My stability problem appears to have resolved itself by upping memory voltage.
One last one before I go to sleep:
SLI run at 2.933 ghz with 2 7900 GTX 512MB (no OC on the 7900 GTX)
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My stability problem appears to have resolved itself by upping memory voltage.
One last one before I go to sleep:
SLI run at 2.933 ghz with 2 7900 GTX 512MB (no OC on the 7900 GTX)
As a comparison, this is my Athlon 64 X2 2.8 ghz setup (1 MB L2 cache per core) vs my Core 2 Duo Extreme X6800 setup.
ATHLON 64:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
DirectX Version 9.0c
Mobo Manufacturer DFI Corp,LTD
Mobo Model LP NF4 Series
AGP Rates (Current/Available) 8x / N/A
CPU AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 2804 MHz
Physical / Logical CPUs 1 / 2
MultiCore 2 Processor Cores
HyperThreading Not Available
FSB 201 MHz
Memory 2032 MB
Display Information
Graphics Chipset NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX
Driver Name NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX
Driver Version 8.4.2.0
Driver Status Non WHQL - Not FM Approved
Co-operative adapters Yes
Video Memory 512 MB
Core Clock N/A
Memory Clock N/A
Benchmark Settings
Default Settings Yes
Program Version 3DMark06 Revision 0 Build 2
Resolution 1280x1024
Anti-Aliasing None
Texture Filtering Optimal
Vertex Shader Profile 3_0
Pixel Shader Profile 3_0
Force Full Precision No
Disable Post-processing No
Force Software Vertex Shaders No
Force Software FP Filtering No
Disable HW Shadow Mapping No
Color Mipmaps No
Repeat Count Off
Fixed Framerate Off
Main Test Results
3DMark Score 9252 3DMarks
SM 2.0 Score 4357 Marks
SM 3.0 Score 4288 Marks
CPU Score 2039 Marks
Detailed Test Results
Graphics Tests
1 - Return to Proxycon 35.321 FPS
2 - Firefly Forest 37.299 FPS
CPU Tests
CPU1 - Red Valley 0.65 FPS
CPU2 - Red Valley 1.023 FPS
HDR Tests
1 - Canyon Flight (SM 3.0) 39.872 FPS
2 - Deep Freeze (SM 3.0) 45.895 FPS
CONROE
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
DirectX Version 9.0c
Mobo Manufacturer
Mobo Model
AGP Rates (Current/Available) 8x / N/A
CPU Unknown 2936 MHz
Physical / Logical CPUs 1 / 2
MultiCore 2 Processor Cores
HyperThreading Not Available
FSB 266 MHz
Memory 2032 MB
Display Information
Graphics Chipset NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX
Driver Name NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX
Driver Version 8.5.9.6
Driver Status Non WHQL - Not FM Approved
Co-operative adapters Yes
Video Memory 512 MB
Core Clock N/A
Memory Clock N/A
Benchmark Settings
Default Settings Yes
Program Version 3DMark06 Revision 0 Build 2
Resolution 1280x1024
Anti-Aliasing None
Texture Filtering Optimal
Vertex Shader Profile 3_0
Pixel Shader Profile 3_0
Force Full Precision No
Disable Post-processing No
Force Software Vertex Shaders No
Force Software FP Filtering No
Disable HW Shadow Mapping No
Color Mipmaps No
Repeat Count Off
Fixed Framerate Off
Main Test Results
3DMark Score 10230 3DMarks
SM 2.0 Score 4783 Marks
SM 3.0 Score 4417 Marks
CPU Score 2517 Marks
Detailed Test Results
Graphics Tests
1 - Return to Proxycon 38.177 FPS
2 - Firefly Forest 41.541 FPS
CPU Tests
CPU1 - Red Valley 0.795 FPS
CPU2 - Red Valley 1.275 FPS
HDR Tests
1 - Canyon Flight (SM 3.0) 39.57 FPS
2 - Deep Freeze (SM 3.0) 48.765 FPS
Not directly comparable. I see the gfx card use different drivers on the two rigs.
Something i've found in my E6300 testing, 975X seems to be VERY dependant on RAM. This G.Skill PC6400ZX i'm using just can't keep internal latencies tight enough, so i have to downclock it, and run with 5-6-6-18 timings.
ValueRAM isn't enough for Conroe, you need good quality PC6400 or higher if you want to overclock.
VERY nice 1000 point increase, just from the new CPU.
Be very nice if you could clock the E6600 down to 2.8ghz (or using FSB clock it up maybe, 7x400 does it for me), use the same drivers and do a direct, clock for clock comparison.
