Change of rigg to Conroe , did i do the right thing ??

[Bald-Eagle11]

Re: Change of rigg to Conroe , did i do the right thing ??

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN)

Asus P5B Deluxe WiFi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-150-AS)

Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB) (MY-108-CS)

Thermaltake VC3000SWA Armour Jr SuperMidi Tower - Silver (CA-038-TT

With a 7900GTX to play it on

Guys thx for all the help , only real prob i had building it was i have had to flash the bios .

Other than that its all hunky dory .

Will run a benchmark soon and keep you all posted .

Ok 3D 2006 as follows

6102 3D MARKs

SM2.0 Score 2304

HDR/SM3 SCORE 2304

CPU Score 1998

Everything at stock for the time being.

Just thought i woul throw in a quick sreenie ,, everthing maxed out running at about 100 FPS for the time being .

[iNvAzN]

Re: Change of rigg to Conroe , did i do the right thing ??

sweet, have fun pwning the noobs
:ar15: :dead:

[abtomat74]

Re: Change of rigg to Conroe , did i do the right thing ??

I am so happy to hear the ram worked!

Please tell us what settings your ram is at. If you don't already have this little program, you should get it now.

CPU-Z, version 1.35, scroll down to see it

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

It tells you the important things about your comp, such as CPU speed, multiplier, memory speed and timings etc. A must use program for any new build.

[Bald-Eagle11]

Re: Change of rigg to Conroe , did i do the right thing ??

I am so happy to hear the ram worked!

Please tell us what settings your ram is at. If you don't already have this little program, you should get it now.

CPU-Z, version 1.35, scroll down to see it

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

It tells you the important things about your comp, such as CPU speed, multiplier, memory speed and timings etc. A must use program for any new build.

Already have it , Mem timings as follows

Frequency 333.3 MHZ

FSB DRAM 4:5

CAS LATENCY 5.0 CLOCKS

RAS TO CAS DELAY 5 CLOCKS

RAS PERCENTAGE 5 CLOCKS

CAYCLE TIME (TraS ) 15 CLOCKS

[jeffsiler]

Re: Change of rigg to Conroe , did i do the right thing ??

Already have it , Mem timings as follows

Frequency 333.3 MHZ

Shouldnt the DDR2-6400 ram be @ 400Mhz?

Jeff

[abtomat74]

Re: Change of rigg to Conroe , did i do the right thing ??

Shouldnt the DDR2-6400 ram be @ 400Mhz?

Jeff

Yes, which is precisely why I asked him to get that program. Part of what I was worried about has occured apparently...the ram is being run as DDR2 667(333mhz x2 = 666/7)

What he needs to do now is go into his BIOS and manually set the ram to the proper 400mhz.

This is where the vdimm voltage becomes important. It may not boot at the stock 1.8v when he changes the mhz to 400, so definately up your ram voltage to at least 1.9v, possibly upto 2.1v according to Corsairs forums(they allways say 2.1v is good).

If you cannot boot or post after these changes, clear your CMOS and start over. This is where your research is going to need to be done, proper memory timings to get your comp to boot at 400mhz ram.

The fact that you have it running now is good news, the rest is simply trial and error after your research.

[Bald-Eagle11]

Re: Change of rigg to Conroe , did i do the right thing ??

Yes, which is precisely why I asked him to get that program. Part of what I was worried about has occured apparently...the ram is being run as DDR2 667(333mhz x2 = 666/7)

What he needs to do now is go into his BIOS and manually set the ram to the proper 400mhz.

This is where the vdimm voltage becomes important. It may not boot at the stock 1.8v when he changes the mhz to 400, so definately up your ram voltage to at least 1.9v, possibly upto 2.1v according to Corsairs forums(they allways say 2.1v is good).

If you cannot boot or post after these changes, clear your CMOS and start over. This is where your research is going to need to be done, proper memory timings to get your comp to boot at 400mhz ram.

The fact that you have it running now is good news, the rest is simply trial and error after your research.

Thx man , i have been making some enquiries at Overclockers forum . Will post my findings .

[Bald-Eagle11]

Re: Change of rigg to Conroe , did i do the right thing ??

This one is easy guys ? I just flashed to updated Bios 0507 . I have also got the speed upto 2.9 stable just running with stock everything ??

Buy this chip its the best £220 i have ever spent in my life ( oh apart from that tripp to Amsterdam one christmas ).

[abtomat74]

Re: Change of rigg to Conroe , did i do the right thing ??

This one is easy guys ? I just flashed to updated Bios 0507 . I have also got the speed upto 2.9 stable just running with stock everything ??

So the ram is now running at its full 800? What voltage did you wind up with? Thanks for reporting back, I guess I can keep recomending Conroe afterall, even this early in its life.