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Post by Vinster on May 31, 2018 8:16:39 GMT -5
is it worth it? took a look at the bot and the board can do well in cold so it should do fine for me I think.
I might be able to get the guy to down to $40. this is the same guy that has a GTX260 MaxCore 55 for $25, I talked him down to $20.
I don't have any DDR2 RAM, I'll have to shop for some
Vin
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Post by Macsbeach98 on May 31, 2018 8:40:52 GMT -5
I cant tell you too much about it as I have never owned an Asus P35 board before I have had a couple of Gig P35 boards I prefer P45 boards.
But its cheap enough.
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Post by Vinster on May 31, 2018 9:22:40 GMT -5
That's half of what I was thinking
also it's CPU Support List on this board is HUGE!!!!
Vin
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Post by Macsbeach98 on May 31, 2018 9:39:06 GMT -5
One thing I dont like it only looks to have 3 Phase for the CPU.
The price is good it would get you going.
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Post by Vinster on May 31, 2018 9:43:37 GMT -5
How can you tell how many phases it has?
Vin
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Post by Bones on May 31, 2018 10:46:22 GMT -5
That's half of what I was thinking
also it's CPU Support List on this board is HUGE!!!!
Vin
I'll throw a word of caution at you - My DFI P965-S Infinity Dark has a huge support list too BUT it cannot run everything from a single BIOS file. I have to swap BIOS files based on whether I'm wanting to run an older or newer chip. Also, since it's an older styled board (P965-S chipset) the VRM phase is of an older layout, not really setup for quads. |
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Post by Aleslammer on May 31, 2018 11:21:08 GMT -5
Looking on the Bot one of the highest sub'd P35 boards, say it's going to top out about 560 +/- FSB although 620s are top. P45s are better quad boards. Have one but only checked it for post.
Vin, need DDR2 PM me will get some out to you.
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Post by Vinster on May 31, 2018 11:49:58 GMT -5
Thanks guys.
As for the FSB. I've never had a 775 board run higher than 400 ( my old P5Q would just not do it). So if this board can get beyond that, it's not so bad.
I'll pull the trigger on it this weekend.
Bones, thanks for the note on the Bios, I wondered how they would had done that. That makes a lot of sense.
Ale's thanks. I'll let you know how I fare.
Vin
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Post by Bones on May 31, 2018 12:22:09 GMT -5
Ran into that right after I swapped chips and it acted as if it were dead with a known good chip. Got to the bottom of things with a little help from another OC'er (I believe it was Chuchnut - BTW Did I spell his name right?  ) and it's like support for older chips was broken with the newer BIOS files. Probrably it's more of a BIOS chip limitation, they couldn't get it all into the space the BIOS chip has so they dropped support for the older chips with the newer file releases. In any case, one of the older/oldest files along with one of the newer/newest files should have it covered if that's the case with it too. |
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Post by Vinster on May 31, 2018 12:55:17 GMT -5
That makes total sense, memory was expensive then. In the support list, they note the supported bios required.
Vin
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Post by Macsbeach98 on May 31, 2018 17:13:29 GMT -5
Both Gig And Asus do that the required bios is in the CPU support list the latest should run just about everything. Phases count how many chokes are on the board.  |
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Post by Mr.Scott on May 31, 2018 18:02:29 GMT -5
Got to the bottom of things with a little help from another OC'er (I believe it was Chuchnut - BTW Did I spell his name right? Yes. From OCA a long time ago. God damn man, we been around a lot of places together for a long time. |
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Post by Bones on May 31, 2018 18:40:13 GMT -5
Yes we have, alot of miles behind us that way.
@ Mac, I was suprised when it was figured out but that's how it is with this board. I guess with all the 775 chips that exists there just wasn't room enough for everything so DFI dropped what they thought most woudn't be using anymore.
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) and it's like support for older chips was broken with the newer BIOS files. Probrably it's more of a BIOS chip limitation, they couldn't get it all into the space the BIOS chip has so they dropped support for the older chips with the newer file releases. In any case, one of the older/oldest files along with one of the newer/newest files should have it covered if that's the case with it too. 
