My Results with 1 Gig of OCZ 3700EB

[The Mofo]

Well, i have to say that im happy. Ive sucessfully hit 250 fsb with 2.85V on the DDR voltage. CPU which is a 3000+ is humming along at 2.25 ghz with a ratio of 250 X 9.0. Oh, did i mention this is with an Nforce 3 150 based board? Heh, anyhow, awaiting for the DFI arrival so i can see where we go from here. :toast:

http://www.venomousmofo.com/mofo04/cpu.png
http://www.venomousmofo.com/mofo04/mermory.png

[Funbags]

Sweet. My EB is here today, cept I gotta pick it up at fedex after work. caint wait to try it!

[The Mofo]

Its good stuff imho. I bet it will go higher but i hate having to open up the chasis and resetting cmos when things go south like when i had my corsair. Im happy for now.

[Zeus]

Did you try more voltage and RAS to CAS2?
It makes a big difference in performance.

[The Mofo]

Like setting it to 2? My voltage is maxed out to 2.85 until i get the dfi.:mad:

Ok i just played around with it. It would not let me boot into windows, so i set it back to 3. Oh well, im sure more voltage would help but we will see how the DFI fairs.

[The Mofo]

Originally posted by Geforce4ti4200
I have bh5 and so far I am not impressed with the 50 marks gained with my ti200, I hope I see a bigger difference with 2-2-2-5


Why did you come in here and crap on my thread?

[Shade00]

Originally posted by Geforce4ti4200
I have bh5 and so far I am not impressed with the 50 marks gained with my ti200, I hope I see a bigger difference with 2-2-2-5

What in the world does this have to do with OCZ EB? Nothing. Leave the poor man's thread alone. You have a bad enough habit of making 7 threads about nothing; stop crapping on other people's valid threads.

The Mofo, he does that all the time. You could be talking about an X800 and he'd come in and talk about his beautiful A64 or his fantastic Ti4200.

Anyway, that's a fantastic overclock. Do you think it could do 240 at those timings with less than 2.8v? I might end up getting some of the PC3700 stuff, but I'm a bit limited in the vdimm department at the moment (even more so than you) and I'd need it to do at least 240.

[The Mofo]

Hey shade, thanks.

Ive tried tighter timings and i bluescreen. I think its the Aopen causing it. FSB only hits a max of 250 but with clockgen, i hit 270 and at 271 i got a bsod. I know the EB states it requires 2.8V but i havent lowered the volts.

Im hoping the new DFI will get me to the 270's and maybe i can start playing with the timings.

Shade, what mobo are you running that limits your voltage less then mine? Do you plan on giving the new DFI a spin like many of us?

[Shade00]

It's a Leadtek K8N. It's a bit of a rare board, but I like it... it was one of the few Nforce3 150s with a working PCI lock.

Vdimm is limited to 2.8v in BIOS, but it's actually around 2.76-2.78v. I've got an OCZ DDR Booster in hand, but no RAM to test it with now; plus, I refuse to run without a gig, and I can't do that with the DDR Booster. So if the 3700EB could do 3-3-2-8 at 240 with the voltage I've got, I would most likely buy some. I've got some 512mb Crucial single-sided sticks coming Monday to test with the Booster - if they work well, I might not have to look to the OCZ.

Are you using the AK89 Max? Is the max FSB 250? I thought Aopen had it up to 300.

[The Mofo]

Yea, its an 89MAX and 250 is the max FSB. Ive tried every BIOS there is out there for it and 250 is the highest ive seen on it. Like your board, this is another rare 150 board with working AGP/PCI locks. If you like, i can test the voltage for you to see what i get with the EB at 2.75.

[Mongoose420]

gratz, shame it will not do trcd 2 at 250. I could 3dmark at 250mhz 3-2-2-8 2.8vdimm with a slightly weak 3.3v line(3.23v).

I nearly got mine to 3dmark at 260 with 3.4v on my 3.3v line, crapped out in nature:mad: at 3-3-2-8 1T in DC.

Enjoy the new ram mate.

[Jasonxxx]

Thats on par with 2 X 512mb EB3700...:D Those clocks are looking good..

Maybe the new DFI 754 Board will do a little better w/ 2 X 512mb sticks anyway....

I have 2 X 256mb EB3500 sitting here and I believe it will outperform the 512mb X 2 as far as mhz... I use my system for gamming also, so I like to use the 1gig of memory...

Have fun Ocing your EB..:D :toast:

[The Mofo]

Mongoose, i do notice my +12V and 3.3V line is low. So, i do plan on getting a new psu with the dfi, dont know if ill get the Fortron 530 or the OCZ 520 Powerstream.

Shade, be happy to know that i just did a run on 3dM2K1 and 2K3 with 250 FSB, timings of 3,3,2 at 2.75 volts and it ran without a hitch.

[The Mofo]

Originally posted by Jasonxxx
Thats on par with 2 X 512mb EB3700...:D Those clocks are looking good..

Maybe the new DFI 754 Board will do a little better w/ 2 X 512mb sticks anyway....

I have 2 X 256mb EB3500 sitting here and I believe it will outperform the 512mb X 2 as far as mhz... I use my system for gamming also, so I like to use the 1gig of memory...

Have fun Ocing your EB..:D :toast:

Ya i need 1 gig min. I hoping to go 2 gigs when i jump to the 939 socket.

[Mongoose420]

Originally posted by The Mofo
Mongoose, i do notice my +12V and 3.3V line is low. So, i do plan on getting a new psu with the dfi, dont know if ill get the Fortron 530 or the OCZ 520 Powerstream.

Shade, be happy to know that i just did a run on 3dM2K1 and 2K3 with 250 FSB, timings of 3,3,2 at 2.75 volts and it ran without a hitch.

yea, my TC550 was drooping hard on the 12v rail and my 5v and 3.3v rail were also low(but not to bad).

I just got my ocz powerstream520 today:D

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=40924

There's my take on it so far, im gonna juice up to 3.45 and maby 3.5 to see if i can get 260 to pass 3dmark so i can run some 260x10 1:1 action.

[Shade00]

Originally posted by The Mofo
Shade, be happy to know that i just did a run on 3dM2K1 and 2K3 with 250 FSB, timings of 3,3,2 at 2.75 volts and it ran without a hitch.

I appreciate you taking the time to test that for me. Looks like it might be a winner! :D Now I just have to scrape up the cash. Hope you're enjoying the RAM Mofo... I can tell it's incredible. It must feel great to have 250 1:1. What kind of bandwidth is Sandra reporting?

[Stinger]

My 2x512mb 3700EB does 250-255mhz std spd at 2.8v and they max out at 285mhz std spd with ddr booster at 3.6v

[aoc007]

Shade are those quotes in your sig real?!?!?! wtf hes like the village idiot of the internet.

[nOx34]

Originally posted by aoc007
Shade are those quotes in your sig real?!?!?! wtf hes like the village idiot of the internet.


:rofl:

[Bungo]

Those quotes are fakes. So stupid ppl dosent exist...


Gl with that gig of eb The Mofo when u got some more voltages to give´em.

[p4z1f1st]

Originally posted by Stinger
My 2x512mb 3700EB does 250-255mhz std spd at 2.8v and they max out at 285mhz std spd with ddr booster at 3.6v

what kind of "max out" ?

stable ? or ABSOLUTE maximum you could reach ?

[Jasonxxx]

If you can give them 3.1v you should be able to run 250mhz w/ 3,2,2,5 (1t) timmings no problem.. ( I would have a fan blowing directly accross them too) Mine max out w/ 3.4v at 262mhz w/ 3,3,2,8 (1t)....

I don't know if this board is part of the limiting factor, but I know the A64 plays a big a part in it....As most people are not getting stable much farther than 260mhz...(w/ 2 x 512MB EB3700) no matter which MB they are using..:D

[Shade00]

Originally posted by aoc007
Shade are those quotes in your sig real?!?!?! wtf hes like the village idiot of the internet.

Yes, they are real. I could link you to the threads if I looked hard enough.

2x512 doing anything past 240 is great in my opinion. Most BH-5 2x512mb sticks wouldn't go far past that even with lots of volts.

[I3lackCoffee]

Originally posted by Shade00
Yes, they are real. I could link you to the threads if I looked hard enough.

2x512 doing anything past 240 is great in my opinion. Most BH-5 2x512mb sticks wouldn't go far past that even with lots of volts.

HAH; omg, is that guy serious or something? Wow.....

