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you pushing it to get 4ghz stable on air not very many people have done that yet and the ones that have done it have used a UD5P, CH3 or GD70

thx for the headsup on good overclocking boards.
 
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Asus 1303 bios.:) There's even an "Unlock core" setting.

I upgraded to the 1303 bios and my wont unlock the 4th core I must of just got a chip that could not be unlocked maybe I'll have better luck with my other 720.
 

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Beta K10 Phenom Overclocking Calculator, you can use it to see how all the different speed settings interact with each other!

I just made this in about 1 hour.
 

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I got 4025 on 2 cores stable, but on 1,440... more voltage seemed to increase the problem, one notch of voltage more in bios, wasnt stable anymore,somehow... not even on 2 cores...

i flooded my rig yesterday, during rearrangement of my cooling loop... my cheap thermaltake-res mutated to a waterfall, because the refill cap somehow broke... i had to use a thinner o-ring to be allowed to screw the cap, at least a little tight..... im a lucker though, my rig was shut down, and i pulled power cord immediatly. at least i now know why my case has holes at his bottom...

i hope i get 4ghz stable when i have new block... temperatures seem to affect stability a lot...

im trying to improve... but im not too unpleased with actual results:
 

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Sitting at 3.5GHz, seemingly stable... Stable enough for 3dMark06 anyway...



I know it's 100% stable at 3.4GHz, so if I cant keep this clock stable, I'll just drop it back down...

I was also able to post at 3.8GHz no problem, but I cant get into windows without using more than 1.50 VCore, which I'm not too keen on...



What VCore is safe for long term use? I plan on keeping this setup, or at least the mobo, CPU, and ram, for up to a couple years... Is it safe to keep it at 1.5 volts for that long?
 
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above 3.9 things definetly get problematic... crashes go more random...
 

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What is everyones temps looking like right now?

I just moved rooms from downstairs to upstairs and it is much hotter in the new room I am located in.

I used to have about 33c idle and now I have 49c.. Not sure what my new loads are yet but I used to get about 56c full load running my chip at 3.7 all the time..

Sound about right or too hot?


EDIT:

Downclocked my processor from 3.7 to 3.2 and no change really..
 
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What is everyones temps looking like right now?

I just moved rooms from downstairs to upstairs and it is much hotter in the new room I am located in.

I used to have about 33c idle and now I have 49c.. Not sure what my new loads are yet but I used to get about 56c full load running my chip at 3.7 all the time..

Sound about right or too hot?


EDIT:

Downclocked my processor from 3.7 to 3.2 and no change really..
The hot weather is affecting me too.

30~c to 40c idle, 40c to 50c under load.

x4 940 @ 3.7

Even dropping to stock clocks does not really help a lot, 5deg at most.
 
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between 35-40 idle, and 53-55 under load... on 3.8-3.9

ambient is about 22-26c...
 
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running Orthos 100% all four cores getting 61c @ 3.2 w/ ZALMAN @ 1620RPM..
 
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i'm sitting in a climate controlled room, gotta love central air, but my pc at 1.535v 3.85Ghz is idling at 33 or so and loads at 40-42 under a fuzion v2.0 block and 2x120mm rad. i'm still trying to push for 4.0 or higher stable clocks but i'm worried about the voltage that i can give the p2 940.

under water could anybody give me a safe everyday voltage i can push it too..
 
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A/C really has no effect in this room when my PC is running. Still is hot as shit in here..
 
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Down to 45c today Idle..
 
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The core temperatures definitely aren't correct, but I suspect the CPU temp is. Soon I'm going to try stuffing a water loop in this case.

Settings in BIOS:
CPU VID: 1.4
NB VID: 1.2
DDR3 Voltage: 1.9
NB Voltage: 1.24
HT Voltage: 1.2

Crucial Ballistix DDR3 1333 6 6-6-20 1.8v @ 1600 7 7-7-20 1.9v
 
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hey respect your AMD rig..

clean that mess up
 
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What mess are you speaking of? The dead parrot laying on the floor, or the cable management? The parrot is fake (maybe) and fell from the ceiling fan while I was taking the picture and the hardware was put in that case minutes ago only to be removed again. :p
 
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oh, there must be something wrong with your sensors... my temp seem normal so far.. tho i have a 955... but this should be somehow temperature behavior related,uh?

edit: ignore aux, its broken since bios update
 

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Mounting the pump and res to the case now. All of the hardware is out. I think I'll stick some adhesive tie straps to the backside of the PSU and bend all of the wires down and back, won't be able to see them, though all the lower slots on the mobo will be obstructed. Not using them anyways. It's going to look really cramped with all of the w/c stuff in here! :laugh:

oh, there must be something wrong with your sensors... my temp seem normal so far.. tho i have a 955... but this should be somehow temperature behavior related,uh?

edit: ignore aux, its broken since bios update

Definitely. The cores read way too low, my ambient temp is 23c so either that Xigmatek is doing the impossible or the temps sensors don't work. If I'm not mistaken it's best to keep the CPU (socket) temperature under 45c. Either way, the Xigmatek is out and a nice D-tek fuzion is taking it's place. I just did a case swap because I wanted something smaller, here is the old one:



:toast:
 
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i need to cable manage my stystem it would require maybe moving it from the side of the desk and disconecting everything and the fact its a non modual is annoying

ive got the cable ties and the time to do it maybe tommorow

ive got the cpu at 3.6ghz on 1.425v, the boards okay for mid range its like budget enthusiast i didnt expect much going into it
 

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Mounting the pump and res to the case now. All of the hardware is out. I think I'll stick some adhesive tie straps to the backside of the PSU and bend all of the wires down and back, won't be able to see them, though all the lower slots on the mobo will be obstructed. Not using them anyways. It's going to look really cramped with all of the w/c stuff in here! :laugh:



Definitely. The cores read way too low, my ambient temp is 23c so either that Xigmatek is doing the impossible or the temps sensors don't work. If I'm not mistaken it's best to keep the CPU (socket) temperature under 45c. Either way, the Xigmatek is out and a nice D-tek fuzion is taking it's place. I just did a case swap because I wanted something smaller, here is the old one:

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:toast:

hello rocketfishy :toast: meet rocketfishy





 
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