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17. April 2011 @ 18:07 |
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Originally posted by omegaman7:
Much more agreeable temps. What's your NB voltage at? Mmm, I see you've lowered your overclock.
Oman7,
1.30v. I dropped it down to 3.7, so if something happens to me, it will be reliable for Russell! He wouldn't know how to change any of those settings. I could probably drop the NB voltage to 1.20v, and I may do that! 87,000+ MIPS will do just fine! Got the HD4670 card installed in it and a fresh install of XP-Pro SP3. it's good to go!
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17. April 2011 @ 22:09 |
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Pretty sure mine is also at 1.30V. Clearly something needs to be done about the heatsink cooling. I'm not into doing that right now. I'll be opening my case again in a month or so though. Perhaps I'll do it then. I don't fancy removing the board though. Perhaps I'll just stick with my original plan, and wait to see how 1090t performs.
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18. April 2011 @ 00:42 |
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Originally posted by omegaman7:
Pretty sure mine is also at 1.30V. Clearly something needs to be done about the heatsink cooling. I'm not into doing that right now. I'll be opening my case again in a month or so though. Perhaps I'll do it then. I don't fancy removing the board though. Perhaps I'll just stick with my original plan, and wait to see how 1090t performs.
Oman7,
I dropped mine to 1.20v and the temps are the same. That's exactly why I'm contemplating moving the Rad outside, with more room and access to cool the VRMs, and no heat at all from the Rad, what little get's into the case, if any to begin with. The Rad should cool better because the grille in the case will be removed, so no restriction of airflow caused by the holes in the grille.
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28. May 2011 @ 09:20 |
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hy!
my motherboard is MS-7525 with Phoenix-Award BIOS(v0.00pg). I really dont find any way overclocking it.
please help me!
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Curious, not really an overclocking question, but an underclocking question. Can the Athlon 5200 be underclocked and stable? Because my brother has one in his HTPC, and the darn CPU fan Revs up at times. I'm considering either underclocking and lowering the volts(if possible), or finding a low profile with large fan/heatsink for the CPU. Watercooling is probably not an option for this HTPC. I know of no Radiators that will work in this situation. Perhaps you could educate me though :)
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18. October 2011 @ 18:43 |
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As long as you can overclock, you can underclock, it's been done before. Set to it! :)
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18. October 2011 @ 18:44 |
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Originally posted by omegaman7:
Curious, not really an overclocking question, but an underclocking question. Can the Athlon 5200 be underclocked and stable? Because my brother has one in his HTPC, and the darn CPU fan Revs up at times. I'm considering either underclocking and lowering the volts(if possible), or finding a low profile with large fan/heatsink for the CPU. Watercooling is probably not an option for this HTPC. I know of no Radiators that will work in this situation. Perhaps you could educate me though :)
Oman7,
If the motherboard has CPU multiplier adjustment, just lower the CPU Multi. Even though it's a locked multiplier, you can usually lower it!
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18. October 2011 @ 18:46 |
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LOL! Thanks man. The 5200 isn't black, but the gigabyte board it resides in, should be able to unlock some features ;)
I prefer not underclock, but I may do it til I can find either a low profile cooler, or water cooler with HTPC radiator in mind.
Thanks both of you :D
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Thought I'd reapply thermal past to the 5200. Well, guess what happened! The Damn CPU is stuck to the heatsink LOL! I was attempting to rock the heatsink off the cpu. The whole shebang came out. While the lever was in the locked position. Now I have to use a razor knife to get the cpu off. Hopefully the socket is ok. I didn't force, it simply came out fairly easily :S The pins thankfully did not suffer at all. I think there may have been too much paste before...
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Everything is looking good :) I underclocked the stock 2.6ghz/1.3V/13Multi to 2.2Ghz/1.275/11multi. I then ran Prime95 64bit for 10 minutes. It never exceeded 55C. The cpu fan never exceeded 3400rpms. MUCH more agreeable. I've found if Prime 95 can run for 6 - 10 minutes, it's usually pretty stable. However, in the case of X264, it usually can find instabilities. My brother is not gonna stress this HTPC though. I don't see the need in going any further. The most I've seen his CPU hit is 80%. And that was while watching a Blu-ray. Since the media player he uses, can utilize hardware acceleration (DXVA), The cpu should really never even see that. I think he'll be quite pleased with it for a while. I still insist on increasing its cooling though. I'm very anal about hot CPU's. And 50C is my limit. And given the fairly tight quarters the HTPC resides in, I need to improve it. But at least it'll be fine for a while ;)
This is about the size of a grain of rice. I've heard people say that's usually sufficient. What do you think? The scratch was because of an imperfect razor knife. It's a trivial scratch :S I hope...
