Gigabyte GA-EP45-EXTREME Living Review

[Alcibiades]

aw guys, I was waiting for nahelem too, but those e8600's look irresistable.
What can I expect fsb wise on my x38-dq6 with the terrible vdroop?
Is it worth it or do I need to upgd my mojo I mean mobo?

[Ace-a-Rue]

Originally Posted by supershanks

Spoken like a man who understands , my predicament & the need to keep the wife on side

YES!..we are old enough to know how to keep that 'delicate' balance between a buy and NO BUY!

[Ace-a-Rue]

Originally Posted by supershanks

F6H New BTA
Just got my sticky mits on this thanks to Eva

Changes
1st thing I noticed is new flashier Flash Screen

Advanced Timing Control has been expanded now with 2 sub menus.

The Timings section is familiar from early bios. Looks like there has been some slackening off of tRD , Had set up to bios to my 7.5x575@2b but left tRD on Auto shows 12.

The new Driving options -

Pull-Up/Pull-down option ranges are +7~-7
Driving Strength Profiles and reason for the change in flash screen




Comparison
F6H

F6C


Slight dip in Wprime , but across the board increases in memory based benches.

looking very nice at 43xx mhz...things are looking up...I LIKE!

[eva2000]

Originally Posted by supershanks

Eva thought you were a decent guy , now you go tempting me with E8600 . was planning on sticking with 8500 till Nehalem , but have seen a few like yours, they look quite a leap in silicon , can feel my willpower wilting.

lol.. guess you need to close your eyes for the next lot of screenies










1st E8600 Q820A599 **5146 max validation = 5011Mhz at 1.552v idle realtemp/coretemp temps = 37-47C





was hoping for 32M super pi run at those clocks guess I can't have all the luck

2nd E8600 Q820A599 **4506 up for testing next

[supershanks]

Originally Posted by Alcibiades

aw guys, I was waiting for nahelem too, but those e8600's look irresistable.
What can I expect fsb wise on my x38-dq6 with the terrible vdroop?
Is it worth it or do I need to upgd my mojo I mean mobo?

Haved they not added the Loadline clibration to the X38 ?? The voltages look a little lower than the 8500 etc., so may not be an issue

Originally Posted by Ace

YES!..we are old enough to know how to keep that 'delicate' balance between a buy and NO BUY!

Aye , especially predicting the

NO BUY!

events
I'm in a worse quandary now than I was . Remember I said I'd RMA's my Cellshock & was getting
CSX 2GB Kit DDR3-2000 DIABLO to play with & tide me over yill the cellshock was back. Well they arrived yesterday , but were either dead or as the shop seems to prefer incomparable with both the EP45T & DFI DFI UT X48-T3RS it's Micron D9GMH so they've gone back today & will get a refund. So looks like I'll wait till Cellshock comes back. So when i get refund , I'll have to decide Nehalem or a E8600 Ooooooohhh

Originally Posted by Eva

lol.. guess you need to close your eyes for the next lot of screenies

your not helping

[Ace-a-Rue]

hey SS, i tried to PM you back and it said your PM box is stuff full and it can not accept anymore PM's

[supershanks]

Sorted

[terrornoize]

Hi, i'm new user from italy!

I always have the same problem, ram (2*2Gb Corsair Dominator PC8500) do not succeed be either with the default frequencies just overclock cpu (qx9650) over 3000mhz. The last bios (f6h) does not improve the situation, he sets out for 1080 but the system is unstable under prime95 mt...

some advice?

Ps: sorry for my bad english...

[supershanks]

hi terrornoize,
Welcome to the forum
Can you please add your specs to help us please see How To Add Your System Specs To Your Profile!

meanwhile what cpu are you using and what clocks are you trying ??

[terrornoize]

hi shanks, thx for the welcome...

The system not start just exceed the 1040/1050 mhz of ram... only when the cpu is at default i can boot with the ram "normal" frequencies (1066mhz).

obviously I have try to overvolt ram and nb, relax timings... no way!