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Well yes, thats true....... but for 3 days only

The Striker is back and In Stock (As yesterday) to order I really dont know what issues people is talking about. eVGA workers maybe 8)

Weeeeeeeeee finish building my system! yay! Only need my WD Raptor X to start with Windows Installation! and play of course 8)

Some Pics of my Rig










I know, my case is full of ports I guess I will never have to buy a USB or Firewire PCI card
Also, I really love that Zalman! keeps my E6600 at 25c with stock speeds so coooooooooooooL

By the way, I know that Samsung drive mess up the front side, but I will soon change it

EDIT: Some trouble I had was that I wouldnt boot, then I went to Dear Google and found out that when the LCD poster posts CPU INIT and then doesnt boot, is because your RAM is not getting its regular voltage, so I had to put only 1 stick on RAM and on the last slot, then it would boot and from there I had to change the memory voltage to 2.1 which is the normal voltage for my Corsair. Now everything is cool and running normally.

Well made pal.

Thanks for the advice also.

Cheers.

Thanks 8)

BTW, I dont know if you guys have noticed but ZZF has remove the P5N32-E from their website. Whats going on with the ASUS boards? Newegg increased the price for the Striker to $420, demand for this board is so high, I cant believe people still pay more and more for them.

Some Pics of the inside...





And while taking picz, decided to fix that white hole





Regards

I Officially Announce This Thread As Over

It Was Great To Share With All Of You Since End-August About The 590, 680i, And Everything That Was Discussed. Thank You Everyone For Making This The Biggest Thread Of The General Motherboard Section And One Of The Most Biggest Thread In The THG Forums. Without You People, This Thread Wouldnt Be In 70-Pages Now, And Without You, This Thread Wouldnt Have Been As Interesting As It Has Always Been With The Info That You Kept Posting Everyday. Hopefully Everyone Of You Is Now Enjoyning This Boards That We Discussed All This Time. Best Wishes To All Of You.

Sincerely
Slim142

If anyone is interested, I got notified today by Keenzo that they finally have the Striker in stck again! And at $342.99 it's cheaper than NewEgg.

http://keenzo.com/showproduct.asp? [...] &REF=ALERT

It looks like a pretty nice deal, even though I have one already, I would like to ask you, How was your experience with them? (if you ever bought something from there)

I've bought a few things from them in the past! I like trying different places, I start small and work my way up (price wise). I never had a problem, always on time always worked. I have never had to return anything so I can not give you an idea of what would happen in that case! LOL

I see

Hey hey hey, it aint over till the fat lady sings! Sorry for not posting... at all, but my harddrive is defective or something cause my comp will run for a while and then go to BSOD. Then upon restart will check the HDD for errors in memory. I bought a new hdd and will install it tonight. I'll also post my Bios settings so you guys can go off what I got. Until then, find the nVidia Overclocking Guide via google and read through it so you have a better understanding of what needs to be changed in Bios before you begin to OC. Also, you'll have a better chance of reaching 3.4ghz like I did if you leave your multiplier at 9x. I'll post my Bios settings tonight (hopefully) or tomorrow at work. For now, here is my layout:

C2D e6600 (2.4ghz) @ 3.42ghz
2gb ddr2-800 @ 900mhz 5-5-5-15
Ultra Xfinity 650watt psu with SLi support
680i motherboard
2 - 8800gts in SLi (maybe will be 2 8800gtx... 8) )
Zalman 9500LED (recommend the 9700LED if you dont have one yet)
Onboard sound (Realtek HD audio)
7-in-1 floppy card reader (Compusa brand)
Samsung dvd-rw drive
Maxtor 500gb Sata (300) with 16mb cache (when I get my replacement 250gb, I'll add that in too)
4 (soon 5) Aerocool 120mm fans with over 89cfm to replace stock fans in my Gigabyte case. One in front (not visible), 2 in rear, and 1 in the side panel I put in myself that blow onto the GPU cards. The fifth is going to be a blowhole.
3 Blue Cold cathode lights (1 broke :? )

And what good would a computer like this be without a proper screen and speakers?

Samsung 19" widescreen at 1440x900 with 2000:1 contrast ratio and 2ms response time.

Klipsch Promedia 2.1 speakers (I really want the Promedia Ultra 5.1 )

Like I said, I'll be posting up pics, so wait for them!

