I am doing that.

Right now everything is in stock speed.

wonder does its only DFi have this option??

Yes

Huhuhuhu.

owhh so, what the advantages??

1066 strap,unlike asus and gigabyte they using 1600 strap IIRC to help in reaching higher fsb like 500,but 1600 bandwidth slower than 1066 strap

correct me if im wrong

it will limit ur strap to 1066... so when u increase ur fsb it will make sure that ur strap is stays at 1066.... of coz there is a limit la

no.. Intel XBX2 also got.. it even has setting until 1333 fsb strap..

do ur research first ok?

Not sure if this is a problem......

My readings under smart guardian during idle for ATX+12V is 11.96V.
But whenever i perform stress test (super pi or stress prime), the ATX+12V jumps to 12.03V. Even vcore jumps from 1.24v to 1.4v.
As i recall, amd64 readings for the above normally stays the same or drop slightly.... not go up.

Me still noob at C2D.....
For amd64 can disable the 'cool n quiet' function. Is there anything i should disable in bios to make the mobo or cpu to run at max performance/voltage?
Currently running my E6420 in bios vcore @ 1.4V at 3.2ghz

for intel, u can disable the C1E & Intel Speed Step features

to be precise, here's a good article about NB straps. I linked this last time but seems the topic has sunk down somehwre already

http://thetechrepository.com/showthread.php?t=30

In other words, ths straps adjusts automatically for these boards and between ranges:

267 - 332Mhz = 1066Mhz

333 - 399Mhz = 1333Mhz

400 and above = 1600 Mhz

The only difference one sees between the 965 and 975 (which is the overclocking limiter for 975) is that a 1600Mhz strap exists. However, how the DFi works is yet to be known but I have a feeling chipset latency's have been relaxed somewhat at 1067Mhz strap so that it is able to OC higher without compromising too much the bandwidth

This post has been edited by almostthere: Apr 28 2007, 12:04 PM

my friend is coming back from the state next week, i ask him 2 bring back 1 pair of ram 4 me to use with this board.

currently i hav 2 choice in my mind:
2x1GB Gskill F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ (DDR2-800)
2x1GB OCZ XTC Platinum Rev2 (DDR2-800)

the gskill 1 can clock quite well, in the review from vr-zone, not sure about the ocz, cant find any review in google.

so which set did u guys prefer?

I'd rather have the GSkill because at least it's been known to do upto 533Mhz FSB over at XS. The XTC Platinum rev. 2 seems a bit harder to clock since they bin those RAM's ngam-ngam nia

ocz ddr2 ram is not so overclockable these days.. unlike those old days during ocz rev2 plat samsung tccd chip..

Or even the EL Gold PC3200, BH5 UTT goodness

Sorry off topic,
How bout this one?
OCZ 2GB Kit DDR2 1066 PC8500 NVIDIA(R) SLI(tm)-Ready Edition
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If compare with Ballistix Tracer PC8500 which one is better?
Really hope to know.
Thanks.

This post has been edited by yehlai: Apr 28 2007, 02:42 PM

Unless you can confirm the chip's the OCZ uses, I can't say much. For the time being, my pick would be Crucial's Ballitix's as at least they're Microns (Yeah Crucial is Micron's marketting arm)

This post has been edited by almostthere: Apr 28 2007, 03:55 PM

there has been much talk going on in XS concerning with the balistix 8000/8500. 1st because of it's price 2nd it's on of the best DDR2 oc ram out there.

irev210


kemo6600

well just got the final component for shifting to c2d rig, supertalent rams

hopefully by tomolo i'll have everything ready to start OC

Not really, the best is the Cellschocks but OMFG, the price

Thanks bro.
Sry for off topic again.
Gonna bring in Ballistix Tracer PC8500 with a really cheap price. should be <RM1000. Anyone in game?