I was off the computer for 10 days (probably for the first time in ages) because my motherboard had crashed. All attempts to fix it so far have failed but we’ll keep trying. In the mean while, I went out and got a new motherboard. Out with the Intel DG965RY and in with the ASUS P5KPL-E (Green).

That along with the fact that I got another gig of RAM (800MHz) means no more bottlenecks thus better performance. The 533MHz is out in the market so potential buyers for a Transcend DDR2 2×533MHz RAM in perfect shape should contact me.

I ran it for a few hours without an overclock but I just couldn’t resist. Pretty soon I’ll upload a bunch of pictures and cpu-z dump files in which I raised the overclock step by step.
Yes, I did kill it a few times. For one, the max speed I have had out of my RAM so far is around 840~850 MHz. For such cheap RAM (Rs. 1100), I couldn’t really expect it to go to 1067 MHz I hope to get it a bit higher though.
Kudos to ASUS AI CPR which allows CMOS recovery without jumper resets. Gotta love that.

Right now Mystic Gohan is running its E6600 at 3GHz and the RAM is steam away at 835MHz. System is stable right now but 5-6 celcius above its normal temperature. I just want to see what’s the max I can get out of it. So far my best Super-Pi timing for 1M has been 17.375 secs. A week ago that would have been 22-23 seconds so cutting off nearly 5-6 seconds is great news!

Edit: EIST is still on for some reason though I swear I switched it off from BIOS ¬¬!

My best over clock so far || JAllery pics || CPU-Z dump folder || My Best Time in Super-Pi

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