Post your overclocks

[Wesley Crusher]

I figured rather than posting more one post threads about whatever new CPU I get, I'll post them here :)

Here is my latest toy:

http://individual.utoronto.ca/bzhou/images/E8500-4009-1.232v.JPG

[Frustian]

Very nice, what cooler/mobo/ram do you have?

[ORION]

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j153/arnold_121/OC.jpg

Ran p95 earlier, 66C after 8 hours, no faults. I'm trying to get it higher but it can't even seem to hold 3.8 @ 1.5v

[GreenEnvy]

http://www.schiebel.ca/images/pc/newrig3.JPG

I'll let prime95 run overnight, but with a mild overclock from 2.4 to 3.0ghz, it seems to stick around 39-40.

Cooler is a Zalman 9700, on Asus P5K mobo.

[toolmaker]

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s301/tool_maker/overclocking/3924_545_1m.png

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s301/tool_maker/overclocking/3906_542_32m.png

Did this about a 10 months ago when quads were first coming out. Notice its a B3 stepping. I put my radiator up to the AC vent and cranked the voltage!

Couldn't quite make it to 4.0GHZ :(

[MiNdWaRp]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/MiNdWaRp/Overclock-info.jpg


Go go mega hot cores!

Used to run stable at 1.5Vcore, but now it's at 1.55 because it fails otherwise :(

[Sweetlou]

i wish i can overclock my comp, POS mobo would blow up nice and force me too get new parts sooner then i want

[ORION]

http://www.schiebel.ca/images/pc/newrig3.JPG

I'll let prime95 run overnight, but with a mild overclock from 2.4 to 3.0ghz, it seems to stick around 39-40.

Cooler is a Zalman 9700, on Asus P5K mobo.

Like gOOCH said in the other thread, quads have 5 temperatures, not 1, you need to run one of the tools he mentioned in the other thread to get the real temp (FanSpeed, ITAT, CoreTemp, Everest, etc.)


http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s301/tool_maker/overclocking/3924_545_1m.png

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s301/tool_maker/overclocking/3906_542_32m.png

Did this about a 10 months ago when quads were first coming out. Notice its a B3 stepping. I put my radiator up to the AC vent and cranked the voltage!

Couldn't quite make it to 4.0GHZ :(

I can pi at 4.2GHz, but that's hardly a stress test. What I want to know is why your voltage is reading so damn low.

[toolmaker]

I can pi at 4.2GHz, but that's hardly a stress test. What I want to know is why your voltage is reading so damn low.

Voltage in the BIOS is 1.6125V which is pretty freakin' high considering this chip defaults at 1.2615V and will run 2.4GHz at 1.1V.

This was just a benchmarking run. My everyday O/C is 3.2GHz @ 1.400V

Damn I wish I could run Pi above 4.00GHz, thats one nice chip you've got there.

[ORION]

if BIOS is reporting 1.61 why the hell is CPUZ < 1.1v...
Fuckin' weird.
may I inquire as to your Mobo/PSU?

[Rusty Bridges]

Intel E6300 @ 3.5Ghz for everyday use.
Voltage - 1.45v
Temps - CPU 30 @ idle
55 @ stress test
Core temps on idle are 38-40

I used to run @ 3.7 but the voltage and temps were a little high for everyday use. It did pass a 24 hour stress though. I'd like to sell the CPU and Motherboard in the next couple of days and make room for a Quad Core and SLI board.

[toolmaker]

Up until one of the latest CPUZ updates it never reported even close to the right voltage.
Notice SpeedFan is reporting it as 1.58V, which sounds about right after Vdroop.

Mobo is ASUS Commando (965 chipset), PSU is SilverStone Zeus 750W, and RAM is Team Xtreem DDR2-800

[GreenEnvy]

Installed speedfan, other then a crazy AUX reading of 127C which is obviously bogus, all 4 core readings look good!
The "Core" reading is 49, but all 4 individual cores show 30-35 right now.

[Wesley Crusher]

Same E8500 as in first post, just a few more results from last night:

http://individual.utoronto.ca/bzhou/images/E8500-4104-1.256V.JPG

http://individual.utoronto.ca/bzhou/images/E8500-4303-1.336V.JPG
The 1.336V in that screenshot was too low and it would error out after about 20 min after I went to sleep, so I've bumped it to 1.360V and it's going strong for 20 min so far. heh.

