additional thoughts:
- heat/voltage issue - seems e4300 needs a lot of Vcore to get past 315FSB (at least for me) and heat doesn't scale well with higher V (again, at least for me)
- MB strap problem? read somewhere our MB has really terrible strap issue from 350FSB-420. but i am a newbie...
Hello OP,
i got the same chip (aka Fry's $149 combo)
and here's my story:
i jumped on the Fry's deal of $149 for E4300 OEM + ECS p4m800pro combo, and then went and got the following:
- Biostar tforce 965pt (using beta bios 119 to get 400Mhz for memory)
- arctic cooling freezer 7 pro...
i had the same thought as the OP
i have a Biostar 965PT and i tried lowering the multiplier to get higher FSB (heard 965pt has bad strap problem, so i wanted to get above 401FSB) but it didnt really work on this board
does this mean this MB doesnt support lowering mult, or i am doing...
Hello everyone,
i jumped on the Fry's deal of $149 for E4300 OEM + ECS p4m800pro combo, and then went and got the following:
- Biostar tforce 965pt (using beta bios 119 to get 400Mhz for memory)
- arctic cooling freezer 7 pro
- APEX AL-B500E ATX 500W
- Antec sx-635
- corsair xms2 2x1gb...