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The Official OC (OverClocking) Thread!
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21. January 2008 @ 06:11 |
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I'm still waiting for my T9300 Core 2 Dual (2.5GHz/6mb L2/800FSB) and may have to replace my 6 month notebook just to use it now till Montevina (P35 mobile on DDR3) comes. It can OC to at least 2.85 so far and more testing will show better I hope. My current T7700 of 2.4 can hit 2.85 easy so I hope to get more out of my new Penryn.
Mobile Overclocking, It's what's for the new craze.
Sony PSP/PS3,
ASUS RAMPAGE II EXTREME(X58) w/ i7 930 DO @ 4.305GHz (205x21 @ 1.323v) 2:8 DDR1680 @ 6-6-6-18
ASUS RAMPAGE EXTREME (X48) w/ Q6600 @ 3.81GHz, 422x9 @ DDR1680 6-7-6-20 @ 1.71v
ASUS CROSSHAIR w/ x2 6400+
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21. January 2008 @ 07:59 |
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just been playing again, i know i know but i cant help it, anyway.
linkage
you like??
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21. January 2008 @ 08:59 |
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Nguh?
How do doo dat?
What voltage?
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21. January 2008 @ 10:34 |
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it boots at 1.55v but needs 1.62v to stay stable (no bsod or instant crash in orthos) but i know im pushing my cooling over its limits for now. it takes orthos less than a min to get my cores to 70c and thats as far as i let it go and turned it off. i think 1.62v is a touch too much for air cooling in a warm living room with the heating on :D but its there so....im looking into some water cooling and an antec quad 850 psu to keep it all going smooth.
all i have done is put an old heatsink on to the power regs with some sticky thermal pads and the vdroop has almost vanished. i also think the top notch airflow thru my case helps.
nice isnt it :D
only took my 11 month to get + 100%, i just need to up the cooling and we are set, payday on friday so the visa might be out in the morning.
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it idles at 34c but i sh@ myself at 70c underload(i wonder if everest is missreading in vista? hope so) and stopped the test.
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21. January 2008 @ 10:46 |
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1.62V? No wonder.
As for the freezer 7 pro, 70C under load is about right for that voltage. I think that reading's correct. I got about 50 at 3Ghz, 1.42V, and only 40C when it was stock. +100mV added 10 degrees, so +300mV you'd get plus 30C, so 70.
You also realise at that voltage that the CPU will be permanently destroyed in about 8 weeks? It's not just heat you have to consider when upping the voltage.
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21. January 2008 @ 10:58 |
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electronic migration? yea i know but if i blow it it gives me a reason to get somthing else, plus i gain a new keyring :D
my temps are cool(pun intended) as i only hit 50c on the cores at 3.4ghz on 1.45v and it will do 3 on 1.325v now but once above 3ghz it gets real volt hungry.
its back at 3.2ghz(1.425v) like it has been for the best part of a year now.
what i have found out before when playing was that it no longer seems to need as much juice as it did before tho, i can drop the volts by .025v and still stay stable comparred to what it wanted. guess its the lack of vdroop?
im a happy bunny tho :D right off to bed as im on work tonight.
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anyone seen any reviews of 2gb(x2) sticks of ram that oc?
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21. January 2008 @ 11:23 |
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Sam, I currently have my CPU overclocked to 3.2Ghz (400FSB @ 8multi), will it be a while before my CPU starts to show damage? I had my older P4 3.2Ghz @ 3.8Ghz for quite some time... Had no problems with it either.
How long can I keep the CPU at 3.2Ghz? If I turn it back to defaults, will it prolong the life back to where it should be in the beginning? I have the voltage set to "auto" in the BIOS, the ram @ 4-4-4-12 800Mhz @ 2.2v.
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21. January 2008 @ 12:55 |
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It's not the mhz that are harmful, only the voltage.
Marsey: Perhaps, but you don't really want to be buying a new cpu every few weeks.