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22. October 2011 @ 22:26 |
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I had some fun with my brothers HTPC, Now I'm playing with mine. 4Ghz is really close to stable. Closest I've ever had!
3.4Ghz *stock*
x264 HD BENCHMARK 4.0 RESULTS
Please do NOT compare it with older versions of the benchmark!
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Results for x264.exe r1913
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Pass 1
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encoded 1442 frames, 108.63 fps, 3912.32 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 109.00 fps, 3912.32 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 109.39 fps, 3912.32 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 109.52 fps, 3912.32 kb/s
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encoded 1442 frames, 22.93 fps, 3961.81 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 22.94 fps, 3961.78 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 22.95 fps, 3961.32 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 22.89 fps, 3962.09 kb/s
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3.7 Ghz(CPU-V 1.35) 1.2V NB 2200Mhz HT/NB -- ~8% performance boost.
x264 HD BENCHMARK 4.0 RESULTS
Please do NOT compare it with older versions of the benchmark!
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Results for x264.exe r1913
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encoded 1442 frames, 117.46 fps, 3912.32 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 118.21 fps, 3912.32 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 118.51 fps, 3912.32 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 119.42 fps, 3912.32 kb/s
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encoded 1442 frames, 24.81 fps, 3961.27 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 24.79 fps, 3961.44 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 24.96 fps, 3961.86 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 24.92 fps, 3961.75 kb/s
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4.0Ghz (CPU-V 1.4V) 1.2V NB 2200Mhz HT/NB -- ~5 - 6% performance boost over previous clock. 12-14% boost over stock clock.
x264 HD BENCHMARK 4.0 RESULTS
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encoded 1442 frames, 123.41 fps, 3912.32 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 124.41 fps, 3912.32 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 125.25 fps, 3912.32 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 124.57 fps, 3912.32 kb/s
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encoded 1442 frames, 26.44 fps, 3961.23 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 25.58 fps, 3961.79 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 26.63 fps, 3961.41 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 26.71 fps, 3960.80 kb/s
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Originally posted by omegaman7:
Thought I'd reapply thermal past to the 5200. Well, guess what happened! The Damn CPU is stuck to the heatsink LOL! I was attempting to rock the heatsink off the cpu. The whole shebang came out. While the lever was in the locked position. Now I have to use a razor knife to get the cpu off. Hopefully the socket is ok. I didn't force, it simply came out fairly easily :S The pins thankfully did not suffer at all. I think there may have been too much paste before...
Oman7,
Don't rock it, press down hard enough to maintain good contact so the CPU won't pop out of the socket, and lightly rotate the coolerleft and right. What kind of paste was on it? I've had that problem with Arctic Silver, but never with Arctic MX-2. Just another good reason to use it.
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LOL! It may have been Arctic silver. If so, I replaced it with MX-2. It was the closest one in my desk drawer.
In any case, it clearly appeared like I used too much last time. I tried both twisting and rocking lightly. Twisting is probably certainly safer than what happened. When I started rocking it lightly, that's when it gave up. It scared me when I saw no CPU in the socket LOL! I thought for sure the pins would be bent. But they took it like a champ. The CPU slipped right back in there like a glove :) I got lucky.
I'll be running more stability tests tomorrow. If it checks out, I may just go for for 4.2Ghz. If I can stabilize 4.2, I just may survive for 6 - 8 months. On the average, a Blu-ray disc only takes 3 - 6hrs to encode. Depending on several factors of course ;) Although if 4.2 follows the same overclock trend, It probably won't be much of a gain(It might shave 20 min off a blu-ray encode). I think memory bandwidth, and HT/NB frequency may be the next thing to tweak.
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I've never seen this happen with Arctic Silver or any of the other pastes I use, but I haven't used Ceramique. That seems like it might be the most likely culprit for it. Not saying because i haven't seen it that it can't happen, of course :P
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23. October 2011 @ 15:33 |
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X264 crashed. Just increased to 1.425V. We'll see what happens. If it crashes again, I'll bring the HT/NB frequency back to stock, and see what happens. It's too close to stable to need more voltage.
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Russ, weren't you saying once upon a time, that the NB frequency should be slightly higher than the HT? I have BD Rebuilder running right now, and seems more stable than before, but I'm not maxing the CPU as much as I'd like. I suppose that could just be the way it behaves though...
This is interesting!
http://www.overclockers.com/the-importa...-the-phenom-ii/
Since it seems like my CPU is waiting for something, I must need to stabilize something, or speed up the NB?
Well, unstable once again. Nearly finished the X264 encode too :( I switched to Prime95, to attempt to get a better understanding of what's going on. I also noticed in everest that my Ram voltage is below the standard. I increased it to 1.65 stock, and now it's stable longer in Prime95. What's weird is, I'm only running CPU stress tests. VERY little ram tested.
