****************Biostar T-Power I45 Overclocking/Discussion/Review/Guide Thread*****************************


Bios
80015 - Initial Bios

** Example 600 fsb by Biostar Guide

http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en-us/event/tpi45oc/index.htm

Review List - Forums/Websites etc

http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en-us/event/...i45rp/index.htm

Hardware
E8500
Biostar Tpower I45
4x1gb Team Xtreem PC2-6400 CL3's
Silverstone Op1000
Western Digital Raptor X
Windows Vista Ultimate
Coolit Freezone Elite
Sapphire X1050/ Sapphire HD4870 Crossfire


Software
Everest Ultimate 4.5.1330
OCCT
Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit SP1
CPUZ 1.45
Memtest 3.5beta
T-Power 2 Utility



cstkl1
1 - 4.25ghz 500x8.5 1000mhz Cl4-4-4-9 tRD 8 - Stable
E8500/Team Xtreem PC2-6400 CL3 4x1gb
2 - 4.25ghz 500x8.5 1200mhz CL5-5-5-9 tRD 8 - Stable
E8500/Team Xtreem PC2-6400 CL3 4x1gb
3 - 4.27ghz 533x8.0 1066mhz CL5-5-5-9 tRD 10 -Stable
E8500/Team Xtreem PC2-6400 CL3 4x1gb
4 - 4.25ghz 566x7.5 1132mhz CL5-5-5-9 tRD 10 - Stable

rhlc7
1 - 4.27ghz 533x8.0 1066mhz CL5-5-5-15 tRD 9 - SP1m
e7200/Team Xtreem PC2-6400 Cl3 2x1gb
2 - 4.40ghz 550x8.0 1100mhz CL4-4-4-12 tRD 8 - SP1m
e7200/Team Xtreem PC2-6400 Cl3 2x1gb

coolice
1. 3.75ghz 625mhzx6 1250mhz CL5-5-5-15 tRD 10 SP8m
X3310/Crucial Anniversary PC2-5400 Cl3 2x1gb

coolice & dblooi
1. 5.8ghz 645mhzx9 1290mhz CL5-5-5-15 tRD 10 SP1m
X3310/Crucial Anniversary PC2-5400 Cl3 2x1gb


500x8 1000mhz CL4-4-4-9 2.09v




500x8 1200mhz CL5-5-5-9 2.14v

610fsb!!!



RATING

Pros
Excellent in overclocking
Ram Bandwidth is currently no.1 for p45's (My comparison with p5q Deluxe and Gigabyte EP45dq6)
Excellent Bios
Excellent Manual
Cheap

Cons
No other features on this board aka powersaving etc.
Sometimes Corrupts my HDD
Crossfire performance is unstable

4/5

since its a overclocking board

This board i recommend for any intel proc with single card. Dual gpu seems to be too much for this board


*5/5 rating it needs to be perfect on everything... so will asus maximus 2 formula take this rating... stay tune

Overclocking Aim

Stable
533x8 - Achieved


566x7.5 - Achieved


600x7

Hopefully be done soon.

This post has been edited by cstkl1: Jul 2 2008, 05:26 PM

Dude, Why your pictures show your rams being DDR3 when the Team Xtreem PC2-6400 CL3 4x1gb is DDR2? Some bug somewherE?
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This post has been edited by bernardryan: Jun 18 2008, 09:25 PM

its a bug for (x)45.. for cpuz.. its ddr2

I see i see.. Alright.

@bernard
nonid to quote all the pic back lol..if u wan put spoiler waiting more p45 mobo to be review

Your vcore is a little bit higher then desire for stability testing.

for some reason,sometimes i do use higher vcore than it required for benching also
i don see anything wrong with it,do u?

update on answers by fae for the two main concerns and also the third issue

also for the results

i can already post it but i am having issues on banwidth gains.. so dont want to mislead u guys to buying the board with any results ...
so now exploring mch clock skews..


This post has been edited by cstkl1: Jun 18 2008, 11:31 PM

New Biostar user reporting in

Biostar stike back!!
wao bro rlhc17, so fast u take action..

raymond actually this is the first board that i can certify loves d9gmh's...

no issue whatsover on ram part..

yo kev compare this and my mobo worth it or not changing?

dunno dude the p5q deluxe i had was a early demo unit

the new boards seems much better...

hard to say..

but the biostar easier to clock.. and very user friendly
and its not so picky about the rams as the p5q deluxe

up to 500fsb performance level.. biostar beats the asus moobo...

that is for sure..

heatsink quality.. the biostar is full copper all the way.. not plated etc like the asus..


This post has been edited by cstkl1: Jun 20 2008, 09:54 AM

hand itchy ma....

glad to hear that ,lucky i didn't sell of my Team yet


my 1st suicide run with E7200




This post has been edited by rlhc17: Jun 20 2008, 12:58 PM

ur bandwidth score is . wish i had money.

my p35-ds3p is probably dead after being tortured with too much V. keep restarting after mobo send for rma.

anyway, does this board has any serious issues? might snatch one next month.

i was shock to see the 1st post that this board use ddr3..will get this board myb about next month..hope the price will go down

@cstkl1

how is the vdroop on this mobo?

This post has been edited by tkh_1001: Jun 20 2008, 07:20 PM

depending on voltage

low voltages less than 1.2v droop around 0.008-0.010v
medium voltage 1.3-1.4 around 0.015-0.025
high voltage 1.4++ around 0.04-0.07v

all measure with vmm

but i would say its very good..


i hated load line it always had issue on idle
best way to test load line is actually occt.. many times it bsod/restart during the last four minutes when it when to monitoring mode in idle..

thats y i am a anti loadline person..kekeke

posting soon some 1200CL5 tRD8 5:6 stable bandwidth awesomeness..

** raymond - please use photobucket ... doesnt lag like imageshack for streamyx..

everytime to see ure post i have to switch to a vpn server..

This post has been edited by cstkl1: Jun 20 2008, 08:30 PM

Sorry for being a little off-topic, don't know where else to ask. Is OCCT reliable as a stability testing tool?

I don't know after OCing OCCT shows error after running for 14 minutes. I've done Prime95 for 7 hours and it does not has any errors. Then i ran OCCT again without changing any OC parameters.

And it claim stable this time (Auto-1hour). OCCT reliable?