I will be receiving some
G. Skill HZ soon, supposedly it is Micron D9 GMH. Does anyone following this thread have that memory or anything GMH on a DS3? What kind of overclock do you get? Any weird timing issues?
I have a lot of questions that probably have already been answered but this board's search function TOTALLY SUCKS. I don't like this board's format but the information can't be beat. I have read the thread.
I am building a new computer right now and so far I have this stuff (or it's on its way):
DS3 rev1
e6600
Scythe Andy Samurai Master (Not as good as the Infinity apparently but the Infinity won't fit into my case)
XFX 7600 GS (I wanted something silent & cheap)
G. Skill HZ 2GB
Does anyone have 4ghz on this board stable?
I can't find any information about the Gigabyte DS3 and TPM (Trusted Platform Module). Does anyone have any information on that?
Has anyone used this board with Windows Vista, and what problems have you encountered? Do you have to use special drivers or do the drivers that Gigabyte includes on CD work fine?
Is there a BIOS guide on the internet, in HTML or something, that tells what BIOS functions to modify when overclocking? (I've read about what to do generally -- 100mhz pci, set ram timings manually, etc.)
What about these dividers? 2:3 4:5 1:1, which is best? Does it really matter or is the DS3 just better with 1:1. Why use a different divider and have just your memory faster?
Why follow conventional wisdom and disable virtualization? That is something I could really use. Has anyone left it enabled?
What utilities should I have available?
So far I have:
Memset v3.1
ad2d1916baff5ca3a5df6fef3d363bab *MemSet.zip
(What's mchbar and how important is it?)
Orthos Beta - April '06
7729676c448ed1c1fd640d43e841f371 *orthos_exe_20060420.cab
Intel TAT (Thermal Analysis Tool) - I can't find an official source for this, why not?
52eeb33087145c19957c5f513e83feb4 *tat.exe
Downloaded from 3 places, md5 the same on all of them
HCI Design's Memtest (supposedly more rigorous than normal memtest)
557dd49bfda0ebd2111792b268eb3e27 *HCI Design's MemTest.zip
CPU-Z v1.38
92b1ee23768802d252c6609cd9ca7259 *cpu-z-138.zip
There is a crazy guide
here for lowering CPU temp. I'm thinking of following it, but I don't want to void my CPU warranty -- which is exactly what will happen if I lap the CPU. I think I've mentioned this before. Any more advice? Also what about curing and burning in?
Thanks