Asrock939 Sata2 Heatsink/Fan combo

[Bad Dude]

Originally posted by: Zebo
Stock. What do you need a aftermarket HSF for with a board which only gives 1.4 volts, if your lucky and also use a hacked bios?

According to the review here, the board with out Vcore mod does go up to 1.55V. So are you sure it goes up only 1.4V?

Thanks.

 

[Jacksn]

Well... I'm dancin' that jig this afternoon!
I've got the Opteron 148 running @ 11 x 255= 2.82Ghz default volts (1.35) stable.

HTT=600Mhz
Memory=166Mhz divider (volts=high) memory @ 200.03 Mhz
The rest of the CPU settings = AUTO
Fast Writes= Disabled

It was begging me to go higher, so we skipped the 36 hour burn-in and went for it!
The system was stale so far thru, 4 loops of 3Dmark2001 @ 16x12x32x4XAA w/ SuperPi in the background calculating to 32M. We still have many hours of "Burn" to verify but, DAM!! this ASRock/Opteron upgrade has turned out to be the best PC purchase/Upgrade I've ever made... and I mean that. Cheers to ASRock with the finest budget board ever made that competes more then well enough with the premium products out there right now (Nforce4, etc.). I am one happy skunk right now. BTW- This is all with a stock cooler HSF on the CPU not ever getting above 42c.
Great stuff!

 

[Jacksn]

I was able to reach 11 x 273= 3003Mhz (3Ghz baby!) last night @ 1.45v (Stock cooler)
I'm pretty dam happy right now... I don't think I will do the vmod.
This is good enough! (fingers crossed behind back, thinking of conductive paint & a Zalman 9500LED HSF).

As soon as I went to 11 x 257 (2.85Ghz), I had to go from 1.35v to 1.375v for stability.
The next step was at 11 x 264 (2.90Ghz), I had to go to 1.425v for stability.
From any settings of 11 x 268-273, it req. 1.45v
Final goal reached was @ 11 x 273 (boards max.? with official 1.20 BIOS???) for 3GHZ @ 1.45v

I did not try to go any higher yet, because of the claim that the board may not go any higher on the FSB/HTT. I just want to burn-in at 3Ghz for now and maybe in the future get really bold.... but this is pretty dam awesome if you ask me!

Jacksn

 

[NewBlackDak]

The vdimm mod is extremely easy on this board, and gets it up to 3.2. If your ram is the VX(mine is) it'll love the mod.
I'm currently running an Opty 148 with stock cooler. I've been messing with the different BIOS to see what is the max HTT I could reach. I get the highest HTT so far with the OCWBeta2 BIOS. Sitting at 300 right now. I haven't done the CPU vcore, because I haven't started to push it,and looking at what you're getting I might not need it.
I'm also stuck with a 128MB Radeon 9800 until after Christmas. I know I have a 6800GS coming, and I'm hoping santa will be nice with a 165 or 170.