Don't trust cpuz! It did not display the right value!The 8500 Ballistix Tracers I just received did 2.2v DDR1150 5-5-5 timings with no cooling / DDR1180 @ 2.2v with a 92mm Tornado blowing across them. When I started overclocking the FSB, they max out at DDR1135 stable. I have my own little piece of Star Wars in my computer now! (Need to find some electrical tape...)
So the max I have been able to take the board is 455fsb. Voltage bumps and cooling would not seem to take me any higher.
This board seems to wildly underclock the VCORE. Gigabyte's attempt to coddle overclockers, I guess. Setting 1.55v in bios gives 1.44v in CPU-Z or 1.46 according to EasyTune.
Easytune5 is more accurate but in a margin of 0.1v
My ballistix 5300 maxed out around 568mhz [email protected]:
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