[Rusty Bridges]

There are some impressive overclocks thus far. I'd love to hit the 3.6 mark on a Q6600, But I might hold off and pick up some more memory.. and an F1 hard drive.

[Blitz Ap0C 552]

I am too lazy to take a SS right now.

I run my E6700 at a modest 3.5 ghz. Have reached 3.8ghz fully stable.

But I personally see no reason at all to push it that high.

Which brings me to my next question. WTF are you guys doing pushing you CPU's so high? I hope you don't keep it there.

There is not a SINGLE game that requires anything close to that.

With a modest 3.5 ghz E6700 I can explode a wall of 150 crates in Cryengine2 sandbox.

A 3.9ghz Kentfield is a total waste.

[Boodah]

Q6600 G0 @ 3.6 GHZ with idle temps of 28 degrees ( on air, love my Thermaltake V1 )
Mushkin 1066 @ 5-5-4-12
2900XT @ 900/1000mhz ( editted fan speeds )

15,450 3DMARK06

[Harb]

Interesting you are all on intel cpu's any particular reasons - technical ones that is :)

[Slaughter]

AMD Opteron 165 @ 2.7ghz
300x9
2x1024mb Corsair XMS3500LL @ 3-5-5-6
eVGA 8800GTS 640mb @ stock

[Harb]

well i'm about to get an opteron 175 as I'd like ot move up to vista and get a chance of decent fps in games plus get the dx 10 experience where appropriate :O

Hopefully this little beasty will do the trick as vista 64 ultimate seems to make my current amd4000 choke and will save me the cost frp a while at least of a total mobo memory and cpu replacement.

I've been told opterons overclock really well and hold stable as long as cooling is good.

[Wesley Crusher]

If you're willing to take the risk, you can also cut off the heat spreader for even better cooling.
http://individual.utoronto.ca/bzhou/images/solo/cpu.jpg

Just be careful that you do not chip the core, and that your heatsink will not be affected by the decreased height and touch the socket cam.

Intel has a winner with the Core/Core 2 series - when (easily) overclocked it beats the pants off of AMD's offerings.

E8500 Stability @ 4.4 GHz !
http://individual.utoronto.ca/bzhou/images/e8500-4400-1.408V.JPG

[Slaughter]

As Wes mentioned... as much as I hate it as I'm all out AMD, Intel destroys the competition with it's new processors :(

[Harb]

well to get me up and running wiht a cheap ass dual core i'll stick with the opteron to prolong the life of my socket 939 mobo a bit more for now :D

It will run Eve online fine and i will see once i get cod 4 if that will be made to work fine wiht the fps too apart from that i'm not too fussed. ALtho if I cnat get decent fps still in vista then i'll just go back to xp period till i can afford a decent upto date machine.

[iheartyou]

your cpu may not be the issue if you have a shitty gpu. And if you're looking for FPS gains in vista you're not gonna find them, vista is very taxing on cpu/memory and gpu(with directx10)

[Slaughter]

What video card are you running?

An E6600 runs $100-$135 used. A Q6600 runs for $200-$270 Used/New.

Both of these are > Opty 175 unfortunately. LoL.

[GreenEnvy]

your cpu may not be the issue if you have a shitty gpu. And if you're looking for FPS gains in vista you're not gonna find them, vista is very taxing on cpu/memory and gpu(with directx10)

Meh, I get about 10fps less in Vista then I do in XP for TF2, nothing major when I'm averaging over 60.

Most of Vista's resource hoginess is the precaching feature, which turns off when you launch a game, freeing that memory up for the game.

[Slaughter]

I took a big hit in fps.

I went from a 7900GT in XP to an 8800GTS 640 mb in Vista and lost about 100fps.

XP - 170fps
Vista - 100fps

[gOOCH]

WHARE YOUR QUAD CORE, MULTOCPU SUPPORT NOW?!!!!!!

q66 = qbadadeebaday

really tho whats this future proofing, i probably get better performance with my e6600 still

[iheartyou]

I'd personally rather have an e8400 over a q6600 anyday. i'd put that extra $40 into beer or something and have a great time =D

[GreenEnvy]

Yea, I'd have gotten an 8400 if I could have found one at the time. Happy with the q6600 though

[ORION]

If you're willing to take the risk, you can also cut off the heat spreader for even better cooling.
http://individual.utoronto.ca/bzhou/images/solo/cpu.jpg

Just be careful that you do not chip the core, and that your heatsink will not be affected by the decreased height and touch the socket cam.

