The (new) Official PC building thread!

Some sandra tests:
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/6826/newtestsarithmeticqx0.png
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/3141/newtestsmemoryav5.png
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/5600/newtestsmultimediale7.png
How are these in the grand scheme of things? It's been a while since I've used sandra so I forget what a good result is.


Abuzar: Thanks, good to know I haven't been conned! Why does the board automatically choose 5-5-5-18 then, for the same reason?

 

That's because that's your JEDEC rating. It's not using the enhanced profile Corsair shipped it with, which it 400Mhz at 4-4-4-12.

 

Aha, gotcha.

 

Yeah plus if you have to losen timings just to get 40mhz more, it's only going to hurt your performance. That's why I don't take my memory higher, at 4-4-4-12 it only goes to 920Mhz.

 

Well currently I'm limited to 700mhz if I use CAS4. At least I think I am. Last time I tried the system took issue with running at 840mhz memory speed, and the timings were set to automatic, so presumably CAS5.
Am I better off running slow RAM or looser timings?

 

Honestly I don't know about 700Mhz. If I were you I would just keep it at 700Mhz just to avoid stability issues.

You know I forgot about your 9x multi. Why don't you change that to 8x, set your FSB to 400, your Memory Multi to 2.00 and timings to 4-4-4-12. It should work, your memory is rated for it. Also you can set the mem voltage to +4.

 

+0.4V? Are you sure? That sounds a bit on the high side to me. I'll see if I can get action with the 8x multiplier and CAS4. That worked for me last time, but I didn't set the memory timings on that occasion, and the end result was a lower score than usual. I'll give that a go and post the results, then I'm off to bed. It's 3am!

 

+.4 is only 2.2v. That should be safe. You said you tried it before.

 

I tried +0.1V lol, presuming that the initial voltage was 2.1, not 1.8.
Anyhoo, just tried using an FSB of 396mhz, RAM at 792 and multiplier x8, CPU at 3.17Ghz. I get EXACTLY the same score to the mark in 3dmark06, 6877. In Sandra though, my memory bandwidth is 440MB/s higher, at 6.33G/s rather than 5.89 like before. So far it seems stable, I think I'm going to leave it like this for now, and maybe play around later on when I'm less tired and less likely to mess it all up!
Thanks for your help folks, makes a pleasant change for me to be on the receiving end!

 

Haha no problem.

Would 4 more mhz have killed you? Make it even, man!

 

Well, every time I've tried before, my PC will be stable at 3.16Ghz, but not at 3.20Ghz, 3.18ish seems to be the cut off point, I think that's due to my relatively low vcore. I'd like 3.2Ghz, who knows I may go to 1.40625V just to bag those extra few mhz, if I could be bothered. There's just something in me that doesn't want to go above 1.4V though. I like this processor, and I actually intend to keep it!

 

A little bit more wont kill it.







Hopefully...

 

sam,

I couldn't agree more with abuzar. try to get your buss speed to 400 then your fsb/dram ratio will be 1:1. the memory should run at 800mhz, at 2.1v and at 4-4-4-12 no problem. from my experiences, the closer you can get your memory to its rated speed, the better it will perform, even better than overclocking it.

don't worry about taking the vcore a little over 1.4v. I've ran mine at 1.425 forever (well ever since I OC'ed to 3.6) and have had no problems. I really don't think any ill effects will occur until you have ran it at more than 1.45 for a prolonged time period. as always, watch your temp.

 

sorry green i was about half asleep when i wrote that.
thats right it is only suggestions, but you guys seem to know your XXXX, which is a lot more than i can say for anyone i know in the real world.

arent quad cores essentially *useless at least for now, considering there isnt and program or OS that utilizes all 4 cores?

and a word on the wireless mouse/keyboard, im using a cheapy, $30 mouse and key combo i picked up at target a couple months ago...responds on a dime and no keys are fading off...of course im not sitting there with a knife and shaving the tops of the keys...i also have a $2 rosewill keyboard which i use on my ps3...no fading keys there either...

* spelling error

 

Thought that I would post some screenies of CPU-Z. ;D
CPU-Z

CPU-Z RAM

HWMonitor...I like this progie, it seems to give accurate readings...thanks guys...


I know this doesn't tell you guys much but I thought I would post anyway. Special thanks to Russ and Boozer for their help. I'm slow sometimes on things and knowing what to do in an OC still escapes me but 3.735Mhz on air with 4-4-4-12 timings doesn't seem to bad. I'm sure that I'll need some more tutelage to take it further but I'm tired and don't want to make any mistakes right now.

....gm

add:
Sandra arithmetic ....

The cpu is running pretty cool, 25C with the cores at about 27C-29C. It peaked at 50C when the test was running. Is that about right?

 

greensman,

very impressive sir!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Thanks but I don't know how "stable" it is yet. I haven't really pushed it with anything, I just figured (not really) out the OC stuff. lol. It's staying pretty cool so I'm happy with that for now.

What else would I need to do to get some more out of it? You work on the docTY principal right?? I haven't PM'd him yet but it's coming. hehehe.

Dang you're up late too or up early.........

.....gm

 

I am struggling to install Vista on the Asus P5E3 Deluxe/WIFI-AP.

The bios detects the sata drives but the after the os install keeps crashing as it trys to copy files.

Can anyone help?

 

I am struggling to install Vista on the Asus P5E3 Deluxe/WIFI-AP.

The bios detects the sata drives but the os install keeps crashing as it tries to copy files to the drive.

Can anyone help?

 

Hello again, I posted a few pages back about my new PC build (Page 190ish). Well just to let you all know what I decided on.....


LiteOn 20x DVDRW SAW SATA Retail Kit
In stock now
€30.92

OCZ Technology 2x2GB 240DIMM PC2-6400 Gold
In stock now
€85.52

XFX GeForce 8800GT 512MB DDR3 PCIE Dual DVI XT ED
In stock now
€249.44

Samsung SpinPoint 320GB 7200RPM S300 16MB
In stock now
€68.95

CoolerMaster Elite 330 ATX No PSU Black
In stock now
€36.45

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.00GHz 6M Cache S775 1333MHZ
Due in 1-2 days
€181.97

Gigabyte S775 Intel P35 Express ATX Audio Lan
In stock now
€104.08

OCZ Technology StealthXStream 600W Active PFC
In stock now
€64.23


delivery
(13.593kg) €23.18
total (inc VAT) €844.74

Should be ordering it when the processor come in stock, probably monday. I took the OS out.