We'll wait for them, dont worry

Man do I feel dumb, it was my torrent app that caused all the crashes.. :x I'm taking the pics of my comp now, so just wait a bit. Oh, and I'll get my BIOS up also.


EDIT: Argh! :x Even though I removed it, some files are still being corrupted. I started a completely new install of XP and will get everything running today. So pics some time tonight.

Man, thats bullcrap, well I think it would have been impossible for you to know it was the bitorrent app. Good luck and we still waiting for the pics

I finally got everything back up and running. :? But anyway, here's my BIOS for those who wanted to know.

Under Advanced Chipset Features:

----System Clocks-
CPU Multiplier: 9x
PCIe x16_1: 125mhz (Linkboost)
PCIe x16_2: 100mhz
PCIe x16_3: 125mhz (Linkboost)
SPP<-->MCP Ref. Clock: 251mhz (Linkboost, i think)

-------HT Multiplier---
SPP --> MCP: 5x
MCP --> SPP: 5x

ALL Spread Spectrum Options: Disabled

----FSB & Memory Configuration-
CPU Frequency: 3420.0
CPU Multiplier: 9x

FSB Memory Clock Mode: Unlinked
FSB: 1520

(thats 380*4=1520, the max I got at 6x and 8x was 415, so even though I haven't tried yet, it would be theoretically possible to achieve 415 * our 9x multiplier = 3735.0 mhz!!!! That's 3.735 ghz for those who got lost in the math. )

Memory: 900mhz

------Memory Timings--
tCL: 5
tRCD: 5
tRP: 5
tRAS: 15
Command Per Clock: 2T

Now back out to:

----CPU Configuration-
EVERYTHING DISABLED
**Except: Execute Diable Bit: Enable
CPU Core 1: Enable

Now back out to:

----System Voltages-
------------Setting______Current
CPU Core: 1.55______1.51 (?, Dont know why, but it works)
CPU FSB: 1.5______1.5
Memory: 2.1______2.1

EVERYTHING ELSE: Auto

Now back out:

nVidia GPU Ex: Enable
Linkboost: Enable

That's it! Have fun OCing and remember, I'm not gonna be held responsible for your new fire pit, if it so happens. 8)

Pics will be up sometime tonight, promise!

Hey scarlet some questions...

do you think I can put my PCIe x16_1 at 125mhz without having linkboost enabled? will that cause unestability while overclocking or in general?

Also, did having all the spectrums disabled helped while overclocking? btw whats that for? I have no idea what is it for... explain me

What ram did you get? I kinda forgot now, I think you got some CAS4 memories, and now that you overclocked them, you had to bring them to 5-5-5-12 right?

Isnt your voltage kinda high for that % of overclocking you have?

what do you mean with CPU FSB: 1.5_______1.5???

some dumb question... what is nvidia gpu ex?

finally

IM STILL WAITING FOR THOSE PICZ

To answer your questions: Yes, you can change the PCIe to 125 if you want without linkboost. If you change any of the PCI speeds, I think linkboost disables itself. I haven't tried, so lemme know what happens, lol. Seriously though, it shouldnt make any difference, stability should not be an issue. You could also use Prime95 to run a torture test.

As for the Spread spectrums... it's what the nVidia Overclocking guide recommended. I'm not sure why, but I'm thinking that they inhibit cpu performance for better heat control. Or vice versa, if the heat is in control, it may increase bus speed a little. I don't know for certain.

I got 2 gigs of G.Skill ddr2-800... not sure about the model #, it was cheap, lol! They came at 5-5-5-15, so really the ram could probably go up a bit more keeping the same timings. I just haven't finished OCing yet. Which answers your next question.

Yes they are high. I'm still going to try and up my FSB to 415. Then when I get something stable, I'll mess with the ram. At that point, I'll reduce voltage until I get errors, then bump it up a notch. Kinda working backwards, but it works for me.

The FSB: 1.5_______1.5 was me trying to keep everything in line sort of in a chart. This site doesnt let you just space things the way you want. It deletes empty spaces. The first 1.5 is my setting, and the other is the actual. The CPU Core voltage was the only one that was different.

nVidia GPU Ex is kinda like the Linkboost, in that it speeds up the GPU when heavier apps (games) start becoming more demanding.

Here's the pics, sorry for the quality, but my brother has my camera and I had to use my phones 2 megapixel camera instead.