Single core of course. Having said that, I'll take dual core anytime for its multitasking capabilities

Watercooling is up and running

If I don't post any results later tonight, that means something screwed up real bad

Big Typhoon vs Ninja vs Storm

Big Typhoon


Ninja


Storm

No I don't. I have an XP120 though but a friend is using it right now.....


I'm at 2.8Ghz right now with 1.632v according to CPU-Z. SP2004 failed after a few minutes but I played BF2 for nearly an hour without any problems. Will try Folding overnight and see how it goes.

This post has been edited by arj: May 16 2006, 12:49 AM

At 2.8Ghz, I can play BF2 for a few hours and ran Folding overnight. SP2004 failed after 2 seconds

For me stress test is doing what you normally do with your PC for a few hours. If they manage to run without any problems, you're good to go. If you want your PC to be rock stable, Prime/SP2004 is the way to go.

That's a pretty good overclock with stock vcore. Try increasing it if you want to go higher.

I found that changing the chipset cooler does not improve my overclock at all. With the HR-05, the chipset temp is in the low 40s while the temp with Vantec Iceberg that I used to replace the faulty stock cooler is in the low 60s.

I've written down the steppings of dual core Opteron that can reach 3Ghz that I found at XS. Thinking of going to LYP tomorrow and look for them

Siapa cepat dia dapat

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=96900

The steppings that I linked to above is for dual cores. Dunno whether they applies for single core as well or not

I had this weird imagination thinking that he's ikan_semilang who's using single core

For starters, just play around with the HTT and don't touch anything else. Increse the HTT by 5 and then run some stress test. Run dual SP2004 for 5 minutes. If there's no errors, go back into the BIOS and increase the HTT summore then do the stress test again. Repeat this until errors pops up.

At this point you have two choices; back off by about 50Mhz and that should be a pretty stable speed or you can start increasing the vcore. If you increase the vcore, repeat the above steps all over again.

I went to LYP just now, didn't find any good steppings.....

1.67 in the BIOS

What cooler are you using? If you're using one of those clip types, removing the IHS reduces the height of the processor by a few mm so the contact between the heatsink and the core will be a bit loose.

Probably. The new socket should be out by then.

I'm using a Storm, BIX2, MCP650 and a bayres. At the moment the processor is at 2.73Ghz, 1,568v (CPU-Z) with a full load temp of 48 degrees.

The chipset temp looks kinda high for watercooling. It's normal for the PWM temp to increase when you use a waterblock for the processor because there's no fan to help move the air around the the area.

Are you using an X1900XTX? What's the full load temp with the stock cooler and the waterblock?