But none of them support undervolting, right?silence wrote:The MSI and Gigabyte chipset-equivalent competitors appear to be less picky with RAM as well, if that matters to anyone.
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- Sat Dec 08, 2007 12:10 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: ASUS M2A-VM HDMI
- Replies: 137
- Views: 159946
- Fri Dec 07, 2007 1:50 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: D201gly2: product and SPCR review discussion
- Replies: 398
- Views: 591052
Vcore of 1.3 is low, VERY low. See my comment here: http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=44140&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=120&sid=3bfabc849d17402b91d3f1839319e11d Kind of makes you wonder who to trust :wink: Hehe, my Pentium 200MMX runs on less than that... I think the Celeron 2...
- Fri Dec 07, 2007 12:10 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: ASUS M2A-VM HDMI
- Replies: 137
- Views: 159946
- Fri Dec 07, 2007 11:35 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: D201gly2: product and SPCR review discussion
- Replies: 398
- Views: 591052
The CPU on these board run at 1.3 volts that seems to be pretty high for a core 2 solo It's that high!? How did you find out the voltage, if I may ask? As you say, 1.3V for a 1.2GHz 65nm Core 2 is very high. It really shouldn't need more than 1.0V at the very most. I still haven't found a Core 2 ba...
- Thu Dec 06, 2007 1:23 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Amd Sempron or Amd64 Le
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5630
Re: Amd Sempron or Amd64 Le
AMDs 65nm design seems to suck relative to their excellent 90nm design, so I wouldn't choose one chip over another because of that. The Sempron LE-1250 is based on the improved G2 65nm stepping, which incorporates a much improved memory controller. Performance is apparently up to 6% better than the...
- Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:09 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Penryn specs and pricing leaked, TDP question
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2718
Anandtech measured a healthy power consumption decrease on Wolfdale (45nm dual core) versus Conroe.
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/sh ... i=3069&p=4
A rough estimate of actual CPU power consumption decrease would be ~25%. Not bad.
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/sh ... i=3069&p=4
A rough estimate of actual CPU power consumption decrease would be ~25%. Not bad.
- Sun Sep 23, 2007 1:48 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Undervolting: how low can you go?
- Replies: 234
- Views: 278471
- Sun Sep 23, 2007 1:48 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Gigabyte P35 DQ6 and that dreaded coil whine
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2838
- Fri Sep 21, 2007 3:37 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: GA-G33M-S2H mATX C2D board
- Replies: 36
- Views: 28349
I am now the owner of a Gigabyte GA-G33M-S2H. Here's the rest of the config: Corsair HX520W (230VDC) E6600 @ 3.00GHz (333*9, 1.17V) 2GB DDR2 @ 833MHz 5-5-5-15 (1.9V) Scythe Ninja rev. B with Scythe S-Flex on 950RPM Samsung T166 320GB (HD321KJ) D-Link DWL-G520 WLAN PCI card Idle: 79W Load: 124W Using...
- Sun Sep 16, 2007 3:23 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: x264 video encoding benchmark
- Replies: 43
- Views: 28062
Forgot to mention earlier: I'll be re-running the test at the exact same frequencies but using my E6600 instead (4MB L2 instead of 1MB). Sorry dude, I have no idea how to speak the language. I just looked up Swedish on wikipedia and there was a list of common phrase :) Heheh... Thought so. Always ni...
- Sun Sep 16, 2007 5:20 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: x264 video encoding benchmark
- Replies: 43
- Views: 28062
- Sun Sep 16, 2007 2:48 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: x264 video encoding benchmark
- Replies: 43
- Views: 28062
Pentium Dual Core E2160 @ 3.00GHz (9*333) 4GB DDR2-833MHz 5-5-5-15 Asus P5B Windows XP SP2 ---------- RUN1PASS1.LOG encoded 1749 frames, 81.76 fps, 1850.89 kb/s ---------- RUN2PASS1.LOG encoded 1749 frames, 81.89 fps, 1850.89 kb/s ---------- RUN3PASS1.LOG encoded 1749 frames, 81.88 fps, 1850.89 kb/s...
- Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:00 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Undervolting: how low can you go?
- Replies: 234
- Views: 278471
Just in: Pentium Dual Core E2160 (1.8GHz) I have only had time to do some initial testing so far: 3.00GHz @ 1.30V 2.40GHz @ 1.16V Sadly, the Asus P5B I'm using refuses to feed this CPU less voltage than 1.16V. I'll be getting a Gigabyte GA-G33M-S2H next week, so I'll get back with minimum voltage at...
- Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:47 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Motherboard w/Native support of BLU-RAY & 1080P?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10573
As long as you have a fast enough CPU, you can play 1080P material on any motherboard. It's only if you need assistance from the onboard GPU that you need to take the motherboard into consideration. The issue of HDCP encoded output from the IGP is of course motherboard related, though. I'm not famil...
- Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:49 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: AMD Phenom and Barcelona debut... eh.