Intel has a winner with the Core/Core 2 series - when (easily) overclocked it beats the pants off of AMD's offerings.

E8500 Stability @ 4.4 GHz !
http://individual.utoronto.ca/bzhou/images/e8500-4400-1.408V.JPG

This intrigues me... any links? how's it work with say, a q67 you paid a ridiculously low amount for, and an ultra 120?

[Wesley Crusher]

Intel chips are soldered to the IHS.
What you can do is:

1. Use a really thin razorblade and slice the rubber seal. leave four blades in a ninja-star type arrangement to provide pressure to lift the IHS from the CPU

2. Apply thermal paste to the inside-bottom of a flat metal pot

3. Put the CPU on it, and heat to approximately 105 C

You should heat a "POP" - that is the sound of the solder melting and your CPU being free of its chastity belt.

After this, you will need to:

a. clean off the remaining solder with your finger nails or hard plastic
b. rip out the LGA775 retention bracket
b.5. lap your TRUE120
c. be REALLY careful when mounting your FLAT heatsink
d. make sure you can apply enough pressure to push the CPU into the LGA pins

[ORION]

is b. a motherboard mod? I've already lapped the TRU120 but I'm guessing this is taking into account some rediculerous levels of flatness...
Somehow I'm thinking the lethality factor with regard to the CPU is pretty high one this one, in the "mount your heatsink wrong and you'll grind you CPU into dust" sense.

[Wesley Crusher]

http://individual.utoronto.ca/bzhou/images/x3350-3.5.JPG

easy does it.

[Wesley Crusher]

http://individual.utoronto.ca/bzhou/images/p5evmhdmi-3800.jpg

$140 board outdoes my $300 board.

:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused: :confused::confused::confused::confused:

[Wesley Crusher]

http://individual.utoronto.ca/bzhou/images/e8400_e0_500x9.png

My new precious...

[WiseGuy]

whoa - howd u get all your numbers so even too :P
4500 up from 3000 is pretty nice though

i've been running this for like a year now - kinda outdated but still gets the job done - its up from a stock 1.8 i believe
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/wiseguy02/OC.jpg

[luckylpf]

haha my second build i have the exact processor...

The opteron series is basically a dual core athlon with more l2 cache.
It is a server based processor, which is why i chose it for games.
I have overclocked mine to 2.6GHz

My primary build I cannot overclock at all. Its a huge bummer because I have a lot of head room

I have a q6600 with 0 stepping, so I have the engine to run it but my motherboard has absolutely no overclocking options at all.

All I can do is adjust my memory timings.

My setup is as follows.

Intel DG33TL 775 socket
Q6600 2.4GHz
8800GTS 640MB flavor *me thinks it is the older 65nm
4GB pny DDR2
Vista 32 bit... yes i know im only using 3.3 gigs of that or whatever.
24 inch primary gateway/ 22 inch secondary
logitech 5.1 surround

that sums it up...

I would like to overclock but like I said I actually cant.

[Nekkris]

whoa - howd u get all your numbers so even too :P
4500 up from 3000 is pretty nice though

i've been running this for like a year now - kinda outdated but still gets the job done - its up from a stock 1.8 i believe
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/wiseguy02/OC.jpg
yey boii
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/3513/yeyap8.png

[luckylpf]

Woot opteon fans all around

[WiseGuy]

lol nekkris i hate liking you

[Slaughter]

This is where I'm at currently.. Need to work on it quite a bit more. :P

http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/1098/ocfb4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[WiseGuy]

i hope most of you people know to adjust your ram settings when you push up your clock speeds

[Slaughter]

Hahaha.. Yes.. I currently have my ram set at 5 5 5 15 1T :)

[WiseGuy]

what i was saying is dont burn your ram :(

[Slaughter]

Yup.. And you will probably need to loosen the timings to achieve higher overclock's ;) hehe. You guys should up those opty's! I have mine at a solid 2.75ghz :D

[WiseGuy]

mine maxxed at 2.6(stable) and i turned it back to 2.5 to be conservative. my ram timings are sick though :P

4 x 512mb @:
2.5 - 3 - 3 - 8