anyone running 45nm procs yet? my new rig inside!

[Cabbs]

if you're stuck just make a 10-25mhz jump and see if it will boot.

It was a BIOS update. This board would boot at 500 FSB before this BIOS, and now the highest is 419. CPU didn't make a difference, did it with my previous E6300. I plan on a new motherboard soon though.

 

[an0nym0us1]

It was a BIOS update. This board would boot at 500 FSB before this BIOS, and now the highest is 419. CPU didn't make a difference, did it with my previous E6300. I plan on a new motherboard soon though.

in texas we have this saying... "if it ain't broke don't fix it." if the bios revision works perfect, leave it alone.

 

[Cabbs]

The only problem with that is I would have to update the bios eventually to get my 965 chipset to work with 45nm CPU's.

 

[an0nym0us1]

The only problem with that is I would have to update the bios eventually to get my 965 chipset to work with 45nm CPU's.

oh yeah i forgot about those pesky 965's... i'll swear by a 965P-DS3 though.

 

[worshipme]

my E6400 is over 2 years old and with it's crippling 2mb of cache and "slow" 1066fsb it'll still hand the black edition processor it's ass on a silver platter.

You think? http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=933&model2=880&chart=419
http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=933&model2=880&chart=426
http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=933&model2=880&chart=436
I rest my case

Oh, and the E6400 sells for how much? $190 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115004 compared to the $89 5000+ X2 black edition which is the better performer. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103194
And if you check the prices of the E6550: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115030 The 64 X2 still offers fantastic price to performance.
Intel fanboy .

 

[an0nym0us1]

You think? http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=933&model2=880&chart=419
http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=933&model2=880&chart=426
http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=933&model2=880&chart=436
I rest my case

Oh, and the E6400 sells for how much? $190 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115004 compared to the $89 5000+ X2 black edition which is the better performer. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103194
And if you check the prices of the E6550: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115030 The 64 X2 still offers fantastic price to performance.
Intel fanboy .

ok so stock to stock it performs a whopping 3.1% better in some synthetic benchmark... what's your point? i run mine on air 24/7 at 3.55ghz... find a black edition that will match that performance and i might consider using an AMD processor for my grandmother's email machine.

 

[worshipme]

The point isn't that it performs 3% better. It's that you can buy it for $89 and it will give the same performance as a $170 Intel CPU. Overclocks to 3.2Ghz too.

 

[Cabbs]

Some people value top performance, while others value bang-per-buck. Either way there is a loss, and both sides have to pay, whether it's money or sacrificing performance.

 

[Äߧý∩†H♠H䎀]

Looks pretty good man. Nice overclock on your setup! I was going to pick up a E8500 but I can't find any place that has them in stock. Probably a good thing though since I've been spending way to much money lately.

 

[Vitaminx]

Looks pretty good man. Nice overclock on your setup! I was going to pick up a E8500 but I can't find any place that has them in stock. Probably a good thing though since I've been spending way to much money lately.

hehehe me too.