p5k-e wifi, nice board i must say... too bad i dun have a gud chip to pair with it, so i sell it off instead...

not all chip can do 400fsb on stock voltage, even it's a m0 chip.

mine (m0) need 1.4725v, what say u?

it doesn't matter 8*400 or 7*400, it takes lotsa voltage to run 400fsb, which i found pointless as performance gained is not much, but u gains lotsa heat...

e21x0 are known to have this fsb wall issue, but not all thou...

put it this way, most e21x0 have fsb wall around 400fbs regardless what multi u have. by gettin chip with higher multi will decrese d chance of hittin d wall, but it is not necessaryly guarantee u can achive high clocks. and just becoz most chip have that 400fsb wall it doesn't mean that e2140 confirmed reach 8*390 ish fsb, e2160 can reach 9*390 ish, e2180 sure can clock 10*390ish fsb etc... thre is no guarantee in oc, u need luck (in gettin a gud chip) beside gettin quality components like ram, psu or other related...

and remember e21x0 are value chips, intel ain't gonna kill the sale of its mid range / high end chips by allowin ALL d value chips to be able to do what d former can do.

it's obvious that d chip is hittin d wall, no way on earth an e21x0 chip can do 500fsb.

This post has been edited by ah_khoo: Jan 2 2008, 07:44 AM

bro, wat's voltage u need to feed for 375*8. mine need 1.3875v in bios. if u can't even complete sp 1m, better lower d speed as it's quite unstable imo.

some M0 still capable of > 3.0GHz, just that they need lotsa voltage like 1.45v above (in my case) to break d wall, which imo, not worthy as u get lotsa heat in return...



d least u can do is choose a decent steppin & pray it'll be one of those better batch.

drop ya ram multi and pump ya fsb up. if ya chip is a decent one, it should be able to do 2.8GHz w/o havin d need for extra juice...

bro, as long as ur on stock voltage, ur fine with stock cooler. any average e2140 should be able to do a 2.8GHz on stock voltage. e2140 on maximus? preparin for penryn for sure...

This post has been edited by ah_khoo: Jan 7 2008, 11:16 AM

EIST (or something like that) was enabled, u gotta disable those stuff in bios bro. there are 3/4 options needed to be disabled whenever oc is done. it's sorta C&Q to amd...

This post has been edited by ah_khoo: Jan 11 2008, 07:37 AM

3.2GHz @ 1.5v...

isn't it abit too high bro? i ran mine @ 1.44v i already

This post has been edited by ah_khoo: Feb 9 2008, 11:16 AM

gigabyte's will suit ya need most i believe if budget come in mind bro.

abit's boards are quite gud as well, but since i had a pleasent experience, that's y i recommend gigabyte's. RM70 for diff in capasitors (normal vs solid), u'll be d judge then whether is worth d $$$. both are almost on par if not a 'lil bit better than each other in term of oc.

u can expect 400fsb on almost all p35 boards, heck, even p965 boards can do that. wat matter d most is ya chip, for sure not all e2160 (even it's a m0) can do 400fsb as most of intel chips have this fsb wall. imagine if e2160 / e2180 can do 400fsb, will there be ppl buyin their e4xxx/e6xxx chips?

@ a1098113

well, if that's d case i gotta agree w u, but i did enjoy playin w 965p-ds3 back then when i owned an e2140, oc was a breeze, or i can say oc w intel is easier. then i managed to play w asus p5k-e, a great board i must say. no vdrop & very fine voltage tweak option for vdimm (0.05v per notch IIRC), but my oc was limited by d chip which can hardly go further than 400fsb, that's y i opted to sell all & went back to amd (misery).

This post has been edited by ah_khoo: Feb 20 2008, 12:34 PM