Ordered e6600 from costcentral. It showed in stock. I'm not really sure what I will do with it. I don't have a MB or DDR2 ram and can't afford it right now :D
These are SLI results, yes? Very interesting. My x2 4600 @ 3GHz plus 2x 7800GT stock do around 7300 in 3DM06, which is 1000 more than your second (single 7900GTX?) run. The Conroe is 25% more powerful there, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by redpriest
Ergo, I will have to OC the tits off my forthcoming E6700 to get a worthwhile improvement in performance. :D
i heard that Retail version on conroe E6000series cant be Overvolt... is it true??
No afaik. I saw one report that this was so, but was a mobo / bios issue in that case.Quote:
Originally Posted by andre X_X
Don`t make me worry about pre-ordered an E6600 with such infos...:stick: ...I think you have read about the Asus P5W DE...it cannot be ovewrvolted in bios (yet).Quote:
Originally Posted by andre X_X
Regards,
Primoz
no, i have info that 6 conroe retail been tested and 6 of them cant be ov... but ES can... well, it was tested on 975 board... hope 965 can do it...
Stop spreading stupid rumors !
well, we never know until we tested it... anyway i also already preorder E6600... im just worry too much huh...
Last week it was "Retail Core 2 Duo can't overclock" then now it's "Retail Core 2 Duo can't overvolt"...Quote:
Originally Posted by andre X_X
Next week: "Retail Core 2 Duo will only work in Dell or HP computer" !
Something tell me it's all come from an AMD forum...
I'd trade you my 840D EE and Asus P5WD2 Premium WiFi edition motherboard for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by ewitte
Yeah I checked that site and it reads, "After your order is placed allow 2-3 weeks for delivery." That's for an E6600.
hopefully it just issues....
To: redpriest
It sure looks like your temp measureing Chip is screwed up worse than the one on the Abit boards, what model does it use? Geesh Dude, never mind the processor reading too high. What about the 39 and 40C internal case temps?
With the amount of money spend on these danged things you'd think they could do a little better than that;) So we're supposed to spend over $250 on boards that can't measure temps correctly?
It said that for the x6800 above as well. I think they are just covering to be on the safe side since it supposedly ships directly from Intel.Quote:
Originally Posted by malficar
I'll just have to live with my HP slimline (Celeron M 1.6Ghz @ 2.0Ghz) or my work laptop (Yonah T2300) and sell off the X2 for the money. After the MB I can probably temporarily use the memory from the HP. Its DDR2 4200 I believe. I'll just have to downclock the memory and live with the performance hit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burner27
So i am assuming that's a "NO" huh?
Yes to "no"Quote:
Originally Posted by Burner27
Quote:
Originally Posted by ewitte
Poopy.:(
Quote:
Originally Posted by redpriest
im sorry dude but you NEED to fix that heat issue you got there. your gunna kill that cpu
1.27v only 3.2G @.@
that seems not so good as before :(
I wanna see at least 1.3v 400*9 dual_sp2004 stable on Air .
LOL! Gotta luv this anticipation. Bring on the retails.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vric
This was exactly what I was thinking... Of course, it's a sample of one, his temps are out of this world and he's having some memory issues...Quote:
Originally Posted by VictorWang
temps are very bad... 69C at stock with the fan running at over 5300rpm. something is wrong with his setup.. (and that cooler at that speed must sound like a tornado !)
some board run hotter...
i'm at 65c dual prime (coretemp) with 1.3875v with a TT BT + Panaflo (I know its probably 20-25c off)
what is the hottest one of these should get? 65nm sounds really cool running, but we are hitting 70s?
i thought if an amd 90nm you want under 50c at all times, then youd want absolute max of 50c load on the conroe, am i wrong?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Vric
I'm going to put mine on water cooling tomorrow night and I hope I don't see anywhere near those high temps. I really wonder if they are reading higher than they actually are. It has been said that it requires a great deal of mounting pressure. Too bad the IHS's aren't easily removed like the AMD64's are. I think I'll re seat the SB with some AS5 also.
I too will be putting mine under water cooling as an interim solution until the Swiftech socket 775 peltier blocks are back in stock. My water block won't arrive until tomorrow and I won't be able to assemble my rig until early next week. I will report my findings then:)
yep victor, its a big disappoint form the EXTEME chipQuote:
Originally Posted by VictorWang
and im not so sure that i will get a x6800 now, 1000$ chip < e6600 330$ chip.
but we will wait for more guys with the retail x6800...
