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  • Starting point for OC'ing GA-EP43-DS3L w/E8400

    Hello all,

    I just got my new box running last night. I've printed out and read the stickies on this forum and made several attempts last evening to increase performance, but I didn't get very far... it was running very cool but kept locking up. The documents seemed to make sense, but I must have been doing something wrong. I was hoping someone could provide a good starting point and then some direction on moving forward. I have memtest, CPUZ? and Prime95 installed, and I have already successfully flashed the BIOS to v8. Here is my hardware:

    Lian LI PC-7B PLUS II Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Case
    Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3L Motherboard
    Intel E8400 CPU
    ZeroTherm BTF90 (butterfly) Fan/Cooler (using Arctic Silver 5)
    4 GB (2x2GB) DDR2 1066 OCZ Reaper HPC SDRAM (BIOS says it was running interlaced)
    Radeon HD 4850 512MB DDR3 256-bit PCIE 2.0 Video Card
    Antec 650W PS
    2 - Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 1TB 7200 RPM SATA II Hard Drives
    2 - LG SATA II DVD Burners
    OS = Vista Ultimate 64

    I just reset the BIOS so I am back to square one. Any suggestions would be MOST appreciated!

    Thanks!

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    Re: Starting point for OC'ing GA-EP43-DS3L w/E8400

    Hmm, well since you did not say what you want to try here is settings to try for 3.6 >>>

    Code:
    [b][u]MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)[/u][/b]
    Robust Graphics Booster ...............: Auto or Fast
    CPU Clock Ratio ..........................: 9
    Fine CPU Clock Ratio.....................:.0
    CPU Frequency ...........................: 3.618
    
    
    [b][u]Clock Chip Control [/u][/b]
    [b][u]Standard Clock Control[/u][/b]
    CPU Host Clock Control..................: [Enabled] 
    CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ............: 402Mhz
    [B]PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) .........:Set to 100[/B]
    
    C.I.A.2 .................................:[Disabled]
    
    
    [b][u]Advanced Clock Control [Press Enter][/u][/b]
    CPU Clock Drive...........................: <<< 800
    PCI Express Clock Drive.................: <<< 900
    CPU Clock Skew (ps)....................: <<< 0-50
    MCH Clock Skew (ps)...................: <<< 50-150
    
    
    [b][u]DRAM Performance Control[/u][/b][u][/u]
    [B]Performance Enhance...................: [STANDARD][/B]
    Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.).....: Disabled
    (G)MCH Frequency Latch...............: [Auto]
    System Memory Multiplier ..............: 2.66D
    Memory Frequency (Mhz) ..............: 1069
    DRAM Timing Selectable ................: [Manual]
    
    [b]Standard Timing Control[/b]
    CAS Latency Time........................5
    tRCD .........................................5
    tRP'...........................................5
    tRAS..........................................15/18
    
    [b][u]Advanced Timing Control[/u][/b]
    tRRD........................................... 3-4
    tWTR..........................................3-6 (May need 12 ... See below comment)
    
    tWR............................................4-6 (may need 14 first time you set, then go right to lower range)
    
    tRFC...........................................52-62
    tRTP...........................................3-5
    Command Rate (CMD) ....................:2
    
    [u][b]Driving Strength Profiles[/b][/u][b][/b]
    Driving Strength ............................800-1066 Test both in a bench last, set 1066 now
    
    [b]Channel A[/b]
    Static tRead Value.........................:6/7-10 333/B MCH - 8/9-12 400/D MCH
     tRD Phase0 Adjustment...................:<<< Leave for all below as well
    tRD Phase1 Adjustment...................:Auto
     tRD Phase2 Adjustment .................:Auto
     tRD Phase3 Adjustment..................:Auto
    Trd2rd(Different Rank)....................:Auto 
    Twr2wr(Different Rank)...................:Auto 
    Twr2rd(Different Rank)...................:Auto 
    Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank)..................:Auto 
    Dimm1 Clock Skew Control...............:Auto  ps
    Dimm2 Clock Skew Control...............:Auto  ps
    
    [b]Channel B[/b]
    Static tRead Value.........................:6/7-10 333/B MCH - 8/9-12 400/D MCH
     tRD Phase0 Adjustment...................:<<< Leave for all below as well
    tRD Phase1 Adjustment...................:Auto
     tRD Phase2 Adjustment .................:Auto
     tRD Phase3 Adjustment..................:Auto
    Trd2rd(Different Rank)....................:Auto 
    Twr2wr(Different Rank)...................:Auto 
    Twr2rd(Different Rank)...................:Auto 
    Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank)..................:Auto 
    Dimm1 Clock Skew Control...............:Auto  ps
    Dimm2 Clock Skew Control...............:Auto  ps
    
    [b][U]Motherboard Voltage Control[/U][/b][U][/U]
    Voltage Type.………... Manual
    [b]CPU[/b]
    CPU Vcore….……….........................: All up to your chip, some can do 3.6 at stock set vcore manually but do not use AUTO.  Some will need more.  What you set here will not be what you get actual in windows (See CPU-z).  You may need 1.22-1.3 actual to do 3.6, just set high enough you get booted in and then you can slowly lower later
    
    CPU Termination…..... 1.200V*.......: <<< 1.24-1.3 (Set below Vcore should be good)
    CPU PLL…………………....1.500V*.......: << Please set to stock, Auto overvolts this way to much
    
    CPU Referen.…………....0.755V*.......: <<< .64% Of Vtt (Termination above) Auto Will set this correctly 
    
    CPU Reference2………,,0.800V*.......:<<< .67% Of Vtt (Termination above) Auto Will set this correctly 
    
    [b]MCH/ICH[/b]
    MCH Core…………….....1.100V...........: << 1.2-1.3 (1.24-1.28 likely fine)
    MCH Reference….…….0.800V...........; <<< Leave
    MCH/DRAM Ref.…......0.900V...........: <<< Leave
    ICH I/O……………….....1.550V............: <<< 1.55-1.6
    ICH Core…………...……1.100V............: <<< 1.1x-1.2
    
    [b]DRAM[/b]
    DRAM Voltage ……....1.800V............: 2.0-2.1 (Check your ram sticker and set accordingly)
    DRAM Termination .…0.900V............: <<< Leave
    Channel A Reference 0.900V............: <<< Leave
    Channel B Reference 0.900V............: <<< Leave
    
    [b][U]Advanced Settings[/U][/b][U][/U]
    Limit CPUID Max. to 3.....................: [Disabled]
    No-Execute Memory Protect............: [Enabled]
    CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E)................: [Disabled]
    C2/C2E State Support....................: [Disabled]
    x C4/C4E State Support..................: [Disabled]
    CPU Thermal Monitor 2(TM2) ...........: [Enabled]
    CPU EIST Function.........................: [Disabled]
    Virtualization Technology................: [Disabled] Enabled if you use Vmware/Virtual PC
    
    [b][U]Integrated Peripherals[/U][/b][U][/U]
    Legacy USB Storage Detect ..............[Disabled] *Note* Must be enabled to flash from USB

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