MSI's X58 Eclipse breaks memory bandwidth record

*Intel's Core i7 Extreme 965 OCed to 4,067MHz

*The guys* at Coolaler.com forums have managed to get their hands o
MSI's X58 Eclipse motherboard and paired it up with Intel's Core i
Extreme 965 CPU and some high-quality G.Skill triple-channel memory kit

Using MSI's crown jewel based on the X58 chipset, the guys at Coolale
forum managed to get Intel's Core i7 Extreme all the way to 4,067MHz
while the G.Skill 6GB DDR3 kit was overclocked to 1,017.5MHz (2,034MHz)
One of the interesting things is that memory was able to achieve that O
with voltage set at 2.05V, while the CPU VCore was set at 1.576V, whic
means only one thing: that MSI's Eclipse, unlike some other X58-base
motherboards, can separate CPU and memory voltage and the 1.65V limi
doesn't apply.

The memory in question works at 1017.5MHz at 10-8-8-24 1T latency wit
FSB ratio set at 2:12. That OC was enough for MSI's Eclipse to break th
memory bandwidth record and score 21647MB/s in the Everest memory rea
test. It looks like MSI has a great X58 motherboard and that we ca
finally see some records broken on it

You can check out the CPU-Z, Everest and other screenshots 'here
(http://forum.coolaler.com/showthread...50#post2195850).

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This CPU looks to be very interesting for overclocking, with a x2
Multiplier and I also notice that the FSB is 18x the Bus speed unlik
the old CPU's FSB which is only 4x the Bus speed.

I also notice that this new CPU seems to have the older C0 Steppin
instead of the newer E0 Stepping which seems a bit strange, maybe ther
has been some problems with the newer Stepping

Looks Great, Wish I could have one

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Mr GRiM <> wrote:
>
>
> This CPU looks to be very interesting for overclocking, with a x24
> Multiplier and I also notice that the FSB is 18x the Bus speed unlike
> the old CPU's FSB which is only 4x the Bus speed.
>
> I also notice that this new CPU seems to have the older C0 Stepping
> instead of the newer E0 Stepping which seems a bit strange, maybe there
> has been some problems with the newer Stepping.
>
> Looks Great, Wish I could have one!


This is quite off-topic for this group, and most people in this newsgroup
don't know jack about hardware.

I have been waiting for these Nehalem processors before replacing my
venerable X38 board. I might wait a while though, as I want to build a
HTPC/server first.

ss.

Mr GRiM <> wrote:
>
> I also notice that this new CPU seems to have the older C0 Stepping
> instead of the newer E0 Stepping which seems a bit strange, maybe there
> has been some problems with the newer Stepping.



By the way, what are you talking about?

That's like saying:

I wonder why Vista is using the SP2, instead of the newer SP3, which seems a
bit strange, maybe there has been some problems with the newer SP3.

ss.

> I also notice that this new CPU seems to have the older C0 Stepping
> instead of the newer E0 Stepping which seems a bit strange, maybe there
> has been some problems with the newer Stepping.

Each different CPU has a different stepping scheme. C0 on a newer CPU
may well be newer than E0 on an older CPU.

Tom Lake

Tom Lake <> wrote:
>
> > I also notice that this new CPU seems to have the older C0 Stepping
> > instead of the newer E0 Stepping which seems a bit strange, maybe there
> > has been some problems with the newer Stepping.
>
> Each different CPU has a different stepping scheme. C0 on a newer CPU
> may well be newer than E0 on an older CPU.
>
> Tom Lake

Yes. I suppose it is easiest to explain that stepping means revision.

ss.