Abit AB9 P965 Conroe Motherboard
Overclocking
Published: 21st September 2006 | Source: Abit | Price: |
Overclocking was performed through the BIOS, as all good 24/7 overclocking should be done. The AB9 has decent overclocking options but as with a lot of Intel platform boards you do not actually have to change much.
I did two different overclocks.
Low Voltage Overclocking
I set an upper limit of 1.325v for the CPU and clocked the CPU as high as I could whilst maintaining a 3 hour Orthos (dual prime95) stable overclock.
I was very impressed with the board result here.
That's a very nice result - 3300MHz is nothing to be sniffed at at 1.325v.
Overclocking - Highest Possible Stable on Air
For this test I stopped when I got concerned that the temperature rose too high. This overclock was performed on air using a Scythe Infinity. I stopped when the CPU started getting around 65-70°C. I believe with even better cooling I could easily have gone higher.
Max FSB
This was particularly hard to do with the E6700 used, but I attempted to get the very best FSB possible.
In no way was this stable, but I barely managed to boot into my windows desktop at 430 x 10. I could not reduce the multiplier of the processor. 1.7v on the processor was used and maximum on both the MCH 1.5v voltage and ICHIO 1.25v voltage.
430FSB is very nice for a 10x multiplier processor.
Overclocking - Highest Possible Stable on Air
For this test I stopped when I got concerned that the temperature rose too high. This overclock was performed on air using a Scythe Infinity. I stopped when the CPU started getting around 65-70°C. I believe with even better cooling I could easily have gone higher.
This 3550MHz overclock was achieved using 1.55v. Once again as in the 3300MHz OC I left the motherboard volts at stock which is very impressive. As before this Overclock is Orthos stable.
Max FSB
This was particularly hard to do with the E6700 used, but I attempted to get the very best FSB possible.
In no way was this stable, but I barely managed to boot into my windows desktop at 430 x 10. I could not reduce the multiplier of the processor. 1.7v on the processor was used and maximum on both the MCH 1.5v voltage and ICHIO 1.25v voltage.
430FSB is very nice for a 10x multiplier processor.
Most Recent Comments
Nice review mate, very well put together! And the board looks nice too 
Hot pink BIOS 
Nice one kemp, once again a great and thorough review 
Nice one kemp, once again a great and thorough review Nice review mate I gather this is what you were working on when i was talking to you on msn hehe.
That really was a silly place to put an IDE port lol.
Can't get over how HUGE that cpu cooler is, seems to dwarf the motherboard!
I gather this is what you were working on when i was talking to you on msn hehe.That really was a silly place to put an IDE port lol.
Can't get over how HUGE that cpu cooler is, seems to dwarf the motherboard!
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Nice review mate
I gather this is what you were working on when i was talking to you on msn hehe.That really was a silly place to put an IDE port lol. Can't get over how HUGE that cpu cooler is, seems to dwarf the motherboard! |
The IDE is stupid - they look like they've learnt on the AW9D Max tho
Yeah the cooler is awesome - absolutely massive
I do believe that's the first pretty positive review of the AB9 that I've seen.
Have you got an AW9D to play with too?
Have you got an AW9D to play with too?
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I do believe that's the first pretty positive review of the AB9 that I've seen.
Have you got an AW9D to play with too? |
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Originally Posted by name='Kempez'
Yeah I am suprised that it's recieved negative reviews.
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What BIOS version were you using (BIOS shots looks like 11)?
Canner remember. Didn't have any problems when using memory. Kingston, Mushkin and GSkill worked fine on the board, although I had to make sure that I set the right timings, speed and voltage in the BIOS before I installed a new module.
Most motherboard problems are due to people not reading enough about them and getting RAM or somethng that isn't compatible - imo
Most motherboard problems are due to people not reading enough about them and getting RAM or somethng that isn't compatible - imo
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