Mayhem Posted June 16, 2005 Posted June 16, 2005 Hello there Im a complete noob to DFI main bords but not a Noob to others and over clocking all though i am a cheap skate untill i got this New Nf4 SLI-Dr Mainbord. Right my system Specs are the following Asus Vento 3600 case AMD 64 3800 Newcastle with standard HFC DFI Lan Party - NF4 SLI-DR 2 x 512Mb DDR 400 Danelec (10 year warrenty) 2 x Gigabyte GF 6600 GT (GV-NX66T128D) Enermax Noisetaker 470W 2 x 75 Gig raptor 10000 RPM Windows XP Pro SP 1 Now to the problems i am haveing - 1) Seems like my ram sucks Big time Please could some one recommend 1 GB in 2 x 512mb sticks that does not cost me the earth and can be over clocked a little. 2) When playing the 6600 GTs in SLI mod i get constant crashes back to the windows desk top. Some times the games have just minamised. Allso they seem to get extremly Hot and the temps are well over 75-85c (quite bad i think). 3) to play the games i have to turn off SLI via the nvidia drivers and turn down the game settings to low to be able to play. I noticed the the Heat sinks on the GF 6600GT are rubbish and took them off and added artic siler after removeing the old paste that gigabyte has used. But there isnt realy a much of a temp drop. (any suggestions welcome) except spending loads. Would the GFX cards still work in SLI if i changed the HFC to these - http://www.arctic-cooling.com/vga2.php?idx=62 allso is there nay more recomandations for my set up . P.s I have dislexia so plz dont say my spelling sucks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwa4me Posted June 16, 2005 Posted June 16, 2005 Hey guy you may want to make you a sig so when someone goes to help you they don't have to keep looking back, cool . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegetarianator Posted June 17, 2005 Posted June 17, 2005 Hello there Im a complete noob to DFI main bords but not a Noob to others and over clocking all though i am a cheap skate untill i got this New Nf4 SLI-Dr Mainbord. Right my system Specs are the following Asus Vento 3600 case AMD 64 3800 Newcastle with standard HFC DFI Lan Party - NF4 SLI-DR 2 x 512Mb DDR 400 Danelec (10 year warrenty) 2 x Gigabyte GF 6600 GT (GV-NX66T128D) Enermax Noisetaker 470W 2 x 75 Gig raptor 10000 RPM Windows XP Pro SP 1 Now to the problems i am haveing - 1) Seems like my ram sucks Big time Please could some one recommend 1 GB in 2 x 512mb sticks that does not cost me the earth and can be over clocked a little. 2) When playing the 6600 GTs in SLI mod i get constant crashes back to the windows desk top. Some times the games have just minamised. Allso they seem to get extremly Hot and the temps are well over 75-85c (quite bad i think). 3) to play the games i have to turn off SLI via the nvidia drivers and turn down the game settings to low to be able to play. I noticed the the Heat sinks on the GF 6600GT are rubbish and took them off and added artic siler after removeing the old paste that gigabyte has used. But there isnt realy a much of a temp drop. (any suggestions welcome) except spending loads. Would the GFX cards still work in SLI if i changed the HFC to these - http://www.arctic-cooling.com/vga2.php?idx=62 allso is there nay more recomandations for my set up . P.s I have dislexia so plz dont say my spelling sucks. Welcome to the darkside :nod: (1) Reasonably priced ram - OCZ VX UTT Value Winbond (2) 75-85c you say, yes, pretty hot. I don't know your case, but it sounds as if you need better ventilation. Take the cover off and check temps, if that makes a difference, then you need to either find a better case, or mod your case to provide better air-flow. If taking the cover off makes no difference to temps, then it could be inaccurate temp monitoring software (how are you measuring temps?), or crappy thermal tape-type of thermal compound on the gfx cards' heatsinks, or maybe the fans aren't the best fans, and an after-market gfx card cooling solution might resolve. There's a lot of maybe's. Crashes when gaming? My guess is that you didn't research your power requirements for this setup, too thoroughly, because you will need more powah :nod: You'll need a nice branded psu (Enermax are great, but 535W Enermax minimum for this mobo in sli). Get into reading ALL the stickies, but read this one first : http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10854 (3) Most ppl (in my experience) don't get a great application of AS the first time, and will need to clean it off again, and try it again, and again, until it gives you a nice result. Regardless of whether you are a newbie, or not. Back me up guys, or shoot me down, is cool :shake: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempez815 Posted June 17, 2005 Posted June 17, 2005 Hello there Im a complete noob to DFI main bords but not a Noob to others and over clocking all though i am a cheap skate untill i got this New Nf4 SLI-Dr Mainbord. Right my system Specs are the following Asus Vento 3600 case AMD 64 3800 Newcastle with standard HFC DFI Lan Party - NF4 SLI-DR 2 x 512Mb DDR 400 Danelec (10 year warrenty) 2 x Gigabyte GF 6600 GT (GV-NX66T128D) Enermax Noisetaker 470W 2 x 75 Gig raptor 10000 RPM Windows XP Pro SP 1 Now to the problems i am haveing - 1) Seems like my ram sucks Big time Please could some one recommend 1 GB in 2 x 512mb sticks that does not cost me the earth and can be over clocked a little. 2) When playing the 6600 GTs in SLI mod i get constant crashes back to the windows desk top. Some times the games have just minamised. Allso they seem to get extremly Hot and the temps are well over 75-85c (quite bad i think). 