AB9 Pro and e5200 work??

[paulo7]

Hello everyone

Currently have a e6300 in a ab9 pro which is a bit fsb ltd cant get above 333

Thinking of upgrading to this cpu what do u think worthwhile?

Also would beta bios that supports e8200/400 enable this chip to work?

Thanks

Paul

[odb]

On my AB9Pro E5200 works fine, E5200 works only with beta BIOS . AHCI and RAID mode for HDD didn`t works with beta bios. Changing e6300 for E5200 -> higher frequency, better overclockig and less power consumption. My max. oc is 3,0 GHz for this moment (on default voltage, only rise fsb, tested with PRIME95). It isn`t maximum, but i don`t need higher frequency. I changed my E4300 for E5200.

[jclafi]

AB9 Pro FSB Limited ? I really dont think so.

My IB9 hit´s FSB@450 EASY, and it´s the same chipset that your AB9 Pro, Intel 965 Express. My friends AB9 (not pro) hit FSB@400+ EASY too, the Intel 965 Express is a hell of a chipset !

Remmenber that your board is a LOT better than mine, so if there something wrong with your O.C its you not your board.

If you learn how to properly overclock your currenty Setup you wont need a new CPU, E6300@3.1/3.2Ghz it´s a great CPU.

Good luck dude !!

[rajamuffin]

I have just upgraded to an e5200 in an ab9 motherboard using beta bios 23. I can't seem to get reliable temperature readings from speedfan. Have any of you been able to get the cpu temp using a e5200 and ab9?

[BarryM]

This varies from board to board. At 400FSB, you're seriously over-running the chipset itself. I've seen this manifest itself in all sorts of ways such as slow hard disc access (it's actually doing retries due to data corruption), USB failures... It isn't just the CPU and memory bus.
I liked the AB9 series and used it as a board of choice in system building for a while. But the boards do vary. It is not possible to say "they'll all reach 400MHz".