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My little abit IP35 Pro Review

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mcloud777

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I just wanted to let those of you know who might be considering buying a new P35 motherboard that my experience bringing to life a new Intel build lastnight started up without a hitch with this board! I installed Vista 64 in like 20 minutes lol. After installing all my lastest drivers and updates I was good to go.

The only problem I didn't forsee was the angle on the SATA connectors. Maybe it's bc I have a mid-tower, but they were so close to my HDD bay that I had to cut a hole out to fit the SATA connector through. A simple right angle SATA would have made this problem much easier to fix but, abit did not supply any with the mb in the retail box. I would suggest going out and buying one or two right angle connectors just incase. Other then that installation and startup was trouble free and a breeze for me.

I would also like to note that I had no problem fitting my after market cpu air cooler as well. There is plenty of room to fit most air coolers on the cpu. I was able to fit my Asus Arctic Square without a hitch.

The noise level with the computer on is extremely low as well infact the loudest parts in my case are the case fans and suprisingly not my gpu.

All I have left to do is to oc this bad boy!

I give this board a 9 out of 10
 
Glad to see you had no problems, as mine's on a FedEx truck as we speak. I can't wait. Just piecing together a possibly new case and cooler for the E6850 that's been in the box for a good month waiting on a mb to use it.
 
Nice, I got my E6750 running at stock speed at around 30c. This should give me plenty of room to oc to at least 3.0 ghz.

If your using vista I found out that if the vista clock on your computer is not in sync with the microsoft website the update windows program won't work so make sure the date and time are current when you get into vista.
 
Good to hear! One problem I had with mine was flashing the BIOS. Whatever you do, don't use their Windows utility to flash - use a floppy like they recommend. I bricked my BIOS using the Windows utility. 🙁
 
Originally posted by: Deinonych
Good to hear! One problem I had with mine was flashing the BIOS. Whatever you do, don't use their Windows utility to flash - use a floppy like they recommend. I bricked my BIOS using the Windows utility. 🙁
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I wouldn't dare flash from Windows. Never have, never would, so no worries on that part. Thanks for the warning, though!
 
I was able to oc my E6750 to 3.0ghz FSB 8x376. I can probably go a lot higher, but I am going to run it at this speed for now to make sure its stable. I also want to note that my cpu-z program is showing inaccurate data. For some reason it wants to show a x6 multiplier and a clock speed of 2.0 ghz lol which is funny since this is a 2.6 ghz stock cpu. Has anyone had this kind of problem with cpu-z?

 
EIST and C1E lower the volts and multi. Although I've had CPU-Z and uguru fight to the death. 🙁
 
yes, eist and c1e can be disabled in the bios.

uguru and cpu-z can cause issues sometimes when you open both in vista 64 bit but not sure about 32 bit o/s's.

the abit ip35 pro is a sweet sweet board.

i've clocked my e6850 to 5.1 on dry ice and currently running a q6700 at 3.7 (9x412 <- took a lot of tweaking to get this to run).

it can handle a lot of abuse i'll tell ya that much!
 
THX for that Shimm. I typically frequent the XS forums as there seems to be more participation over there. It's good to know the Anand forums haven't succumbed to the problems of some others.
 
Got my IP35 Pro installed. So far, so good. Getting all my software reinstalled tonite. Will dig down in all the settings tomorrow. CoreTemp .954 has stock cpu temps at 40/45*C pretty much just browsing online. Will see how things are under full load tomorrow.

10/4/07
I'm thinking the AS5 has cured now.. looking back at this post and my current readings of 24/29*C doing the same thing now as i was then.
 
I've used the IP35 Pro motherboard a few weeks ago and I ended up swapping it for an Asus P5K Deluxe. Asus just seems a lot more stable overall and I haven't been confident about Abit products since BH6.
 
I disabled the eist and c1e in the BIOS and cpu-z works fine now, thanks!

I am going to see if I can get this system up to 3.5 ghz. After reading more posts about overclocking the E6750 it looks like 3.6 at 1.4v might be the wall for this config on air cooling, but we shall see.
 