In any case, I'm putting it on hold for a few hours. I need to do something about the NB temperature. It hit 60C in prime95. I don't like 60C! 50 - 55 is where I'd like it. So I'm finally going to remove the blueshield on my heat pipe, and position a fan there. See if I can drop it even 3C...
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Originally posted by omegaman7:
Russ, weren't you saying once upon a time, that the NB frequency should be slightly higher than the HT? I have BD Rebuilder running right now, and seems more stable than before, but I'm not maxing the CPU as much as I'd like. I suppose that could just be the way it behaves though...
This is interesting!
http://www.overclockers.com/the-importa...-the-phenom-ii/
Since it seems like my CPU is waiting for something, I must need to stabilize something, or speed up the NB?
Oman7,
Close! LOL!! You can't run the HT link faster than the NorthBridge, or it will default to a lower setting. Both of mine are now set to 2600, so my Hyper Transport Bus is now running at 5200 MT/s.
Northbridge Frequency
HT Link Frequency
Memory Bandwidth
MIPS
I also turned on the IOMMU Support in the Advanced Settings in the bios, which adds a useful 6000 MIPS, with the NorthBridge and the CPU NB VID Control set to 1.1v. I also raised the NB/PCIe/PLL Voltage Control +1 click up. I have to say, I'm impressed for such a low overclock. The 900 Series AM3+ motherboards are the way to go. And don't be ragging on me for using an older Sandra. At least I can understand the terminology and I don't have to put up with all the "Kiddie Crap" and the incessant need for Bling! That aside, I'm pretty happy with what I put together and the results I've gotten from it. As easy as it was to get to 4.2GHz, I have no doubt that it can go as high as 4.6GHz without having to resort to 1.5v+ for the CPU voltage.
Best Regards,
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Thanks Russ. It actually doesn't bother me if somebody uses older software for tests. As long as the comparisons are done with the same version ;)
Sounds like I may purchase an AM3+ board anyway. I'll likely be purchasing an AM3+ chip in the future. There will likely be a suitable revision to bulldozer I may be interested in.
The blue shields came off of the heat pipe easily. The temperature appears to be unaffected though(maybe 1 - 2c cooler at idle). I'd really like a better cooler for the NB :( Perhaps I'm nitpicking it too much though. In order to reapply thermal compound, I have to remove the board. Not into that right now :p Probably when I get a new board.
Well... back to stabilizing. Wish me luck! :)
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Was your last board able to hold a 2600Mhz NB frequency? I bumped my NB/HT to 2600Mhz. I got stuck in a reboot loop. Had to clear the CMOS. Which made it really interesting. Whoever designed the board should be shot! The Jumper is right next to the battery, and both are hidden under my GPU. Wonder who's hair brained idea that was! LOL! Just about as bad as the S-ata ports. I suppose there's only so much they can do with the design though. Cramming as much as they do on the board. No doubt it's challenging. They really should relocate the CMOS battery though. It needs to be easier to get at.
Forgot to reset the clock. Opened firefox to my homepage(Hotmail), and it didn't recognize the security certificate, or something to that affect. Said it wouldn't til september of this year. I looked down at the clock and thought "oh yes! Of course!" LOL!
And now I have to fiddle with my Ram again. I'm not certain what it's settings were. I'd like to run some tests at the current configuration though, and see what happens.
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I ran Prime95 once with stock Ram settings, and CPU at 1.45V, NB at 1.22V, NB/HT frequency at 2200. Blue-screened. ~10min.
Ran again, this time upped the CPU volts to 1.475. Stable for ~17min, when I stopped the torture test. So it appears to me, the CPU simply needed more volts. This was not the case when I first purchased my equipment. It seemed to prefer a lower CPU voltage, and higher NB voltage. Strange turn of events. I remember this perfectly too. My memory is a bit rough. I prefer to call it selective though :p
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Originally posted by omegaman7:
Was your last board able to hold a 2600Mhz NB frequency? I bumped my NB/HT to 2600Mhz. I got stuck in a reboot loop. Had to clear the CMOS. Which made it really interesting. Whoever designed the board should be shot! The Jumper is right next to the battery, and both are hidden under my GPU. Wonder who's hair brained idea that was! LOL! Just about as bad as the S-ata ports. I suppose there's only so much they can do with the design though. Cramming as much as they do on the board. No doubt it's challenging. They really should relocate the CMOS battery though. It needs to be easier to get at.
Forgot to reset the clock. Opened firefox to my homepage(Hotmail), and it didn't recognize the security certificate, or something to that affect. Said it wouldn't til september of this year. I looked down at the clock and thought "oh yes! Of course!" LOL!
And now I have to fiddle with my Ram again. I'm not certain what it's settings were. I'd like to run some tests at the current configuration though, and see what happens.
