recently my p4p800-x died without warning, i had to get a replacement asap as my family members use the com very frequently especially my dad who surfs klse.com.my for hours almost daily... having read so many good reviews about the asrock i convinced my dad to fork out a lil bit more $$$ for the mobo and processor.. a total of RM690..

With the mobo i managed to o/c the E4400 to 2.950GHz with my ddr400 running at 4:3 that is 221MHz.. unfortunately beyond FSB295 it's not Prime stable. This is by no means a great OC for a C2D but i get to keep my AGP card and DDR400 mems (although i plan to get DDR2 soon *Update: Already got them! YAY! )... overall i'm very satisfied with this combo... it's fast, it's stable and more importantly it's cheap... i couldnt have asked for more.... anyone with very limited budget could consider this...

*Update:
For those who asked about the benches n proc info.. here they are...
E4400 batch no. Q646A724T






This post has been edited by AREA51: May 12 2007, 11:49 PM

from my point of view, asrock mobo is not that good laa... u should better get a biostar mobo... cheap and good...
juz my opinion laa.. no offence..

the one which u can use ddr and agp or pcie at the same time?
eh care to tell me your gfx card and 3dmark 05 score? i might buy this mobo to... then get a e4300 and overclock to 3ghz

you sure biostar has got a mobo that supports C2D with AGP n DDR1? cause the asrock is the only one i know with these features...

yeah.. that one with agp/pcie and ddr1/ddr2...
my GC is 6800NU AGP 12p/6v 400/890... scores around 4600 in 3dm05 in vista... CPU score is 9560..

This post has been edited by AREA51: Apr 29 2007, 12:46 PM

stuck at 295mhz fsb? have you checked whether your pci bus is locked?

AGP aa?? i though PCIE... sorry... sorry... got blurred out... ehehehe

yeah, i'm also in the same situation as u AREA51, looking for an upgrade option but with small budget ..

i'm aiming for the e4400/e6420 + asrock 4coredual-vsta/asrock 775dual-vsta ..
so far the only mobo that i know which have both ddr1 & ddr2 and also agp & pcie is asrock

i'll be using it with my ddr400 and 6600gt

AREA51, care to show some benchies and specs of ur new rig?



This post has been edited by mmohdnor: Apr 30 2007, 12:07 PM

*pix updated @ 1st post

This post has been edited by AREA51: May 12 2007, 11:38 PM

The AGP/DDR Asrock board runs on a 865 chipset, 295fsb is considered fantastic already. Practically all 865/875 boards (mostly socket 478) would not go beyound 300fsb without voltmodding, and even with suicide voltmodding it will only reach ~320-330fsb. So sorry pal, 295fsb is as far as you can go; you're not gonna be able to get that e4400 any faster than you are already.

The 775Dual-VSTA uses Via PT880Pro/Ultra chipset.. but you are right, there's an FSB wall at around 300MHz for this board...

i also have this board coupled with e4300, dd2 ram and agp card. max can go is 295 fsb. but considering the price i really think this is a great board for people who cannot afford to upgrade all components at a time.

yeah.. i couldnt agree more... really happy with it...
i'm stuck at 295 too .

Hmm, I haven't been keeping up to date then. But then again VIA chipsets haven't been known for good overclocking since the nforce and intel 8xx/9xx chipsets came out.

hi bro, can ask if yr overclocked E4400 is at default vcore? Cos i tink Asrock mainboard doesn't have vcore adjustments

I was also on a very thight budget when my computer died. Very hard to find mobo with agp and ddr here which also support C2D. Got a C2D+mobo (support agp only) with RM650. The mobo is ECS, never heard of it.

I tried to OC with this mobo but failed. At one point, need to clear the CMOS. So, this mobo is not recommend for OC.

this mobo is no way meant for o/c ... but it does give a bit of room for o/c
i think the primary purpose of this mobo is to 'keep' ur old stuff like ddr1 & agp before moving to ddr2 & pci-e (when u r ready) ..

from website reviews ...this board does seem to hit its limit at ~300mhz fsb

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: May 9 2007, 10:43 PM

You seem to have gotten a great OC on this CPU.
May i ask what the batch no.,week,make for the CPU is,as i am
thinking of getting this CPU and a new mobo..a Biostar and Kingmax
2x2GB DDR 800 as they are quite cheap.

