BIOS and Overclocking

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BIOS Frequency and Voltage settings (for overclocking)
FSB Frequency Stock-600 MHz (1 MHz)
Clock Multiplier Adjustment No
DRAM Frequency All Intel Ratios (by boot strap)
PCIe Clock 100 - 150 MHz (1 MHz)
CPU Vcore 1.10 - 1.60Volts (0.05 Volts)
CPU FSB Voltage None
Northbridge (MCH) None
Southbridge (ICH) None
DRAM Voltage 1.5 - 2.1 Volts (0.1 Volts)
CAS Latency Range tCAS: 3-11; tRCD: 3-15; tRP: 3-15; tRAS: 9-30

The X48T-A by ECS offers an excellent range of FSB frequencies and adequate voltage adjustments for 65-nm and 45-nm cores, but no clock multiplier, FSB voltage or chipset voltage controls. Furthermore, its DRAM ratio adjustment appears to be broken on BIOS release 04/28/2008.

x48 motherboard comparison

DRAM settings are available for all Intel ratios, but changing them doesn’t alter the actual value.

x48 motherboard comparison

Without any FSB or Northbridge voltage control, we didn’t think we’d get very far in our overclock attempts. Later in this article our overclocking comparison will prove otherwise!


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americanbrian 10/06/2008 05:47
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Where is the Cost/Performance ratio.

I think ASrock have done well to put forward a competitive offering and I reckon they will be notably cheaper. I think they bring the enthusiam to the masses.

I personally would go for the Gigabyte or DFI board, because their builds are quality and could conceivably last for years.

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