I'm using the popular Gigabyte 965P-DS3. Now that i remember, i see that it comes with CD that supports Vista, so i guess i'll install Vista on it. My CPU will probably arrive on Thursday.

i'm using vista as well...no problem using the coretemp, speedfan, cpuz, everest, occt and orthos...except for mbm5...didnt manage to load the pluggin...

greeting. finally powered up my core2 system last night. first time experience with intel cpu. after installing XP, reboot and straight to MIT in BIOS.

Test system:
CPU: E6600 ES
HSF: TTBT VX
RAM: 2*1GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer
MOBO: Gigabyte P35-DS3P BIOS=F5b (using beta as it's possible changing strap in BIOS )

Room temp: 29-30C
CPU temp: 35-60C (3.4Ghz) based on EasyTune5 and Bios.
CoreTemp, TAT, SpeedFan all show funny temp around 80-90+C while TAT even show 100+C.

here a summary on my 4 hours OC journey:
1st try after fresh install is 400*8@1.35V and ram at 400 with 4-4-4-8@1.8V, others at default. boot into windows without problem. NICE! then start benchmark with superPi and everest but for some reason, Everest ZLIB benchmark keep failing me. restart and bump vcore/vdimm to 1.36v/2.0v solved the problem.

then, target 450*8@1.4V and ram 450 4-4-4-12@2.2V. no luck. try pumping vMCH and vFSB by +0.25V still failed. but for some reason, using auto voltage setting able to boot into windows. very weird. forgot to print screen too lol

final run before going sleep, 425*8@1.39V and ram at 425 4-4-4-8@2.2V with other voltage at auto. finally hitting a stable clock. benchable and but not orthos friendly. sometimes failed cpu stressing.

currently planning to run between 3.2Ghz - 3.4Ghz with 1.36V vcore.

my mini review on the P35-DS3P board;
PROS:
1. pretty strong vMCH and vFSB as i didn't bump it much during OC but yet it still able to clock high
2. vdrop doesn't look serious. around 0.03V when load
3. if OC setting failed for 3times, revert back to default. no more jumper reset lol
4. huge stock copper heatpipe cooler on northbridge. running and looking cool!
5. bios update very easy via thumbdrive
6. multiple BIOS profile with stats of success boot for each profile
7. mobo look very nice IMHO

CONS:
1. southbridge damn hot for some reason. can't even touch the copper heatsink on it for more than 2sec!
2. my Hiren's BOOTCD unable to run due to driver conflict unable to make Ghost image
3. doesn't show current voltage setting on BIOS. Just either OK or FAILED lol
4. confusing voltage setting. instead of actual value, it's in increment. +0.5, +0.525, etc

too bad can't play with it anymore for next two weeks. starting tonight till mid july, can't access my pc

proc temp reached 85C at certain point during overnight load @ 3.2Ghz using 1.38vcore. do you think it's normal or i need to reseat my HSF?

idle temp is 43C


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This post has been edited by VT-Ten: Jun 20 2007, 08:57 AM

@VT-Ten
mind sharing voltage setting and ram setting?

btw, what software u use for temp reading? Everest, TAT, CoreTemp all give weird reading. in BIOS and EasyTune 5, the reading a bit too low. 36C idle with VX full speed :hmmm: on load around 58C

i feel u should check ur HSf since 85c load at 1.38v pretty high
i use vcore 1.48v for my e66 but load at 88c.. almost same with u but my voltage sure higher

i dun feel...straight away confirm the temp is way too hi...unless he's using the stock hsf...but he's using the same hsf as mine...TTBTVX...mine clocking higher than that using higher vcore pun managed to maintain the temp sub-70c...and my room dont have AC and it's a bit warm i must say...try to re-seat the hsf...if cannot also, then i think u have hsf-IHS physical contact problem...lapping might be the answer...

1.38v idle and 1.36 vdroop. ram setting is 4-4-4-12 1T. i was using speedfan to monitor the temp

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Added on June 20, 2007, 9:53 amok, will give it a go and reseat my hsf. thanks

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Added on June 20, 2007, 9:55 amlapping? tried tested lapping my stock hsf and the result was disasterous. was using 3 types of sand paper 100, 320 and 1500. kinda phobia now if i want to lap my ttbt or IHS.

This post has been edited by VT-Ten: Jun 20 2007, 10:00 AM

which temp should i trust? headache. speedfan/TAT/coretemp or easytune5/bios? former give very high reading while latter give low temp reading.

is't possible for TTBT VX cooling e6600 to 35C? v1.36 idle

CoreTemp for accurate reading, EasyTune always give 8 - 10C lower

Im using coretemp 0.95. The Tjunction is 100C. Just not exceed that limit it'll be fine.

for my btvx, wif that vcore idle...yes...around 35-37c range...from speedfan and everest...on coretemp, add another 8-10c but mostly around +8c

not full load bro. partial load and stuff. on orthos stress test full load 100% all 4 cores are around 110-120celcius :/

my vcore is only 1.4

i intended to have it live through 3-5 years... hoping longer... lol
cuz the next pc purchase will also be on a similiar budget and if it cant live through 4-5 years at least my pocket will die lol

@Quazacolt

i seriously doubt it will last for that long. in 1 or 2 years time, you pc will become what Athlon64 is now. that's what happen to my Athlon64 bought not even 2 years ago

can long last for sure...IF u just leave it be with whatever u r using...same os, same apps...and prevent urself from being updated with the latest tech...surely can last long

im just playing world of warcraft..... should be OK! XD

but ive been baited by lost planet demo... so... prolly not. and thats the main reason why i want to oc my quad. stock qx6700 really bottlenecks my gpu hard... after oc the fps is much better, not to mention loading or scene transitions.

looks like we got another ES user here. Glad to see some other ppl o'c ES proc

This post has been edited by yehlai: Jun 20 2007, 04:08 PM

@yehlai
i though it's norm for people OC with ES proc...
btw, ur ES proc hitting 3.8Ghz is really something to me...

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Added on June 20, 2007, 4:26 pm@tAmp0i
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This post has been edited by toughnut: Jun 20 2007, 04:26 PM