I have been browsing toms hardware and read worrying stuff about popular p35 mobo's only using 800mhz of 1066mhz ram, and needing overclocking skills to fix this (that I certainly don't have). e.g. you put 1066 in and it runs at 800. whats this about. also from toms opinion seemed to be that a quad 6600 would be better than a dual core 8400 on a p35 board as the speed of the board would not allow the best from the dual core speed esp if OC'd. any thoughts
Here is the link; Gaming build -Q6600 / GA-P35-DS3 - THREAD NOW FINISHED - Thank you interesting thread overall, the important one is 7-8 posts down or so but the whole thread is good.
I have a Asus P5K Premium board and use PC8500 memory. The board automatically set my ram to 800 and I had to go into my bios and manually set the correct speed and voltage. I rebooted and now my ram is running at 1066 and very stable.
Thanks for confirming that, its cool for lots of you out there but I wouldn't know bios if it smashed me in the face so its usefull to know the problems to avoid them or get some very nice geeks in a small indie shop I use to sort them for me. I can research, and I can play, but the technical stuff in the middle is along the same lines as still not really understanding why the electricity doesn't fall out of the plugs !!
The way that I learned was to simply ask questions on computer forums such as this. There is always someone willing to help out. One thing you can do if you have a custom built pc ( meaning not one from the likes of Dell, HP, or etc. ) is go to google and type in your mobo along with bios settings and usually someone will have posted different templates with different settings . Or just give us the mobo info and we'll be glad to help. Most people are scared to death of screwing something up in the bios but after a few times of working in the bios it becomes alot easier. If I can help please feel free to ask . Good luck