Originally posted by: Shimmishim
yes, eist and c1e can be disabled in the bios.

uguru and cpu-z can cause issues sometimes when you open both in vista 64 bit but not sure about 32 bit o/s's.

the abit ip35 pro is a sweet sweet board.

i've clocked my e6850 to 5.1 on dry ice and currently running a q6700 at 3.7 (9x412 <- took a lot of tweaking to get this to run).

it can handle a lot of abuse i'll tell ya that much!
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If I disable the eist and c1e will that decrease performance in any way if I leave them disabled?
 
Originally posted by: Owls
I've used the IP35 Pro motherboard a few weeks ago and I ended up swapping it for an Asus P5K Deluxe. Asus just seems a lot more stable overall and I haven't been confident about Abit products since BH6.
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Maybe a bad board? I've not heard any real issues with instability and, although i've not pushed this thing.. it runs cool. My cpu temps are 25/30*C right now. my e6700 never idled this low on temps. My Asus I had I hated.. flaky bios chip or something. It rarely wanted to just boot right up. I always had to flip the switch on the PSU and boot up that way. Anyway so far i'm impressed with all the features this new board has over my asus. cpu runs cooler, though it's probably the AS5 i used instead of the stock white stuff that came with the zalman 9500 that i used on the 6700.
 
Ran World In Conflict at 1920x1200 with all default settings, except turning on cloud reflections in water(i think that's what it's called) for a good hour and CoreTemp never showed a temp go beyond 43*C. System isn't overclocked, either. The ram, though is underclocked at 340Mhz with timings at 1:1 still. Ram voltage at 2.0 cpu at 1.35(whatever stock is). At the moment temps are 23/28*C. Any reason one core's like 5* higher than the other?
 
For my dual core e6850 I usually under load playing games always have one core a few degress higher than the other. Genenrally this applies to games that simply cannot use more than one core or could not care that there is. In other words one is doing most of the work. If I run Orthos you can instantly see that both cores will rise together and remaind a the same temp evenly for the duration of that test.

The other issue could also be that one side of the cpu has better contact with the HS or the thermal compound cured better. LOts of possibilities but try seeing if both cores remain the same temp while running Orthos.

 
C1E & EIST are simply there to take stress off your CPU when it's idling. It reduces the multiplier and voltage on the fly. Note that this only works at the default multi. When the CPU is put under load (try running CPU-z while Orthos / Prime is running), it will increase your multi & voltage to what you've set them in the BIOS in less than a millisecond. There should be no real world decrease in performance with them enabled. I've seen folks say they get ~.05% better benchmarks leaving it disabled. Personally, that's not enough to keep the higher voltage on my CPU while idling. If you REALLY want to get everything you can out of your benchmarks, just disable them while doing those and re-enable them later. Just my $.02.

ZK2007 - 5C sounds a bit high. Using the stock cooler (sad, I know), I've never seen larger than a 2-3C difference between the cores of my E4400. That said, I have no idea what the tolerance for the difference b/t CPU core temps really is. Just my experience.
 
Originally posted by: ZK2007
Originally posted by: Owls
I've used the IP35 Pro motherboard a few weeks ago and I ended up swapping it for an Asus P5K Deluxe. Asus just seems a lot more stable overall and I haven't been confident about Abit products since BH6.
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Maybe a bad board? I've not heard any real issues with instability and, although i've not pushed this thing.. it runs cool. My cpu temps are 25/30*C right now. my e6700 never idled this low on temps. My Asus I had I hated.. flaky bios chip or something. It rarely wanted to just boot right up. I always had to flip the switch on the PSU and boot up that way. Anyway so far i'm impressed with all the features this new board has over my asus. cpu runs cooler, though it's probably the AS5 i used instead of the stock white stuff that came with the zalman 9500 that i used on the 6700.
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I have to say mine runs really cool as well about the same temps as yours. Right now my cpu temps are 20/31*C. This is probably due to my Asus arctic Square combined with Arctic Silver 5 on the cpu.

