I purchased a Opteron 148 (CABYE stepping) & an ASRock 939DUAL-SATA2 mb from Monarch Computers about a month ago and have concluded that this was the best PC upgrade / build I have ever made in my 23+ years with computers. I'm getting FX-57+ speeds @ default or lower voltage for the price of a AMD 64 3700+
I was able to reach 11 x 273= 3003Mhz @ 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 with this BIOS. 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
I was able to reach 11 x 273= 3003Mhz @ 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 with this BIOS. 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