Wez Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Hey All, Is this OK as its not as quick as I thought it would be :- * ASUS P5K motherboard * Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 2.33GHz 1333FSB * 2 x 1GB DDR2-667 PC2-5400 CL5 * Xpertvision 8500GT Sonic edition 256MB PCIE * WD2500KS 250GB 7200RPM SATAII/300 16MB * Samsung SH-S203B 20X DVD1RW/RAM / DL Serial ATA Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted November 15, 2007 Author Share Posted November 15, 2007 Actually looking a that my memory prob isnt the best choice as I could run DDR2 6400 CL3. Would this memory be better :- OCZ 2GB Kit(2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Memory NVIDIA SLI Ready CL4 Unbuffered 2.1V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Don't really get your question. Do you already have this PC? Just wondering as i assumed you had because of your "not as fast" comment but then wasn't sure after your memory comment. Depends what your after mate. What are you going to be using the PC for and what is it not as fast as you thought it would be at? Scott =op Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted November 15, 2007 Author Share Posted November 15, 2007 Yeah already have it but I thought it would be a little quicker, I am thinking about changing the memory to maybe help it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Quicker at doing what? What is it not as "quick" as you thought at? Scott =op Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 If its gaming then its your g card letting the side down im afraid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamanC Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Not bad wez, for the money I would romp the memory upto PC6400 and and get a better gfx card if you are gaming. Highly recomend the new 8800GT or the new GTX/GTS are out in a few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheefa Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 I bought the X1950 card the other day for around 100 sheets. Cracking card, but I don't play the latest games in all their glory with settings ramped up to the max. What do you actually USE your pc for Wez? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted November 15, 2007 Author Share Posted November 15, 2007 World in conflict was not that impressive to be honest, crappy frame rates. I also use the PC for messing with photos and videos. I just read up on the motherboard and it will take 1066 memory so looking into that now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheefa Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Would be nice to get some of that new Flash RAM they have out, or are shortly releasing. Would cost an arm and a leg though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted November 15, 2007 Author Share Posted November 15, 2007 In the process of ordering 4GB of Corsair DDR2 1066MHz/PC2-8500 XMS2 Dominator Memory Non-ECC Unbuffered CL5. Not sure what to do about graphics card though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted November 15, 2007 Author Share Posted November 15, 2007 I have ordered the memory and will see how I get on with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted November 15, 2007 Author Share Posted November 15, 2007 Just did a benchmark in World of Conflict, this is with the AI NOS overclocking set to 110%. Res: 1280x1024 GFX: HIGH Min framerate: 4 Avg framerate: 8 Max framerate: 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 With gaming you could have all the memory under the sun and it won't make a difference. You should have spent more money on the processor and the GFX card. When the core2duo first came out i built the system i have upstairs: Core2Duo 6600 Clocked to 3.2ghz Gigabyte Mainboard. (can't remember model, top spec at time though) 2GB G.Skill 6400 Ram CL4 256mb Radeon X850 XT (expensive at the time, around £300) The above system runs games very well and i did a full benchmark test when i put the gfx card in with great results. I've got 3 300gb HDD and 1 500gb HDD in it now though so i don't know what effect that would have on gaming. I don't play games though so i don't know why i wasted my money on it all lol. Its lightning fast at encoding DVD's though. Scott =op Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angarak Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 I just read up on the motherboard and it will take 1066 memory so looking into that now. The Asus P5K series motherboards have a stability problem running DDR2 8500 (1066) memory at its full speed. You may find that if you let BIOS auto-manage the memory it will be set to run at DDR2 6400 (800) speed. Manually configuring the memory may result in the computer not booting up or crashing often once in windows. I speak from experience - I have an Asus P5KC with Crucial 8500 (1066) memory - I have to run it as 6400 (800) for a stable platform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted November 15, 2007 Author Share Posted November 15, 2007 The Asus P5K series motherboards have a stability problem running DDR2 8500 (1066) memory at its full speed. I read this was fixed with a BIOS update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angarak Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 I read this was fixed with a BIOS update First I've heard - maybe it is on the P5K motherboard, but not the case on the P5Kc ...though I am hoping a BIOS fix will sort it in the future. Edit: Just checked out the Asus forums, it would appear there is a new bios (rev 0804) but the update info would suggest its just additional CPU support. But, for your info, here is the thread on 8500 support for P5K family mobo's: http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&id=20070910190845281&board_id=1&model=P5KC&page=1&count=17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Try the latest NVidia Beta drivers, see if they improve performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted November 16, 2007 Author Share Posted November 16, 2007 But, for your info, here is the thread on 8500 support for P5K family mobo's: http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&id=20070910190845281&board_id=1&model=P5KC&page=1&count=17 Why do they say only use the black slots, whats the difference between the black and yellow, I have ordered a set of 1GB 8500 mem sticks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted November 16, 2007 Author Share Posted November 16, 2007 Try the latest NVidia Beta drivers, see if they improve performance. Already got them loaded as I never use the supplied drivers I havent tried Vista yet as I dont like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angarak Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Why do they say only use the black slots, whats the difference between the black and yellow, I have ordered a set of 1GB 8500 mem sticks I'm not that familiar with the other P5K family motherboards, but on the P5KC motherboard, which Im assuming the persons comments refer to, there are 6 slots (4 DDR2, 2 DDR3). The DDR2 slots are split into a pair of yellow and black slots. According to the manual, you should put 8500 memory into the yellow slots (these are slots A1 and B1 which you would normally use when running paired memory modules). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted November 16, 2007 Author Share Posted November 16, 2007 I have done some overclocking and the machine has woken up a bit. FSB: 1560Mhz CPU: 2.73Ghz MEM: 780Mhz CPU: 1.4v MEM: 1.85v I have also ramped up the gfx card as standard they are 600/600, after reading up and some testing I have settled for 760/770. Things are not crashing yet. Another benchmark in World of Conflict :- Res: 1280x1024 GFX: HIGH Min framerate: 6 Avg framerate: 12 Max framerate: 26 Still not great but a little better, I deff need a new gfx card and hopefully the faster memory will help too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Processor is being wayyyyyy overstretched if you have to run the FSB at that speed. Mine isn't even at 800 and its running 3.2. Scott =op Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted November 16, 2007 Author Share Posted November 16, 2007 FSB is 1333 standard so not pushing it that hard. 390 x 7 = 2730MHz Reading up some people crank this up to 500 with water cooling but 400 is apparently the max on stock cooling, I settled for 390 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted November 17, 2007 Author Share Posted November 17, 2007 The Asus P5K series motherboards have a stability problem running DDR2 8500 (1066) memory at its full speed. New memory arrived this morning. With my FSB at 400MHz my memory runs happily at 1000MHz with 2.2v Deff need a better gfx card though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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