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Wow.....You'vr even got me all worked up and I don't even like ASUS boards:toast:
I got lost on my way to the Intel section but had to stop and see this!:D
Give 'em hell pal!;)
mmm... this is looking rather exiting i thing i'll be lurking around this thread.
Good thing you finally got a board for those babies.
Happy overclocking Steve! :toast:
Well, finally got the rig up and running about 15minutes ago. I actually had everything working last night, but couldn't for the life of me figure out how to get the ram to run in dual channel. Turns out the manual actually makes it more difficult to understand which slots need to be populated. Anyway, by the time I figured it out, I was too pooped to even post. In fact, I'll probably go back to sleep after this post. Just thought I'd give you guys an update....Looks as if the Opterons have no problem running on this board. All I did was jump into the bios this morning and punched in a few settings. First attempt wouldn't boot since my DDR2 timings were too tight. It seems as if this board doesn't like tight timings on the ram unless you pour the volts into your sticks. So I just dropped TRCD from 4 -> 3, booted with no probs and here's where I stand. I haven't run any stability benchmarks yet, just a single threaded Spi1m :p: . The cpus are all @ default Vcore and my DDR2 is @ 2.30 (Just to give you guys an idea why I'm not happy with this board's chipset, my stix are able to do 600Mhz (DDR2 1200) 4-3-3 @ 2.45 on a 680i chipset) Also nudged the HTT voltage to 1.25 since I couldn't find the setting for the HTT Multi. One thing which is quite odd though.....all voltages are VERY near default if not @ default but this Asus board is HOTTTT....I mean it feels almost like a heater with the amount of warm air coming from it. I guess I've got to figure out a way to more efficiently cool these mosfets......oh, well...more later
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/2...rstbootbl7.jpg
Nice. Noticed a 10c difference between the cpu's. Is one heatsink blowing into the other? Maybe setting the fans up so they both blow towards the middle section would help...
Ply
I think that if a Server Motherboard supports the JH-F3 Opterons (The ones with CX surfix), then it should surely support the A64 FX-7x, as the Integrated Memory Controller and Pin functionality seems to be completely the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by s7e9h3n
Wasn't it a platform requeriment imposed by AMD for Socket 940 and 1207? Old conspirational theories dictates that AMD decided to use a separate Socket and impose Buffered Memory Modules requeriment as a must (Even though they can run finely with regular Memory Modules) because in old times, AMD was regarded as a more than second quality manufacturer and unpopular in the Server markets because usually system builders decided to equip AMD systems with the cheapest components (Bad quality PC Chips Motherboards and such) that obiously caused stability problems that aren't tolerated in the Server market. Else, is hard to believe that no one ever did voluntarily a Socket 940/1207 Motherboard that could use anyways Unbuffered Memory Modules for meeting enthusiast market requeriments like AMD did now with the 4x4 platform.Quote:
Originally Posted by s7e9h3n
Great news!! Opteron on QuadFX mobo with un-reg memory :woot: !
Special thanks to you s7e9h3n for being first with retail chips to prove what we was suspecting from a long time! :toast:
@zir_blazer I asked Dave_Graham if FX-70 are working in server mobos. Here is his response:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...5&postcount=13
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t's a bios lock problem. Tyan specifically stated that based on their obligations to AMD, they cannot unlock their bios' for FX parts.
they would also need to re-certify the memory interfaces for DDR2-800 and that's not something they want to do.
dave
now what would be really interesting is if someone took some server boards and tested to see if you could run with them an 4x4 FX :D
Thank you for the initial results, have some rest before you come back for the full blow :cool:
just noticed ARE THESE OPTYS RUNNNING AT STOCK VOLTS? :slobber:
seems like F3 pwns, the first cpu runs at 28°C with ihs ON and clocked to 3 ghz!
looks like amd will have some high clocking barcelonas if they add sige to their 65nm process (just saw a 65nm 3600+ @ 3.14 ghz at 1.46 volts in another forum!)
time to drop a couple orf barcenlona cpu's in there :D
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Originally Posted by generics_user
yep these new amd chips are starting to look very promising.