Thanks
Regards

This post has been edited by sherdil: May 10 2007, 02:14 AM

hi guys sorry i have not been free these few days because of exams...
to answer your questions, yes the o/c is done on stock voltage as the Asrock doesn't have Vcore adjustment.. as i wont be at home any time soon i cant really check the batch number and stuff for the E4400. All i can remember is it's of the L2 stepping, made in malaysia.. 1.35V... hope that helps...


This post has been edited by AREA51: May 12 2007, 11:43 PM

Heck if you can already max out the FSB even additional vCore isn't going to help. Motherboard won't let you go any higher anyway.

yay! .. got mine for RM195 from Thundermatch

This is good mobo, just try out E4500(coming soon produst). Can get 3GHz instead.

w00t~!... that makes 3 in the 775dual-vsta club... enjoy!
got mine too from thundermatch digital mall @ 195

This post has been edited by AREA51: May 28 2007, 12:14 AM

haha .. should open up a topic on asrock mobo user ... LOL! ..

* strictly for budget user ?? ..haha

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Added on May 31, 2007, 1:02 am

just finished setting up my budget rig ..

preliminary benchies on a C2D e4300 @stock and galaxy 8500ge ddr3 600core/1400mem @stock

3dmark03 : 10603
3dmark05 : 6123

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: May 31 2007, 01:09 AM

The downside of this mobo is PCIe 4x. When use high end card really bottleneck the performance when playing in high-res.

well, yeah i do agree the board is bottlenecked at pcie 4x ...
but this board is meant for budget users anyway ..

seeing from the OCworkbench review, the performance diff was actually 'negligible' with about 2-10% diff compared to boards with pcie 16x ...
(on page 4 of the review)
http://www.ocworkbench.com/2006/asrock/775Dual-VSTA/b4.htm

Test Setup
VIA PT880 Pro Series
* ASRock 775Dual-VSTA / VIA Hyperion 5.08A
* Intel X6800 Extreme Edition processor
* 2 x 1024 MB Corsair CMX1024A-8500C5 (total 2GB)
* ASUS EN7900GT TOP with Forceware 91.31
* Hitachi 7K80 SATAII HDD
* Windows XP SP2

Intel 975X
* ASUS P5W DH Deluxe / Intel INF 8.0.1.1002
* Intel X6800 Extreme Edition processor
* 2 x 1024 MB Corsair CMX1024A-8500C5 (total 2GB)
* ASUS EN7900GT TOP with Forceware 91.31
* Hitachi 7K80 SATAII HDD
* Windows XP SP2

Intel 945P
* ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 / Intel INF 8.0.1.1002
* Intel X6800 Extreme Edition processor
* 2 x 1024 MB Corsair CMX1024A-8500C5 (total 2GB)
* ASUS EN7900GT TOP with Forceware 91.31
* Hitachi 7K80 SATAII HDD
* Windows XP SP2

AMD platform
* Foxconn C51XEM2AA-8EKRS2H
* AMD AM2 4000+ o/c to 2.81GHz
* 2 x 1024 MB Corsair CMX1024A-8500C5 (total 2GB)
* ASUS EN7900GT TOP with Forceware 91.31
* Hitachi 7K80 SATAII HDD
* Windows XP SP2

DOOM3 (1600x1200x32)


3DMark2005 (1024x768x32)


3DMark2006 (1280x1024x32)


Riddick (1600x1200x32)

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Added on May 31, 2007, 9:51 pm

here's another review from Legit Reviews regarding this mobo's pcie 4x vs pcie 16x using XFX 7900GTX XXX card

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/377/13/

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: May 31 2007, 10:11 PM

Well, since the fps is already above 30, it should not be very noticable in terms of real life usage. Above 60-80fps its completely unnoticable because even the monitor can't update that fast..

