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- Dec 20, 2002
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- Long Island, NY
Hi folks,
I thought you might like to see the mobo all assembled I've been working so hard to build the last few weeks. I had some reservations about purchasing this new board only being on the market a few weeks, even though it's just a slight variation from the original P6X58D.
All the components listed in my sig certainly went through the correct manufacturers quality control. The manufacturers did there part and I did mine, and in the end, I had a fantastic i7 build experience.
First boot was flawless as was the installation of Win7 64 bit. I ran the computer fully stock for a day or so just doing my everyday tasks noting my temps usually hanging around 34C.
This morning I decided to see how it OC's and went directly from 2.8 GHz to 4.2 GHz. All the standard power saving features where left enabled to keep power consumption to a minimum. The following are the only adjustments I've made:
Increased base clock to 200
PCIE to 105
Dram to 1603
CPU volts to 1.35
QPI/Dram to 1.35
Dram Bus volts to 1.64
Load Line calibration to Enable
CPU Differential to 1000mv
Spread Spectrum to Disable
The computer rebooted like a champ without any issue whatsoever, and I ran Prime95, but was only able to run it for about 2 hours before needing to use the computer and had to end the test, but no errors where detected.
Still, what was even more of a surprise was the fact my temps, as shown in Core Temp 0.99.5, held steady at 68C. The ambient room temperature was 21.2C. Considering I'm on air, and at 4.2 GHz, and using a complete air filter set for my HAF-932 I purchased from PC Performance, I consider this temp to be on the low side. Also it should be noted this board is running on the only BIOS version released from Asus that I'm aware of. So all seems well.
I have a good feeling with a bit more tweaking advice from some of you, this board still has some hidden performance I can get out of it. Thank you.
I thought you might like to see the mobo all assembled I've been working so hard to build the last few weeks. I had some reservations about purchasing this new board only being on the market a few weeks, even though it's just a slight variation from the original P6X58D.
All the components listed in my sig certainly went through the correct manufacturers quality control. The manufacturers did there part and I did mine, and in the end, I had a fantastic i7 build experience.
First boot was flawless as was the installation of Win7 64 bit. I ran the computer fully stock for a day or so just doing my everyday tasks noting my temps usually hanging around 34C.
This morning I decided to see how it OC's and went directly from 2.8 GHz to 4.2 GHz. All the standard power saving features where left enabled to keep power consumption to a minimum. The following are the only adjustments I've made:
Increased base clock to 200
PCIE to 105
Dram to 1603
CPU volts to 1.35
QPI/Dram to 1.35
Dram Bus volts to 1.64
Load Line calibration to Enable
CPU Differential to 1000mv
Spread Spectrum to Disable
The computer rebooted like a champ without any issue whatsoever, and I ran Prime95, but was only able to run it for about 2 hours before needing to use the computer and had to end the test, but no errors where detected.
Still, what was even more of a surprise was the fact my temps, as shown in Core Temp 0.99.5, held steady at 68C. The ambient room temperature was 21.2C. Considering I'm on air, and at 4.2 GHz, and using a complete air filter set for my HAF-932 I purchased from PC Performance, I consider this temp to be on the low side. Also it should be noted this board is running on the only BIOS version released from Asus that I'm aware of. So all seems well.
I have a good feeling with a bit more tweaking advice from some of you, this board still has some hidden performance I can get out of it. Thank you.
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