XFX 650i Ultra & e8400

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markintosh13

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Just couldn't pass up a sale on an e8400 - so I replaced my e4400.

I upgraded the bios on my el-cheapo XFX 650i Ultra mobo to the last bios available - P05 and slapped it in, reapplied AS5 and my Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro.

It's now running Orthos stable at 4.35Ghz, 1.375vcore with 4GB of mixed OCZ & Kingston Valueram DDR2800 (unlinked).

It really won't go further (it'll finish 3DMark 06 at 4.4Ghz, but not Orthos stable) as I'm hitting the max FSB for the board.

But hey... the cheap rig just keeps on ticking, and with a Radeon 4890 it's kicking out fantastic FPS at 2048x1152.

I think it'll do for a while yet.
 
thats pretty cool man! geat speed for a old board. What did you find the max stable FSB is?
 
Thanks.



Most reviews of 650i ultra mobos seem to find max fsb between 450 and 500.

Mine was 483.

I think I can crank it a bit higher, but the volts involved make it a seriously diminishing return.
 
Thats a killer oc, AWESOME JOB. If I am reading your sig you are on air as well? Have you tried running linx at all and seeing what your temps are like. Additionally is orthos your main app to test stability with or is just a general validator that your oc is stable?
 
I've run Coretemp, Speedfan and - both report the two cores idling at 39C and 54C at full load (Orthos small FFTs). As for stability - Orthos small FFTs (8 hours), plus 3DMark 06, and gaming with L4D and TF2 for overall cpu and gpu stability.

It's all good.
 
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