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ab9 or ab9pro

  • 12-12-2006 04:52PM
    #1
    magick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,478 ✭✭✭


    its probably gonna be one of these boards but im not sure , i know the ab9 had probs with getting memory to read to its 1000 fsb limit .
    Though that issue doesnt seem to be a prob with the ab9 pro.
    However im not sure which ram to get 6400 or 8000 since im not going to be overclocking.


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  • #2
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    I have an AB9 Pro - had problems getting it running with 2x1GB Corsair ddr2-667 - it wasn't reading the timings correctly by SPD, so running far too aggressively, causing things to crash horribly over and over.
    Solution: BIOS update or manually set timings to manufacturer specs. Took me ages to figure that out though, I thought I had faulty ram :mad:

    There's not a lot of difference between the boards, afaik the AB9 uses higher quality solid capacitors and has the intel ICH8R as opposed to the AB9's ICH8. It also has a buttload of SATA connectors (9) and dual onboard ethernet. You also get a single external SATA port on the Pro.

    Can't tell you much about overclocking as I only built this machine a few weeks ago and its still running at stock speeds. Plenty fast for the moment :)


  • #3
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    This thread got me considering OCing last night, so I went ahead. My E6600 is now running at 3.24GHz at stock voltages with the above cheap ram :). Appears stable through SuperPi to 32M digits and 3dmark 06. Temperature doesn't appear to have budged, using the stock Intel cooler.
    I haven't tried pushing it any further, but I reckon my cheap RAM will soon become a problem if I do.


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