Q9450+P5Q Deluxe

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Q9450 L812B264
P5Q Deluxe 0803 bios(not the last version)
Thermalright Ultra120Extreme+2xScythe SFF21F(1600rpm)
Palit 8600GT+ Sonic
2x2GB Mushkin Redline PC8000
Corsair 1000HX

ASUS P5Q DLX Template :

JumperFree Configuration Settings
AI Overclock tuner: MANUAL
CPU Ratio Setting: 8
FSB Frequency: 475
PCI-E Frequency: 101
FSB Strap to North Bridge: AUTO
DRAM Frequency: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A1: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A2: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B1: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B2: AUTO
DRAM Timing Control: MANUAL

1st Information :

CAS# Latency: 5
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay: 5
DRAM RAS# Precharge: 5
DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge: 15
RAS# to RAS# Delay : AUTO
Row Refresh Cycle Time: AUTO
Write Recovery Time: AUTO
Read to Precharge Time: AUTO

2nd Information :

READ to WRITE Delay (S/D): AUTO
Write to Read Delay (S): AUTO
WRITE to READ Delay (D): AUTO
READ to READ Delay (S): AUTO
READ to READ Delay (D): AUTO
WRITE to WRITE Delay (S): AUTO
WRITE to WRITE Delay (D): AUTO

3rd Information :

WRITE to PRE Delay: AUTO
READ to PRE Delay: AUTO
PRE to PRE Delay: AUTO
ALL PRE to ACT Delay: AUTO
ALL PRE to REF Delay: AUTO
DRAM Static Read Control: AUTO
DRAM Read Training: AUTO
MEM. OC Charger: AUTO
AI Clock Twister: AUTO
AI Transaction Booster: Manual
Common Performance Level: 11

CPU Voltage: 1.38125
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (0/2): 0.66
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (1/3): 0.64
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.52
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.28
DRAM Voltage: 1.98
NB Voltage: 1.28
NB GTL Reference: AUTO
SBridge Voltage: 1.2
PCIE SATA Voltage: 1.5

Load Line Calibration: Enabled
CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
CPU Clock Skew : Normal
NB Clock Skew : Normal

Advance CPU Settings
CPU Ratio Setting: Manual
CPU VID: Default
C1E Suppport: Disabled
Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled
Intel® Virtualization Tech: Disabled
Vanderpool Technology: Disabled
CPU TM Function: Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Disabled

Picture with setup

Picture with the DFI setup


20min of Prime95 @ 3800MHz

3945MHz screenie
CPU-Z Validator 2.1
The template is completed with what i remember,i am currently running prime95 and didnt want to reboot to write down all settings. Will update.
Minor problem until now: cooling on the Asus cannot be compared with the DFI. This thing really heats up. Well time to buy some mosfet cooling from Thermalright.
Board pictures



Feedback from the OC perspective:
In comparison to the DFI UT X48 T2R this board is a LOT easier to handle. The DFI at each minute GTLREF inconsistency crashed,froze or BSOD. This gave me 2 freezes, one when i tryied at 3945MHz to run SuperPi and another when when i put one of the core gtls way too low. That is that. Apart from that, aftermarket cooling for this board will be hard because the NB cooler(HR05SLI/IFX) will occupy one of the two PCI slots. And the another one is under the main PCIe slot.

[GSte]

Excellent stuff mate, a very respectable OC and a tasty looking mobo.

What do you think of the Mushkin RAM? Have you had much of a play around with that?

Do you find that the push/pull fan configuration gives much of a temp difference with the TRUE?

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Mushkin is fine, from what i've read it can do a lowsy 1060MHz max. Voltages over 2V dont influence that, pretty silly is that its supposed to be more stable at under 2V than at 2.1 or 2.2 or more.
Push-pull gives me at maximum 1-2degrees less than one fan.
I think the mosfet copper cooling from the mobo is heating my TRUE. They're pretty close and the damn things heat up.

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Something strange(for me anyway) is happening: one of the cores gives up at prime95(blend and small ffts) after 1h,1h30,2h,2h30 random. The other 3 go on but one definetly(until now,i have to tweak more) crashes.
With them on auto the thread#1 is crashing and if i mess with them then 80% of the cases is #3. Because Asus has a 0/2 and 1/3 gtlref usually if i adjust the gtlref 0/2 so that core #2 doesnt crash core#0 will crash. Probably a sign of too low VTT(VFSB).

[Kelainefes]

If you tweaked a lot the GTL refs but still one of the cores crashes, yes, i think that some more VTT will help.
BTW from the picks you posted a HR05 IFX (non SLI version) will block only the first PCI Express 1.0 slot.
Ofcourse you'll have to mount the TRUE facing up rather than towards the back of the case.

P.s.: You sure the MOSFET cooling is copper? Asus usually uses painted aluminium, and they don't mention the use of copper on the product's page.

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With the TRUE facing up wouldnt the cooling suffer? Because all the heat from a graphics board will be intake for the TRUE.
About the "copper" heatsinks on the Asus you might be right, i didnt scratch them to see if its really copper but they heat a lot, specially the upper mosfet area. I will buy some mosfet heatsinks from Thermalright as soon as i get into a Germany business trip. In Romania i didnt find one store that has the HR09U and HR09S Type2 needed for this board. Really a shame.
The gtlref tweaking done by me on the Asus cannot rival to the one did on the DFI, the DFI took like 3 to 4 weeks of assiduous measure and test.
Is there a shop in the UK that sends international and that has Thermalright stuff?

LE: it seems no matter how much vcore(1.395max), and vtt(1.38) i put into it it does not want to go over 1h30min with all cores. But the other 3 run further.
I played some games at 3.8 and its really stable, i did not have a hick-up,freeze,crash,bsod none what so ever. Also for this testing i put overkill voltage into the nb,like 1.5 and also vpll 1.58 which is pretty high considering i can run at 1.52vpll,1.28nb and 1.375vcore with 1.28vtt very stable.
Is something wrong in what i'm doing? Should i test with OCCT or with the new Intel test?
Or should i try with LLC disabled?