perhaps you have a wall on MCH or NB or CPU

Have you tested it with different cpu ?

What's your mainboard FSB edge ?

Wat's your memory edge on that main ?

You did much job for small benefits... Pcmark on LN2 should make a person very busy doing it.

third place is still good, congrats.

^^ Denis - thanks, all good ideas - yes, I need to isolate the problem - could be the board or the cpu I guess. I do have other cpus I can use to test the board.

Thanks Mafio - was already at #3 trying to improve!

May just be the chip is a slacker . Do you have another 145 to try in that same set up to test?

But as always, still a great run...

I think HT Ref. is really limited to the individual motherboard/chip and there isn't much to do for it.

You can try to put HTT and CPU_NB voltage through the roof but I don't know if that will help.

I really like the board though, I had one of those, back in 2010 and sold it to Gautam...is that the one I had?

I don't think this is your board Beep!

I wouldn't either

Might as well ask!

Beep - na - i bot this boad new. at sompoint i will try a different chip in it - see if the bus spped wall is the board or the chip

I killed my last sempron with too much cpu/nb - would like to not do that again!!

My chip ran out of gas around there I think Steve. I thought it was the mainboard, but then I switched to a board that can do known higher FSB, and it didn't go any further.

Don't feel bad about killing Sempy's. They are cheap and easily replaced... Reminds the chips who is boss.

Good job.