e6400 on DFI965S

[jkrause6]

I just put a system together and it just doesn't seem as fast as i thought it would be.

specs:
e6400 @ 266 x 8
DFI965S @ at optimized defults
2 gigs ddr2 800mhz OCZ plat (2 x 1)
* here is were things get fishy.
- getting just under 4 ghz bandwidth witch i am very happy with.
- here are the timings as specified by mother board

- trdwr = 8 = read to write delay
- twrpw = 6 = ranks read to write
- trdrd = 6 = ranks read to read
- twrrd = 5 = ranks write to read

I have the memory @ 2.1 volts, defualt was 1.9

This DFI board is confusing. the manufacturer memory specs are @ 4-4-4-15 @ ~ 2.1 volts when i tried putting in values
15
4
4
4
the system would not even boot and i had to remove battery to reset bios.

The Computer i have at home is an e6600 at stock setting on an ASUS 965 p5b-e. I thought this new DFI rig would be somewhat comparable to the e6600 but it seems way slower. Better than the AMD 4600+ lenovo i use at work but way slower than the e6600. Oh the e660 has a 8800gts and the e6400 has an $25 ati card i got off newegg. I don't know if that would make a difference in speed or not. I'm not using it for gaming just MS office, email, ect.

i ran Prime 95 all night and there were no errors. Temps were
CPU = 44 celcius
NB = 43 c
System = 25 c

So does all this look normal? Does only having 2 megs of cache really slow it down that much or is there more going on here? Anyone know how to set the memory timings?

Thanks for the help. )

[shadowpr]

It should be slower then the other machine. It has a slower processor, and less cache.

For the memory, did you put it at 115-4-4-4, or is that a typo and you actually put it at 4-4-4-15? You could probably just leave it at auto.

[MaxRat]

you may want to do a couple things...

Make sure the rm is set up right in the bios....run CPU-Z and check the rams speed and timings against that...you may also get Everest trial and run the memory bandwidth to see what your pulling...

if you are getting sluggish perofrmance either the ram or the CPU isnt set up right

you may also want to list all your ram timings and the specs of your ram...?

[jkrause6]

for trdwr i tried 15
for twrpw i tried 4
for trdrd i tried 4
for twrrd i tried 4