3) to play the games i have to turn off SLI via the nvidia drivers and turn down the game settings to low to be able to play. I noticed the the Heat sinks on the GF 6600GT are rubbish and took them off and added artic siler after removeing the old paste that gigabyte has used. But there isnt realy a much of a temp drop. (any suggestions welcome) except spending loads. Would the GFX cards still work in SLI if i changed the HFC to these - http://www.arctic-cooling.com/vga2.php?idx=62 allso is there nay more recomandations for my set up . P.s I have dislexia so plz dont say my spelling sucks. Well first the memory. OCZ PC3200 DDR 400 Gold D Chan Kit would be good to go The cards: Have you enabled SLi mode on the board by moving the jumpers? Have you got the latest Drivers from nvidia for SLi? If not then try nzone for them. That's a start at least.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted June 17, 2005 Posted June 17, 2005 Well i read on the DFI web site that a 460 Watt is oky in sli unless DFI are incorrect (its allso in there booklet that comes with the bord. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted June 17, 2005 Posted June 17, 2005 Yes i moved all jumpers on board with tere tool like in the quick install guide - I found the books not realy that good to be honist - this board has one hell of a lot of options that i have never seen before in bios. BTW the case is this - http://www.asus.com/products/pccomponents/...00/overview.htm It does decrease temps quite well as i tested this quite alot with my other systems. My temps are from the Nvidia drivers as the bios allows TEMP reading. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempez815 Posted June 17, 2005 Posted June 17, 2005 Yes i moved all jumpers on board with tere tool like in the quick install guide - I found the books not realy that good to be honist - this board has one hell of a lot of options that i have never seen before in bios. Well make sure you enable dual 6600GT support for the board. 460w aint enough for SLi really. I reckon a new PSU may well be in order Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted June 17, 2005 Posted June 17, 2005 Dam i only just bough this PSU as well cost me alot of money. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire-N-Ice Posted June 17, 2005 Posted June 17, 2005 maybe the ram causing the crash back to desktop, but yes the temp's high get new ram if you think thats really holding you back then try something else fix one thing at a time, otherwise you maybe fixing something that isn't broke... even fixing one thing at a time you may be fixing something thats not broke because you THINK thats what the problem is, ya know. Run more than one test to prove that something isnt right then fix THAT problem and start the whole process over again. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oliveryochest Posted June 17, 2005 Posted June 17, 2005 Originally posted by Mayhem1) Seems like my ram sucks Big time Please could some one recommend 1 GB in 2 x 512mb sticks that does not cost me the earth and can be over clocked a little. OCZ Gold Series at the egg. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspI...211#DetailSpecsWould the GFX cards still work in SLI if i changed the HFC to these - http://www.arctic-cooling.com/vga2.php?idx=62 The NV Silencer 6 is too big to fit on a DFI mobo with SLI. You can try blowing a fan directly at the hot spot. Windows XP Pro SP 1 The reason maybe is because of SP1. you need SP2 to get SLI working properly.Enermax Noisetaker 470WUnderpowered for a DFI mobo. Take a look at this. http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10854 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted June 17, 2005 Posted June 17, 2005 right so ill need a higher voltage pwr supply - One thing with the grapics problem the Gigaytes dont have any voltage going direct to them like on some 6600GT ive seen so it will be pulling the voltage direct from the PCIE slots (is this bad) ... allso for the ram is this good stuff For the PWR sup wich would be best out of these two for the system set up - OCZ PowerStream 600w ATX2.2 Power Supply (CA-015-OC) or OCZ PowerStream 520w Power Supply (CA-011-OC) from here http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/OCZ.html OCZ 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Dual Channel Gold VX EL-DDR CAS2.0 (MY-052-OC) from here http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Per...nce_Series.html Ive allso been looking at these - G.Skill 1GB DDR LE PC4400 (2x512MB) Dual Channel Kit (F1-3200DSU2-1GBLE) (MY-005-GS) From here again http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/G_Skill.html I know its seems like a advert from that place but they seem aforable sort of (going to have to sell my old system to get these parts) again if anyone tryed out these Plz let me know what you think as after spending so much so far im feeling a little peved that my system isnt up to it. So good avice only plz (wich is what i seem to be getting from you lot all ready). Allso i didnt know this place was around till tonight so i bought the wrong stuff becuase i saw it first on DFI and saw it in there manuel wich i got with the bord now im down £100+ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oliveryochest Posted June 17, 2005 Posted June 17, 2005 Originally posted by MayhemOCZ PowerStream 600w ATX2.2 Power Supply (CA-015-OC) The OCZ 600W PSU will meet every demand. The Enermax 600W SLI is also a good PSU. This Antec will also do you good. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16817103929 For the memory I would go for the OCZ Gold Series. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820227211 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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