Seeking new system setup advice, long post -.-

[Muskogeee]

Hello everyone,

I just put together my first new system in about 10 years, back then I knew how to setup the bios, but all the settings nowdays throw me for a loop.

My relevant specs are as follows:

GIGABYTE GA-880GM-D2H (REV. 3.1) Motherboard

AMD Athlon FX-4170 Black Edition (is there even a non black?)

8gb Gskill Ripjaws DDR3-1600


I was hoping some kind and gentle soul could take the time and enlighten me as to exactly what my bios settings should be to get optimal performance out of this budget rig. I don't need to push the overclocking to it's limits I just want a good balance of stability and performance.


All of my relevant bios options are as follows:


CPU OPTIONS

CPU Clock Ratio
CPU NorthBridge Freq.
Core Performance Boost
CPB Ratio
Turbo CPB
CPU Host Clock Control
CPU Frequency
PCIE Clock
HT Link Width
HT Link Freq
Set Memory Clock
Memory Clock

DRAM OPTIONS

DCTs Mode
DDR3 Timing Items
1T/2T Command Timing
CAS# latency
RAS to CAS R/W Delay
Row Precharge Time
Minimum RAS Active Time
TwTr Command Delay
Trfc0 for DIMM1
Trfc1 for DIMM2
Write Recovery Time
Precharge Time
Row Cycle Time
RAS to RAS Delay
Channel Interleaving
Bank Interleaving
DQS Training Control
Memclock tri-stating

VOLTAGE OPTIONS

DDR3 Voltage Control
NorthBridge Volt Control
SouthBridge Volt Control
CPU NB VID Control
CPU Voltage Control

Any advice is greatly appreciated,

Thank You.

[Mind_Reader7]

I don't use a Gigabyte board, but there should be an option to shorten the POST in the BIOS.

[Muskogeee]

Very funny -.-

Anyways I followed Gskill's guide to setting up the ram for black edition cpus here:

http://www.gskill.us/forum/showthread.php?t=7688

but whenever I set the CPU NB frequency manually it won't post. Even if I set it to 2200 which is what the "auto" option sets it to. Other than CPU NB Freq I can change all of the other settings and it will boot fine.

Any ideas?

[Mind_Reader7]

It wasn't a joke, haha. In hte tabs of BIOS, you should have an option for something like "short post", and "Disable boot GUI".

Again, something like that.

[Muskogeee]

what I meant by "long post" was that my forum post was long because I listed all my bios options. :-P

[hostage67]

POST = Power On Self Test
This is the initial bootup sequence you see when you power on your PC. There are options to skip certain tests which will shorten the time it takes for your PC to boot, this is what he was referring to with his comment to "shorten post".

As for your settings there's no one set of numbers that will give you what you are after. Overclocking is different for every person even with identical gear. To overclock you need to increase your multipliers SLOWLY until your system becomes unstable, then you back them down slightly until it is stable again. This will give you the optimal settings for your PC, but since every CPU/Motherboard, etc... is different there is no one set of numbers people can give you.

[Mind_Reader7]

Originally Posted by Muskogeee

what I meant by "long post" was that my forum post was long because I listed all my bios options. :-P

Ooooooooooooooooooooooh, lmfao.

Well now I feel stupid.