i did read a review on chinese, it perform as good as other in OCing

i guess the 44c is the temp inside the pcb, because when load it will be much more hotter, like 70-80c.

the heatpipe is only cool the chipset, and we dont know where the mobo sensor is placed.
but it do getting hot or almost same hot as processor temp.
mine idle at 34c for mobo, but my vcore is only 0.976v

@ZeneticX
this is my setting on 4ghz, hope it can help u



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ya, cause stock vcore is too much for 4ghz

i am also not quite sure but it said to be used for increase the stability at high fsb, i guess we do not need to change it for dualcore until >500fsb.

lol, not sure about that, but i guess no harm..
but if u able to stable at stock, no need change it lor

for sure it competible with this mobo, but u wont get a high clock due to the chip used in the ram itself.
and there is no d9gmh etc in 4gb kits so any rev is just almost the same..

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Added on February 23, 2009, 5:18 pmu should use dual thread orthos for more accurate result and runing it for few hours. with 3 and 5 minute, it does not show that it is a stable setting

This post has been edited by hengmy: Feb 23 2009, 05:18 PM

since your is extreme, just use higher multiplier, keep the fsh below 400

yea, theoretically higher fsb giving u more bandwidth, but for a quadcore, to achieve high and stable fsb, it is more harder than dualcore.
beside of fsb, performance lvl is also important, for a quadcore, to acheive high fsb with low PL is very hard.
when u use high fsb (more than 400) required more vnb and vtt, and u will end up use divider 1:1 which give u PL9 or 10 at high fsb.
if u use fsb 333, u will able to use divider 4:5 which will give u PL6, this required stock vnb and vtt.
imo, the best combination is u can use fsb 400 with divider 4:5, but in this case u will need a ram that capable to do ddr1000 stable, this will give u the best performance of overall.
btw, i am not sure u understand what i am talking about or not



This post has been edited by hengmy: Mar 2 2009, 11:59 AM

yaya, should be ddr1000.. gigabyte default PL for it will be 7 for quadcore, but can tweak to 5 or 6..
if DFI will be 6 or 5

for your information, increase vdimm will not allow u to get better PL.
u need to deal with fsb strap to get better PL.
u will get the best PL by using divider 4:5
some screenshot from my q9450 last time



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any screenshot?

what cooling u are using? quite nice temp at idle
but vcore not so nice

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Added on March 9, 2009, 12:55 pmi think it still ddr2, mayb some mistake..

This post has been edited by hengmy: Mar 9 2009, 12:55 PM

@piumiu
i can install vista in any bios, and window 7 as well...
is it your hdd is from the problematic batch?

This post has been edited by hengmy: Mar 10 2009, 11:13 PM

i also got no problem to install it using a pendrive, for vista and window7, so i guess mostly is your hdd problem?

This post has been edited by hengmy: Mar 10 2009, 11:21 PM

hehe, i manage to get 9.xxx sec but with e8600


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yea, dont know want to stick with it or shift to ddr3

i only manage to get 13.xx sec with 4ghz


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have tried CF a pairs of hd3870


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