- Replies: 41
- Views: 17845
I don’t think the power consumption difference of the motherboard is really an issue here. I have a fully specified C2D desktop system (G33 chipset, IGP) that idles as low as 52W so there’s not that much room for improvement. Or are the newer AM2 chipsets significantly beating that? Phenom X4 s...
- Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:08 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: AMD Phenom and Barcelona debut... eh.
- Replies: 41
- Views: 17845
I'm about to set up a quad core HTPC and folding rig and it's hard to decide which way to go. I'm deciding between Phenom and Penryn and both seem to have their merits. I love AMD motherboards and the fact that they seem to have lower power consumption than Intel boards. At the same time, Penryn wil...
- Mon Aug 27, 2007 7:58 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Undervolting: how low can you go?
- Replies: 234
- Views: 278471
- Sun Aug 26, 2007 12:27 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Desktop CPU's vs Mobile CPU's (Conroe vs Merom)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 16145
Have you tried measuring the system power with a power meter? How did you come up with your 30W number? Yeah, I've measured my system power consumption, but that's not the data I used to come to my 30W figure. There are a couple of sites that have measured the actual power to the CPU (like Xbitlabs...
- Sat Aug 25, 2007 1:24 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Desktop CPU's vs Mobile CPU's (Conroe vs Merom)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 16145
The easiest route may be to get a Conroe CPU and the undervolt it. For example, my E6600 in a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 was able to undervolt to 1.0V at the stock frequency of 2.4GHz. This likely puts the CPU at close to 30W under full load, which is pretty good when considering the performance. Not all ...
- Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:33 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: 430W Psu for 7900gs sli?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2431
- Sat Jun 09, 2007 1:40 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Sempron 2100 -- Fanless @ 9W
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9086
Out of interest, couldn't a standard Sempron 64 be underclocked to 1Ghz and then undervolted to produce a close enough value? I was just about to suggest this. The answer to that question is: Yes. Take any of the new 65nm Athlon64 single core CPUs, drop the frequency to 1GHz and the voltage to 1.0V...
- Sat Jun 09, 2007 1:35 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: E6600 core voltage...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4363
- Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:18 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Asus p5b-e vs Gigabyte GA-965G-DS3
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5342
The thing that I don't like about ASUS' P965 boards is that they don't support undervolting well. Where Gigabyte's boards can go all the way down to about 0.5V, ASUS boards allow just 1.1-1.15 as lowest voltage. My E6600 can run at stock 2.4GHz on 0.98V, which means that there's a lot of power to sp...
- Tue Apr 03, 2007 2:24 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Is Merom hotter than Conroe[?]
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6218
Doesn't the thermal spec at least mean that the Merom can survive more torture? In theory, yes. I'd say that Conroe is able to survive a good deal higher temps than what Intel is recommending, though. I could be wrong, but I don't think that Merom is manufactured using any special materials compare...
- Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:26 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Semi-poll of Core 2 Duo Ninja users
- Replies: 46
- Views: 41921
- Mon Mar 05, 2007 3:05 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Recommended Motherboards: From a Silence Perspective 1.1
- Replies: 163
- Views: 255041
This is one of the reasons that's holding me back from upgrading to Core 2. I'd like to know about Speedfan support and undervolting. I am wondering if there is a LGA775 motherboard similar to my DFI Ultra-D, which can drop all the way down to 0.900V and has 3 Speedfan-controllable headers. I know ...
- Sat Feb 24, 2007 8:39 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Which is cooler? E4300 vs 3800+X2 65W
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8996
I don't know if they are great undervolters or not, maybe they CAN be but they aren't because intel locked the bottom VID at 1.162V, at least for my e6300. I'd think the e4300 wont be allowed to go much lower either. That's a motherboard limitation (or a limitation imposed through the BIOS) and not...
- Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:23 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Which is cooler? E4300 vs 3800+X2 65W
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8996
I had a 65W X2 3800+ before getting my current E6600. From what I've been able to make out, the E6600 and X2 3800+ are close in terms of power consumption when running on stock settings. An E4300 is definitely going to use less power than the X2 (atleast under load). The good thing with C2D is that ...
- Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:35 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: 48C idle is good for E6300?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5790
Re: 48C idle is good for E6300?
I have a ninja and my E6300 is overclocked to 2.4ghz The highest it ever gets is about 52C when playing oblivion. It looks a little high to me. For comparison, I have an E6600 at 3GHz and it gets 50C during load and about 35C idle. This is without Speedstep and C1E. I'm using a Scythe Ninja and a 1...
- Sun Feb 04, 2007 12:27 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Interesting power measurements on Intel's P965 chipset...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4221
I would feel uncomfortable with 60+ chipset temps. Makes me glad I got the DQ6. As far as I know, chipsets are fine to run close to 100C. Part of that is probably because they run at such low frequencies. Have you tried to run the memory in sync with the bus at 266, I mean as DDR2-533 with tighter ...