jeremywills Posted September 1, 2006 Posted September 1, 2006 The Title says all. Should have never steered away from DFI. Oh well, lesson learned the hardway. Got myself another x2 3800 and an Infinity RS482 on the way. Been reading up here and elsewhere on the board, after a few quirks cutting its teeth it seems this board when it arrives to me is proving to be a damn fine ocing matx board, which is exactly what I needed. I have some Mushkin BH5 and this board it appears can pump some volts, I hope this mem works for me like im counting it will Wish me luck this boards a gem and not a dud Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aurora Posted September 1, 2006 Posted September 1, 2006 The Title says all. Should have never steered away from DFI. Oh well, lesson learned the hardway. Got myself another x2 3800 and an Infinity RS482 on the way. Been reading up here and elsewhere on the board, after a few quirks cutting its teeth it seems this board when it arrives to me is proving to be a damn fine ocing matx board, which is exactly what I needed. I have some Mushkin BH5 and this board it appears can pump some volts, I hope this mem works for me like im counting it will Wish me luck this boards a gem and not a dud Welcome Back! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremywills Posted September 1, 2006 Posted September 1, 2006 im just hoping this is the matx vehicle that will push one of my 2 x2 chips into some extreme frequency no stock htpc forme, i want to squeeze as much out of it as i can, folding 24/7, most matx blow in the ocing dept so im glad these guys released one worth a crap, or so i hope its looking promising from everything i have read, i hope i wont have to rely on your expertise around here too much, been ahwile that i have looked in a dfi bios, the options will be overwhelming Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremywills Posted September 7, 2006 Posted September 7, 2006 ups has finally decided im worthy of receiving this thing, its been sitting in dallas for 3 days i guess labor day holiday backed them up or something, hopefully i get to play with this new board tommrow cant wait to see what this will do Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
p0tter Posted September 7, 2006 Posted September 7, 2006 3.2v max in bios and havent heard of a mod. I am using TCCD, onboard video (overclocked to 490mhz) and taking advantage of the passive and very quiet board. I was able to get my X2 @ 2.7 with no real board limitations. I found the only useful divider was the 6/5 w/ my 2GBHZ, but the cpu was maxed, not the mem. Good review Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremywills Posted September 7, 2006 Posted September 7, 2006 thanks sir, ill be needing advice, i have winbond bh5 muskin sticks so that 3.2 should be somewhat useful, i also have utt bh but i would prefer to use my bh if at all possible, supposedly the pqi i have is tccd but i have never pulled the spreaders to verify and it works fine in my other setup so i dont want to disturb it ill have a manchester and a toldeo x2 core to work with so hopefully one of the 2 will fly on it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremywills Posted September 8, 2006 Posted September 8, 2006 board arrived today, FWIW its a cool board, sadly someone slashed my tires today so I was forced to have to deal with that instead, only had time to setup the board and I am letting run at stock for the moment, the time I was planning to spend with it I had to deal with the tires issue GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR im so mad, anyhow quickly went into the bios and took a gander, wow, im scared of it, for a matx board its alot of control over things, did i read it right???? 1.85 on the cpu volts??? wow you would have to had some damn good cooling solution to go that much on a cpu??? wow, overall im impressed with it, it appears of high quality, I love that dvi and optical spdif out, once i have time tommrow to play with it some more ill report back, cheers jeremy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noneed4me2 Posted September 8, 2006 Posted September 8, 2006 Too bad about the tires, hope it wasn't some ex girlfriend stalker type. I have the same board at this http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=117063 . This board overclocks as good as some full sized ATX boards. I added a chipset fan and I am using an Arctic Freezer 64 pro. It runs game great allthough gaming is more my kids thing. My cpu seems not to go higher than 2.9. Your Vcore shows up to 1.85, mine only goes to 1.55 and thats even after flashing twice the most recent stable 711 bios. Good luck and keep posting your results and feel free to ask any question I don't mind helping if I can. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremywills Posted September 9, 2006 Posted September 9, 2006 grrrrrrrrr tires cost more than i anticipated, a new psu will have to wait, FWIW at stock its a fantastic board, the optical out is nice, the sound onboard is good, the DVI onboard is sweet, for what it is as a potential base HTPC it rocks, but I know theres a beast ready to be unleashed in it so............ psu plans are on hold, but........ i have read up where some certain psus cause rebooting issues etc...... has any one specific psu thats got decent juice for ocing seem to have become a clear winner in not causing the random reboots??? preferably a modular type? maybe the tires are a good thing so I have time to research this out, I want a PSU that will allow overclocking and not be a bottleneck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noneed4me2 Posted September 9, 2006 Posted September 9, 2006 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16817103937 What I use with my current overclock and is modular, I did not know this when I purchased it but its been real stable. I found that my system will reboot mostly when my vcore can't handle the overclock, but once the voltage is where it needs to be the problem go's away. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcrossan Posted September 10, 2006 Posted September 10, 2006 grrrrrrrrr tires cost more than i anticipated, a new psu will have to wait, FWIW at stock its a fantastic board, the optical out is nice, the sound onboard is good, the DVI onboard is sweet, for what it is as a potential base HTPC it rocks, but I know theres a beast ready to be unleashed in it so............ psu plans are on hold, but........ i have read up where some certain psus cause rebooting issues etc...... has any one specific psu thats got decent juice for ocing seem to have become a clear winner in not causing the random reboots??? preferably a modular type? maybe the tires are a good thing so I have time to research this out, I want a PSU that will allow overclocking and not be a bottleneck I am considering this mobo for my HTPC because I liked all the video output options. I keep hearing that this is a great mobo for HTPCs, is that pretty much the consensus? Does the on-board video do well for DVD playback and streaming? The HTPC I am building will be used to stream audio (MP3s, WAVs) and video (ripped DVDs) through a Russound audio/video controller. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremywills Posted September 11, 2006 Posted September 11, 2006 everything thus far has been fine expect i keep getting intermitten sound drop outs when using the spdif optical to my av dolby reciever grrrr anyone else having an issue like that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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