It has good contact. I've reseated the thing multiple times. It's tight. 70C peak under dual prime95 is what I'm getting. There's still some tweaking to do, and I'm not ready to give up yet =)
And note the above: I have yet to see a single person with a Conroe on BadAxe say my temps are too high, in fact the consensus appears to be the board is just whacked.
But, that doesn't mean I'm not going to try a few things.
I have a bad axe at work. running stock heatsink, stock volts and speeds w/ an pent d. it idles at 80deg c in the bios. the temps are way off. it may vary from board to board, but doen't put much faith in the temp readings. And I happen to work at the company that makes the hardware monitoring chip on this board... lol. only way it will ever get fixed it if people compain to intel, who would then send boards back to smsc for failure analysis... if it isn't bios related.
EDIT: then again, if it were bios related you would think they would all vary that same amount... guess it is the chip, or whatever/if any components are used with it.
The badaxe and the asus seem to suffer the same high temp reading. Wonder if they both use the same monitoring chip?Quote:
Originally Posted by Diverge
Yes, the temperature readings have to be wrong. I am in a 60 deg F chilled environment and it still is running 66C under load. I reset the damn thing and it still does it. I have good contact along the entirity of the heatsink base/processor. Idle is 36-42C in this environment.
But this time it is running at 66C under load at 3.466 ghz - dual prime95 stable at default voltage. I selected the voltage slope option in the BIOS - and that seems to have given me rock solid stability at 3.466 ghz, but no further - no amount of voltage gets me anywhere with prime95, even when I change the fsb by 1% up.
My machine won't post anymore at 3.733 either.:confused:
The motherboard recognizes when I go to set for 1333 bus but in windows it is ignored :rolleyes:
From what i know...Bad Axe reports, at least, +10º...
I also have a x6800 in my hand i ordered from monstronix on tues.They were very nice people to deal with.Iam still trying to make up my mind on a mothboard thou.It looks to be the same as redpriest.
Quote:
Originally Posted by _JP_
Yeah, I hate how intel mobos have readings so off. 15-20.
What did intel do to these b2 steppings? My dreams of 3.6g on air are fleeting fast. nah I hopes its just the crappy retail fan holding you back.
Didn't i see a pic of two processors side by side with one being slightly thicker/taller than the other...was that a conroe and older LGA775 chip or something completely different?
If it was, could this height difference be responsible for bad connections?
That was a Conroe (Dual Core) compared to a Kentsfield (Quad Core).Quote:
Originally Posted by Richie P
FCG has posted a pic between Conroe and Kentsfield.I don't think it has to do with contact of the new step.:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Richie P
i would try the old hand test.... i guess...
Quote:
Originally Posted by FUGGER
Just curious, why don't you use a REAL host? Not cost effective? I've noticed a lot of downtime recently with the server. We should start a donation account or something to pay for a good dedicated host. I sure as hell would donate some dough! :D
Double post, but I can confirm the Bad Axe reports 16c degrees higher then the real temp for me on my E6600. A good example, with my Noctua and the E6000 at 3.7 1.45 vcore, the BIOS reads 45c on idle, but my temp probe reads 29c. I have also heard of others (FCG mostly) that it can be off on the temps up to 20c to high.
Freez that nice cpu and it will transform to 4.5Ghz monster:) ...Probly more:toast:
Believe me buddy, I can't wait for my socket 775 prometia adapter to get here; I am too lazy to adapt something for it =P
Have you tried touching the heatsink to see if it's really hot? If the CPU really was as hot as it's reporting, you would be able to tell from the heatsink.
The heatsink is lukewarm. Which means to me:
A) I'm not getting good contact - which I don't see how that is possible when I have double and triple checked it with at variety of tension settings. Also, the default Intel stock heatsink only got lukewarm.
B) the temperature that I'm getting is wrong
it could be just your cpu core that's hot.. i've tested 4x E6600 QPGE B1 on badaxe rev304 unmodded, 2 of the cpus are consistently 3-6C hotter idle and at load in bios and windows (via coretemp app) compared to the other 2
I dont see why this is coming as a surprise to people, it's been said time and time again. The bad axe temp sensors are off UP TO 20C TO HIGH.
The thing that scare me a little (and many others too I suppose) is that the top of the line retail Conroe isn't overclocking like all the ES we seen (at least in that case)
I just use the my laser temp gun on my stock intel HS (running an 805 @ stock) .. system temp says 47c and the heatsink (the outside) was around 38.7c. It was pretty warm to the touch, not something i would want to hang on to for too long. I also measure the heatpipe between the NB and Voltage Reg and it was 48.9c. Hope this helps maybe as a reference.
so are ES >>>> B2, retail in overclocking ability??
