H20 | AMD Phenom II C3 | Dragon's Revenge | Ultimate Thread

hardware:

4870x2
possibly 4870 512mb to add in for trifire (loaned out right now)
955be c2
965be c3
slow ocz ram :p:
cool ambient air/water (winters over i think) possibly chilled water

software:

prime95
spi
3dm06
vantage
cinebench11
etc
and of course UT3

misc:

numerous gd70 results saved as screenshots to compare with

pic isnt 100% current, loop now has 2x 130cfm 120x38mm ultrakaze 3k as push on 2x120 bix rad with yate med's in pull, single bip rad has 120x25mm 105cfm delta in push w/ 120x20mm yate med in pull - 50c load w/ 1.6v @ 70f ambients :D
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i8...n/IMG_0648.jpg

Cooling Medium: H2O || 20C AMBIENT || Phenom II 965BE Rev.C3
Gigabyte 890GX vs. ASUS XHAIR III 790FX CHALLENGE

Max CPU Frequency
Max Bus Speed Frequency
Max CPU-NB Frequency
Max HT-Link Frequency
Max DDRAM Frequency


Test Software:
PCIeSpeedTest || http://developer.amd.com/gpu/ATISTRE...s/default.aspx
GeekBench || http://www.primatelabs.ca/geekbench/
Y-Cruncher || http://www.numberworld.org/y-cruncher/
WinRAR || http://www.rarlab.com/
WPrime(32M) || http://www.wprime.net/
x264HD Bench || http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=520

SiSoft Sandra || http://www.sisoftware.net/
Lavalys Everest || http://www.lavalys.com/

CineBench R11 || http://www.maxon.net/
Blender/test.blend || http://eofw.org/bench/
3DMark2006 || http://www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/3dmark06/download/

http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/v...1268804329.jpg

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Originally Posted by 64NOMIS

USA Only This Round Sorry Worthy Zeus, Beta, Etc.

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If you ever decide to change your mind on this, I'd like to do the regular 3D benches:

3d mark 03
3d mark 05
3d mark 06

Got a nice pair of HD 5870's, 2x2GB Dominator GT's and a 965BE C3, cooled with high-end watercooling.

Can test with Vista, Win 7 or Win XP.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...d/IMG_6669.jpg

USA Only This Round

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Thanks for the PM, but I'm afraid I'm in Canada. Unless you mean North America, not just America :D

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Originally Posted by Grinder

USA Only This Round

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Thanks for the PM, but I'm afraid I'm in Canada. Unless you mean North America, not just America :D

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Almost same here... Live in Sweden but i dont hink i have time to do the benches anyway, to much snowmobile and another stuff going on right now. But thx for the nice even fight earlyer in this thread...i dont think is its even anymore after i got a good 955BE C3.

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Originally Posted by Lastviking

Almost same here... Live in Sweden but i dont hink i have time to do the benches anyway, to much snowmobile and another stuff going on right now. But thx for the nice even fight earlyer in this thread...i dont think is its even anymore after i got a good 955BE C3.

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Hi Lastviking,

Yes, that was fun. Congrats on the new chip :clap:

I like to "run what I brung" :rolleyes: Someone will always have a chip or other component that is blessed a little more than yours. It's all about making the best of what you have.

No snow left here, and it's starting to warm up. Good to see, but not so much for hardware cooling. This was our warmest winter on record.

I'll try another cpu when I find the budget, or when I thrash this one too hard :up:

Where did you end up @ room temp with your new toy?

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Originally Posted by Grinder

Hi Lastviking,

Yes, that was fun. Congrats on the new chip :clap:

I like to "run what I brung" :rolleyes: Someone will always have a chip or other component that is blessed a little more than yours. It's all about making the best of what you have.

No snow left here, and it's starting to warm up. Good to see, but not so much for hardware cooling. This was our warmest winter on record.

I'll try another cpu when I find the budget, or when I thrash this one too hard :up:

Where did you end up @ room temp with your new toy?

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4120mhz prime95 25c indoor , super pi1m 4414mhz.

It has been a bad winter here also, very cold many days and not so much snow...but the summer is on the way soon here also(maybe 3 weeks left to use the snowmobile).

items,
*Phenom II 965BE C3
*Air cooler (sopping right now for one)/ Appgee H2O kit with 3fan RAD
*OCZ Black Edition (4GB) 1600mhz 8.8.8 24 1T
*HD 5850
*Corsair TX750W 750w 60amp Single Rail
*Win 7 64 Home Premium / XP 32/64bit
*Dane-elce 80GB SSD / several HDDs
*looking for a good POT for Dry Ice etc.

New Cinebench
Cinebench r10 32/64
wPrime 32/1024
Pi
Vantage
3dmark06
HDTune / AS SSD Bench mark
(edit: I can't type) Sandra Mandelbrot
done with air/water and chilled water. Dry Ice just for fun, will need speed fan and AOD screens as well.

I know you said one pic, but I could get it all in :p:

http://3800z24.info/Phenom/the-shiz.jpg

http://3800z24.info/Phenom/my-card.jpg

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Originally Posted by Zeus

If you ever decide to change your mind on this, I'd like to do the regular 3D benches:

3d mark 03
3d mark 05
3d mark 06

Got a nice pair of HD 5870's, 2x2GB Dominator GT's and a 965BE C3, cooled with high-end watercooling.

Can test with Vista, Win 7 or Win XP.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...d/IMG_6669.jpg

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And I would not have you tear that system down, it would be art destruction.

Inspiration from chew* 890GX Thread

Nice Creativity.

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Originally Posted by chew*

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/GIGA%20890GPA/IMG_2248.jpg

Figured this was likely somthing that would require Cold to acchieve but hey what the heck lets give it a try on air.

AMD phenom II x2 550
GIGABYTE 890GPA-UD3H
OCZ BE 1600 c7
HD4290 IGP
pc p&c 1200 turbocool
Stock cpu cooler and misc fans on board.


Second 06 run = 3333 but we don't need that screenshot ;)

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/GIGA%20890GPA/IMG_2244.jpg

Ok 3d looks strong lets rip through the whole 3d bench regime.

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/GIGA%2089...203d01%203.jpg

I guess GIGABYTE can start claiming 3400+ 06 on the boxes now.

Not sure if this was more painfull for the IGP or me....

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/qdig-file...%20vantage.jpg

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Wuttz
CrazyDiamond
Charged3800Z24
Titan7171

Zeus, LastViking, Grinder do not despair. You will get your chance.

love the new xfired cards zeus! looks hardcore :up:

System:
*Testing Phenom II 555 unlocked
*Water DD D5, Swiftech 120.3 and ThermoChill 120.1
*Cheapo Crucial 1333 Cl9 @ 1550 7-7-7-19-26
*HD 4870 512k
*Corsair TX750W 750w 60amp Single Rail
*Win 7 64 Home Premium
*OCZ 120 SSD and 640gb WD for local storage

TEST:
Compare the relationship of HTT Link speed to IMC (CPU_NB)
Run HT Link matched with IMC at max stable settings
Run HT Link at stock with Max IMC clocks comparing scores using
Cinebench 10 and Everest Disk Bench

WARNING: Some people have experienced disk corruption with high HTLInk Speeds! (not me (yet))...
So if your running this test with a good system drive make sure to Ghost it before testing...

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...t/DSCN0433.jpg

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Originally Posted by 64NOMIS

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Wuttz
CrazyDiamond
Charged3800Z24
Titan7171

Zeus, LastViking, Grinder do not despair. You will get your chance.

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This should be fun guys :yepp::cool:;):up:

Thanks Simon

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Originally Posted by Daveburt714

System:
*Testing Phenom II 555 unlocked
*Water DD D5, Swiftech 120.3 and ThermoChill 120.1
*Cheapo Crucial 1333 Cl9 @ 1550 7-7-7-19-26
*HD 4870 512k
*Corsair TX750W 750w 60amp Single Rail
*Win 7 64 Home Premium
*OCZ 120 SSD and 640gb WD for local storage

TEST:
Compare the relationship of HTT Link speed to IMC (CPU_NB)
Run HT Link matched with IMC at max stable settings
Run HT Link at stock with Max IMC clocks comparing scores using
Cinebench 10 and Everest Disk Bench

WARNING: Some people have experienced disk corruption with high HTLInk Speeds! (not me (yet))...
So if your running this test with a good system drive make sure to Ghost it before testing...

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Like your testing idea. btw, your system looks good.

Simon, you have to include Dave....:D

I would use the same hardware as before but ‘m now using chilled water for CPU’s cooling.

I propose a series of tests that most of us already have and probably have tested many times. The kicker though is that all these tests must be run within the same operating system and at the maximum CPU clock for the most difficult test of the four listed below. In other words no swapping operating systems because one scores higher than another for a given test.

