Originally posted by: tastyratz
k took a little lok again, its confirmed. You can actually view pictures of the motherboard on the website and compare, they do look different and it does look accurate to what I have in comparison
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Mot.../Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2314
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Mot.../Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2424
click enlarge view and it will zoom in on a pic of the boards.
you can see what I mean on the heatsinks as well theres an obvious difference in the way they look.
fwiw it seems the most I can push out of my board is 412mhz fsb stable with more time tonight. My setup:
ocz platinum 2x1gb 800mhz ram w 2.0v and 4-4-4-15 factory.
e6400 cpu @1.4v
rev 2 ds3 mobo @f7 bios
thermaltake heatpipe silent northbridge cooler
ocz powerstream 700w
xfx 6600gt pci-x card
36gb raptor
sound blaster live 5.1 converted to an audigy
corsair nautilus watercooling system and koolance hard drive waterblock for the raptor
relaxing the timing from 4-4-4-12 to 5-5-5-15 did not gain me a single mhz. Ram was at 2.2v during testing, and runs exactly the same at 2.0v and 4-4-4-12. Upping from 1.4 to 1.4375 didnt give me a single mhz, just heat. anything below 1.4 isnt enough though. Relaxing the fsb and mch from +2 to +1 doesnt make a difference in stability. Seems like ive hit a wall here and fingers are pointing towards the motherboard being the culprit. Otherwhise, I should be able to pump some more voltage, relax some timings, and atleast get a small amount more clock. seems solid as a rock at 412mhz and peaks at about 55-56c after an hour of orthos and the radiator fan set to corsairs "low" setting.
(I might have a low post count at anandtech, but I just realized they had a forum. Im not new to overclocking or watercooling, been at it for years)