB one, using a TRUE for HS/F. Got 3 500GB WD sata drives, 8800 GTX and using a 600 W OCZ PS.

It's always been stable. I can do well over 3.5 but the temps get out of hand when it's really warm in my condo. Again is it harder to OC with 8GB?

I kinda figured all P35 chipset boards were the same -- figured what I can get OC wise on my Q6600 with 4 sticks of RAM, everyone else with a P35 chipset should get up to a limiting factor of the CPU itself rather than the mobo if all things equal.

I didn't really have an issue other then the normal limits for a Q6600 until I installed the second 4GB of memory (2GB x 4). My vdrop and vdroop have both increased, and as I raise the voltage for vcore, it increases even more. I think it is partially due to the mb in conjunction with a quad and this amount of memory. I can still do 3.1GHz with a vcore of 1.3325 and memory at 1.85. Overall the system just seems sluggish.

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: Mango1970
Is it just having 4 X xxxx RAM affect strain or does 4 X 1024 have less affect than 4 X 2048? I mean is it the fact it's 8 GB or just simply the 4 slots filled that affect it?

I have been running 4 X 1024 on both my comps and the Q6600 G0 on my Asus p5KE wifi runs my Patriot ram PC26400 4-4-4-12 at over 900 at 2.0 V at 5-4-4-13 with no sweat. My CPU is now running at 3.38 (with FSB at 375) I am just over 1.3 V on board with most other V's set to their lowest manual settings, except the NB one, using a TRUE for HS/F. Got 3 500GB WD sata drives, 8800 GTX and using a 600 W OCZ PS.

It's always been stable. I can do well over 3.5 but the temps get out of hand when it's really warm in my condo. Again is it harder to OC with 8GB?

I kinda figured all P35 chipset boards were the same -- figured what I can get OC wise on my Q6600 with 4 sticks of RAM, everyone else with a P35 chipset should get up to a limiting factor of the CPU itself rather than the mobo if all things equal.

I believe 4x2 GB is a bit more difficult than 4x1 GB, but it's hard to say for certain.

You also have a better mobo than Tweakin...IIRC your mobo has the damper feature that prevents vdroop, which makes maintaining a stable quadcore OC easier.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: EvilSponge
My question is why the need for 8gigs of memory? Of course if your doing heavy video stuff or autocad I can see it or some other heavy rendering program. Just curious I think my most intesive apps use approx 2 gigs of my 4 gigs.

Because in certain cases 8GB is far too little.