Engineered for the C2D Overclocker.. uh huh

Ok.. before i had a Gigabyte 965P-DS3 and i was running my E6400 @ 3.2GHz 1.325 V stock everything else...

now i have a EVGA 680i SE which is suppose to be what the title says..

am i doing something wrong.. i cannot find a stable v combination for 3.2GHz... i think i might have 3.0GHz down.. still testing.. i can get into windows @ 3.6GHz 1.5V but 3DMark 06 wont run...

could someone give me some hints on how to get this board stable.. :knock:

 

Check your temps in the bios and later in Windows under load (run 2 instances of Prime95 to fully utilise the core). Maybe you haven't seated the cooler correctly?
Also, check which bios version you have, you may need to upgrade to a more stable version.
In Windows, look at your cpu voltage during load, maybe it drops too low to be stable (my cpu voltage drops by .04v under load), so you'd need to adjust it upwards.
What are your settings for the North/Southbridge, what FSB speeds are you running for 3 and 3.2 GHz? Also, have you made sure you dropped the ram-divider to take it out of the equation?

 

temps are good ... i know that

how long do i have to run Prime95 to make sure it is "stable"

 

8 h minimun i think

 

can you do a memtest
maybe up voltage for ram ?
use dividers etc

 

My friend just RMA'd his 680i for the third time in 6 months. 680ieeleft:!

 

^ I don't think you can straight up bash the chipset just cuz one of your friends has a problem with it.
I can clock my board anywhere I want, and its solid as a rock.
680i chipset is totally awesome.. anyone could get unlucky and get a bad board.. you're acting as if everyone who buys ones gets it RMA'd

 

If you don't mind saying, where'd you buy your board?

 

newegg.com

but i disabled this "Geforce" booster something or other.. and it seems to be doing a little better.. still testing

 

The only thing I can say is a lot of people that buy their boards from Newegg have troubles with them, not everyone, though but myself included. I had similar troubles with my Asus P5N-E.

 

i think im about to send this board back.. it does not meat my requirements for a "overclocking"

anyone know if any other boards that can overclock

 

Maybe 650i?

 

The MSI P6N Platinum is a good board and the GigaByte GA-N650SLI-DS4 might be a good one.

If you don't mind spending the bucks, I'd suggest these:

MSI P6N DIAMOND
GIGABYTE GA-N680SLI-DQ6

EDIT - Oh, wait, you aren't looking for SLI capability, are you? I suppose I assumed you were by the model number of the EVGA board, for some reason SLI popped in my head. However, if you want a very fine OC'er non-SLI get one of these:

GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L
GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3R
GIGABYTE GA-P35C-DS3R
GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS4
GIGABYTE GA-P35-DQ6

People have been reporting very good and stable OC'ing with these P35 GigaBytes.

 

if your using 400mhz fsb up it to 401 over higher

i need 1.4v nb for 400mhz
and 1.20v nb for 401mhz

from 1600 to 1604 (over higher)

 

yeah.. i my Giga board was great.. going to get my mones back.. the P35's are lookin my way


any opinions on this board

GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3P Rev 2.0

 

That's an excellent board, loaded with features found on the DQ6 but I think it has been replaced with the DS4

 

well.. i stayed up all night.. and i did something i never thought could be the issue.. i uninstalled nTune..

y me.. lol.. dont need a mobo now at least

 

and once again the overclock by software is bad has been proven. if you were overclocking by bios alone and just happened to have ntune installed this further proves that the Bios is the only way to go to get solid true overclocks with proven stability.

Glad to hear that your back on track though. Let us know how far you can take it now.

 

thx

i would never think it could be that... huh

 

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