Wolfdale and Yorkfield watch thread and performance thread

[Wile E]

All I know is, I need a better clocking quad. lol. I really want to get the QX9650 with my tax return, but I also have to buy a vehicle. If I can't swing the QX, you guys think the Q6700 (or Xeon equivalent) would be a worthy purchase?

 

[Tatty_Two]

All I know is, I need a better clocking quad. lol. I really want to get the QX9650 with my tax return, but I also have to buy a vehicle. If I can't swing the QX, you guys think the Q6700 (or Xeon equivalent) would be a worthy purchase?

No I dont IMO, many Q6700 dont clock any better than the Q6600's....I would simply go for the top Yorkfield when they arrive, I am sure you will get 4.1 - 4.2Gig out of that, especially on decent water.

 

[giorgos th.]

Guys besides from the talking....show us some results.....

 

[trt740]

new best for me

 

[erocker]

Finally, got one!!

 

[PaulieG]

Tom, I see the vcore under load at 1.475v. What do you have it set at in the bios?

 

[erocker]

I got this post off of another forum:
I need approximately 1.45 volts to be Prime stable at 3.5 GHz. The temp on both cores was equal at 75C. Tjunction in the pic is what CoreTemp now correctly refers to as TjMax or the maximum temperature before throttling begins which for the original Conroe processors was 85C.

Just trying to show that there is no need to worry when you see a big temperature number as long as things are running stable. The new E8400 has even more headroom than the previous generation, Conroe, desktop processors.

If you are crazy enough you can run them right on past their rated 85C maximum. The digital thermal sensor is a 7 bit number so after it gets to zero it wraps around and becomes 1111111 binary which is 127. SpeedFan and TAT do the calculation of TjMax - 127 or 85 - 127 and comes up with -42. When these programs start reporting negative numbers your processor is definitely getting HOT!

You can see from the graph that it continued to get hotter and kept right on running. When I put the heatsink back on things cooled down again and everything was fine. I think it hit an honest 97C without a nuclear meltdown.

I have yet to play with my new rig, does this make any sense to sny of you?

 

[giorgos th.]

a quick 32m without alot of searching cause i didnt believe my memory would run that good..

 

[Tatty_Two]

a quick 32m without alot of searching cause i didnt believe my memory would run that good..

And you were telling Trt not to run high volts for long when he was at 1.6V!

 

[giorgos th.]

i was talking about 24/7 usage M8,not benching...

 

[Tatty_Two]

i was talking about 24/7 usage M8,not benching...

Ahhhhh right

 

[trt740]

Tom, I see the vcore under load at 1.475v. What do you have it set at in the bios?

it's at 1.5v .25v droop

 

[trt740]

 

[PaulieG]

Nice OC, but that's some crazy high vcore. You're braver than me. I'll post some screenies later, but I've got 4.3ghz stable on 1.42v

 

[trt740]

I have this not as good as yours but still good

Nice OC, but that's some crazy high vcore. You're braver than me. I'll post some screenies later, but I've got 4.3ghz stable on 1.42v

 

[Fitseries3]

any idea how much the yorkies will cost and what day they be out?

 

[trt740]

any idea how much the yorkies will cost and what day they be out?

most likely feb since the new q9650 will be out in march. Watch they will be 350.00 or more.

 

[erocker]

OMG, dude! That is awesome! I will have some screens up friday night if everything works well. I pray my Infinity will fit on my motherboard.

 

[Fitseries3]

im looking to get rid of both my q6600's and getting a new quad. i'd really like a 9x (or higher) multi though. the q9450 is not gonna cut it in my book. the q9650 may be what i need.

 

[erocker]

I'm sure Intel will price them a bit higher than we all first thought, but I figure this e8400 will last me a good 3 - 4 months untill I get that stupid "itch" that tells me to upgrade.

 

[trt740]

My e8400 is selling not sure what to get . I think i'm gonna get a Xeon x3220. Ayone know what are e8500 going for, aren't they way over priced. Also anyone even see a store selling a e8200

 

[Tatty_Two]

My e8400 is selling not sure what to get . I think i'm gonna get a Xeon x3220. Ayone know what are e8500 going for, aren't they way over priced. Also anyone even see a store selling a e8200

Mine is starting to play a little nicer now, I am pretty sure it is compatibility issues with this motherboard and a Xeon, I have just reflashed with a different BIOS and am testing now.

 

[trt740]

My my motherboard is super similar(mines based off yours) and I didn't have any trouble you know there is a bios 504 for your board here the link
ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/so...m/P5KP0504.zip i'm told you should always use easy flash in the bios not from windows aswell.

 

[Tatty_Two]

My my motherboard is super similar(mines based off yours) and I didn't have any trouble you know there is a bios 504 for your board here the link
ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/so...m/P5KP0504.zip i'm told you should always use easy flash in the bios not from windows aswell.

Yeah I have flashed that BIOS earlier tonight, was having issues with it before so went back to 0404, had more issues with that so am esting 0504 again now, will keep you posted! You getting yours from same place?

 

[trt740]

Yeah I have flashed that BIOS earlier tonight, was having issues with it before so went back to 0404, had more issues with that so am esting 0504 again now, will keep you posted! You getting yours from same place?

I wonder why your board is having trouble but mine wasn't? They are basically the same yours is just the upgraded version. Make your you flash from the bios it seem that some issues disappear when you do that.