noob quest, opteron did generate more heat than athon?? my wc kit temp raised after i switch to opty..

wat is the recommended temp for opteron, i mean like athlon64 is 55c, wat is opteron temp recommended at max load...

tried, 2c lower thn speedfan and biostar temp utility

i found out even though opteron are same speed with athlon, maybe faster a bit at all application, i found that it's more stable compare to athlon, it wont hang... just my opinion, correct me if i am wrong...

ya, after i switch frm athlon to opteron, my comp never hang unless i oc it to high such as 3ghz...

bigwater se not so good for cooling opteron ler, my swiftech custom kit also got some temp prob when oc to 3.0ghz...

opteron do generate more heat when oc, although it is less power comsumption compare to athlon, i oc my athlon before with same kit, athlon cooler by few celcius... at same clockspeed...

all going for conroe? i recently juz bough an opty170, not a goos stepping though, 2.6ghz prime stable at 51c and 52c for both core on load, will post screen shots later...

looks like i have no luck with my opty 170... maxed out at 2.65ghz... tried 1.6vcore... dun dare to up d...

hmmm.... i using ram divider nw.... possible ram hold back? i currently using water cooling at no-aircond room... load temp when running dual prime is 53c-56c using core temp... it keeps fluctuate around tht temps... btw, nw running 2.6ghz at 1.54v...

hmm, my pc spec is following:
Opteron 170, DFI Expert Board, Infineon Ce-5 2gb ram, X1950XT, 3x HDD, 1x DVD Rom, 4x120mm fans 1x80mm fans, 1x mcp650 pump, apogee block, mp-01 block... acbel 550watt ipower series PSU... actually it can go higher but i think its the PSU limitations due to the tri 12v rails are 14A,22A,18A, max ouput for the 12v rails are 360Watt...
but i felt weird for the opty is it need 1.58v to stable at 2.6ghz for prime test... my steppings is CCBWE 0550UPMW which is quite overclockable in ohter forums, but looks like i really lucky enuff to get the worst in these steppings...

* core temp readings for the cores in full load quite high, 53c +- 3c for both core using core temp... with my wc kit... which i think the setup is ok since my gpu are cool enough, but core temp for the cpu is a bit high in my opionion...

This post has been edited by lichyetan: Jan 14 2007, 03:47 PM

will adding chipset voltages gain overclocking performance? i tried the ram timings, its same, mine is 0550upmw, but dunno y, 1 of the core always fail prime if didnt add voltage. i can boot into windows but the 2nd core always fail prime test... maybe i try to unplug 1 hdd and oso some fan see it helps onot...

u are lucky, mine 170 maxed out at 2.6ghz, it needs 1.55v+ to reach 2.6ghz

hi bro, nice temp u got there, my opty170 with water cooling using swiftech apogee and mcr220 radiator with D4 pump only get idle = 38c load = 48c-50c using coretemp... i run it 2.5ghz.... need 1.57v if wanna go 2.6ghz if wanna pass stress prime... but i think no problem with my loop as my gpu,x1950xt get 40c idle 50c load... juz my cpu temp readig using coretemp quite high.... any idea?

@rendle,
try use core temp to monitor ur cpu temp, it might be higher since the temp reaches 59c using ASUS software...

to reach 2.8ghz needs luck, depends on steppings, mine reach 2.6ghz only will stable orthos 8 hours prime with 1.57v... currently running 2.5ghz at 1.43v... i cool it using water cooling kit consists of swiftech MCR-220QP and apogee block with D4 pump... and the dual core opty really hot, @1.43v idle 38c load 48c...@1.57v idle 42c load 56-58c... so i am not so lucky cause my steppings is not good... even with proper cooling it cant reach 2.6 and above...

go refer some K8 overclocking guide, its almost similar

hmm, u need ram dividers to get that fsb as ur ram cannot run at 1:1 ratio, try lower divider and see... and also go googling around about k8 overclocking guide, its not easy to get 3ghz and it also depends on luck to hit 3ghz...