[trans am]

I can't run my gig of eb3700 past 250 htt with out relaxing the timings. currently using a 166 divider @ 257x10 (2.5-2-2-10) I want to try the crucial ballistix cas2 3200 and see how that does. Anyone want to trade?

[=STE=BloodAngel]

My 2x512MB OCZ PC3700EB does 270Mhz with spd timings @3V :banana:

[p4z1f1st]

Originally posted by trans am
I can't run my gig of eb3700 past 250 htt with out relaxing the timings. currently using a 166 divider @ 257x10 (2.5-2-2-10) I want to try the crucial ballistix cas2 3200 and see how that does. Anyone want to trade?

y wondering ? your EBs shall do 3-3-2-8-2T and not 2.5-2-2-10 ;)

[jinu117]

Heh... mine can churn fine @ 2.5-2-2-10-1t @ 240mhz... but gotta revert back to 3-2-2-10-1t @ 250mhz+ (250 is all I tested so far... haven't got CPU to test it fully yet) @ 3.1-3.2voltish. Same memory :)
For those who went to 3.6v :P Does it scale up with volt past 3.2v?

[Jasonxxx]

I have found that with a fan blowing directly accross (and good case flow) them my EB3700 scaled up to 3.35vv- 3.4v on the Neo plat. If I upped the vdimm any higher I would get memory errors right away...

I have reverted back to 3,2,2,5 (1t).... I found after installing the 6800 ultra that my case temps were to warm, which caused memory errors... No problems at Cas 3 though..... Going from Cas 2.5 to 3 made such a small difference that I doesn't really matter... I can raise my fsb up 252mhz w/ cas 3 and beat cas 2.5 at 250mhz.... :D

Yes, if I use (2t) timmings I can hit 278mhz stable, but the memory is slower at 278mhz (2t) compared to 250mhz (1t).. It takes a big performance hit....

If I use the SPD timmings w/ (1t) I can run 262mhz stable, but I run my CPU at 2500mhz, so I need 278mhz to use the 9 multi....

[aoc007]

Yeah the 6800 seemed to bring my case temps up alot my 3.92ghz overclock isnt quite as stable anymore and I think it was overheating my audigy... So Im getting the nv silencer it exhausting out the back should fix this.

[The Mofo]

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Numbers sort of speak for themselves. With the 5 timing on TRAS, i crap out at anything higher then 266, which i couldnt finish the bench, but it did peg at 9985 on the bandwidth at 266 fsb :)

Now i think theres something up with my voltages. What do you think?

http://www.venomousmofo.com/mofo04/voltages.png

Thermaltake 480Watter and im not impressed with its juice. My CPU voltage fluxuates and my +12V seems low?

[Mongoose420]

completely ignore motherboard sensors. If you want to know for sure check with a multimeter.

5v is the red wire on a moldex to ground
12v is yellow wire on moldex to ground
3.3v is orange wire on aux to ground(should be anway). Is that way on my ocz and my antec.

[The Mofo]

Ill just get the OCZ psu after the DFI comes. What online store did you buy your Antec tester doohicky at?

[Mongoose420]

you can get from svc.com and prolly newegg/directron carry them also.

You dont need one, you can do it with the PC running. And you should set your final voltages with the pc pulling a load anyway.

[WesM63]

Nice clocks with the EB :D I'm thinking about going with 1GB but i allready have 2x256's lol.

[Kinsy]

I just got mine, and as naive as it sounds i was hoping it would do 2-2-2-5 @ 200mhz fsb, as Ballistix does. As all ive got atm is a Shuttle and the max ive had from it is 204mhz fsb with 1x512 BH-5 and 1x512 BH-6, im blaming the Shuttle.

I have got out of it 2.5-2-2-8 with stock volts @ 200mhz though. Thought id add this for people who want EB perfomance but have to run stock (ish) speeds now ;)

[NiCKE^]

Im courrious about what those memories dose with cas 2.5 :P

[Mongoose420]

oye. Just checked my vdimm with a MM and its only 2.7v:confused: set to 2.8vdimm in bios and this board supposably should overvolt about .05v.

Not exactly sure if its always been that way or not. Still ran 247mhz 3-2-2-10. Im off to radiosnatch i guess to get some smd grabbers, and 50k vr and some wire and get 2.9~3.0vdimm. I need 270mhz 3-2-2-5~10 if i wish to realize my 32k on air goal!