Robilar

g.skill works very well with it.

Ruei

Robilar - Out of curiosity, I never could find what exactly the difference between the A,B,C, and D options were - always just tried to find the one that matched my FSB best. Is there an explanation somewhere? Or a summary would be great. ^^;

Thanks.

spartan789

Thanks Robilar. Sorry to keep asking questions, but would this 4GB kit you recommended be the best bang for your buck right now? And how important is timing in general?

Robilar

They are different straps based on FSB defaults for the cpu used.

I'll put something together detailing them better.

As you can see from the attached screenshot, the straps are based on the base FSB of the cpu used.

for example, an E8600 is a 333 FSB base clock cpu.

therefore, if you want your ram to run at 800mhz and your cpu is 333 FSB base, choose option Bx a given multiple and that will give you 800 FSB

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Robilar

That ram is fine. Timings on ddr2 in general are pretty much the same.

either you run at tight timings (4-4-4-8 for example) at 800mhz (which is what I do) or you run at high mhz with loose timings.

They bench about the same but i prefer tight timings personally.

mhsbrian

Gah, I'm so frustrated right now, I've been trying my hardest to get my processor to 3.8 but I just can't get it to post !!! I'm running 2 2x1gig crucial tracer 8500 sticks and here are some pics of the settings I'm trying or working around.

**EDIT** I've tried bumping the vcore also to 1.5 and the memory is set at 2.0v and I can't get it to post at all.

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Ruei

== Edit - leaving intact, but after reading again, you specify "base" like three times so I'm thinking that's the answer. Sorry Guess I've been reading so much I don't really process anything anymore. ==

Yeah that's basically what I worked out too. Just wondering, is it the base clock or the /current/ clock? Ex) My 8400 is running on a 500 FSB, so I'm using 2.00D strapping to get a 1:1 with my PC2-8000 RAM = ?

MM-K

Does this board have NB and SB temp sensors?

M4DM4N

Yesterday i bought this mobo for a future q9550 then i went lurking in the intel motherboard threads and to my surprise I ended up here. Gotta love OCN. Great thread btw Robillard.

And i know I will love this board, since i intend to watercool so it's gonna be cheaper for me since i dont have to add the nb in the loop
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Ledge68

My brother ordered one for me today along with a Antec 900 for himself! It's hard to pass on that case for $59 and the motherboard dropped from $136.99 to $119.99 with a $20 MIR is only $99.99. It will be cool to see how well my old E8400 does again after my IP35 Pro bit the dust.

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