New to forums with IX38

[Vekiq]

Hi All,

Just joined your forums, my first post

My IX38 Quad GT is due to arrive tomorrow

I am matching it with

Antec P 180 case
Antec Neo HE 550 PSU
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
Zalman CNPS9700-LED CPU Cooler
OCZ 4GB Kit (2x2GB) DDR2 1066MHz/PC2-8500 Reaper Memory HPC Edition Dual
HIS ati 3870 x2
Antec Neo HE 550 PSU
Creative Xtreme music X-FI

Will be putting it together tomorrow night, is there any specifics i should be aware of before i put it all together? On paper this all sounds like good match for semi-decent setup, really just looking
for any potential niggles (compatibility, BIOS updates...) during build which may not be apparent but exist, any advice or pointers welcome

Cheers

[BUFF]

welcome

make sure that you set the RAM voltage according to OCZ spec.
You may need to update the BIOS & there is a beta 13 BIOS on the abit USA forums if you don't mind betas.

The Neo 550HE can be a bit iffy on some abit mobos.

[Vekiq]

Cheers Buff, will get beta bios.
Which PSU would you recommend if i run into issue with neo?

[Blitzen]

BIOS 12 works fine btw (well its does with the Quads).


WORD OF WARNING THOUGH.
Brace yourself for the MASSIVE disappointment of the lack of anything in the box. Board/IO Shield/Manual/ Drivers Disk./............thats it! For a board at almost £150 that is pretty pathetic by ABIT.

Also, they stiff you out of the fan brackets for the heatsink. I called about them and asked. Was told they were being sent. 2 months later nothing, so i am a little upset at the fact they dont put the parts in the box that are advertised and then cba to send them out either when they are aware.

The board itself is fantastic and performs really well. Just a shame that ABIT dont even supply the correct parts.

[Vekiq]

BIOS 12 works fine btw (well its does with the Quads).


WORD OF WARNING THOUGH.
Brace yourself for the MASSIVE disappointment of the lack of anything in the box. Board/IO Shield/Manual/ Drivers Disk./............thats it! For a board at almost £150 that is pretty pathetic by ABIT.

Also, they stiff you out of the fan brackets for the heatsink. I called about them and asked. Was told they were being sent. 2 months later nothing, so i am a little upset at the fact they dont put the parts in the box that are advertised and then cba to send them out either when they are aware.

The board itself is fantastic and performs really well. Just a shame that ABIT dont even supply the correct parts.

Yeah, i did read in few reviews that there is no many goodies with the board, but i am not that worried, i have so many spare cables, fans... left over from previous builds so i should be fine, lets hope they did not forget to solder transistor here, capacitor there....

[Guppy]

BIOS 12 works fine btw (well its does with the Quads).


WORD OF WARNING THOUGH.
Brace yourself for the MASSIVE disappointment of the lack of anything in the box. Board/IO Shield/Manual/ Drivers Disk./............thats it! For a board at almost £150 that is pretty pathetic by ABIT.

Also, they stiff you out of the fan brackets for the heatsink. I called about them and asked. Was told they were being sent. 2 months later nothing, so i am a little upset at the fact they dont put the parts in the box that are advertised and then cba to send them out either when they are aware.

The board itself is fantastic and performs really well. Just a shame that ABIT dont even supply the correct parts.

lol well i also bought a abit ix38 the other day from scan and i wasn't dissapointed by the lack of accessories i was gutted at the fact there were no accessories!! apparently somone forgot to put the accessory box in motherboard box lol. scan said they'll sort me out though when they find out if its meant to come with accessories lol i cant stop laughing at how stupid this is.

[Blitzen]

lol well i also bought a abit ix38 the other day from scan and i wasn't dissapointed by the lack of accessories i was gutted at the fact there were no accessories!! apparently somone forgot to put the accessory box in motherboard box lol. scan said they'll sort me out though when they find out if its meant to come with accessories lol i cant stop laughing at how stupid this is.

For a board at that price, it is poor isnt it

ABIT have been far from proactive at trying to rectify it aswell.

They also forgot to put in the additional USB/Firewire faceplate which is also very bloody annoying. Not to mention them skimping on the 40mm fans (let alone the brackets for them).

Like i said, although i love the board, i wish i had bought the ASUS Rampage. Whether the CS is good or not, at least you get something for your cash.

[Guppy]

yeah man its just very sad i was well exicted until i realised some stuff was missing. just a quick question, should i put the ram into dimm slots 1 and 2? its just that id like to put them in slots 3 and 4 casue 1 and 2 are very close to the motherboard heatpipes.

thanks

[Blitzen]

yeah man its just very sad i was well exicted until i realised some stuff was missing. just a quick question, should i put the ram into dimm slots 1 and 2? its just that id like to put them in slots 3 and 4 casue 1 and 2 are very close to the motherboard heatpipes.

thanks

Only if you dont want dual channel.

I cant remember the config now but look in the manual.
Its probably either 1 & 3 or 2 & 4 that operate dual channel mode.

Memoy is so cheap atm that you should get 4gb running if you can stretch to it.

[Guppy]

oh right but the problem is i didnt get any acessories which means i didnt get any manuals or cables, nothing!

[gilgamesh]

You should get a box which is placed underneath the mainboard, if I were you id send that board back to scan
and ask fro a unopened one.

gilgamesh

[Blitzen]

oh right but the problem is i didnt get any acessories which means i didnt get any manuals or cables, nothing!

Send it back. Its second user.

[Vekiq]

Hi All,


I have put it all together, and all look ok so far, now to fine tune it.

There is one thing i am not sure about.

I do not see option in bios to set RAM frequency to 1066.
Ram i am using is

OCZ 4GB Kit (2x2GB) DDR2 1066MHz/PC2-8500 Reaper Memory HPC Edition Dual

Divider option which lets me to set it closest to 1066 is

FSB : DRAM 2:3
DRAM Freq 510 (DDR2 1020)

Only immediate way i see is by clocking cpu higher till 1066 is reached
at the moment cpu is runing at stock 3.0 (E8400)

Anybody has any suggestions?

Cheers guys

[BUFF]

what does by SPD give you?

[Vekiq]

what does by SPD give you?

When i put it back to auto it gives me DDR2 816

[Vekiq]

heres screenie of curent setup.

I clocked CPU a little and got to correct frequency.
I have set ram as per advice on OCZ forums few days ago,




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