Some more multi-purpose plus HDMI give this asrock board very valuable

TS,
can you help me with the bios?
damn when try to look bios
manage to get it 2.66ghz but upper FSB296 hit wall
how to adjust ram frequency timing

the mobo does have a fsb around 290-300mhz ..

as for mine, i only manage to get it run at 285*9 = 2.565ghz with my e4300

try disabling the "Flexibility Options" ..
i tried that and now my memory is running 1:1 at 295mhz (590mhz)...

i'm using kvr ddr2 667 1gb by the way

some tips from fellow forumers say don't overclock the pcie freq more than 110mhz ..or u'll damage the card ..

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: Jun 27 2007, 12:03 AM

Yup, like mentioned earlier, the board can't go higher than ~300 fsb. And there is no reason to overclock the PCI-E-the performance increase is hardly noticeable, and its a lot of trouble keeping the system stable if you try to overclock it (might even damage it). Just keep it at default (100MHz).

Usually at advance chipset setting, but for asrock is little different i think.

This board using American megatrend bios which not much option
cant find where to change memory run at 1:1

it doesn't say about memory 1:1, 1:2 or 4:5 or what ... but there's an option "Flexibility Options" ...make that disabled.

i cant really point out where the menu is coz i'm at office now.

what is ur current memory speed now ? post ur cpu-z pic here

my internet at home down
now at my cc,i think 4:3

when u enter the bios, go to :

advanced > chipset configuration > flexibility options (disable it)
i also set my ddr2 667 to be auto

i'm using bios 2.70 by the way

can u give the specs of ur pc and the bios u r using?

E4300 2.66ghz(FSB296*9)
Asrock 775Dual-VSATA bios v2.7
2 gig of apacer ram running auto
6800gs 128mb
any performance drop if ram running 296mhz?

hehe..me also using this board


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Definitely no if ur using 1:1 setting.

yeah, maybe we should start a budget user club

currently using a C2D e6600(birthday gift lah) stock and his x1650xt agp stock

3D01 @ around 30k
3D03 @ around 13k
3D05 @ around 7.8k

just wanna know, r the 3D scores ok ah? noob..

great result , cannot go further anymore?

i think can, havent try up fsb yet ,maybe l8..

There is more Asrock board out there are able to oc like Asrock 775Dual-VSTA. Anyone using Asrock other than this mobo should also post their oc result. Eager to know...

Checked Asrock website and found that there are 3 models that support DDR/DDR2 + AGP/PCI motherboards. They are 775Dual-VSTA, 4CoreDual-SATA2 and 4CoreDual-VSTA. Not many shops sell Asrock and even my computer supplier can only get me 4CoreDual-VSTA for RM250.

Any suggestion as to where can get these boards and the prices if possible.

OCWorkbench got a lot of Asrock boards review.

tested at 293 fsb

3d01 - 32186
3d03 - 13449
3d05 - 7949

onli slight improvement

which board are da best..
bcuz i wan buy it also..
check at lowyat VIEWNET, got board 4CoreDual-VSTA, RM229

gah...i cant seems to OC at all! System keeps on locking up and bad stability, BSOD and all...all running at stock clock including the RAM n GC....



EDIT : wrong result

This post has been edited by maranello55: Dec 25 2007, 02:49 PM

nice result..

i though ts pumping its e4400 to 400 fsb anyway still finding any E4000 series can pump over 400mhz fsb.

erm..
seem like e4400 little harder to get beyond 3GHz..
last time try an e6750 can hit 3.44GHz easily..
and "we" only get it just usd124...

I also using da same MoBo..... AsRock 4core dual VSTA type..... Yup my E2180 also cannot OC very high.... stuck @ 2.6 only.... If higher crash lor.... Wat 2 do..... Same budget user here......

yah...3.4ghz 340x10 can..but i prefer higher bus...lol
sucks processor..

This Asrock mobo seems like good in overclocking as it's a budget mobo. I see someone posting at front page and the mobo is just costing < RM200 . Impressive price on LGA775 mobo. The highest FSB can go until 295MHz only on it?