Below is an explanation of how to determine your systems final CPU speed (clocks) to be used during all final testing?

Test as described all the benchmarks listed below (Cinebench three times one after the other without a cool down period between each test). When you find the benchmark that’s highest clock at completion is the lowest clocking of all the listed benchmarks then that is your systems test speed for all four of these bench tests.

Example: the highest CPU clock that each bench test would complete, Vantage 4150MHz, Cinebench 10 4100MHz, 3DMark06 4175MHz and CrystalMark 4200MHz. Using this example, your systems CPU’s maximum speed for all of the bench tests would be 4100MHz. Any combination or setting of the NB, HT Link speed or memory speed is acceptable. If you decided another combination of multi or HTT would be better for any of the benchmarks that also is acceptable as long as the CPU’s speed does not exceed your system’s CPU’s test speed which in the example above was 4100MHz.

After all testing is complete add all four of the bench test scores together to determine you system’s overall test score.

3DMark Vantage, screen shot of completed bench test required with CPUz’s CPU, memory and Motherboard tab shown along with the date in the screen shot.

3DMark06 screen shot of completed bench test required with CPUz’s CPU, memory and Motherboard tab shown along with the date in the screen shot.

CrystalMark 2004R3 screen shot of completed bench test required with CPUz’s CPU, memory and Motherboard tab shown along with the date in the screen shot.

Cinebench R10 Set “Keep Best CB Score” then run the test three times no cool down time in between now add all three scores and divide by three this average score becomes your Cinebench test score. Screen shot of completed bench test required with CPUz’s CPU, memory and Motherboard tab shown along with the date in the screen shot.

I’ll post a new picture of the test system during the challenge if I’m picked to play but the best I can do for now is an older picture.
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...r/DSC00988.jpg

i like your idea oldtimer :) but that is quite a few words ;)

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Originally Posted by crazydiamond

i like your idea oldtimer :) but that is quite a few words ;)

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Sometimes things are hard to explain in just a few words. I am usually a man of few words though.:yepp:

lol i know just messin w/ ya, im the same way - man of few words but like to make sure i explain myself at same time :yepp:

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Originally Posted by charged3800z24

This should be fun guys :yepp::cool:;):up:

Thanks Simon

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Yes it will be......:up::D

Damn Dave, I was thinking of something similar, and took a quick break to post it (at work atm) and saw your proposal. Back to the drawing board :mad: I guess Daves think alike (my name too:shakes:) I really like the idea of setting out to learn something. Nice idea.

I started out thinking of a Hybrid monster challenge, but it looks like my 4850 won't play nice with the graphics chipset in hybrid crossfire. I'd also love to mess with GPGPU, but I guess I'll wait till I have a 5XXX.

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Originally Posted by Daveburt714

System:
*Testing Phenom II 555 unlocked
*Water DD D5, Swiftech 120.3 and ThermoChill 120.1
*Cheapo Crucial 1333 Cl9 @ 1550 7-7-7-19-26
*HD 4870 512k
*Corsair TX750W 750w 60amp Single Rail
*Win 7 64 Home Premium
*OCZ 120 SSD and 640gb WD for local storage

TEST:
Compare the relationship of HTT Link speed to IMC (CPU_NB)
Run HT Link matched with IMC at max stable settings
Run HT Link at stock with Max IMC clocks comparing scores using
Cinebench 10 and Everest Disk Bench

WARNING: Some people have experienced disk corruption with high HTLInk Speeds! (not me (yet))...
So if your running this test with a good system drive make sure to Ghost it before testing...

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Originally Posted by theoldtimer

Sometimes things are hard to explain in just a few words. I am usually a man of few words though.:yepp:

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I liked your idea also. it would have been hard to say all that in few words.

Thanks charged3800z24, I think it's fun when everyone is competing using the same bench tests on the same platform. :)

It's just human nature IMHO to like to compete:D and when everyone has to post CPUz screen shots with their benches sometimes we can learn from just that info.;)

now only watch to see. And dont forgot guys at Cinebench R11 :), Phenom is here better than i5 750 more than at R10 :).

Zero

Wuttz
CrazyDiamond
Charged3800Z24
Titan7171
Daveburt714

theoldtimer will dance to the beat of another drummer as punishment for wordcount

Look to your doorstep three hours past dawn! It begins again...

Let us now discuss what is to be done!