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The Ultimate Dream Computer
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Ian00
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8. August 2008 @ 08:46 |
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Thanks again Sam, unfortunately I'll probably be slowly building my new pc slowly due to lack of money, but at least with a great mobo I can build a "realistic" dream computer :-)
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8. August 2008 @ 09:02 |
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Indeed, the X48-DS4 is the modernised version of my X38 board with the new chipset, it's an excellent overclocking/crossfire board with piles of features.
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8. August 2008 @ 12:59 |
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Buy my computerzzzzz
TTYL
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Ian00
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8. August 2008 @ 13:49 |
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lolzzzzzz
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8. August 2008 @ 15:08 |
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Seriouslyzzzzz haha
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Ian00
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9. August 2008 @ 11:04 |
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Sorryzzzz, I'm not the rich one here lol XD
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9. August 2008 @ 11:26 |
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lol Well I'm selling it for 950 and the specs are in my sig. I just need to get the cooler worked out. One of the screws holding it in place broke and the replacement hasnt arrived yet.
But I will sell it after I fix the cooler problem and OC it as much as I safely can.
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Ian00
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9. August 2008 @ 13:15 |
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Well, thats cool, I'm saving for parts for a computer, and this will be my first full build from scratch. BTW I forgot where I heard it from, but I remember hearing some guy oc his pc to 15 g's and kept it cool with liquid nitrogen, not sure if thats even possible XD
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9. August 2008 @ 14:12 |
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Hmm, well it was probably a P4 then. Those things overclocked like crazy.
Too bad the architecture sucked.
Also, if you know anyone who wants a gaming PC, let me know ;)
I might just sell it on eBay. I cant justify keeping a computer like this to just run FEAR Combat haha!
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Ian00
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9. August 2008 @ 17:05 |
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Ok I will, and btw is that integrated graphics like 32 mb? lol I remember the old 32 mb voodoo cards that were like 500 usd, back in the day. XD
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9. August 2008 @ 17:23 |
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Ummm, what integrated graphics?
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9. August 2008 @ 18:09 |
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Some is 32MB, others can use up to 256MB, but remember integrated graphics has no memory of its own, it uses your system RAM.
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9. August 2008 @ 18:12 |
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Why are we talking about integrate graphics?
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9. August 2008 @ 18:13 |
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No idea.
The lol thing about a 15Ghz P4 is even a lowly Q9300 at stock speed is faster in the right environment!
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9. August 2008 @ 18:14 |
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Well it seems my 3.8Ghz X3220 is not stable unless I use AUTO for the NB. Thats gay.
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9. August 2008 @ 18:16 |
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Is that because auto uses a huge voltage?
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9. August 2008 @ 18:17 |
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I dont know. Oh well. I'll try later. I'm just trying to get it stable at the moment.
If I cant I might just stick to 3.7Ghz. That's respectable.
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9. August 2008 @ 18:19 |
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3.7 is certainly admirable. I was thinking about it, 3.6Ghz is probably as high as I'd ever get a Q6600 G0 with a voltage I'm happy with (1.45 or less - not just for electronmigration but also cooling reasons), and if I got a Q9450 I wouldn't want to raise the voltage at all for fear of electronmigration, so that would probably only make 3.3Ghz, which by my maths makes it almost the same speed. No need to spend the extra...
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11. August 2008 @ 12:34 |
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oh wow. dude you got the Q9450 to 3.7 stable...on a P5K PRO. well done. thats brilliant.
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11. August 2008 @ 12:41 |
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lol it's a Q6600 xeon. I actually got it stable on 3.8 in the end but the volts were too high.
3.8Ghz on Q6600= Pretty damn impressive in it's own right haha.
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11. August 2008 @ 12:48 |
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Well that's it, a realistic overclock is something you can run every day, and if you're not happy with the voltage, it isn't realistic, which is why killerwatt at fragsoc got told off for his 3.7Ghz Q9450 - 1.5V, and on a 45nm chip no less... :O
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15. August 2008 @ 09:50 |
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I got 3.6 on 24/7 OC on my Q6600 easily (on Air, 790i). It's all in the GTLVREF Lanes. I had to set Lane 0 & 1 to ~100mV to get it stable in OCCT, and Lanes 2, 3 to about 40mV. I think I could get 3.8 if i tried harder,which I'll have to do during the school year.
If it has been stable on full load for 6-8 hours (assuming thats a good buffer). It doesn't matter what the volts are if its stable, if its stable it means no errors are generated when you run a cpu intensive program. The only thing high volts do is shorten the life (or make it more unstable, which you checked for)...so instead of getting 15 years out of a processor it might only be 3 or 4....which by then, if your an enthusiast, you should have a newer processor.
xfx 790i P08 Bios
Q6600 at 3.4GHz
Patriot Viper DDR3 1600MHz 7-7-7-20-1T
GTX280 710 core clock i think
Dual boot system with:Ubuntu 64-bit,Vista Ultimate 64-bit,
Electrical Eng, Gamer, and Heavy PC user.
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15. August 2008 @ 12:42 |
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Actually no, with a 45nm Quad, it's months, sometimes only weeks. This only occurs if the CPU is hot of course, and 65nm chips are far less vulnerable, but get a 45nm Quad to 1.5V, unless it's running at ambient or below, it won't last very long at all.
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15. August 2008 @ 16:06 |
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The absolute Maximum Vcore for the 45nm is 1.45V, im not surprised it would only last a little bit. But if your under that you should be okay. It does only make sense that a smaller amount of metal will deform faster than a larger amount of metal under heat?
But what I was trying to get at, is that if it's stable for a long time...like a day or so, then you should be good for awhile, because chances are your processor doesn't run at max stress all time...unless you game/run folding at home/other application for more than a day, or close too...especially with newer/faster cpu's, you shouldn't be at max stress for than a day. If you are, you are going to have to shoot for lower overclocks than the regular overclocker.
xfx 790i P08 Bios
Q6600 at 3.4GHz
Patriot Viper DDR3 1600MHz 7-7-7-20-1T
GTX280 710 core clock i think
Dual boot system with:Ubuntu 64-bit,Vista Ultimate 64-bit,
Electrical Eng, Gamer, and Heavy PC user.
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15. August 2008 @ 16:56 |
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It doesn't matter. Even if it's not full load you're still running the same amount of voltage through the CPU.
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