The AMD Phenom II OC'ers Club

[OzzmanFloyd120]

Dam E.... that's a sweet looking setup!!!!
But why's the sticks in the last two slot's of the mobo?

The last two slots are where the magic happens.

 

[fullinfusion]

The last two slots are where the magic happens.

so what your sayin is the last 2 slots are the same as the 1st two?
Just single channel
shouldn't it be one stick in the 1st slot and the 2nd in the 3rd slot?
That dives dual channel..... or not?
I believe the latter is whats the best hey?

 

[ShadowFold]

I use the last two slots too. On AMD, the sticks go in the matching color slots, I've had some intel stuff before and it was the same way

 

[OzzmanFloyd120]

so what your sayin is the last 2 slots are the same as the 1st two?
Just single channel
shouldn't it be one stick in the 1st slot and the 2nd in the 3rd slot?
That dives dual channel..... or not?
I believe the latter is whats the best hey?

I was only joking, but truth be told every motherboard works a little different. I had an old MSI board that would only run dual channel if I filled dimms 2 and 4, wouldn't do dual in 1 and 3.
My current board only runs dual in slots 1 and 2.
It's all up to the manufacturer I guess.

 

[fullinfusion]

I use the last two slots too. On AMD, the sticks go in the matching color slots, I've had some intel stuff before and it was the same way

ok, so the two matching slots are for two sticks only?
so why don't ppl use 4 sticks in all slots to get better performance?

 

[Athlon2K15]

if you use 4 sticks id reccomend to run it in unganged mode..i always got better performance with my quads that way

 

[OzzmanFloyd120]

ok, so the two matching slots are for two sticks only?
so why don't ppl use 4 sticks in all slots to get better performance?

Theory is that it limits your OC potential. I've never seen anybody prove it though.

 

[fullinfusion]

OK your all messn with me now
So, im looking for a test mobo for 4x1GHz ram and a PII 940 cpu that runs 3.88GHz all day on this Asus Mobo.... What would ya'll recommend? i want to go higher....
I dont want AM3 DDR3 board since its so marginal in the tests against the overclocked DDR2 1066MHz ram.
Oorrrrr i can go the I7 path.....

 

[Athlon2K15]

Dfi 790fxb

 

[OzzmanFloyd120]

OK your all messn with me now

Sadly we're not joking.

 

[fullinfusion]

if you use 4 sticks id reccomend to run it in unganged mode..i always got better performance with my quads that way

I have since day one man..... its the only way to batch file.... convert movies......

 

[fullinfusion]

Sadly we're not joking.

lol Floyd

 

[fullinfusion]

Dfi 790fxb

I read DFI was doing under with all the BS recession talk

 

[Supreme0verlord]

Umm, so the memory is in dual channel mode I believe.

EDIT: Nevermind, didn't see that this went onto another page lol.

 

[fullinfusion]

Umm, so the memory is in dual channel mode I believe.

EDIT: Nevermind, didn't see that this went onto another page lol.

EDIT: UMmm.... didn't know it made a diff...... its all about helping others mate, even though we sometimes get a tad off topic...... this is what keeps the thread rockin!!!

 

[erocker]

Dam E.... that's a sweet looking setup!!!!
But why's the sticks in the last two slot's of the mobo?

Honestly it's quite silly. I don't know why they put the RAM slots in that configuration. If I'm running dual channel I'd rather have them spaced apart, but really these sticks run cold. If you want to run four sticks of RAM I would go ASUS all the way. Two different DFi boards (one P35 and this one being the other) do not like running my AxeRam at anything over 1080mhz. I run them on my Rampage 1211mhz 24/7 for almost a year now.

 

[Flyordie]

OCZ should make a heatspreader that runs the copper heatpipe over the chips. ;-)

 

[Master}{]

I am considering De-IHSing my Phenom II, i have successfully done this to my old Athlon 64 X2 4600+ and dropped 5^ C by mounting the waterblock right onto the die carefully with AS5.

Unless they changed, the paste they put between the die and the IHS is pretty crappy. low quality cpu paste.

i have actually heard of people trying to do this with dremels, let me say, MORON!

How To:
4 Razor blades, preferably the adjustable length ones that can extent to about 3-4 inches of exposed blade!

hack saw the glue all around the ihs making DAMN sure you keep the blade PARALLEL to the processors circuit board as so to not cut into it.

And never cut deeper then the thinkness of a toothpick or so, the IHS gue is like the thickness of 2 quarters depth wise, and only paper thin.

cutting any further usually means you risk cutting a mosfet right off the circuit board like yet another dork on youtube.

and never get frustrated and just try pulling the damn thing off, even once its loose!
a particular dummy pulled the die right off the circuit board, and it was an FX-60.

the paste while crappy does get hard and stick like any cpu paste does! gentle slight twists back and forth to break the seal just like a HSF. eventually it will just lift off effortlessly!

I pushed my X2 4600+ (2.4ghz) straight to 2.85 at 40C without the IHS, with the IHS i only got 2.7 and it was 45+C

 

[Darknova]

Wile E pulled the core out of his X2 6000

 

[Master}{]

to much frustration, patience is the key to enlightenment

but seriously, he did tear the die out of his 6000+?

 

[JATownes]

Membership still available?? Here are screenies & validation.

My 2 4850s are still stock. That being said, how do the 3dmark scores look?

 

[computertechy]

those benchies are good mate, keep pushing her!

here's a bench i did last night on XP

check out my rig for vantage scores

 

[JATownes]

Nice benchies

What is the advantage to having your HTT so high.

Also, I have gotten better 3dmark scores with a lower multi and higher bus. Just a thought if you haven't given it a go.

Temps on full load (occt) are around 48-49c @ 1.52v. Think this is acceptable for 24/7??

 

[eidairaman1]

more bandwidth is available for HTT, and HTT is a Point to Point Connect so the more bandwidth avail the more data that can be transferred between all points.

 

[Assassin48]

Would 4gb or 2gb of 1066 be better then 8gb of 800mhz for Stablility on a high CPU OC?

If so what would you recommend.
i also dont want to spend too much since i am working on a secret project