HRM........... looks good on the voltage required........ but temp wise quite high wor

lichyetan, i tot u quit on ur plan for quad core ??

the temp is reading from core temp of everest, read at xtremesystem real temp for accurate, my old e8400 also getting such temp no matter how i adjust my mountings... ,mayb its IHS problem, i can sure my wc no problem cause the temp for vga quite impressive...

@lichyetan, haven't update your sig yet?

now still fine tuning my Q9550... doing 3.73 Ghz with 1.31 vcore... display 1.33v in windows as i off the vdroop control...

wanna ask you experts here ar cos i've not been following the oc scene for awhile.

I'm planning to get an intel rig, p45 mobo but the ram i've no idea what's in the market now, so here goes...

1) What's the best value to mid range overclockable ddr2 memory and expect to pay how much?

2) should the ram capacity be 2gb or 4gb? If it were you, what will be your choice.

thanks all sifu

1. 2x1gb team xtreem 800mhz

2. bigger capacity is always better than higher speed, n higher speed is always better than tighter timing.... but 4gb kit not so OCable lo....

if wana get 4gb kit, crucial tracer 800mhz is kinda cheapo if u PM me

if not, i wud like to recommend u gskill pc2-8000...very nice ram for just rm400 from bulk IMO... but kinda have to wait super long to get it as the MOQ very slow to reach

1.)I will say Team Xtreem DDR 2 1066 2GB Cost RM340 or so and proven to be very good
2.)2GB for me cause i cannot fully utilize 2GB and 2GB kit got D9GMH

which kit got the d9gmh?

Xtreem 800C4/1066C5 but 1066C5 is better bin one

u can try to find crucial 10th anniversary, its using D9GMH i think, its rare in the market... i got keep a pair for my own although now ady using crucial 4gb kit...

Anyone here got an E8400 E0 stepping? Does it clock better than C0?

Need some help here. Long story short:

Proc : X3320 (equivalent to Q9300)
- stock 2.5Ghz (333 x 7.5)
- VID 1.150v (default bios set 1.1375v)

Mobo : Gigabyte P35-DS3 r2.0
- Bios F12 (actually F13 is the updated bios for penryn quads)

Overclocking:
- no problem overclocking to around 3.15ghz (420mhz x 7.5) at 1.1325v!!!!
- can't get past 424mhz
---- looks like FSB wall (dunno mobo or proc)
---- vcore increased up to 1.275v
---- vMCH +0.2v
---- vFSB +0.2v
---- vPCI-E +0.1v
---- PCI-E frequency 100mhz - 101mhz

Issues that might overcome this problem:
- Update bios (not going to do that as my last bios update resulted in a dead mobo)
- Change mobo -
- Use my DFI blood iron - which has VTT & GTLref..... (lazy to disassemble two rigs.... )



So, any suggestion is greatly appreciated.....

Priming at 1.1325v (BIOS set)


Oh ya, some disadvantages of this proc:
1) Low multiplier 7.5x
2) Temperature sensor is faulty.... looks like lots of penryn procs have faulty temperature sensors....

This post has been edited by kmarc: Aug 15 2008, 11:03 PM

@kmarc

wow bro, got x3220 already ah? really fast haha

hmmm, stuck at 3.1ghz... try increase voltage to 1.3V and run fan at full speed. do u cool ur NB and SB? it might help a bit/lot.

already inform u bout low multiplier

I doubt it is the vcore..... considering that it is priming stable at 3.15Ghz at 1.1325v (BIOS set) @ 1.072v CPUz...

Reduced the CPU multipler to 6.0x and tried to run at 6.0 x 430mhz = 2580mhz.... can't get past the FSB wall....

Yeah, the CPU multiplier is a REAL DISADVANTAGE!!!

This post has been edited by kmarc: Aug 15 2008, 11:54 PM

@kmarc

FSB wall due to board or cpu?

may i know idle/load temp? currently poisoned badly by quad. x3220 and q6600 my target

psstt, if u decided to sell either one, inform me ya. special price

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Added on August 16, 2008, 12:01 am3.15ghz x3220 on par with 3.2ghz q6600, i guess. have u bench it?

This post has been edited by toughnut: Aug 16 2008, 12:01 AM

Dunno... I never did test the FSB wall of the mobo... my previous P35-DS3 could hit 480mhz on the FSB.... this current one never tested before....

Searching the net.... looks like the normal FSB wall for the CPU is around 440-480mhz...

Probably can get a bit higher if I had a mobo with more settings....

As pointed out above, the temperature sensor is a faulty. Now priming, Core temp shows 65-70'c while Easytune5 shows 42'c!!!

At idle, it is 53-57'c on core temp, which is very unlikely....

Didn't bench yet as now priming...

Sell? Already advertise my Q6600 at garage sales la....

mayb update to latest bios ?

Was thinking of that..... but afraid of ending up with another dead mobo....

I've no spare mobo at the moment....

Damn, my comp rebooted..... looks like not stable at 1.1325v @ 3.15Ghz....

Update : LOL! The culprit was the trd!!! Set to "Auto", it was 8. I set it to 10 and now, I can OC past 3.2Ghz.... woooo hoooooooo!

This post has been edited by kmarc: Aug 16 2008, 05:04 AM

Congratulation there kmarc, nice the VID quite nice there....... hrm.... may be i get from kuching gaduh to play around too, a bit sien with my e2220 already now haha.....

btw does DS3 have Vtt and Gtl adjustment ?

any luck 500 fsb on this babe?

afaik, gayboard doesnt have GTL VTT adjustment, at least on low and midrange board. i use P35-DS3P crossfire and EP35-DS3 before, no adjustment for it. correct me if wrong. i wish it have though

@kmarc
bro, how the OC? would like to see the outcome. if can push till 3.4 or 3.6Ghz stable on x3220, will cari gaduh with that kucing liau haha