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    Need confirmation on bios mod for 4870

    What are the limits on that bios? It looks like 795/1100. These cards are very capable of 1000 on core and over 1100 on memory. If my card won't do 950 core I'll grab another until I find one that will. ;)
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    Need confirmation on bios mod for 4870

    I'm getting ready to do some benching with a Sapphire HD4870 soon. I want to mod my bios with RBE and am just not real clear on a couple of points. The card will be benched at sub zero temps with either phase change or my dice pot so fan control is not an issue and I am doing a hard mod for...
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    RAM Tweakers thread

    The categories should really be seperated into Cas ratings, almost any decent ram will run 1200mhz at Cas5, but 1200mhz at Cas 4 is a little tougher. ;) How about separating them into Cas 3, 4, and 5? My PC5300 will do 900mhz at 3-3-3-8 and 1200mhz at 4-4-4-12, I haven't tested them at Cas5 yet.
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    Overclocking.. the Practical and the Inpractical...??

    Hardware oc'd with ln2 doesn't "break" when it's heated back to room temp :laugh: First you need to figure out what an "ocer's is? Everyone who bumps their fsb nowdays thinks they are oc'ing.
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    Super Pi 1m scores

    In that case I'll update my score ...
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    How do you remove the intel clamp down

    If you get a chance, post a pic of the mount for the evap. I've ran into some phase mounting systems that have a problem hitting the chokes or caps around the socket before they make contact, but not sure how it's possible for the retaining mechanism to be a problem? BTW; I took that off my...
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    Help with Asus P5K Prem +E2140

    I think those guys are correct, it's the cpu, not the board. I ran into a similar problem with my P5K "vanilla", it was hitting a wall at 550-560fsb with my E8400, I tried every setting, voltage, multi, etc. and could not get past that wall. I was about to give up on the board and get a 965...
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    Vapochill Questions

    First, you won't get -50c with a Vapochill, the temp readings on the Vapo's are notoriously inaccurate and always read colder than they really are. A Vapochill, or almost any single stage phase unit is not made for all out benching. They should be used with moderate vcore, about the same as...
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    Memory strap??

    Just to add to JR's explanation of dividers... the straps you asked about are fsb speeds programmed into the chipset, they can vary by motherboard manufaturer/model. The straps have different sub timings for the memory so you can clock much higher but with looser timings. Thats why you will see...
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    Super Pi 1m scores

    Turns out I didn't have to go back..... all I needed was to get it cold ;) This isn't really tweaked, just set affinity and let 'er run....
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    Where to buy high quality resistors for voltmods?

    If he's looking into doing volt mods, he will be using VR's, they won't have stripes. If you are lucky you can find the VR's at a local Rat Shack, some of them keep them in stock, some don't. My local one usually has a few, but they will have a very limited range of sizes, you can order from...
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    Super Pi 1m scores

    I agree, but there is no getting around the fact that the 965 chipset and Wolfdale is the combo to have. I have been seeing some 550fsb numbers on X38/X48 lately, but they are rare. Most good P5K boards should do 600fsb easily, thats why I'm not sure if it's the board or my cpu that is blocking...
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    Super Pi 1m scores

    I agree, the P5K is a great board, but 550fsb is not enough with an 8400, that won't even get 5ghz. The Wolfdales seem to be doing much better on the 965 boards, if getting it cold won't fix my 550-560fsb limit I'll try it on 965 and see what happens.
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    Super Pi 1m scores

    LOL... the 8400 is in a P5K vanilla, completely stock in that run. It has all mods now and insulated for dice, I'm hoping to be able to do that this weekend. I'm having problems getting over 550-560fsb with this setup though, not sure if it's the board or the cpu. I should know when I put the...
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    Super Pi 1m scores

    Can I play too :D This time on the 8400 is not good, ram timings were extremely loose and I was just running one pi run after another to test the cpu, no tweaks, all services running, etc. I just wanted to show the difference in this 8400 on stock air to a run with my E6700 on dice and fully...
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