Just odd to buy a top mobo leaving about ~40fsb by cripply it with under achieving memory. Im sure their are cheaper mobos what would fit that spec maybe in the $70 range. At 667 even cheap memory may fry as most mobos dont run the memory to spec. My mobos auto setup run my ddr2-800 memory at 773. When my memory hits 784 or higher it fails in prime95. Some OCers have problems as low as 2.45 with E4300 so many of which use 667 memory.
WTF now you are just blabbing out random thoughts...
As I already said, I got a $50 discount on the P5B Deluxe, I essentially paid the price of a mid range P965 and got a high end board instead, what is not to like? I could sell it today on Ebay and not make a loss on it, but I'd rather keep it.
Yeah there are cheaper mobos around, like I said if the P5B Deluxe wasn't on special I would've opted for a cheaper mobo.
" At 667 even cheap memory may fry as most mobos dont run the memory to spec."
WTF?! Err... I don't know about your board, but the P5B Deluxe runs the RAM @
EXACTLY the clockspeed/timings/voltage that you set in BIOS.
Like I said, I would only be exceeding DDR2-667 speeds when I exceed 3GHz, and most E4300s I've seen average around 3.2GHz - 3.3GHz, which would equate to DDR2-710 - DDR2-732 speeds. Unless I have incredibly bad luck, I will have no problem hitting these speeds with DDR2-667, in fact I believe I don't even have to raise VDIMM for such mild memory overclocking, but we'll see anyway.
I find it rather funny you trying to poke holes in my purchase plans, but believe me, this has been months in the planning, I'm a long time overclocker and I know what I'm doing.
Finally, I'm sorry your DDR2-800 can't even run at stock speeds, did you ever think about RMAing it? It definitely should NOT fail Prime95 below stock speeds. :!:
Dont get cocky Epsilon84 as things dont always work they way they are intended. For the money I spent the system is truly the best ive ever built. As i stated 667 memory is linked to low OC's but I guess we all live and learn. By the way $50 off a $200 mobo isnt a good deal at this point and time as p35 is comming. Maybe you took to long to plan.
Oh, I ain't being cocky, if anything I'm a realist so I don't expect to be getting 3.6GHz on the E4300, therefore DDR2-667 is enough for my needs.
$50 was just an estimate in $US since it was like $AU75 off the price, which is about a 25% discount on the RRP.
P35 means nothing to me as I can't wait that long... I've endured long enough already on my antiquated XP-M @ 2.6GHz. :lol: 8O
Shame to the P35 is comming next month. :lol: