E8500 - Q745A554 - VID 1.125v - AIR

[AriciU]

I bet this chip can SPI higher then this. My ram is limiting me bad at 510FSB. I get errors in SPI at 6 x 509 and upwards.... I'm gonna get some Ballistix in 2 weeks or so and will push it more.

Anyway, here are the results. Ignore the low multi in CPUZ, i cannot disable EIST with the latest bios from Asus, it was set at 9.5x at all time.

Setup:
Asus P5K-E /w 1006 Bios
Gigabyte 8800GTX @ 660 / 1674 / 1107 (GPU / Shader / Ram) /w 171.16 drivers
2GB Geil Ultra PC6400 @ 1:1 5-5-5-15
Thermalright Ultra120A
WinXP SP2
Room temperature - 24C

Click on pics for bigger version.

Max Spi 1M @ 4829Mhz

http://ocidb.com/albums/userpics/10122/normal_spi1m.JPG (http://ocidb.com/albums/userpics/10122/spi1m.JPG)

3DMark01

http://ocidb.com/albums/userpics/10122/normal_3dmark01.JPG (http://ocidb.com/albums/userpics/10122/3dmark01.JPG)

3DMark03

http://ocidb.com/albums/userpics/10122/normal_3dmark03.JPG (http://ocidb.com/albums/userpics/10122/3dmark03.JPG)

3DMark05

http://ocidb.com/albums/userpics/10122/normal_3dmark05.JPG (http://ocidb.com/albums/userpics/10122/3dmark05.JPG)

3DMark06

http://ocidb.com/albums/userpics/10122/normal_3dmark06.JPG (http://ocidb.com/albums/userpics/10122/3dmark06.JPG)

I didn't go for max clocks because of my ram limiting me....

This CPU runs very hot btw. Currently Orthos-ing for about 30 mins @ 4300Mhz @ 1.48v and i have around 68C.

[AriciU]

These will be my daily settings.

http://ocidb.com/albums/userpics/10122/normal_occt.JPG (http://ocidb.com/albums/userpics/10122/occt.JPG)

[bonzo_catalin]

Not bad for air.

[DStealth]

Room temperature - 24C
You mean "-24*"
or "+24*"
Cos if second one, you have an extra extra effective AIR cooler giving you 40* Idle after 1M Spi with 4828@1.66V :confused:

No way man, my water cooling is reading 51* idle with 24/7 freq and 21*C ambient 4400mhz@1.52V
:rofl:

[AriciU]

You mean "-24*"
or "+24*"
Cos if second one, you have an extra extra effective AIR cooler giving you 40* Idle after 1M Spi with 4828@1.66V :confused:

No way man, my water cooling is reading 51* idle with 24/7 freq and 21*C ambient 4400mhz@1.52V
:rofl:

Yeah, +24C of course. I'm not some damn eskimo. 40C idle is a Core Temp bug. I get 40C idle even at stock frequency and voltage.

[AriciU]

Orthos stable for an hour which is good enough for me. Don't want to stress it anymore at those high temps.

http://ocidb.com/albums/userpics/10122/normal_orthos.JPG (http://ocidb.com/albums/userpics/10122/orthos.JPG)

The bad news is that i've got some Ballistix to test with(thanks bonzo_catalin). I tried them first by setting a divisor and they worked no problem at 550Mhz @ 4-4-4-4. However, i then set the CPU multi to 6x and tried the thing at 510Mhz FSB 1:1 and no go. Windows just crashed.

So it's either CPU fsb wall which is not likely... all i've seen went up to ~530-570+ or it's either my mobo limiting me. I'm guessing the culprit is the latter :(

Tryed NB voltage at 1.30, 1.40, 1.55, 1.70, FSB term. voltage at 1.20, 1.40 (max), CPU PLL at auto and 1.5v, SB voltage at auto and 1.20v. No go.

[dogchainx]

very nice clocks. I hope to do 4.2+ on my 680i (was a piece of....).

[metro.cl]

that is som high volts on air, your chip is really sweet

[KTE]

Orthos stable for an hour which is good enough for me. Don't want to stress it anymore at those high temps.

http://ocidb.com/albums/userpics/10122/normal_orthos.JPG (http://ocidb.com/albums/userpics/10122/orthos.JPG)

While nice and appreciated, that isn't what I'd look for. 8hr P95 stability at least with good temps and 24/7 volts. 45nmm hates high voltage and hates high temps too, quick deaths and degradation. Plus 55C you won't pass much stability prroperly. BTW, you're using the outdated CPUZ. ;)

[T_M]

CPU-Z 1.43 please

[lukas69]

Very nice cpu
i have one batch 740 but i think new batch are better

[barzi]

Bios 1006? Where did you get that from?
The newest bios i can see is 1002.

