Building a HTPC...

Mussels · Jan 29, 2008

Franklinwallbrown said:
I am at 1.8 right now & if I go over 3, then I think I'll faint. What about Xeon processors? Do they OC better?

socket 775 xeons are just handpicked to be the best ones. at stock speeds they are no different, but overclocking they generally do 100-200Mhz better.

Franklinwallbrown · Jan 29, 2008

Yes, play limbo with your multis!

Are they the same for games or do they lack?

Mussels · Jan 29, 2008

ShadowFold said:
Xeons are stronger but not as good in games. They are server CPU's.

So if I set my MP at 8x and FSB at 400 I should be better than 11x 273?

In theory you should get a boost between 1 and 5%.

Superpi would be the most reliable way to see a speed difference, so give it a shot!

ShadowFold · Jan 29, 2008

I have my FSB at 400 with 8x MP and ram divider thing at 2.0 and it seems stable right now. had raise the volts but hey its still cool

50c 98% load.

EDIT. 1.325v

Mussels · Jan 29, 2008

ShadowFold said:
I have my FSB at 400 with 8x MP and ram divider thing at 2.0 and it seems stable right now. had raise the volts but hey its still cool 50c 98% load.

EDIT. 1.325v

superpi would be the best way to see a difference, and give a perfect % on said difference. As long as you have a before and after, we can see how much it helped your system.

ShadowFold · Jan 29, 2008

I dont have my old superpi I think it was 22s for the 1m tho..

Mussels · Jan 29, 2008

ShadowFold said:
I dont have my old superpi I think it was 22s for the 1m tho..

hard to tell if its faster then... you'd only lose 0.5 to 1.0 seconds, and with a vague number its hard to tell if it worked.

ShadowFold · Jan 29, 2008

Well im sure its better. I know my temps are the same as 3.00ghz im at 3.25ghz right now.

Franklinwallbrown · Jan 29, 2008

That seems marginal.

ShadowFold · Jan 29, 2008

Ugh I ran 12 mins and hit an error on prime.. should I raise the volts more?? There pretty high as it is..

Mussels · Jan 29, 2008

ShadowFold said:
Ugh I ran 12 mins and hit an error on prime.. should I raise the volts more?? There pretty high as it is..

your ram and FSB are higher. You may need more volts to them. (nortbridge in particular, ram only if its higher clocked than it was earlier)

ShadowFold · Jan 29, 2008

How do I add more volts to the NB? btw ran Prime again with more volts and it stopped at 18 mins

My ram is DDR2-800 its at 800 right now, why would I need to raise the volts

Mussels · Jan 29, 2008

your mobo will have a setting for it, just like it does for CPU volts.

NB (northbridge) voltage is in there somewhere.

ShadowFold · Jan 29, 2008

alright brb

ShadowFold · Jan 29, 2008

Yea I still dont see any North bridge overvoltage.. I upped my cpu volts again tho

Mussels · Jan 29, 2008

ShadowFold said:
Yea I still dont see any North bridge overvoltage.. I upped my cpu volts again tho

read out a list of all votlages you can change.

System Name	Rainbow Sparkles (Power efficient, <350W gaming load)
Processor	Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core)
Motherboard	Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded)
Cooling	Alphacool Apex UV - Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora + EK Quantum ARGB 3090 w/ active backplate
Memory	2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V)
Video Card(s)	Galax RTX 3090 SG 24GB: Underclocked to 1700Mhz 0.750v (375W down to 250W))
Storage	2TB WD SN850 NVME + 1TB Sasmsung 970 Pro NVME + 1TB Intel 6000P NVME USB 3.2
Display(s)	Phillips 32 32M1N5800A (4k144), LG 32" (4K60) \| Gigabyte G32QC (2k165) \| Phillips 328m6fjrmb (2K144)
Case	Fractal Design R6
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G560 \| Corsair Void pro RGB \|Blue Yeti mic
Power Supply	Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY)
Mouse	Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps)
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S + Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware!
Benchmark Scores	Nyooom.

System Name	Gaming Lappy
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P8400 (2.26GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 3MB L2 cache)
Motherboard	unknown?
Cooling	Stock
Memory	4GB DDR3 800MHz (2 x 2GB)/unknown manufacterer?
Video Card(s)	9800m GTS
Storage	Seagate Momentus 7200.2 200GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0
Display(s)	"Generic PnP Monitor"? 1920x1200
Case	FX Design with Copper Core Accent
Audio Device(s)	Conexant High Def SmartAudio 221
Power Supply	9 Cell
Software	OS: Windows Vista SP1 (64bit)

System Name	Rainbow Sparkles (Power efficient, <350W gaming load)
Processor	Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core)
Motherboard	Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded)
Cooling	Alphacool Apex UV - Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora + EK Quantum ARGB 3090 w/ active backplate
Memory	2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V)
Video Card(s)	Galax RTX 3090 SG 24GB: Underclocked to 1700Mhz 0.750v (375W down to 250W))
Storage	2TB WD SN850 NVME + 1TB Sasmsung 970 Pro NVME + 1TB Intel 6000P NVME USB 3.2
Display(s)	Phillips 32 32M1N5800A (4k144), LG 32" (4K60) \| Gigabyte G32QC (2k165) \| Phillips 328m6fjrmb (2K144)
Case	Fractal Design R6
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G560 \| Corsair Void pro RGB \|Blue Yeti mic
Power Supply	Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY)
Mouse	Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps)
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S + Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware!
Benchmark Scores	Nyooom.

System Name	The ShadowFold Draconis (Ordering soon)
Processor	AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2.8ghz
Motherboard	ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870
Cooling	Stock
Memory	Kingston ValueRAM 4GB DDR3-1333
Video Card(s)	XFX ATi Radeon HD 5850 1gb
Storage	Western Digital 640gb
Display(s)	Acer 21.5" 5ms Full HD 1920x1080P
Case	Antec Nine-Hundred
Audio Device(s)	Onboard + Creative "Fatal1ty" Headset
Power Supply	Antec Earthwatts 650w
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Benchmark Scores	-❶-❸-❸-❼-

System Name	Rainbow Sparkles (Power efficient, <350W gaming load)
Processor	Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core)
Motherboard	Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded)
Cooling	Alphacool Apex UV - Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora + EK Quantum ARGB 3090 w/ active backplate
Memory	2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V)
Video Card(s)	Galax RTX 3090 SG 24GB: Underclocked to 1700Mhz 0.750v (375W down to 250W))
Storage	2TB WD SN850 NVME + 1TB Sasmsung 970 Pro NVME + 1TB Intel 6000P NVME USB 3.2
Display(s)	Phillips 32 32M1N5800A (4k144), LG 32" (4K60) \| Gigabyte G32QC (2k165) \| Phillips 328m6fjrmb (2K144)
Case	Fractal Design R6
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G560 \| Corsair Void pro RGB \|Blue Yeti mic
Power Supply	Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY)
Mouse	Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps)
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S + Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware!
Benchmark Scores	Nyooom.

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