Well i got everything today. A 3800+ X2 Retail from zzf & a ASRock 939dual-sata2 from Newegg. I installed everything and put my geil value in (512x2). At first i was like WTF because i didn't see any HTT options to overclock with so i just decided to install windows and see what the new bios would bring. So I installed XP and first thing i did was go to asrocks site and download the 1.2 bios (i didn't want to use a beta bios). I install that and then i see OC options 🙂. I set the HTT to 2.5 and boot up to see if everything seems stable and it does. So i bump it to 255 and again everything seems rock stable. I then reboot and change the HTT to 260. Everything seems pretty stable so then i download prime95. Unbenounced to me everything was not as stable as i though. Prime95 fails after two executions. I had some corsair value sitting around here so i tried that and still no cookie at 260. I did download speedfan and temps seem pretty hot. 52-54c at full load. Maybe a big typhoon would help? Right now im running at 257HTT 10x multiplier and prime95 has been running for an hour and everything is smooth.
I found out the processor really gets. When i was swaping out ram i knocked a cable into the cpu fan and didn't know it. System kept crashing suddenly and i had no idea why. I looked down and seen the cpu fan wasn't spining. So i turn off the system and touch the heatsink...OUCHHHHH...it was almost hot enough to burn me.
Anyways still a very respectable OC....i wanted to get 260 after i seen your results but originall i told myself i would be happy with 250HTT and since this is even faster than a 4800+ im elated. Maybe i will try a HUGE heatsink/fan like the typhoon to see if it helps things out. I don't think my ram is the bottleneck and i have a descent psu (thermaltake 485W). To bad this baby doesn't have higher vdimm/vcore settings. Overally im very pleased but i will be working on 260htt to see if i can hit it and be stable.
I can say i really like this board for the price. There are a few minor things i don't like
1) VCore/VDIMM settings
2) The connector for the floppy is like in the worst place you could every thing to put it.
3) i much prefer award to ami bios.
Peace,
Ncage
I found out the processor really gets. When i was swaping out ram i knocked a cable into the cpu fan and didn't know it. System kept crashing suddenly and i had no idea why. I looked down and seen the cpu fan wasn't spining. So i turn off the system and touch the heatsink...OUCHHHHH...it was almost hot enough to burn me.
Anyways still a very respectable OC....i wanted to get 260 after i seen your results but originall i told myself i would be happy with 250HTT and since this is even faster than a 4800+ im elated. Maybe i will try a HUGE heatsink/fan like the typhoon to see if it helps things out. I don't think my ram is the bottleneck and i have a descent psu (thermaltake 485W). To bad this baby doesn't have higher vdimm/vcore settings. Overally im very pleased but i will be working on 260htt to see if i can hit it and be stable.
I can say i really like this board for the price. There are a few minor things i don't like
1) VCore/VDIMM settings
2) The connector for the floppy is like in the worst place you could every thing to put it.
3) i much prefer award to ami bios.
Peace,
Ncage
