Hardware pr0n...w00t!

[Virtualbody1234]

Clocker, I keep hearing you post that you don't believe the low temps.

Do a simple test... Feel the heatpipes at the base of your CPU cooler with your finger.

Tell us what you notice.

[clocker]

Erm....nothing.
My RAM feels hotter.

[lynx]

So what have you changed to achieve this big jump in cpu speed?

[clocker]

Let's see if I can remember....
RAM:CAS: 2.5,3,3,8
1x HT
2T enabled
Clock max 200MHz

CPU:stock voltage
+.1v RAM
10x257

Doesn't really seem like much, but it's taken forever to get here.
Although this setup will run SuperPi no prob, I suspect that it wouldn't Prime worth a damn.
Let's find out....

[lynx]

Isn't 1xHT rather slow? I thought the default was 5x (@200MHz=1000MHz) so wouldn't the nearest equivalent be 4x (@257MHz=1028MHz).

Or is it the ratio of HT speed to clock speed, with the 5x multiplier still in there effectively giving you 1285MHz?

[clocker]

Isn't 1xHT rather slow? I thought the default was 5x (@200MHz=1000MHz) so wouldn't the nearest equivalent be 4x (@257MHz=1028MHz).

Or is it the ratio of HT speed to clock speed, with the 5x multiplier still in there effectively giving you 1285MHz?

You got me there, Lynx.
All I know is that lowering that setting made it possible to start upping the FSB.
I ran the Everest memory benchmark every step of the way, not being willing to sacrifice RAM performance for sheer clock speed, and the results just kept improving till I got to the point I showed you.

My limit seems to be 260 FSB now.
I have tinkered a bit with various combos of multiplier/FSB but 2.6GHz is the wall so far.
My board does not offer the myriad voltage settings found on the DFI LanParty series and that could be the problem, but I'd prefer not to crank up the heat anyway so the point is moot.

My available voltage settings are suspect anyway (just like my temps!)...changing the vCore from 1.3v to 1.5v doesn't alter the reported voltage in either Speedfan or Everest- it is steady at 1.39v.
Could this be a faux setting, merely eye candy or a function of the chip itself?

My highly sensitive finger ( recommended by VB) seems to corroborate the temps I'm reading, but I don't see how a jump from 2.2 to 2.57GHz wouldn't result in a bigger jump than 2C, but as I said, my preconceptions are all wrong apparently.

As I suspected, Prime95 crashed out within 3 minutes at my highest clockspeed...I was stable enough to run SuperPi, but that's about all.
I've ratcheted down to 2.4 GHz and have been stable for over an hour so that might be the final resting place.

We'll see.

Edit: I'm not sure what difference (if any) it makes, but I have also cut my running services down to the bone for the benchmark testing. I'm working on a gutted XP install disk using nLite just to see if that helps too.

[clocker]

Just ordered nearly $400 worth of watercooling gear.
WTF am I thinking?

My CPU really doesn't need it and I expect little drop in running temps.
My GPU on the other hand, should benefit mightily from a drop in temps.
It currently runs in the mid-50's, peaking at 59c after a round of benchmarks (Aquamark 01 & 03 and 3D mark 05). This is with the Zalman copper flower installed.
I'm reading of max temps dropping into the 30's using my chosen DD GPU block.
We'll see.

I'll be using a BIX radiator which may run passively depending on how the results go.

I'll keep ya'll posted.


Finally broke 76K in Aquamark03 this morning....w00t!
Hope to hit 80K on water, but that may be a pipedream.

[GepperRankins]

was the pun intended

well it'll look uber cool and it'll be quieter because you can slow/disconnect some fans. i think

[Virtualbody1234]

... WTF am I thinking? ...

I don't know. Maybe you could inform us?

[clocker]

I don't know. Maybe you could inform us?

When I figure it out I'll let you know.