 
Originally posted by: mcloud777
Originally posted by: ZK2007
Originally posted by: Owls
I've used the IP35 Pro motherboard a few weeks ago and I ended up swapping it for an Asus P5K Deluxe. Asus just seems a lot more stable overall and I haven't been confident about Abit products since BH6.
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Maybe a bad board? I've not heard any real issues with instability and, although i've not pushed this thing.. it runs cool. My cpu temps are 25/30*C right now. my e6700 never idled this low on temps. My Asus I had I hated.. flaky bios chip or something. It rarely wanted to just boot right up. I always had to flip the switch on the PSU and boot up that way. Anyway so far i'm impressed with all the features this new board has over my asus. cpu runs cooler, though it's probably the AS5 i used instead of the stock white stuff that came with the zalman 9500 that i used on the 6700.
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I have to say mine runs really cool as well about the same temps as yours. Right now my cpu temps are 20/31*C. This is probably due to my Asus arctic Square combined with Arctic Silver 5 on the cpu.
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I think those temps are less to do with the arctic square and more to do with inaccurate readings. 😉

I love the board tho. :thumbsup:
 
Originally posted by: hokiealumnus
C1E & EIST... reduce the multiplier and voltage on the fly. Personally, that's not enough to keep the higher voltage on my CPU while idling. Just my $.02.
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Agreed. I've always disabled these features by default, but leave them enabled now. They help with cpu/case temps, especially with a Quad. If you're 50% gaming and 50% surfing, you may want to think about enabling these.

I notice no performance difference, voltage and multi jump right up when gaming, and come down immediatly when idle. Box cools down much faster now.
 
Originally posted by: BoboKatt
For my dual core e6850 I usually under load playing games always have one core a few degress higher than the other. Genenrally this applies to games that simply cannot use more than one core or could not care that there is. In other words one is doing most of the work. If I run Orthos you can instantly see that both cores will rise together and remaind a the same temp evenly for the duration of that test.

The other issue could also be that one side of the cpu has better contact with the HS or the thermal compound cured better. LOts of possibilities but try seeing if both cores remain the same temp while running Orthos.
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How about if cpu temps never change out of normal fluctuations from gaming to surfing.. is a 5*+/- diff. in core temps healthy? No critical heat temps, system's stable, etc. I know it may be an obvious answer of "if the system's stable and never tries to overheat, then it's fine", but I'd rather be safe than sorry and atleast know that if I DO start having issues that the first thing to probably look at is maybe better AS5 coverage or HSF connection to the cpu itself altogether. Right now I'm feeling confident that there's nothing wrong, it's really just the signs that I use programs that don't work both cores equally. I'm really pleased with the fact I idle in the mid 20's and i've yet to see the temps rise more than 20* even after some intense gaming and SuperPi 32M calculations.

 
Originally posted by: jjsole
Originally posted by: mcloud777
Originally posted by: ZK2007
Originally posted by: Owls
I've used the IP35 Pro motherboard a few weeks ago and I ended up swapping it for an Asus P5K Deluxe. Asus just seems a lot more stable overall and I haven't been confident about Abit products since BH6.
Click to expand...

Maybe a bad board? I've not heard any real issues with instability and, although i've not pushed this thing.. it runs cool. My cpu temps are 25/30*C right now. my e6700 never idled this low on temps. My Asus I had I hated.. flaky bios chip or something. It rarely wanted to just boot right up. I always had to flip the switch on the PSU and boot up that way. Anyway so far i'm impressed with all the features this new board has over my asus. cpu runs cooler, though it's probably the AS5 i used instead of the stock white stuff that came with the zalman 9500 that i used on the 6700.
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I have to say mine runs really cool as well about the same temps as yours. Right now my cpu temps are 20/31*C. This is probably due to my Asus arctic Square combined with Arctic Silver 5 on the cpu.
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I think those temps are less to do with the arctic square and more to do with inaccurate readings. 😉

I love the board tho. :thumbsup:
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Haha your probably right!
 
Originally posted by: SteelSix
Originally posted by: hokiealumnus
C1E & EIST... reduce the multiplier and voltage on the fly. Personally, that's not enough to keep the higher voltage on my CPU while idling. Just my $.02.
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Agreed. I've always disabled these features by default, but leave them enabled now. They help with cpu/case temps, especially with a Quad. If you're 50% gaming and 50% surfing, you may want to think about enabling these.

I notice no performance difference, voltage and multi jump right up when gaming, and come down immediatly when idle. Box cools down much faster now.
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Yah I only wanted to disable them so I could get an accurate cpu-z reading other then that I see no need to keep them disabled, thanks.
 
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