I won the Biostar contest: SPi 8M @ 6.5Ghz E8600

[Micutzu]

I know it's Core i7 time already but the 775 era is still far from over. Biostar and Firingsquad had an overclocking contest wich ended about two weeks ago, some of you may know about it. The purpose was to get the best CPU clock / SPi 8M time ratio ... as im a 3D guy and SPi is not really my game i just went for massive CPU clocks to make up for what i lack in software tweaking. Not the most refined way to win but it did the job.

My buddy sang was of great help, i am sure i couldn't have got this without him.

Here's the setup:

Biostar T-Power I45 (NB @ 1.6V, -50C) / custom NB pot
Intel E8600 Q820A606 (1.98V, -155C) / CPU pot from Duniek
2x1GB Team Xtreem DDR1066 (3.21V)
EVGA 8400GS
Ultra-X 1600W
CSX 30GB SSD
Win XP SP2

The setup was closed inside a sealed box, vented with vaporised LN2 from the pots. Great way to not worry about condensation and keep all the parts very cool (especially the RAM :) ).

http://forum.crazypc.ro/attachment.php?attachmentid=35167&d=1226952373

http://forum.crazypc.ro/attachment.php?attachmentid=35172&d=1226952379

http://forum.crazypc.ro/attachment.php?attachmentid=35171&d=1226952373

The final result, that granted me first place: 1m37s469 @ 6507Mhz, RAM @ 650 4-4-4 PL8

http://forum.crazypc.ro/attachment.php?attachmentid=35166&stc=1&d=1226952088

After all the Pmem tweaks i couldn't run all the subtimings as tight as i could before even with high voltage and low temps, but overall the system was much faster. In the hands of a skilled Pi tweaker this setup should do WAY better.

[Pt1t]

Good work for your first place ^^ and no word on the worst organisation from Firingsquad :(

[HuffPCair]

Holy smoking fish batman that is nice. What were the temps on it.

[CryptiK]

Damn that's fast, nice setup. 640 CL 4 is amazing too and 3.2 vdimm...did the sticks survive it? Congratulations on the win.

[jasonelmore]

I love the idea of putting the setup in a box to keep condensation down. that's just genius!!! I'm suprised I have'nt seen more people do that. What did you do? Pour the LN2 in there and close the lid really fast or what?

[Ming@s]

Great E8600

:up:

[hiwa]

Good work for your first place ^^ and no word on the worst organisation from Firingsquad :(

:up::up::up: right man


happy to see u won Micutzu;);)

[L0$t Pr0PhEt]

I love the idea of putting the setup in a box to keep condensation down. that's just genius!!! I'm suprised I have'nt seen more people do that. What did you do? Pour the LN2 in there and close the lid really fast or what?

If you look good at the photos you can see he is pouring the ln2 throug tubes coming out the box.

[FUGGER]

Very impressive for a biostar, grats.

[T_M]

A deserved victory :)

[Gautam]

Sheesh this is just nuts. PL8 at 650, wtf?? And one hell of an E86 you have there sir. :up:

[TheGanG]

Good idea, good clocks!

Any mods on mobo?
Sticks alive, degraded?

[Gendo]

Very nice results! Any one that can run 650 PL8 deserves to win if you ask me:p::up:

Also very nice chip:D I'm glad to finally see some extreme results with the same batch cpu I have:D

[Oliver]

awesome work and that setup is just crazy

do u have any 1m runs with that setup?

keep pushing it

[Blazing fire]

Great job there!

[Viss]

Congrats. Nice score and good mem!

[Monstru]

Congratulations old buddy, you really deserved it, respect!
I took the second place and Bobblemagnifique came in third, Matose 4th and Pt1t 5th if I remember correctly...It was a nice competition and it was a pleasure to compete against such good tweakers.

My benching platform:

E8600 Q820A599 + F1EE @ -165oC w 2v @ 6403.15MHz
Biostar TPower I45 + NB pot @ -60oC / 1.55 vNB / 1.45 vTT / 1.5 vPLL
2x1GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 PC8000 w 2.85v @ 640MHz 4-4-4-9
WD Raptor 74GB
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610W

[Pt1t]

here is my run under cascade cooling ... After killed my gem E8600 i did the contest with an replacement chip :D ,
Good CPU under cascade but coldbugged to -105 under LN2

http://media.firingsquad.com/data/2008-11-16/da30512f8d28219024a78516bac5471c.jpg

http://media.firingsquad.com/data/2008-11-15/0e0d27a0315c4b43503c4c61a06622e3.jpg

[runmc]

Incredible speed!!! on the 8600 and I can't believe the volts on the memory. I bet you melted the heatsinks right off them :eek:

congrats bro on victory :clap:

[Micutzu]

Good work for your first place ^^ and no word on the worst organisation from Firingsquad :(

Thanks ! Yeah, Firingsquad's organisation was very bad, too bad Biostar is getting their image affected by associating with them.


Holy smoking fish batman that is nice. What were the temps on it.

The probe inside the case was showing around 0C.


Damn that's fast, nice setup. 640 CL 4 is amazing too and 3.2 vdimm...did the sticks survive it? Congratulations on the win.

It was 650Mhz .. and the memory still works OK after a total of more than 7 hours of benching like this, but it doesn't boot with 1.8V on all the boards anymore.


I love the idea of putting the setup in a box to keep condensation down. that's just genius!!! I'm suprised I have'nt seen more people do that. What did you do? Pour the LN2 in there and close the lid really fast or what?

The LN2 goes in the pots trough a tube and when it boils a part of it gets out trough the tubes and the rest just remains inside the box. Because it's cool and dry it remains at the bottom of the box and protects the parts of any condensation, and the excess just gets out trough a hole in the top of the box.


Great E8600

:up:


Very impressive for a biostar, grats.


A deserved victory :)


Sheesh this is just nuts. PL8 at 650, wtf?? And one hell of an E86 you have there sir. :up:


Good idea, good clocks!

Any mods on mobo?
Sticks alive, degraded?


Very nice results! Any one that can run 650 PL8 deserves to win if you ask me:p::up:

Also very nice chip:D I'm glad to finally see some extreme results with the same batch cpu I have:D


Great job there!


Congrats. Nice score and good mem!


Incredible speed!!! on the 8600 and I can't believe the volts on the memory. I bet you melted the heatsinks right off them :eek:

congrats bro on victory :clap:

Thank you all !


awesome work and that setup is just crazy

do u have any 1m runs with that setup?

keep pushing it

Best SPi 1M was around 7.025 but i'm afraid i didn't save it ... nothing to write home about.

[OC4/3]

Holy geeeez..........650FSB and PL8:clap:
6500mhz spi8m benchable is very very good:)
Any everest benchie??

[hey]

congrats,3.2v! haha you crazy bro! 650+ pl8 great with p45! also good scores from other friends:clap:

[lior307]

Amazing results , great cpu .
How much LN2 didi you used for those 7 hours ???

[TheKarmakazi]

Great work and tweaking! 3.2vDimm ouch! :D

[RPGWiZaRD]

Sheesh, I'm amazed the RAM even survived the 8M superpi with 3.2v. :D I mean 3.2v is what I used to run my UTT DDR1 sticks at! xD

[Achill3uS]

good work m8 :clap:

[StrangerS]

Good Job. :up: RAM @ 650 4-4-4 PL8 & Vdimm 3.2V :shocked::shocked::shocked::eek: Excellent !

[kylepaddock]

congrads!!!

[SoF]

great work man :clap: with that E8600 you have to go for 1m :D

[DeDaL]

This is damn crazy !

Congrats :clap:

[loopy83]

3,2V @ DDR2 sounds like this :D

http://www.abload.de/img/user34509_pic1013_12109kj1.jpg
256MB BH5 @ 4,2V with Hipro Maximizer

Great numbers.... amazing clocks and PL...

[G H Z]

The final result, that granted me first place.

Very well done guys :clap:

[Benny Lodewijk]

Congratulation Micutzu.... ! Awesome result

[Harshal]

Nice RAM and chip!!!
Congrats!

[M3kk]

Congrats guys :).

[George_o/c]

Congratulations guys ! :clap: Awesome memory you got there, 650MHz 4-4-4-4 ! :eek2: And 3.2V ... What are you trying to prove ? How easy can you get it fried ? :D j/k of course :), keep pushing it ;)

[noinimod]

congratulations! absolutely crazy results.. keep it up!!

[Pcuser]

Awsome result!
Congrats:up:

[Glow9]

what are the shoe lace things for?

[MarcusFoX]

awsome speeds but what did you win for this???

[Micutzu]

Thanks again everyone !

Glow9 > Those are the wires from the temp probes.

MarcusFoX > I won US$2000, still waiting to recieve it.