Updated my P5W DH from an E6600 to an E6850
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From: Ron Krebs on 4 May 2008 10:59 "William" <nospam(a)pacifier.com> wrote in message news:ns-dnV9_VPcaYIHVnZ2dnUVZ_h6hnZ2d(a)palinacquisition... > As you all know the prices on Intel's cpu's had a large price cut last > month. So I waited for NewEgg to offer a good sail on the CPU I wanted to > get when I first put this system together but couldn't afford it at the > time. > > I decided to take the old E6600 out and put the new E6850 in and see what > would happen. All went quite well, better than expected. The only thing > I noticed is that I got a "Intel CPU uCode loading error" when I booted > the computer. All seemed to run well, and I was pleased. > > I logged onto ASUS's web site for the mobo and looked up the error code > and found out that I had to update my bios to a newer version than I had > running. I was running 1901, and I needed at least 2103 for this cpu. I > had 2602 on hand and ran AsusUpdate and installed 2602. > > The computer booted up without the error message, but it took a long time > and booted up at 2.4 GHz, and my ram was running at 266 mhz. After two > more boots, I realized that the resetting of bios lost my ram voltage > setting for the 4 gig of Crucial Ballistix ram that was in the system. I > set the ram voltage to 2.0 volts, (it's rated for 2.2v) and it booted OK. > > The CPU is running at 3001.4 MHz, the FSB is at 1334.0 Mhz, and the ram is > at 416.8 Mhz, (or 834 Mhz DDR2). I've read that the P5W DH uses the > 975x/ICH7R chip set which is rated at 1066 FSB and ddr2-800 max, so it's > getting a good workout at these frequencies. > > Now I am wondering if I can get anymore out of this mobo. I would love to > go another 5 or 10 % overclock on the CPU. I wonder if the P5W can take > the beating. > > William > > > I'm just wondering. Why go with the E6850 when for a few bucks more ($199 vs $185), you could have gone with the E8400 Wolfdale. You get a much cooler running cpu with the 45nm core, a higher stock speed of 3.0GHz, and a 6MB L2 cache. The Wolfdale is by far and away a better OC'ing proc than the E6850. And the new ASUS BIOS for the P5WDH does accommodate the new 45nm architecture. Doesn't make sense. Ron
From: Tauty on 4 May 2008 12:46 "William" <nospam(a)pacifier.com> wrote in message news:ns-dnV9_VPcaYIHVnZ2dnUVZ_h6hnZ2d(a)palinacquisition... > As you all know the prices on Intel's cpu's had a large price cut last > month. So I waited for NewEgg to offer a good sail on the CPU I wanted to > get when I first put this system together but couldn't afford it at the > time. > > I decided to take the old E6600 out and put the new E6850 in and see what > would happen. All went quite well, better than expected. The only thing > I noticed is that I got a "Intel CPU uCode loading error" when I booted > the computer. All seemed to run well, and I was pleased. > I did a similar thing - except I did the E8400 and it works really well the nifty thing is I put it 4 gigs of fast ram and the board automatically configued the fsb to 1333MHz and it's running great! (and cooler too!)
From: John Doe on 4 May 2008 14:58 "Ron Krebs" <rkrebs11(a)verizon.net> wrote: > "William" <nospam(a)pacifier.com> wrote in message >> The CPU is running at 3001.4 MHz, the FSB is at 1334.0 Mhz, and >> the ram is at 416.8 Mhz, (or 834 Mhz DDR2). I've read that the >> P5W DH uses the 975x/ICH7R chip set which is rated at 1066 FSB >> and ddr2-800 max, so it's getting a good workout at these >> frequencies. >> >> Now I am wondering if I can get anymore out of this mobo. I >> would love to go another 5 or 10 % overclock on the CPU. I >> wonder if the P5W can take the beating. > I'm just wondering. Why go with the E6850 when for a few bucks > more ($199 vs $185), you could have gone with the E8400 Wolfdale. > You get a much cooler running cpu with the 45nm core, a higher > stock speed of 3.0GHz, and a 6MB L2 cache. The Wolfdale is by far > and away a better OC'ing proc than the E6850. And the new ASUS > BIOS for the P5WDH does accommodate the new 45nm architecture. > Doesn't make sense. As per his own follow-up, it's excellent for his applications. After lots of research, the only problem I had with the E8000 series is the fact that they have been out of stock frequently. There might be other valid explanations, but seems to me Intel has trouble producing them. Of course eventually they'll perfect the fabrication process. Also, the price for Intel's 3GHz+ CPUs is greatly inflated, maybe because AMD doesn't have its act together. With AMD coming back, I expect not long from now, inexpensive 3GHz+ quad core chips will be available. The E6850 will be more than satisfactory until then.
