Recent content by DirkDiggler

I had that E2160 in this p35-ds3l do 3.4GHz but it got over 75C so I lowered the OC down to 3.2GHz for 24/7, it never hit 65C with 1.425v. The new board I want is for the Q6600 G0 I just got, not the E2160... it's all there in my first post.

Well I have this dual core CPU sitting here right now doing nothing, so I can definitely use this board with that CPU for a fileserver or something. That E2160 will do 3.2GHz on this board easily. I am not in a rush because I am pretty satisfied with the 3.2GHz I am running at right now...

True, but patience is a virtue. :pimp: I might play with it if I happen to come across a cheap multimeter, but I really would like a new mobo to play with so keep them suggestions coming please.

If I end up not being able to afford another board by X-mas, I would definitely consider this mod, but I'd prefer not to if I can avoid it.

Uhm... we already went through that... LOL

LOL hold your horses, like I said I ain't in a rush, hehe. I would like to hear some other opinions, especially if somebody else who has that board could recommend it to me. I am also still open for more suggestions from other vendors. I still have a lot of research to do before I make my...

Reading this now, thanks. You are right about doing it myself, but I got kinda excited when I realized that I will have almost enough parts for another rig, I think I am pretty much set on buying new.

Cool very nice find, I like it a lot. :toast: So this board doesn't have the vdroop problem? I am googling for a review right now, not coming up with much useful stuff so far.

But that board only has 2 PCI slots as well :confused: I already have a PCI sound card, capture card, an IDE and an SATA RAID controller cards, that's why I wanted 4 slots but I can get rid of the SATA controller card if the board has more SATA ports. So I need 3 minimum, thanks anyway.

I checked that board out and it's a pretty nice deal, but I wasn't happy with the SATA ports' location and it only has 2 PCI slots, I need at least 3, 4 would be better. I was looking at this thread this morning, not sure if I trust myself to fool around like that, nor do I have a multimeter...

So I got this Q6600 G0, but my current board won't let me OC past 400x8 because the vdroop gets way out of control. When I was trying for 400x9 I went as far as setting my vcore to 1.6v which read ca 1.565v with CPU-z and dropped as low as 1.488v under load. Don't worry temps were way within...

That sucks, have a look around on that site, they have pretty good guides and let you know what is dependable media.

My bad, updated previous post and bettered the score a bit somehow. :toast:

Got the Q6600 G0 in, used the same bios settings as my old E2160; 400x8, RAM :2, Auto Vcore.

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