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I built my pc with high hopes of hitting around 4Ghz but Ive fallen very short. Ive been reading for weaks and I still havent gotten any further. I think Im being limited by my motherboard or ram. Im looking for some tips to take it further or see which components I should start replacing.
Intel e6400
MSI 975X V.2 (PUE)
2GB Wintec AmpX DDR 675
OCZ 700W GameXstream
EVGA 7800GTX
Segate7200.10 250GB 16MB in RAID0
CM Stacker
Right now I have the board running at [email protected] with Ram 1:1. The board will boot to 400 but hangs at various spots through the posting process.
For the cpu I have tried raising the voltage to 1.55 but it didnt make a difference. Temps are definatly not an issue. My cpus load temp is 38C, water cooled, and I have a NC-U6 on the northbridge with Dual 70mm Sunnon fans and a 40mm Scythe fan on the Southbridge. The motherboard does not allow the multiplier to be ran lower then 9 and it does not allow a divider on the ram so this has made it hard to weed out the problem.
I went with the Wintec Ram because forum posts were saying it maybe D9 and reviewers had it hitting around DDR2 1000 speeds. It will do 380FSB 1:1 at its stock settings of 4-4-4-12 1.9V. I have tried increasing the RAM voltage to 2.2v but it didnt budge. I have relaxed the timings to 5-5-5-15 and 5-6-6-15 but still no go. At stock timings with 266 FSB and RAM 1:5(DDR2 800) it starts hanging in the post screen also. This is my first system with DDR2 so Im not familiar with it. From what Ive read it continue to scale with more voltage and looser timings? Are there certain IsC that will go so far on stock settings but lower timings and more voltage will not push them any further?
I bought the MSI 975X because it had good reviews and was suppose to be capable of 450+ FSB. This board has many problems well documented across the internet and I have every last one of them. While reading hundreds of froum post on the board I have noticed almost all users that experience the problems also seem to cap at 360-380 FSB. If some one who has this board at a 400+ FSB could offer some tips, it would be greatly appreciated.
I would like to use my current set up to push my system as far as possible but I will replace whats needed if not. Im not sure if the memory was improperly identified as D9 or the problems of the motherboard are holding me back. The motherboard is a huge POS but I can deal with if I hit the point I want.
Intel e6400
MSI 975X V.2 (PUE)
2GB Wintec AmpX DDR 675
OCZ 700W GameXstream
EVGA 7800GTX
Segate7200.10 250GB 16MB in RAID0
CM Stacker
Right now I have the board running at [email protected] with Ram 1:1. The board will boot to 400 but hangs at various spots through the posting process.
For the cpu I have tried raising the voltage to 1.55 but it didnt make a difference. Temps are definatly not an issue. My cpus load temp is 38C, water cooled, and I have a NC-U6 on the northbridge with Dual 70mm Sunnon fans and a 40mm Scythe fan on the Southbridge. The motherboard does not allow the multiplier to be ran lower then 9 and it does not allow a divider on the ram so this has made it hard to weed out the problem.
I went with the Wintec Ram because forum posts were saying it maybe D9 and reviewers had it hitting around DDR2 1000 speeds. It will do 380FSB 1:1 at its stock settings of 4-4-4-12 1.9V. I have tried increasing the RAM voltage to 2.2v but it didnt budge. I have relaxed the timings to 5-5-5-15 and 5-6-6-15 but still no go. At stock timings with 266 FSB and RAM 1:5(DDR2 800) it starts hanging in the post screen also. This is my first system with DDR2 so Im not familiar with it. From what Ive read it continue to scale with more voltage and looser timings? Are there certain IsC that will go so far on stock settings but lower timings and more voltage will not push them any further?
I bought the MSI 975X because it had good reviews and was suppose to be capable of 450+ FSB. This board has many problems well documented across the internet and I have every last one of them. While reading hundreds of froum post on the board I have noticed almost all users that experience the problems also seem to cap at 360-380 FSB. If some one who has this board at a 400+ FSB could offer some tips, it would be greatly appreciated.
I would like to use my current set up to push my system as far as possible but I will replace whats needed if not. Im not sure if the memory was improperly identified as D9 or the problems of the motherboard are holding me back. The motherboard is a huge POS but I can deal with if I hit the point I want.