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I ran Prime95 once with stock Ram settings, and CPU at 1.45V, NB at 1.22V, NB/HT frequency at 2200. Blue-screened. ~10min.
Ran again, this time upped the CPU volts to 1.475. Stable for ~17min, when I stopped the torture test. So it appears to me, the CPU simply needed more volts. This was not the case when I first purchased my equipment. It seemed to prefer a lower CPU voltage, and higher NB voltage. Strange turn of events. I remember this perfectly too. My memory is a bit rough. I prefer to call it selective though :p
Oman7,
No! It wasn't able to go past 2400 on either setting. I wound up at 2400 NB and 2200 HT-F. I managed 4.0 with my 1090T at over 1.5v on the 790X. This motherboard is way more friendly and forgiving than the 790X. I haven't had any encoding or Trans-coding errors, and they will usually bring any overclock to it's knees if things aren't right, given the processor/memory precision required for video. No temperature issues either, just an accumulation of processor errors, that finally reboots the computer without a BSOD, just like hitting the reset button! If my AutoCad program doesn't crash it, I guess nothing will! It put's more load on the computer than any other program I use, and it uses all 6 cores.
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I had a feeling you'd say something like that.
over 1.5V? Eesh! I don't even like being at 1.475, but I'm o-k with it, since the max temp I've seen so far was 53C(VERY high load), and 58 on the northbridge. A stock AMD cpu cooler fan is pulling heat from the northbridge. It lowered load temps about 2 - 3c. I'm really wondering if supreme water cooling could bring the CPU any lower though. I've read reviews of people getting my load temps, on higher dollar water cooling. I suppose there's reasons that could cause that though. I'm sure I could lower the temp if I wanted to. a double/triple radiator, with an excellent pump for instance, would probably help at least slightly.
VERY impressed with the Coolit eco. From 1.4V to 1.475, load temps only increased 4-5C!
The ultimate stability test will run tonight(Bd Rebuilder/X264). If it passes, I'll try to tweak my Ram next.
I read that I shouldn't worry about a 60C chip. I'd like to hear what gigabyte/AMD has to say about their chipsets ;) In my browsing, one guy said a mosfet can handle 150C! And the heatsinks on them is for show. I wonder about that though. Longevity certainly comes into play. And they are generally only on the higher end boards, that people are guaranteed to be overclocking!
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Originally posted by omegaman7:
I had a feeling you'd say something like that.
over 1.5V? Eesh! I don't even like being at 1.475, but I'm o-k with it, since the max temp I've seen so far was 53C(VERY high load), and 58 on the northbridge. A stock AMD cpu cooler fan is pulling heat from the northbridge. It lowered load temps about 2 - 3c. I'm really wondering if supreme water cooling could bring the CPU any lower though. I've read reviews of people getting my load temps, on higher dollar water cooling. I suppose there's reasons that could cause that though. I'm sure I could lower the temp if I wanted to. a double/triple radiator, with an excellent pump for instance, would probably help at least slightly.
VERY impressed with the Coolit eco. From 1.4V to 1.475, load temps only increased 4-5C!
The ultimate stability test will run tonight(Bd Rebuilder/X264). If it passes, I'll try to tweak my Ram next.
I read that I shouldn't worry about a 60C chip. I'd like to hear what gigabyte/AMD has to say about their chipsets ;) In my browsing, one guy said a mosfet can handle 150C! And the heatsinks on them is for show. I wonder about that though. Longevity certainly comes into play. And they are generally only on the higher end boards, that people are guaranteed to be overclocking!
Oman7,
I sincerely doubt the 150C claim. That's 302F! You would have a devil of a time cooling any computer with that much heat inside the case. All computers have Mosfets, even $35 ones, as they are what controls the voltage. They are the voltage regulators! The better boards simply have more of them.
Here's some basics on them. I'm pretty sure you will recognize them.
http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/overclocking/voltmods/21
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Oh yah. I've seen those little doodads :p
150C could be their threshold/maximum temperature. Yes, that's extremely hot. Well beyond boiling boint ;) Plenty hot enough to blister skin!
I'm simply suggesting that watercooling the VRM's/Mosfet, may be a bit overkill. But then, it really does depend how much one is overclocking, and how cool they want their case as well. As well as longevity of course.
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Yes, VRMs can handle 150C. The VRMs on GPUs with aftermarket coolers routinely run 120-130C, and amazingly enough, they handle it. I'm not sure it's a temperature I'd be happy with, but 150 maximum sounds about right...
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Bd Rebuilder/X264 stable. So far anyway. I'll run a few more encodes to be sure, then I'll bump my Ram up :)
You have no idea how pleased I am about this :D
To delete, or not to delete. THAT is the question! This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 24. October 2011 @ 15:15
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