From: William on 4 May 2008 15:08 "Ron Krebs" <rkrebs11(a)verizon.net> wrote in message news:5bkTj.2600$Eh7.467(a)trndny01... > > "William" <nospam(a)pacifier.com> wrote in message > news:ns-dnV9_VPcaYIHVnZ2dnUVZ_h6hnZ2d(a)palinacquisition... >> As you all know the prices on Intel's cpu's had a large price cut last >> month. So I waited for NewEgg to offer a good sail on the CPU I wanted >> to get when I first put this system together but couldn't afford it at >> the time. >> >> I decided to take the old E6600 out and put the new E6850 in and see what >> would happen. All went quite well, better than expected. The only thing >> I noticed is that I got a "Intel CPU uCode loading error" when I booted >> the computer. All seemed to run well, and I was pleased. >> >> I logged onto ASUS's web site for the mobo and looked up the error code >> and found out that I had to update my bios to a newer version than I had >> running. I was running 1901, and I needed at least 2103 for this cpu. I >> had 2602 on hand and ran AsusUpdate and installed 2602. >> >> The computer booted up without the error message, but it took a long time >> and booted up at 2.4 GHz, and my ram was running at 266 mhz. After two >> more boots, I realized that the resetting of bios lost my ram voltage >> setting for the 4 gig of Crucial Ballistix ram that was in the system. I >> set the ram voltage to 2.0 volts, (it's rated for 2.2v) and it booted OK. >> >> The CPU is running at 3001.4 MHz, the FSB is at 1334.0 Mhz, and the ram >> is at 416.8 Mhz, (or 834 Mhz DDR2). I've read that the P5W DH uses the >> 975x/ICH7R chip set which is rated at 1066 FSB and ddr2-800 max, so it's >> getting a good workout at these frequencies. >> >> Now I am wondering if I can get anymore out of this mobo. I would love >> to go another 5 or 10 % overclock on the CPU. I wonder if the P5W can >> take the beating. >> >> William >> >> >> > > I'm just wondering. Why go with the E6850 when for a few bucks more ($199 > vs $185), you could have gone with the E8400 Wolfdale. You get a much > cooler running cpu with the 45nm core, a higher stock speed of 3.0GHz, and > a 6MB L2 cache. The Wolfdale is by far and away a better OC'ing proc than > the E6850. And the new ASUS BIOS for the P5WDH does accommodate the new > 45nm architecture. Doesn't make sense. > > Ron > After reviewing the reviews on Newegg, many people came to the same conclusion as I did. I can go with an E6850 and have it in my hands in 3 days, or I can go with the E8400 and wait a few weeks (hopefully) for the back-orders to be filled.
From: Ron Krebs on 4 May 2008 16:24
"William" <nospam(a)pacifier.com> wrote in message news:2OSdnTG-jvE7lIPVnZ2dnUVZ_s-pnZ2d(a)palinacquisition... > > "Ron Krebs" <rkrebs11(a)verizon.net> wrote in message > news:5bkTj.2600$Eh7.467(a)trndny01... >> >> "William" <nospam(a)pacifier.com> wrote in message >> news:ns-dnV9_VPcaYIHVnZ2dnUVZ_h6hnZ2d(a)palinacquisition... >>> As you all know the prices on Intel's cpu's had a large price cut last >>> month. So I waited for NewEgg to offer a good sail on the CPU I wanted >>> to get when I first put this system together but couldn't afford it at >>> the time. >>> >>> I decided to take the old E6600 out and put the new E6850 in and see >>> what would happen. All went quite well, better than expected. The only >>> thing I noticed is that I got a "Intel CPU uCode loading error" when I >>> booted the computer. All seemed to run well, and I was pleased. >>> >>> I logged onto ASUS's web site for the mobo and looked up the error code >>> and found out that I had to update my bios to a newer version than I had >>> running. I was running 1901, and I needed at least 2103 for this cpu. I >>> had 2602 on hand and ran AsusUpdate and installed 2602. >>> >>> The computer booted up without the error message, but it took a long >>> time and booted up at 2.4 GHz, and my ram was running at 266 mhz. After >>> two more boots, I realized that the resetting of bios lost my ram >>> voltage setting for the 4 gig of Crucial Ballistix ram that was in the >>> system. I set the ram voltage to 2.0 volts, (it's rated for 2.2v) and it >>> booted OK. >>> >>> The CPU is running at 3001.4 MHz, the FSB is at 1334.0 Mhz, and the ram >>> is at 416.8 Mhz, (or 834 Mhz DDR2). I've read that the P5W DH uses the >>> 975x/ICH7R chip set which is rated at 1066 FSB and ddr2-800 max, so it's >>> getting a good workout at these frequencies. >>> >>> Now I am wondering if I can get anymore out of this mobo. I would love >>> to go another 5 or 10 % overclock on the CPU. I wonder if the P5W can >>> take the beating. >>> >>> William >>> >>> >>> >> >> I'm just wondering. Why go with the E6850 when for a few bucks more >> ($199 vs $185), you could have gone with the E8400 Wolfdale. You get a >> much cooler running cpu with the 45nm core, a higher stock speed of >> 3.0GHz, and a 6MB L2 cache. The Wolfdale is by far and away a better >> OC'ing proc than the E6850. And the new ASUS BIOS for the P5WDH does >> accommodate the new 45nm architecture. Doesn't make sense. >> >> Ron >> > > After reviewing the reviews on Newegg, many people came to the same > conclusion as I did. I can go with an E6850 and have it in my hands in 3 > days, or I can go with the E8400 and wait a few weeks (hopefully) for the > back-orders to be filled. > What are you talking about? The 8400 IS in stock and has been for the last few weeks. Check the site again. |