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TPU's Core i7 Overclocking and Feedback

Chicken Patty said:
Let me ask you, and well to everybody here as well, i'm new to DDR3 RAM, my RAM runs at a Command Rate of 1T, is this right? Usually I know DDR2 runs at 2T for most RAM
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I left it's at auto, and it's running 1T since I got this new setup, didn't have any problem.
 
Ok, stable at 3.5 GHz, no voltage increase, weird, but hey its working for now.

Here is a couple of benchies at current clock, don't think its looking bad so far, once I flash my 4870 to the ASUS top BIOS, hopefully I can get a bit more out of the card and improve my 3dmark 06 score :)


3dmark 06:
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wPrime 32M
7.985 3.5 GHz.jpg


Super PI 1M
11.953 3.5 GHz.jpg


Generic CPU Bench
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i'll be joing you guys soon :D
 
good deal man! i may be getting a better chip soon.. possibly the same you have.
 
congrats fit!
 
congrats to Morgoth on the purchase, should have lots of fun with that chip.

Congrats to fit as well for his accomplishment. Now why settle for 11th heh fit? :D
 
pcmark is a motherfucker to get a high score. you have to have TOP NOTCH parts for everything.

8 raided ssds, 4gpus, superclocked cpu, superclocked ram,... you get the point?
 
kid41212003 said:
I left it's at auto, and it's running 1T since I got this new setup, didn't have any problem.
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fitseries3 said:
pcmark is a motherfucker to get a high score. you have to have TOP NOTCH parts for everything.

8 raided ssds, 4gpus, superclocked cpu, superclocked ram,... you get the point?
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yeah I know, i ran it once on my AMD rig, saw the score and said, fuck this!!! hehe
 
Hey guys, is having vdroop control on better, or I just leave it off, setting the voltage in the BIOS for the CPU is sooo confusing :confused:

set it at something, when I boot up its completely different, WTF???
 
well I have now officially placed my order on Performance PCS for my water block and 1366 hold down plate.

Apogee GTZ as FIT recommended :toast:
 
Dam CP
It weird to see you in the intel thread , now just having some fun with you dude you still not beat my 3dmark-06 score with my Phenom 9850 and 3850 video cards heheeh . Wish your best of luck with you new rig. PS you need a sec video card . http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=9054809
 
Chicken Patty said:
well I have now officially placed my order on Performance PCS for my water block and 1366 hold down plate.

Apogee GTZ as FIT recommended :toast:
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Excellent choice. I saw my temps go down 8c with the GTZ.

Unfortunately for me, it seems my PSU is taking a crap so
am unable to do any higher OC for now. I have actually
had to cut my OC back to 3.2Ghz w/turbo off in order to
keep my pc from rebooting. It appears i have a bad capacitor
which i can hear draining power when i turn off the PSU.
On further examination my 12v rail is dropping to 11.87v
with anything above 1.2v on the cpu. Am sure this was
also the cause of some of my heating issues. Am now
looking at maybe getting a Antec TruePower TPQ-1000
1000W PSU. If anyone has any thoughts on a good PSU
please let me know. I currently run...
2 x sata HD
1 x dvd
1 x 8800GTX
4 x fans
1 x water cooling kit
 
no 1000watt needed for ANYONE. 850 is about max anyone would need.

pc power and cooling is what i suggest. im running a 860watt and it has kept the lights on with all the sick shit i have running. it has adjustable rails too.
 
@ Jupiter

What fit said is true. PC power and cooling actually tend to under rate PSU a bit, i'm sure fit can tell you in better detail. A 860W PSU can probably push cloe or about 900W of power, they even send you a sheet with like certain tests they run on the PSU before packaging it. Its crazy, when its time for me to upgrade, i'm getting one of those, the one PSU you'll ever need dude.
 
merkk said:
Dam CP
It weird to see you in the intel thread , now just having some fun with you dude you still not beat my 3dmark-06 score with my Phenom 9850 and 3850 video cards heheeh . Wish your best of luck with you new rig. PS you need a sec video card . http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=9054809
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Yeah bro, I decided to try it out bro, what can I say. Well yeah you have quadfire right?

Anyhow thats a great score. I am aiming somewhere in that area when I put the rig on water, higher cpu clock and once I flash my 4870 hopefully get some more out of it, I should have no problem getting up there, for now< I cant complain. I went from 15400 to 17400+ :toast:

anything new with your rig bro?
 
fitseries3 said:
no 1000watt needed for ANYONE. 850 is about max anyone would need.

pc power and cooling is what i suggest. im running a 860watt and it has kept the lights on with all the sick shit i have running. it has adjustable rails too.
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Depends on how high you plan to clock those cards. If you stay on air, then no, you don't need a 1000w cpu, but if you start to go more extreme with the clocks and voltmods, yes, you will need a 1000w+ psu. Kingpin, for example, uses a PCP&C 1200w AND a HX1000 at the same time. (tho the second PSU doesn't need to be that big, but I'm sure he got it free anyway. lol.) Anyway, the point is, neither one of those can power the rig at max clocks by itself.
 
true true but not many ppl on tpu need a true 1000watts.
 
Nobody with normal cooling, less that 3xGPUs, or an i7 >.> I can't imagine...
 
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