Biostar TZ68A+ SKT1155

[Cold Storm]

Originally Posted by cavecreekaz

Thanks for all the help! I'll take a restocking hit from NewEgg even though it's a bad board (What's up with that?) Heading down to Fry's to swap out the I7 2600K for another in case that's the problem. Picking up the MSI P67A-GD65 B3 Board ($50 more) as I see in some reviews iit has no problems getting to at least 4.8."http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/265056-29-2600k-2500k-overclocking-guide". Going to PU the MSI P67A-G45 B3 also as it's $109 after rebate and see what it can do. If it's OK and I can live without the extras I'll go with it. No onboard video like the Z68 setups but I'm running a HD6870 anyhow. I think my Sundays filled up now with this! I'm not a gammer, just like to see ow far I can take things. Usually water cool with a Corsair Natilus 500 or my own custom car heater core setup when things warm up. Try the Nautilus 500 if you can find it, great external compact setup!

Note: I used a Hyper 212+ for cooling and my Corsair Vengance heat spreaders juuuust got in the way. Tried zip tying a fan but looked crappy. So I milled a recess where the fan mounts so it is flush and removed the little rubber pads. Now it fits, just barely but clears the heat spreaders. Good cooler to use if it fits, if not the N520 is as good or better and not as tall.

Thanks again!

Got to get down to Fry's......

Oh, I hate coolers.. lol.. That's why I went away from "tower" coolers.. I had both Xigmatek coolers (Thor's Hammer & Aegir) would make it to where I had to ghetto rig it to stay in place since I had to place the fan above the ram sinks..


I hope the next set up doesn't screw ya like this one..

[jmcslob]

[double0seven]

Originally Posted by cadaveca

that shot was taken while i was trying to find stability at the normal 4.5 GHz.


However, as I mentioned in the review, the "loadline Calibration" setting was backwards, so with it set to enabled, I had to use that high voltage.

Then, I tried "disabled" for the loadline setting, and the 1.264v, under load, worked right, with 1.272v @ idle, which is what other boards will do with loadline calibration set to "enabled".

I purposely left that screenshot there so this question would come up; Good Job, Heky! .

I have this board with a 2500k but I'm finding the opposite of what you're saying here: After reading this review, I went and changed my Loadline Calibration setting to "Disabled".
But when I ran the load tests, my Vcore ended up being higher than before, and so did my core temps. (See attached screenshots)

What is going on?