ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z

[Yuji Saeki]

What should my NB be set to for optimum use of 2,400? It's auto OCed itself to 2,400 (NB), + .01V and Prime95s, Small and Blend, all good. They said 2,400 was nearly difficult to get working with AMD, but I guess it just works for me.

[Tradesman]

Yes 4 total = 2 SETS of 2 sticks or 4 sticks of 8GB ea = 32 GB....regardless it's 2 sets and mixing sets can be problematic - 1 package/set of 4x8GB has been tested that all 4 sticks will play together....if you mix sets, they might not

[Yuji Saeki]

Yes 4 total = 2 SETS of 2 sticks or 4 sticks of 8GB ea = 32 GB....regardless it's 2 sets and mixing sets can be problematic - 1 package/set of 4x8GB has been tested that all 4 sticks will play together....if you mix sets, they might not

? I uh...didn't mix two sets? I got a single set of 4 x 8GB. Works fine.

[Tradesman]

My fault, had a couple different posts open at the same time, GSkill just updated the forum software and things have been crazy with Spammers trying to join up. Been trying to keep up with screening signups and still helping members - and yes 2400 sounds good. If it's stable stay w/ that, and it's good the voltage didn't need more, will help keep temps down.

[Yuji Saeki]

My fault, had a couple different posts open at the same time, GSkill just updated the forum software and things have been crazy with Spammers trying to join up. Been trying to keep up with screening signups and still helping members - and yes 2400 sounds good. If it's stable stay w/ that, and it's good the voltage didn't need more, will help keep temps down.

Totally cool. Btw should I be judging my "NB" or "CPU/NB" voltage? My NB went up .01, and still curious about what my NB/HT Freqs should be set to. Yeah forum change got me all caddywompus at first too.

[Tradesman]

Every mobo/CPU combo will vary from one to another, big thing is getting it stable and keeping it there, documenting your changes and then playing to try and increase speed/throughput, OC or whatever you are trying to accomplish

[Yuji Saeki]

Every mobo/CPU combo will vary from one to another, big thing is getting it stable and keeping it there, documenting your changes and then playing to try and increase speed/throughput, OC or whatever you are trying to accomplish

I've gathered that from the forums and our previous talks but I figured there was a similar 'speed' issue like Phenom II, being * 3 etc.

[Tradesman]

Not sure what you mean

[Yuji Saeki]

Well I figured there was an optimum frequency for the NorthBridge, like Phenom II had a (DRAM / 2) * 3 = NB.

[Tradesman]

That's one of the problems I have with AMD, with the BullDozer they were saying how the mobos would be optimized for the new CPUs....(they weren't), they were basically spouting the same about the 8350 (Piledriver line)...and again they aren't....not sure what to tell you, it's stuff like this that was behind me dropping building AMD systems and sticking strictly with Intel.....when systems come in for work (upgrades/TSing/etc), AMD generally takes much longer to work on

[Yuji Saeki]

That's one of the problems I have with AMD, with the BullDozer they were saying how the mobos would be optimized for the new CPUs....(they weren't), they were basically spouting the same about the 8350 (Piledriver line)...and again they aren't....not sure what to tell you, it's stuff like this that was behind me dropping building AMD systems and sticking strictly with Intel.....when systems come in for work (upgrades/TSing/etc), AMD generally takes much longer to work on

Well, I popped the 2,400 in and all four sticks work wonderful, at 2,400. Timings are set to stick's stickers, voltage too. Mobo automatically bumped NB up .01V and all is working well.

[Tradesman]

Glad to hear it, Enjoy!