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RE: E7200 + GIGABYTE GA-73PVM-S2H ~ 3.8GHz

Slipstreem — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:23:38 GMT

Read the thread. Either he's lying (and I can't understand what he'd gain by it) or it's definitely the Gigabyte.

Cheers, Slipstreem. :cool:

RE: E7200 + GIGABYTE GA-73PVM-S2H ~ 3.8GHz

ricedg — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:28:00 GMT

I've had extensive hands on on this motherboard, and quite simply it hits the wall at 310 - 320 FSB no matter if you use a QDR800 or QDR1066 CPU.

I have not used a QDR1333 CPU so cannot comment on whether any overclocking at all is possible with one of these CPUs.
I have no reason to assume that the BSEL mod doesn't work on an E7200, but TBH I'm unlikely to be in a postion to try it out as I use this motherboard for non-gaming builds with an E2180 which I overclock to 3Ghz.

If anyone wants a scremingly fast monster they're going to be gaming for sure, so I would be looking at a P35/P45 board.
These 7x/630i motherboards have their place, but IMO not as the basis of a rocket ship.
If you must have 3.8Ghz and MATX I'd be looking at the Asus ASUS P5E-VM HDMI iG35.

EDIT - Retro has just noticed that the motherboard shown in the test results appears to be an Asus P5E-VM HDMI

RE: E7200 + GIGABYTE GA-73PVM-S2H ~ 3.8GHz

Teafie — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:32:50 GMT

wow.:D

RE: E7200 + GIGABYTE GA-73PVM-S2H ~ 3.8GHz

-Wiz!- — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:07:16 GMT

Nice. I love it when the mod is easy. Unlike the adjusting of Athlon XP mutipliers with a pen knife...:hehe:

E7200 + GIGABYTE GA-73PVM-S2H ~ 3.8GHz

Slipstreem — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:44:38 GMT

Hi peeps. :)

I've been following this motherboard from Gigabyte for some time now as it may be my next upgrade. There seem to have been claims and conterclaims on this forum regarding whether or not it allows for a stable overclock with an FSB exceeding 333MHz.

Although I have no personal experience of this motherboard, research suggests that it works better with an enforced strap change and can then reach 3.8GHz+ with an E7200. It just requires one pin on the CPU to be masked off to achieve this, although Vcore will also need to be raised, maybe to around 1.34 and 1.38Volts.

Note: The following example is for the E7200 ONLY!

It's important to mention that this motherboard supports 1.8Volt RAM only! Any budget DDR2-800 meeting this requirement should be fine. :)

DISCLAIMER: Break it? Tough!

Cheers, Slipstreem. :cool:

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