28c and clocked to 3ghz with air is pretty dang good. imagine how these babies whould do with water. :eek:
You're welcome, but these cpu's aren't quite retail ;) They're production [OEM] samples which - in most cases - are functionally the same as upcoming retail/OEM cpu's.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lightman
Yep, these cpu's are very nice indeed. What else would one expect from AMD's best silicon?
@ Plywood: Yes, the fans on the towers are blowing in the same direction. I can't imagine it being a better solution to point them facing or opposing each other, reason being: A) They'll BOTH be blowing hot air into each other and B) When opposing fans are blowing against one another, it almost defeats the purpose of having a fan @ all; where's the air going to go :p: ? The only reason why temps even appear somewhat high with these cpu's is from the heat generated by the mosfets on this motherboard. Like I said before, this mobo is a real cooker. The heatsinks on the board stay hot for a good while even AFTER you turn it off. Maybe I just got a bad one, or maybe I'm just not used to boards that run this hot. Regardless, it's nice to be able to run an Opty on unregistered memory....:woot:
Since the cpu revisions don't identify on CPU-Z, here's a shot from Bios:
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/6859/f3kg3.jpg
is it possible can mount these asus blowers together with the tuniq?
is not just grab some old fans and point them towards the mosfet, if you already did that asus made something wrong :stick:
Nope, the Asus blowers don't fit...I can MAKE them fit, but the end result is the heatsink being shifted off its intended target. I haven't yet pointed any fans DIRECTLY at the sinks, but there is a little bit of air moving over them. Like I said earlier, it may be just me though....server/ws boards are intended to be able to be run in high temp environments and therefore it may not be fair in comparing the temps they generate to ones which we use on our desks......Quote:
Originally Posted by generics_user
Decided to run a few quick benches. Everything done @ default (Auto setting) Vcore, 2.4VDDR, and 1.25VHTT. All other voltages @ default...
Tried Spi, but that took forever to set up the windows and then affinity so I gave up after 1m :rolleyes:
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/1064/q1mmidsrg0.jpg
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/3912/q1mdonesky5.jpg
The results are wierd...I'll run it again to see.
I then tried wPrime since it's a self-proclaimed "multi-threaded benchmark." Nice little program, but I don't know if my result is any good:
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/8...mid1024mv6.jpg
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/2...one1024xh6.jpg
I have a feeling that the CoreTemp program isn't giving the correct values for CPU temps. Instead, I think it's reading off of the motherboard probes located near the mosfets. Cpu temps in bios read ~20C cooler than CoreTemp. I'll see if I can squeeze a couple more benchmarks in tonight - these cpu's are quite amazing @ default vcore.....
Really nice results S7. Great to see you posting again. Any chance we could get that folding?
Maybe, but if I ran this thing 24/7, the room temp would probably rise +5C....lemme finish messing with it first, then I'll think about it :toast:Quote:
Originally Posted by moddolicous
ROFL yeah it would be equivalent to having two benching rigs in there for sureQuote:
Originally Posted by s7e9h3n
when you settle down with air testing on these suckers it will be interesting at what point they cold bug :D
oh man 0001 Opterons can't get better silicone if you wanted to :D
Pretty solid, about equal to a Kentsfield at same clocks, a hair faster actually. Anyways, stock vcore is boring. :p: Strong clocks so far though. :toast:Quote:
Originally Posted by s7e9h3n
Nice results so far, but I also doubt that those temps are right.
I have 48C with a Sempron at 1.5V.
So temps of CPU0 could be kinda right. But 10C less with the second, I doubt it. If its not a bad mount, I dont think 20% better temps with the same CPU with the same cooling are reasonable.
Did you install Asus Probe? Would be fun to see what it reports. Not for the sake of exact temps, as we know it will be way off, but maybe it reports more equal temps on both CPUs.
some strange spi1m results.. 7sec difference between the cpus..
how bout some cold bug tests?
Rotating one of the heatsinks 180 degrees would help temps a bit. There is plenty of space between them for air to be sucked in to blown into easily with minimal detriment to the cpu temps.
Would be fun to see both cpu's phase cooled :D
You need a hwbot.org account to put some points into steve!!