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- Nov 15, 2008
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- San Deigo, CA
hi guys,
i've just bought a new BlackOps X48 motherboard and man this babys is AWESOME. the only down side to this MB is that this is my 2nd time overclocking and this bios are sooooo confusing. i liked the bios on the P45 Asus MB better. it was so easy to set timings and volts and everything else. but with BlackOps its a sort of a nightmare with n00b like me.
this is what i got done so far.... i think i managed to set the timings at 9-9-9-24 on my Crosair XMS3 1333mhz ddr3 2GB kit. still don't know where to set the volts but its ok i guess. so this is what i was able to do, i was trying to find the max fab on the board at stock volts w/stock intel hsf, and i've got highest fsb of 345mhz with 7x multi. This setting passed with 6hrs of Prime95 blend test with core temp showing highest temps of 63*C on both cores. i think this are high temps for stock cooling with stock volts. it came with 2.5GHz and with 7x335, i'm only at 2.4ghz, but for some reason i wana believe that the stock 12x208mhz is slower than this 7x345mhz. the computer seems to turn on/shuts down faster than with the stock settings.
i know this MB can push 400+ fsb without even breaking a sweat with right memory and nice air coling, but i was thinking about doing more fsb with stock cooling to see the absolute max with this intel hsf. what do you guys think is a "safe" high temp that i should stick with and not go beyond. i know 63*C is already very high compared to an aftermarket hsf, but would you say anything below 70*C is fine? (soon i'll get an aftermarket hsf and definitely make the temps lower, but now i just can't wait to OC this thing, i feel like a 7 year old kid right now)
i've just bought a new BlackOps X48 motherboard and man this babys is AWESOME. the only down side to this MB is that this is my 2nd time overclocking and this bios are sooooo confusing. i liked the bios on the P45 Asus MB better. it was so easy to set timings and volts and everything else. but with BlackOps its a sort of a nightmare with n00b like me.
this is what i got done so far.... i think i managed to set the timings at 9-9-9-24 on my Crosair XMS3 1333mhz ddr3 2GB kit. still don't know where to set the volts but its ok i guess. so this is what i was able to do, i was trying to find the max fab on the board at stock volts w/stock intel hsf, and i've got highest fsb of 345mhz with 7x multi. This setting passed with 6hrs of Prime95 blend test with core temp showing highest temps of 63*C on both cores. i think this are high temps for stock cooling with stock volts. it came with 2.5GHz and with 7x335, i'm only at 2.4ghz, but for some reason i wana believe that the stock 12x208mhz is slower than this 7x345mhz. the computer seems to turn on/shuts down faster than with the stock settings.
i know this MB can push 400+ fsb without even breaking a sweat with right memory and nice air coling, but i was thinking about doing more fsb with stock cooling to see the absolute max with this intel hsf. what do you guys think is a "safe" high temp that i should stick with and not go beyond. i know 63*C is already very high compared to an aftermarket hsf, but would you say anything below 70*C is fine? (soon i'll get an aftermarket hsf and definitely make the temps lower, but now i just can't wait to OC this thing, i feel like a 7 year old kid right now)