This place is showing the x6800 in stock:
http://www.nextdaypc.com/main/produc...px?PID=2864600
No reseller rating on them, though.
Shows they have 12.
Well, I'm not sure - I haven't been able to verify now if my voltage is sticking. My motherboard is acting a little weird, let's just say -
1333 fsb doesn't stick (processor ignores it)
multiplier changes occur but voltage changes are ignored (!)
How do I fix this?
I would hold back before saying that, never make a general statement based on 1 result.Quote:
Originally Posted by theteamaqua
have you shorted the oc debug pin ? i know X6800 are meant to unlock it all on badaxe but maybe you might need to short the pin anyway ?Quote:
Originally Posted by redpriest
i haven't shorted mine yet i just use custom 1304 bioses on my badaxe some at http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...7&postcount=57 if ya game
I ran out and bought a conductive pen. It didn't work.
Yep Eva, I got the idea after looking at one of your posts before xtremesystems went down to try using the Intel Framework again.
For some reason after rebooting and using it, it *really* unlocked my motherboard. I was able to set voltages/clock speed/bus at will. Before, I could only change the multiplier. Things are much better now!
I am rock solid stable at 3.466ghz at 1.35v, probably less, but I just picked this one for kicks.
I can now boot successfully into Windows at 3.733 ghz, but I need 1.45v to do it, 1.4 will quit out before I get in. I can run 2 instances of prime95 at 1.5-1.55v for about a minute before it reboots. Power consumption is *enormous* at 1.55v at 3.733 - I was seeing temps of about 85C under load (lol), before spontaneous reboot.
3dmark06 at 3.466 ghz
awesome... so you used one of my custom bioses and after conductive pen mod and reboot it all unlocked ? weird
nice see ya using APC Powerchute too.. same here with APC RS 1500VA UPS :)
I tried using the conductive pen, but that didn't change anything - I could already get into the protected BIOS. I wanted to see if that would make my changes "stick". It didn't. I used your method of creating custom BIOSes, and after I did that it worked.
I have an XS 1500 and a XS 800 =) I have my conroe box hooked up to the XS 800 and my Prometia Mach II GT cooled A64 X2 2.8 ghz on the XS 1500.
ah i see.. yup ITK is a very nice tool to customise the bios :)
When you overclock your FSB what are your northbridge temps like? Can you get some air on it?
Weird sh*t on the temps. I thought CoreTemp was actually rather accurate. You really should hook up that prommie and get the readings from there ;)
soo.... heat is holding you back? Because that chip should be well on it's way to 4GHz stable with 3466 stable @ stock.
Quote:
Originally Posted by eva2000
I compared using SS and it temps were at least 10-15C higher considering conroe's TDP
Quote:
Originally Posted by _JP_
That's just b-sh*t. Bad Axe reads temperature exactly.Quote:
Originally Posted by cupholder2.0
With watercooling (water temperature @ 21°C) on a Bad Axe Rev 304 with latest bios, this is
X6800 idle
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/9...idle4rd.th.png
and this is
X6800 load (2x Prime)
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/6...load4hu.th.png
Don't try to tell me that Bad Axe reads out wrong. If it would read 10-20°C off than my real temp would be around 0°C ... that would be just stupid with ~20°C water temperature.
So just for the records: if Bad Axe reads out high, your temperature IS high.
Just do not forget it is the real internal die temperature, no off-die crap. Conroe basically gets hot (high efficiency and little die size) and air-cooling is not a proper cooling for overclocking.
Not to disagree with you there, but it's 20C in my house. If I leave my computer off all day and turn it on, Bad Axe is reporting my processor temp is 52C and my system temp is 37C before I even get into BIOS. This is with an undervolted 805 with a XP-120. I feel that reading is at least 10C high.
What is the max multiplier you can get with the X6800? Sorry if this has been mentioned bu I didn't read all the posts in the thread.
xmartin:
Core temp beta and bad axe bios or say Everest should show you different results
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,126403,00.aspQuote:
"The high performance, raw processing power and low power consumption will deliver a lot of value for consumers," said Liem Nguyen, a spokesman for Dell.
"We've been working closely with Intel on testing and development, and we saw a 40 percent performance gain and almost the equivalent for improved power consumption," compared to the previous generation, he said.
Most credible source for the date besides Intel imho.
we hope so dumo...Quote:
Originally Posted by Dumo
Quote:
Originally Posted by theteamaqua
You can't judge the retail stepping from one or two pieces.
im sorry but unless the conroe has a built in heat sensor those are not ondie temps.
and ,, i dont know.. does it ?
for years boards have read temps way wrong, i dont know of intels history becuase of their lack of overclocking in the past.
when in doubt mount a probe and see what happens....
but i do doubt they are 10-20c off thats just crazy.
and if you guys are using the stock cooler then YES you can be guarenteed that your temps are wAY high... that cooler sucks hairy you know what..
get yourself a decent air cooler. you cant do anything with that intel cooler and intel needs to get off their collective butts and start giving use a decent heatpipe cooler like amd
for those on water if your temps seem right then ok..
also check to make sure your heatsink is contacting the cpu IHS properly.
you cant use math to calculate heat simply because there are too many other variables involved, mainly is the dissipation of the heatsink and if it has proper contact. how fast the fan is moving, is it aluminum or copper, how thick are the fins,, you can calculate heatoutput of the cpu using the raw wattages but again too many variables make that calculation unreliable.
a probe isnt ondie, its on IHS but that is still going to yield a pretty close temp.
someone needs to try and see if the mobo temps are reading incredibly different or only slightly, if its slightly then you can probably assume that the temps are correct since the probe is a ways away from the die, and only testing the edge of the ihs.
Just tried temp reading.
Remember that this is with an 805 not Conroe yet.
Temp reading taken from the side if the IHS which is covered by the base of my Si-120... the base is stopping any air from the fan reaching the probe.
results:
Idle: temp probe 35c AI-Booster temp reading on CPU35c - 37c
Full load temp probe 37c - 38c AI-Booster temp reading on CPU 41c - 43c
This is just one set of results, but it seems to show that the IHS heat gets disipated by the HS ok. I therefore deduce that the motherboard reads the temp from the underside and maybe that does not disipate so well.
Intel chips still have a void and collection of IC's under the centre of the core. AMD dont now. P4's certainly read thier temps from either on board diodes or from this void area. I think heat is building up there and struggling to escape. This may be a failing of the 775 socket?
They are indeed on die temp sensors built into the core.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
The question is whether or not the the sensor chip is reading them right, or the software is reading the sensor chip right. Either way, the reported temps originate from on die sensors.
Thanks for posting that. Have we already forgotten ABit IC7-G?Quote:
Originally Posted by mdzcpa
Quote:
Originally Posted by Donnie27
true true
I too have a Pentium D 805 as I wait for a Conroe, and I am using the same motherboard as you - P5W DH Deluxe, and with the 0520 bios my idle temp in bios was 75C! Surely something must have been wrong, since the CPU was watercooled (Swiftech Storm - perfect contact).
-k0nsl
Quote:
Originally Posted by simonmaltby
From what it looks like your temps are actual temps.
Why did you use Arctic Alumina with Intel's HSF instead of the original Shin Etsu compound ?
My advice : get another thermal paste and apply it evenly and very thinly across the entire HS.
Well you should be able to tell from your overclock whether the temps are correct or not. At 75deg, you wouldn't get very far.Quote:
Originally Posted by k0nsl
Quote:
Originally Posted by savantu
he's not the only one getting some suspect high readings. I think there may be at least a partial failure in the temp reading sensors on at least some of these boards. I beleive someone who works for the company who makes the sensors stated earlier in one of these threads that there was a problem with the sensors. I am not sure if the badaxe and the asus use the same sensor though, but it would seem likley.
off topic.. followed that link and ended up on the dell site and saw thisQuote:
Originally Posted by Verisimilitude
http://www.dell.com/content/products...en&s=dhs&cs=19
Do u think there would anyway to get that case, Dells are standard ATX right?
When i look at it Ferrari springs to mind for some reason
EDIT
Its BTX
no dell isnt standard ATX unless they have changed things.
they use a custom power supply so you cant use a standard psu unless you cut the rear of the case.
as for motheboard fitting yes, typically there shouldnt be any issues as long as you get a tower and not a mid tower or mATX tower. Although the person i sold my 955 XE to has an XPS 600 and she said they had a mini ATX board in theirs and that my P5WD2-E Prem. wouldnt fit in the case so be careful
ATX is an industry standard and dell and others dont stray from that, but they do use other aspects of their cases, such as the psu to make is hard for other components to fit properly
*edit*
since i actually looked at the picture yes it should work fine.
but i doubt you'll find a case anywhere but ebay. you cant just buy their cases.
Well said. IMO the temps are just reading high. On water I'm seeing 68c loaded on my X6800 @ 3.8ghz with only 1.49v on an unmodded Bad Axe 3.04. Idle is at 46c. That's simply too high. My water block never exceeds 30c ever (and, yes, my block and IHS have excellent contact).Quote:
Originally Posted by xgman
In addition, by cranking down my rad fans, I can get the cpu temps into the 74-76c range easily running dual prime at 3.8ghz at 1.5v stable. There is no way it would stay stable at 75c.
Last, at stock volts and speeds, the chip still idles at 43c and loads at 65c. Not likely on water cooling.
I'm guessing the temps report too high by about 10c. Maybe more.
Just touch your heatsink, for example, my TT BT heatpipes were a bit warm only when temp reading were above 60C
Anyone?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr.X
CPUZ says 6-11 so I think 11.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr.X
it goes to atleast 13x and if you still want an answer read the entire threads about it. Or pm someone with a conroe if that doesn't work.
REPOST
There will be other boards and with luck, they'll use better equipment or better micro code.
Once I had 3 computers with the same WinBond chip. These were AOpen AX4C, Gigabyte i850E 8IHX or something and Abit IC7-G Max. The Aopen and Gigabyte were very close reading all 3 P4s, a 1.7GHz Willy, 2GHz NW and 2.4GHz (400MHz FSB from a Dell). The ABit and Gigabyte, are still being used BTW, consistantly read all 3 processors 12 to 16C high depending on room temp at IDLE. Under Load was a real joke. Once it showed the 2GHz Northwood that Idled at 32C most of the time, at 46C and my 2.6C at 56C at stock idle when the Aopen showed 49C while overclocked to 3.26GHz on air and 57C under load. I used a CNPS 7000Cu cooler. Newer BIOS did change some of the results but still left it reading higher than anything else.
The folks at Motherboard Monitor warned about this as well. I was on Abit's forum while they did nothing and said. "We're right and everyone else is wrong".
savantu - the thermal *pad* on the retail cooler sucked. It was basically two slender slips. It would definitely have been much worse.
For the naysayers:
A) I tried different grease compounds to no effect
B) I tried different heatsinks to no effect
I am using a TT Tower112 cu - it is a monstrous copper fin heat pipe connected heatsink that doesn't get blisteringly hot (thanks to the 1"1/2 92 mm fan running at 5200 rpm), or even lukewarm.
I am running in a chilled environment. I know what I am doing folks, and I am telling you either the chip is running hot or the badaxe is reading them too high. I have to say that while the badaxe is stable, I'm not too impressed with its OC options considering the contortions I had to go through to get it to OC (or even recognize when I changed the voltage options!)
Thanks for sharing and keep it up. I'm sure you'll find the key to getting her stable and blistering fast (the key is probably the promie or ln2 hehe)Quote:
Originally Posted by redpriest
that said, I might consider different memory if I were you. Only the best for Conroe ;)
What would you recommend? I'm using OCZ Platinum PC6400 with 5-5-5-15 timings. Fry's had some $300 PC8000(!) OCZ memory, but I wasn't going to splurge the extra cash for it.
EDIT: I haven't bothered yet with aggressively tuning my memory yet - I noticed moving from 667-> 800 hardly made a difference, but then again, I didn't change the latency either; I haven't pushed the memory to the max yet, though the BadAxe needs me to send 2.2v into it to get it to stably work at 5-5-5-15 (!).
Im ordering some Team memory tonight.. People have nail 1000 speed with it with about 2.4 or so volts.. Im also buying some G.Skill... I will see how each plays on my board. I dont have much faith in my P5WDH after reading some of these threads. Im picking up a cheap celly to power it up when the ram comes.
off topic, but has anyone been able to get MBM5 to read the 775x? if so, what profile or .ini file?
No, that's wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by kiwi
Latest Everest build shows exactly the same temperature as Core Temp on each core.
Bios gives a temperature between idle and load because it does not idle the CPU completely.
Everything is just fine. With air-cooling I also get temperatures around 40-50°C idle and do not complain about wrong readings. If I switch back to water, temperature is alright again.
She already is pretty fast at 3.466 ghz =)Quote:
Originally Posted by dr_sharp
My wall right now appears to be at 3.733 - I think if I had water cooling, I'd be able to go higher with NP. Once I transition my prometia over, I think I'll see > 4 ghz.