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New mobo for my iNtel proc

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Wiz

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I got the Asus P3V4X from Geoff a couple days ago and assembled it yesterday.
Win 98SE is pretty forgiving, so after a few times around of finding new hardware and rebooting all was working very well.

I started it out at the stock speed of 10x 100fsb (P3 1000 SECC2) and double checked all my connections etc to make sure I wont cause another meltdown ( remembers those poor bx mobos for a brief moment of silence) zzz...zzz...

oops, gotta watch those silent moments eh?
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So after everything seemed stable I started the overclocking game.

It ran fine at 124 FSB x10 for a 1240 mhz cpu & 124 mhz memory according to WCPUID.

Then I tried 133 x10. No post. Nothing at all.
Went back to 100 x10 - worked fine.
Back to 124 x10 - all good.
Tried 130 x10 ... no post.
Went back and this time tried 126 x10
Posted & booted to windows but needed 1.85V & the temp was kinda high according to MBM5 cpu temp of 54C mobo temp of 33C.

Then I noticed this mobo has a memory setting at some fsp that gives you choices like
1/1
3/2
4/3
2/3
3/4
for system / memory speed.
😉 Aha!!! 😉

So I set it at 110 x 10 with the system / memory @ 4/3

WCPUID said I had a 1100 mhz cpu, a 110 mhz system speed and a 146mhz memory speed.
So I went back and set it to 115 x10
Now WCPUID said I had a 1150 mhz cpu, a 115 mhz system speed and a 153mhz memory speed.

All this at 1.75V and a cooler running system.

So what do you think, is this the sweet spot for this system? Would it be better to run it at 124 x10 with a 124 mhz memory speed? Anybody with experience using this mobo tell me the things to look for 😉

So now the only question in my mind is whether to use the P3 1000 @ 1150 with the 153 mhz memory @ 2-2-2 & 5 timings or to go back to the P3 700e @ 933.

I'm going to sell one of these procs to offset the cost of that new 2400+ that's going to be here on Monday from Newegg.

It's much sexier running this P3 1000 than the P3 700 but if I don't get any better seti times out of it than what's the use??
I'll have to leave it run for a couple days to see what kind of seti times it can do, but so far it seems to be in the same range as the P3 700e. A couple days running without me messing with it will tell the tale. 😀
 
If you run at 124MHz for extended periods, you will need to add "HDDSlaughter" to your signature too. 😉 Running the PCI bus 24% above spec is Not Nice. I vote for the 110MHz setup. 😀
 
Good point Mech, I have learned to be a tad more careful after killing 3 mobos this month !!

Actually this mobo lets you run the PCI at close to spec for thse speeds.
It has a lot of nice choices in the fsb / pci / memory settings.

At 124 it runs the PCI underclocked, actually down at 31mhz!!!
Much better than the BH6 running the PCI at about 41mhz when the fsb was at 124.

Still, that BH6 ran just fine for over a year at those speeds with the P3 700e and never had any HDD trouble.
I had a Quantum Fireball in there, it seemed to do just fine. 😉
 
Well I am looking to see if there is a jumper somewhere to raise the volts on the memory, maybe if I boost it to 3.6 and the cpu to 2.0 it will start posting at or above 133? That would be pretty sweet.
Geoff, you know if there is a jumper for memory voltage?
 
I don't know of any jumper to raise the juice on the memory... did you check the cpu S-Spec on overclockers.com to see what it's potential is? 🙂

Geoff
 
no, didn't check it on OC.com
I know it does 1240mhz just fine, I can get 1260 out of it with higher volts - so far nothing avove that.
On my CUSL2-C I had a jumper to raise the volts on the memory, it helped on that system.
Looking in the manual now.
 
I firmly believe if you are running 100 percent utilization on a processor 24/7 with DC, its best to remain as close to spec as possible. 110X is the max I would run it myself, but I run most of mine at default. I like to keep my stuff alive as long as possible and I know when I go to sell these off I can in good conscience believe I am selling a healthy processor. IMHO
 
Mastertech01, I agree with your sentiment - if I ever sell anything I always try to give full disclosure so there are no surprises.

Recently when I offered the 1600+ cpu I had messed up I described it in as full detail as I could without pictures (my daughter dropped her digital camera and broke it, maybe this hardware breakage tendancy is a genetic trait).
I described to Ken008 just how messed up it is, and that I could not guarantee it to run any faster than what I currently am running it. I am also including the overclocking kit with it that cost me $17 shipped just to add some value in case he can only run the cpu at 8.5 x 133 like I am doing right now. He made a very generous offer, and I agreed to sell it to him.

It's all about full disclosure and trying to give a good deal when you sell stuff. That's the best way to do things. If you have over voltage overclocked something and want to sell it make that very clear to the potential buyers.
If you tried but the thing wouldn't overclock also you should let the buyer know that.
If you just ran the equipment "like a virgin" then that is how you should describe it.
Some buyers want to buy the thing that is a proven overclocker - like the P3 700e that for sure runs at 933mhz.
Others just want to run everything in spec, knowing what you are geting when you are the buyer is very important.
I don't want any surprises in the condition of the item, the packaging or the shipping. I don't expect people who buy from me to want less.
 
Some of us are just lucky I guess. I've got 2 600 Durons that are running at 1000Mhz and you know when the Duron came out. They ran rc5, ECCp, and now D2OL without being powered off ever since I built them (other than power outage). Knocking on wood...
 
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