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demonized
09-21-2003, 09:35 PM
I sold my abit nf7-s and barton 2500+. bought a pentium 2.4c today and Im gonna buy the motherboard tomorrow. I'm still diciding between IC7 or IS7-G almost the same price here in toronto. will they both overclock the same?
corrupt
09-21-2003, 10:16 PM
Should have bought the AMD64 kinda like what your using as your avator. Or atleast waited for the AMD64 prices to drop some.
Major
09-21-2003, 10:18 PM
demonized welcome to the Dark Side !!! hehe

Definetly get the IC7 !
Nomjr
09-21-2003, 11:27 PM
Originally posted by corrupt
Should have bought the AMD64 kinda like what your using as your avator. Or atleast waited for the AMD64 prices to drop some.

This will hold him until prices drop on the a64? :banana:
demonized
09-22-2003, 10:57 AM
Originally posted by Major Slaughter
demonized welcome to the Dark Side !!! hehe

Definetly get the IC7 !

thx. I think i might get the ic7-g cause its price went down today.
whats the max voltage i should use. I'm using a swiftech waterblock and pump with a heatcore. what would you say be safe temps when overclocking p4's.
Firelord-OCHW
09-22-2003, 11:11 AM
Get the IC7-G I just did (done exactly same thing as you :p) and this thing rocks :D
Sick0fthelies
09-22-2003, 05:12 PM
haha, i decided to get rid of AMD a couple days ago too after so many problems and i already ordered my ic7-g refurb (they have them for ~$100 at newegg) but now i need to find a place with a good 2.4c malay or costa rica.
demonized
09-22-2003, 11:33 PM
ok, i've jsut installed the motherboard. and now installing windows. I checked the temperature and the cpu is at 52c.
Is this normal. Its running hotter than an athlon xp. I've already put a thin layer of arctic silver on the cpu. something is wrong here. i dont wanna overclock yet until i find out if this is normal or not.
Major
09-22-2003, 11:41 PM
Your using water cooling right ?? sounds high !!! where are you taking the temps ? bios or program in windows ?

Check your cooling stuff out, make sure your pumps working ! make sure the cpu block is making good contact with the chip.
demonized
09-23-2003, 12:05 AM
Im only using the stock cooler that came with the cpu. i had to order the conversion kit for my amd waterblock.
Major
09-23-2003, 12:16 AM
Well then its probably close to being correct ! did you use the factory TIM on the HS or did you remove it and use some good thermal paste ??
demonized
09-23-2003, 12:31 AM
removed it and used arctic silver 3.
Firelord-OCHW
09-23-2003, 12:40 AM
Same here the stock sink is pants!

Mines at 62c full load!

I wouldn't worry about it :)
Johnny Knoxvill
09-23-2003, 01:54 AM
well this is the IC7 you are talking about, temperature sensor is 10-15C high, so you're ok
demonized
09-23-2003, 02:21 AM
thx. I didnt know that.

Here's where I'm at right. stock voltage.
I need to sleep. I'll do more stressfull tests tomorrow.
3dm2k3 finished ok.
saaya
09-23-2003, 03:18 AM
only 3.4ghz?
Hua Luo Han
09-23-2003, 03:31 AM
maybe this :

http://www.go-l.com/desktops/index.htm
demonized
09-23-2003, 07:14 AM
umm. Im only getting 16.4k in 3dm2k1 and 5.4k in the 2k3. is there something in the bios that I might have missed that could improve the performance?
bigballaga
09-23-2003, 08:19 AM
Originally posted by Major Slaughter
demonized welcome to the Dark Side !!! hehe

Definetly get the IC7 !

the best side !!
demonized
09-27-2003, 08:10 AM
Ok. this is weird. I've been trying to get this 2.4c at 3.6 for last few days. i went up to 1.7volts with no luck. My comp keeps locking up and prime 95 quits somethimes. this morning I set the vcore to 1.55volts which gives me 1.5 volts cause this mobo undervolts alot and now prime95 hasnt quite yet. Im only using 3:2 because i dont have the ram to use 1:1.