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21. January 2008 @ 15:19 |
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i have had a year out of this one and its performed like a trooper @3.2ghz for most of it, but hey if i do blow a few chips..well thats life init.
if you overclock thats the risk you take, you know that as do we all, even upping the mhz a bit increases the migration its all down to luck with how good your cpu is.
dam time for work:(
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21. January 2008 @ 15:45 |
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astral2k5
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21. January 2008 @ 17:48 |
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Originally posted by chop2113:
I bought the gigabyte version of the 3850 which has a Zalman cooler on it. Cant tell you how loud or not it is as i still don't have all the parts for my build yet. But by the looks of it shouldn't be too bad. Working on a poor mans budget..:(
Do you have this model http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/VGA/...?ProductID=2718 ?
Could you please let me know if you can adjust the Zalman fan speed using Rivatuner or other software.
Thanks
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21. January 2008 @ 18:04 |
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Any fan plugged into a motherboard should be adjustable using speedfan.
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21. January 2008 @ 18:28 |
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They're talking about the graphics board not the motherboard.
Astral, download rivatuner. It will allow you to change the fan speed.
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21. January 2008 @ 18:40 |
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The zalman fan on the GPU may be 3 pin, in which case he can move it to the motherboard. Or, as you say, rivatuner *should* be able to do it.
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astral2k5
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21. January 2008 @ 18:43 |
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Originally posted by abuzar1:
They're talking about the graphics board not the motherboard.
Astral, download rivatuner. It will allow you to change the fan speed.
Thanks for your reply.
I do not have the card yet, I was asking if it's possible to adjust the fan speed for the Zalman on gigabyte hd 3850, because I read on other forums that on 8800gt it can't be adjusted...
Here you can find a snapshot with the card and cooler :
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/ViewImage.aspx?ProductID=2718
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21. January 2008 @ 18:45 |
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From the closeup it looks like a two-pin standard fan. Given this, Atitool should be able to control the speed.
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21. January 2008 @ 20:18 |
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if its anything like the 3870 the fan control is through the bios set to ramp up at certain temps, rivatuner lets you change it to a default single speed, but to be honest if the ramping is set like it is on the 3870 it will be cool enough and quiet enough as standard, mind you you could have it running slightly faster as standard and reduce the temps in your case a bit as the cards are quite hot.
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21. January 2008 @ 20:23 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
Any fan plugged into a motherboard should be adjustable using speedfan.
speedfan doesnt support the Gigabyte GA-M565-S3 but then again the cpu fan control in the bios is adequate. getting a 790fx board and another 3870 soon, god its made gaming such a joy on the eyes with one card, so in for a penny in for a pound or couple hundred more atleast lol.
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21. January 2008 @ 20:26 |
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CK, have you even paid attention to your fan? It doesn't ramp up when it gets hotter it always stays at 25%. That's why I had to download rivatuner and set it to 55%.
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21. January 2008 @ 20:27 |
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^ One question, why would you buy a board with a nvidia chipset if you're getting a Ati card?
I dont get why I see people sigs in other forums, and the have a X38 board but then have a 8800GTX. It puts the 2 PCI-e slot to waste, not to mention it's PCI-e 2.0. I dont think they would want to "downgrade" to a ATi card as a 8800GTX is better than a 3870 - performance wise, and we all know that.
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21. January 2008 @ 20:41 |
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Well the X38 is the latest in greatest. It probably gives better performance overall. If they don't plan to SLI then it's a good choice.
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21. January 2008 @ 20:46 |
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But the 780i boards are just coming out... And wouldnt a 8800GTX work better with a nvidia chipset than a chipset designed for ATi cards?
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21. January 2008 @ 20:55 |
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Originally posted by abuzar1:
CK, have you even paid attention to your fan? It doesn't ramp up when it gets hotter it always stays at 25%. That's why I had to download rivatuner and set it to 55%.
My fan ramps up ok, i flashed the card to the newer bios, and everything works fine, mind you I only play at 1200 x 1600 so i guess its not straining it too much, but it definatley ramps, my case is silent and the card is the only audible noise, when running 3dmark06 you hear it ramp twice.
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21. January 2008 @ 20:59 |
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That chipset is not designed for ati cards per-se. It just happens to support CF. It also is a better overall chipset then the Nvidia chipsets.
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21. January 2008 @ 21:07 |
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this build was only so i could see what the 3870 was like, and now i know i like it, i will get another and a Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DS5 , which when ran with 2 x 3870's > 1 8800gtx on some games on others it doesnt, but with driver updates it will catch up on the ones it doesnt. plus better image quality with the 3870's.
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