Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 + BIOSTAR TP45 HP OC Review

windwithme

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Q8200,333X7=>2.33G,L2 4MB,45nm

BIOSTAR TP45 HP

2 x PCI-E X16
2 x PCI-E X1
2 x PCI
1 x Floppy

6 X SATAII(ICH10)
1 x IDE
Power/Reset

4 x DIMM DDR2,667/800/1066
24Pin

 

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IO
6 x USB 2.0

BIOS

DRAM

Clock Gen

CPU Voltage +0.0125~+0.7875V
DDR Voltage +0.050~+1.850V
Chipset Voltage +0.025~+0.700V
FSB Voltage +0.025~+0.750V
CPU PLL Voltage 1.5~1.8V

CPU

 

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CPU: INTEL Core 2 Duo E8400 & Quad Q8200
MB: BIOSTAR TP45 HP
DRAM: CORSAIR Dominator TWIN2X2048-8888C4DF
VGA: MSI R4850-T2D512
HD: WD6400AAKS
POWER: Corsair HX1000W Modular Power Supply
Cooler: Thermaltake BigTyp VP

Hardware Monitor

Over Clock III

Bios FLASH.eHot-Line

Q8200 OC
500X7=>3500Mhz,Hyper PI 32M

PCMark05

CrystalMark

CINEBENCH R10

520Mhz,Super PI 1M

 

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E8400 OC
605Mhz SP2004

608Mhz 2 X Super PI 32M

VGA-MSI R4850
CPU 600.7X7=>4204.6Mhz
DRAM DDRII 1201.4 CL5 5-5-15
VGA 625/993Mhz

3DMARK2003

3DMARK2005

3DMARK2006

DDRII OC
500/1200 CL5 5-5-15 2.42V

EVEREST(C1E,CPU 500X8=>4000Mhz)

BIOSTAR TP45 HP
Performance ★★★★★★★★★☆
Components ★★★★★★★☆☆☆
Layout design ★★★★★★★☆☆☆
Cost/ performance ratio ★★★★★★★★★☆

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 about 200 usd
BIOSTAR TP45 HP about 130 usd
thanks

 

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Impressive! Biostar finally got one

 

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Wow, thats sick for a ~$100 mobo.

 

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Awesome!

I bought this same motherboard from newegg last month...glad to see her get some good reviews! Biostar makes some great boards in the $100-$150 range, IMO no one can top them right now in that price range.

 

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windwithme, another great review.

great read man!

 

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darckeen said:

Wow, thats sick for a ~$100 mobo.

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Welcome to the Forum! http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=491697

Yep, thanks again windwithme. It seems Biostar is coming out with some decent p45 boards.

 

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Why is CPUZ only reporting 2 cores?

 

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ziggo0 said:

Why is CPUZ only reporting 2 cores?

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there us both a quad and a dual cpu being tested even if the title says Q8200 only..


nice review

 

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Gotta luv those Corsair 8888's.. Wish mine didn't die.

 

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i didnt even know there was a Quad Q8200 nice review, looks like biostar is trying to get back into the game with out the label of making cheap boards.

 

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First of all I must say those numbers look UBER amazing comparing to the board price.
But some doubts and questions come with those numbers, will all the boards be able to reach those Bus speed with high stability or only 1 of every 10 ? most of the p45 boards didn't prove themself to be more than decent OCers (I'm still trying to understand what DFI did with their DK P45-T2RS).
Waiting for some well known sites reviews to clear it would be the wise things to do, but if the numbers are correct I would be happy to put my hands on one.

Also the memory Windwithme used are amazing, costs $519.00 for 2x1GB oO

 

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If you can find 'em.
Corsair doesn't make that batch any longer.
At least that's what I was told when I rma'd my 8888 and recieved 9136's instead. Which are a different ic

 

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another exellent review windwithme

 

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Anybody else has the board and use air cooling ?
I would like too see more people results or official reviews.

 

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This thread helped me decide which motherboard to buy ... BIOSTAR TPower I45 all the way w00t!

 

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SeanBest said:

This thread helped me decide which motherboard to buy ... BIOSTAR TPower I45 all the way w00t!

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Cool, don't forget to write a little review after you get it.

 

Satsumomo

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Nice OC there, but over 1.4V

Then again, I can see you achieved 4GHz with 1.44V

I just got myself an E8400, a TPower I45 and some Gskill PC8500 memory. Can't wait to start Oc'ing it myself. I'll be using a Tuniq Tower on my CPU, I still don't have a decent case though