Has it gor rid of the vdrop bug? and the EIST bug?

[AriciU]

Bios 1006? Where did you get that from?
The newest bios i can see is 1002.

Has it gor rid of the vdrop bug? and the EIST bug?

Sorry, i've mistaken it, it's 1002 :)

Thanks Lukas. They get very hot though :eek:

T_M: i'm not gonna go thru the tests again but got the newer CPU-Z :)

[SmokeyTheBandit]

Got an E8500 with the exact same batch (Q745A554) :cool:
I hope it will do about the same numbers as your super cpu ! :D

[AriciU]

I bet it will! :up: If you lay some 1.65v on it that is :D Maybe yours will go higher if you don't have mobo fsb wall @ 510.

[4Qman]

AriciU
1002 bios better suited over the 906 i use on my P5K-e /Wifi?

[AriciU]

Yes. With the 0906 bios there is no way in hell to get cpu voltages between 1.5 and 1.59v. I've posted a voltage list in the Asus P5K-E thread regarding what voltage you set in bios and what you actually get using 0906. You might want to check it out ;)

[AriciU]

Ok. I found out what my problem was. Temperatures. My DVI cable managed to catch my eye somehow and i noticed that it was quite long. :D Here's what happened next....

http://ocidb.com/albums/userpics/10122/normal_IMG_2719.jpg (http://ocidb.com/albums/userpics/10122/IMG_2719.jpg)

http://ocidb.com/albums/userpics/10122/normal_IMG_2720.jpg (http://ocidb.com/albums/userpics/10122/IMG_2720.jpg)

Motherboard temperature in bios was 11C, CPU temp always stayed (idle) at 21C (i think that's a bug... it was 21C @ stock volts and mhz and 21C @ ~4900 and 1.68v). Outside temperature was 1C :D

Max clock or max FSB (i cannot disable EIST so i get 6x multi in CPUZ... it was set as 9.5x in bios as setfsb shows it though) @ 9.5 x 530.6 = 5040.6Mhz

http://ocidb.com/albums/userpics/10122/normal_maxclock530.JPG (http://ocidb.com/albums/userpics/10122/maxclock530.JPG)

09.484s Spi1M @ 9.5 x 516.2 = 4904.5Mhz

http://ocidb.com/albums/userpics/10122/normal_spi516.JPG (http://ocidb.com/albums/userpics/10122/spi516.JPG)

[giraffen]

Lol, you throw the case out of the door, that´s the way to do it:up:
Btw. Nice clock:up:

[George_o/c]

5GHz on what ?
A few posts before, I saw a 9.5 multi on a screenshot of yours ... :confused: What on earth happens ? ...

[AriciU]

I cannot disable EIST man. Multi auto goes to 6x while idle. I could not throw some orthos at it to send it back to 9.5x at those freq and manage to get a screenshot too... it would crash within miliseconds.

[AriciU]

Don't want to lose max overclocking potential by using it 24/7 at the rather high 1.48v so i'm gonna settle for this for 24/7. SS clocking coming tommorow hopefully :cool:

http://ocidb.com/albums/userpics/10122/normal_4000occt.JPG (http://ocidb.com/albums/userpics/10122/4000occt.JPG)

[giorgadzed]

How Much Is 3dmark2006 Cpu Score In Stock default????

[AriciU]

How Much Is 3dmark2006 Cpu Score In Stock default????

http://ocidb.com/albums/userpics/10122/normal_cpu06stock.JPG (http://ocidb.com/albums/userpics/10122/cpu06stock.JPG)

[AriciU]

Nice1. We were about to put the SS on it and the dsmn thing would not start up after we installed fresh windoze and vapo :( Mobo is dead. :mad:

[loopy83]

Oh man... thats bad news.... sorry about that.
but keep pushin this CPU !!!

[quintus]

Nice1. We were about to put the SS on it and the dsmn thing would not start up after we installed fresh windoze and vapo :( Mobo is dead. :mad:

sorry:shakes:
but keep it up!!!:up: