PJ's Aopen AX4C (Canterwood) and SL6S2 2.53

[Jojo1971]

what do you guys do for a living???

well, im a registered nurse here in michigan. i dont drink and i dont smoke, i guess PC is a healthy hobby..

 

[jpetermann]

Well, I just consider myself the Anandtech Forums Chaplain...

 

[Jojo1971]

asus canterwood down to $259 from $289 yesterday @newegg..

 

[jpetermann]

Originally posted by: Jojo1971
asus canterwood down to $259 from $289 yesterday @newegg..

They are idiots. Sorry, I love Newegg, but that price gouging is just plain stupid. You can get that board for $212 at a couple other places. No, they are not Newegg, but $40 is $40.

 

[Mangler]

MSRP is $199.99....so claims ASUS!

 

[Jojo1971]

Im very disappointed with my Aopen Canterwood. My 2.53 which runs stable at default vcore at 3.3 GHz in my P4G8X wont even run stable at 3.1 even with vcore of 1.6 ..This mobo deserves to be RMAed and replaced with the P4C800 or BH7..:disgust:

Good luck in yours PJ!

 

[Thor86]

Originally posted by: Jojo1971
Im very disappointed with my Aopen Canterwood. My 2.53 which runs stable at default vcore at 3.3 GHz in my P4G8X wont even run stable at 3.1 even with vcore of 1.6 ..This mobo deserves to be RMAed and replaced with the P4C800 or BH7..:disgust:

Good luck in yours PJ!

Sorry to hear that, but Aopen is Aopen, I never consider them as hardcore, overclocking motherboards. Did you make sure you increased your vdimm?

 

[shoman94]

The memory timings are very tight...to tight I think. BISO UPDATE soon I hope, I did here of a version 1.03 about to be released. Also these are tweaked for 800fsb cpu's...I'm happy with mine...I just came back to Intel from VIA...I'm happy so far....

Jason

 

[Jojo1971]

Did you make sure you increased your vdimm?

yup i did. i even tried a different ram.

 

[Thor86]

Which ram and timing settings are you using Jojo?

 

[Jojo1971]

i tried both my xms 320LL 512 x 2 and hyperX3000 512 x 2. both at most conservative settings.. i just received my second 2.53 from outpost.. SL6S2 Philippines 7306A488-0387

i hope this is better than what i have now.. SL6S2 MALAY L248A715-0604

 

[ErikaeanLogic]

okay, enough waiting: where are the results:Q???

good luck, PJ!

 

[jpetermann]

Just got home and will starting the build in a few moments.

 

[Excelsior]

COME ON DUDE! BRING US RESULTS!

 

[LastRide]

Snap to it.

 

[Yeti101]

Should be interesting

 

[jorken]

go PJ go!!!

 

[jpetermann]

OK, I have one pic for ya all, and then I have to get some things done for tomorrow... Easter is a big day for us!

Sandra 2003 unbuffered - HERE

I broke an SATA adaptor and had a long process of figuring out what to do until I get the replacement later next week. I just repaired the BH7 drive's XP install and all is fine now. I will set the raid back up (I finished the install - then I broke the adaptor).

THis is a nice board! I will add to the review on Monday night!

PJ

 

[Excelsior]

Dayum thats a nice Sandra score.

 

[JDLT1]

At what fsb speed is that pic running at PJ

JDLT1

 

[jpetermann]

170fsb

 

[Thor86]

And GOD proclaimed, "Thou shall have 200 fsb".

 

[jpetermann]

Originally posted by: Thor86
And GOD proclaimed, "Thou shall have 200 fsb".

One way or another... I will have 200fsb!!!

 

[oldfart]

Pretty soon you can buy a new CPU that STARTS at 200 FSB. Then you will want 300!

New hot setup will be:
2.4C @ 300 MHz FSB
3.6 GHz
DDR400 with a 3:2 ratio.

 

[jpetermann]

Yup... :evil:

Originally posted by: oldfart
Pretty soon you can buy a new CPU that STARTS at 200 FSB. Then you will want 300!

New hot setup will be:
2.4C @ 300 MHz FSB
3.6 GHz
DDR400 with a 3:2 ratio.

:evil: