Hello,
I'm hoping that some of you P4S533 experts might be so kind as to take the time to answer some of the following questions. I would appreciate it. I've built many AMD systems, but this is my first Intel "home build" (I've supported many older Intel platforms at work, though).
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Currently, I have my CPU/memory ratio at 4:5 with a P4 2.4b (133MHz) processor and my FSB set to 156MHz. This effectively means I am running my RAM at 166+23=189MHz, right? Am I doing these calculations correctly?
Also, according to the FSB BIOS I'm running my PCI bus way out of spec but everything seems very stable. I've seen others using even higher FSBs so I am wondering how this board handles the PCI bus at this rate. There doesn't seem to be a PCI divider in effect or the BIOS screen wouldn't (or shouldn't) show the PCI bus at 41MHz. Why is my rig still stable?
Also, it seems that 3.0GHz is the limit of this board for my processor (166 * 18x). Is that correct?
My SS mem score is 2824 with Corsair XMS 3200C2 running at 2-3-3-6-1 at 189MHz (if above calcs are correct) but I'm seeing others with similar setups scoring over 3000. Am I doing something wrong here?
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PS.
My chip seems to be a good one. I'm running at 2809MHz while still at default voltage and with CPU temp of 33C.
I'm hoping that some of you P4S533 experts might be so kind as to take the time to answer some of the following questions. I would appreciate it. I've built many AMD systems, but this is my first Intel "home build" (I've supported many older Intel platforms at work, though).
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Currently, I have my CPU/memory ratio at 4:5 with a P4 2.4b (133MHz) processor and my FSB set to 156MHz. This effectively means I am running my RAM at 166+23=189MHz, right? Am I doing these calculations correctly?
Also, according to the FSB BIOS I'm running my PCI bus way out of spec but everything seems very stable. I've seen others using even higher FSBs so I am wondering how this board handles the PCI bus at this rate. There doesn't seem to be a PCI divider in effect or the BIOS screen wouldn't (or shouldn't) show the PCI bus at 41MHz. Why is my rig still stable?
Also, it seems that 3.0GHz is the limit of this board for my processor (166 * 18x). Is that correct?
My SS mem score is 2824 with Corsair XMS 3200C2 running at 2-3-3-6-1 at 189MHz (if above calcs are correct) but I'm seeing others with similar setups scoring over 3000. Am I doing something wrong here?
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PS.
My chip seems to be a good one. I'm running at 2809MHz while still at default voltage and with CPU temp of 33C.