P5KE-Wifi + Wolfdale = Incredible!!

[MUff1N]

Originally Posted by Samuknow

4.7 on air....that is just silly....I can't even imagine under water....5.0 anyone????

5Ghz on watercooling. Galaxy 8800 Ultra (stock cooler no mods)
So yea, it's already being done...
Wolfdale E8400 ES 5ghz 1m Vapo LS - XtremeSystems Forums

[weldzilla]

Well Thankyou dsio You know I am into my 20th year of intels. Although back in the day it was not Intel that was considered evil by us Amiga users. It was IBM based systems that were considered to be the "darkside". We just thought Intel and AMD were slow!!!
But I made the move cuz Amiga was a horribly managed company and I could see that the 68000 series was going to be it's last decent product.
Over the years I really began to love my intel's. It seemed like I could always get more from them then most people. Not all people but most.
It may sound weird since they are inanimate but, I kinda have a feel for them and a sense about them. Can't really explain it. I am just simpatico with them.

WZ

[Strongwolf]

I'm speechless! What kind of case is that, I love it!

[MUff1N]

From day one (starting 5 years back) I've been and "Intel Man" so to speak and have always like the rock solid reliability of them. I know exactly what you mean by "having a feel" for something. Whether it be playing guitar, running machinery, working on car engines, building something out of wood or whatever...It's like a sixth sense about things and is a rare quality in most people that possess this.
But having years behind you working with Intel and their settings doesn't hurt either...but even still there is an art to doing this right and effectively...something you seem to do well Weldzilla

[weldzilla]

If you have seen my builds then you know it is a cheap!!! case!
It had standard HDD rack But I cut it away so I could transverse mount my HDD's to allow more room for vid card. This is why I like inexpensive cases. I know going in I am going to cut them up anyway. I have yet to see any case cheap or spendy that could not improved on.
I do like the fact that the red has so much intensity that it makes even the CPU cooler look like it's red.

WZ

[Strongwolf]

Looks with a lot of room from here. BTW, that monster of you, does it folds???

[MUff1N]

I got a question for you Weldzilla since I don't recognize that CPU cooler...
You said it's a Scythe Cooler with 100mm fan, but what model is it??? It does a great job of cooling that Wolfdale and it looks like it's light Aluminum as well.

[weldzilla]

Here you go Muff1N. This is the link to where I got mine

Scythe SCMN-1100 Mine Rev. B Heatpipe CPU Cooler for AMD K8, AM2 and Intel 478, LGA775

That is the price I paid for mine too. That remains the same.

WZ

[MUff1N]

Originally Posted by weldzilla

Here you go Muff1N. This is the link to where I got mine

Scythe SCMN-1100 Mine Rev. B Heatpipe CPU Cooler for AMD K8, AM2 and Intel 478, LGA775

That is the price I paid for mine too. That remains the same.

WZ

Thanks...The CPU cooler looks good too.

[skool h8r]

I hate to resurrect a dead thread, but since i've got one of these arriving after the weekend, i don't suppose you could post what BIOS settings you've set to reach those speeds on air, e.g. Voltages, Clocks, Multi's, etc. I'm looking to get at least 4Ghz out of this wolfdale as Abit boards just don't OC very well, this one i have doesn't like to OC at all it seems .

[ccperf721p]

I can't give you exact settings but I can give you what I run on my board at and over 500FSB.

Disable C1E and CPU TM Function under Advanced/CPU Config

Under Jumperfree Config
Leave CPU and N/B GTL V reference on auto, disable spread spectrums, enable voltage dampner (also called load line calibration depending on bios version)
Voltages (Can be left on stock past 400FSB)
CPU PLL > 1.6
FSB Termination > 1.3
Northbridge > 1.55
Southbridge > Auto

Memory timings for DDR1000
tCL > 5
tRCD > 5
tRP > 5
tRAS > 15
tRRD > 4
tRFC > 50
tWR > 7
tWTR > 5
tRTP > 5

If It's not listed it can be left on auto.

[skool h8r]

Ah cheers!

Should be here on tuesday, so gonna be working on getting into the 4Ghz area, and into the sub-9 SuperPiMod times

[dsio]

So you would leave loadline calibration on? Someone told me to always disable it.

[ccperf721p]

Shouldn't be much of an issue getting there, if it doesn't just jump right up there I would be surprised.

[ccperf721p]

I've read a few negative reports of leaving it enabled. I have not seen it measured with any capable equipment yet.

[WarriorII]

WZ this is some really sweet info !
Thanks for sharing it !!!!

@ccperf721p -
Those settings work nice.

I have this same board and have had.... a bit of a time with it.
although not as much as other boards.

This is a really good mobo. I haven't had a good Asus board in years.
I think this is the one to hold me over for quite some time.

Next purchase - Wolfy.


EDIT:

Little tweak here, little tweak there.... Shaved 30 secs off my Folding TPF's.
(now 10.29 @ Frame)

[dsio]

Runing 1.28V core, when all cores were fully loaded it was dropping to 1.23V, with loadline calibration enabled its dropping to 1.26V

[Daniel ~]

Will I never have a fast computer again!? LOL

In the new couple of weeks I hope to up grade from my current 2.4 @3.6 Core 2 to something close to that in a Quad, that's a pretty big boost in power! and I'm still falling behind faster than I'm catching up! LOL

On the up side....looks like break neck speed is going to be jaw dropping cheap!

[Logan]

I actually just retired my 3500+ Winchester last week (now in the woman's computer). I built a new rig myself and came here to see about some cheaper Core Duos vs. X2 processors for my mom for a not-so-omgwtfbbqsauce computer she can browse the net and grandkid pictures on.

My setup is:

8400
eVGA 780i
4GB Corsair SLi DDR2
1 x eVGA 9800GTX
3 x 500gb SATA 3.0gb/s in RAID5
Sparkle 900 watt MAGNA power supply
Samsung insane-o speed DVD burner with lightscribe. Wanted a Blu-ray burner but they're so fricken expensive...and I don't have a ps3 or a BR player.

All running on Vista Ultimate 32bit.

It is the most insane speed I've ever experienced on a computer. I'm absolutely floored. Also...surprisingly enough I love Vista.

Sorry to whore the thread, but I agree on loving my 8400. I'd kiss it but I'd get shocked and have to buy a new computer.

[MUff1N]

That's what I thought when I upgraded from my last system (P4 2.4 / PC2700 memory/ ATA 100) to the one I have now.
What used to take 30 mins on my old system takes 3 mins on the new one! (Image backups of C:\Drive)
That and DVD burning now is mins instead of an hour. ( Old drive was x1 DVD-RAM )
You'll get used to the speeds pretty quick though and you'll start pushing it to go faster still! hehe