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08-06-2006, 08:11 AM
lawrywild

50k ftw

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/638/orbzd3.png

I could hit 55k but not now, I'll wait to see if anyone beats me with this score first :)
08-06-2006, 08:45 AM
matt1

Quote:

Originally Posted by [timko]

You seem to think it's a credit limit increase that Mr Footlong is suggesting. It's not. What you will be doing is paying money onto the credit card much in the same way as if you was just paying the monthly statement off. You can phone them up to do this or do it via online access if your bank has it. In either case you'll need a debit card (linked a current account of some kind that has the funds you want to put on the credit card).

Basically, this is what happens...

1) Currently your card has no spend on it and you have Â£500 available.

2) Phone up your card issuer or access your account online and put on, for example, Â£50 with a debit card.

3) You now have Â£550 available to spend on your card.

:)

I wasn't sure if that was valid, but I don't see why not - if you confirm it to be possible then it's probably a good option. I may try to get a limit increase anyway, takes a few days to pay money into the CC account so over the counter would be my best bet. Cheers for clearing that up.
08-06-2006, 09:01 AM
leejsmith

Quote:

Originally Posted by lawrywild

50k ftw

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/638/orbzd3.png

I could hit 55k but not now, I'll wait to see if anyone beats me with this score first :)

Nice lawry what did you score with the celeron how much did you improve.
thats your best score ever yes even with the dothan and 6800
08-06-2006, 10:41 AM
lawrywild

Quote:

Originally Posted by leejsmith

Nice lawry what did you score with the celeron how much did you improve.
thats your best score ever yes even with the dothan and 6800

celeron? didn't run it with a celeron :/

My previous best was 38k with Dothan, p4gpl-x and 7800gt
08-06-2006, 12:35 PM
leejsmith

Quote:

Originally Posted by lawrywild

celeron? didn't run it with a celeron :/

My previous best was 38k with Dothan, p4gpl-x and 7800gt

what did you have before the core2 i thought it was a celeron.
08-06-2006, 12:37 PM
lawrywild

Quote:

Originally Posted by leejsmith

what did you have before the core2 i thought it was a celeron.

amd x2 then celeron for 2 weeks
08-06-2006, 12:40 PM
RAGING DRAGON

Quick question.
Did the E6600 ES samples have different multipliers?
08-06-2006, 12:46 PM
fornowagain

If you were thinking of taking off the heatsinks on the P5W. Take a look.

http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/6...0452qi2.th.jpg
http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/6...0453gg2.th.jpg

The TIM they use is crap. Hardly any contact, the southbridge just fell off. I don't know if you can make this out, but there are two chips under the top cooler not even touching the thermal tape.

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/9...0454mb4.th.jpg

AS5 on cores and some CÃ©ramique on the vregs, glued/screwed on some nice blue LED 40's. Chipset temps down from late 40's to 34C under prime, fans are flat out @ 5000RPM. And I'm pleased with the Tuniq 120, 44C with dual-prime according to probeII, don't how accurate that is, its at a few hours prime 3.5GHz 1.45 vcore. I'll see how hot I can get it with SnM later.

http://img450.imageshack.us/img450/3...0456qx6.th.jpg
http://img351.imageshack.us/img351/8...0458cy5.th.jpg
08-06-2006, 12:47 PM
fornowagain

Quote:

Originally Posted by RAGING DRAGON

Quick question.
Did the E6600 ES samples have different multipliers?

IIRC, No just unlocked downwards.
08-06-2006, 12:49 PM
RAGING DRAGON

Quote:

Originally Posted by fornowagain

No just unlocked downwards.

That's what I thought. But I just read from someone who is selling an E6600 ES that he's selling his ES toget another E6600 ES because it has a higher multiplier.
I was thinking wth is he on about?
08-06-2006, 12:52 PM
fornowagain

Quote:

Originally Posted by RAGING DRAGON

That's what I thought. But I just read from someone who is selling an E6600 ES that he's selling his ES toget another E6600 ES because it has a higher multiplier.
I was thinking wth is he on about?

He must be on about the E6700 with x10
08-06-2006, 12:55 PM
don_vercetti

I'm sure some earlier ES's had open multiplier, in a similar way to how some early ES E6300 had 4mb cache. Don't forget, they are never meant for public dissection generally.
08-06-2006, 02:34 PM
Jessfm

ES are usualy fully unclocked.
08-06-2006, 02:54 PM
lawrywild

hmmm.. I think i'll have to replace the stock paste then sometime. That looks terrible...
08-06-2006, 11:55 PM
don_vercetti

As i told you.

What are your RAM timings looking like at this point? Whenever i go above 370mhz FSB, i am forced to set them to SPD (which changes them to 5-6-6-18, which is Disgusting). The problem i think is the little option at the bottom, called Write Time or something. If only we had larger breadth for that, we could maintain everything else at 4-4-4-12 or so.
08-07-2006, 01:09 AM
gallag

thanks for the replies guys, i kinda thought that ocuk was a bit more Â£, but they could get it to me quicker and seemed helpful.

online tracking says that the goods have been loaded into a van for delivery so ill update with pics soon.
08-07-2006, 01:12 AM
horrorwood

I would of gone for the x1800xt 256mb over the 7900GT.

They are only Â£149 and you get HDR+AA in oblivion :cool:
08-07-2006, 01:19 AM
leejsmith

if you boot with ram @ spd how does the board behave when changing the timings in windows ?
08-07-2006, 01:39 AM
Jabba

Just got *4 GHZ * - Conroe E6700 - With A Vapo XE

At last I am able to post on Xtreme and join the UK conroe party :toast:

Anyway I had an E6700 ordered with novatech since early July, but decided to go with an OEM from scan in the end and to this date it seems there is no "real" news on the E6700's for novatech :rolleyes:

Here are my results so far, go easy on me though as I am still on a steep learning curve at the moment.

Mobo : Asus P5WDH (un-modified except for a 120mm blowing over her)
Cpu: Conroe E6700 @ 4.0GHZ 1.6v
PSU : Temporary :Ulta 520W (need single rail for vapo) Usual :OCZ 520W Powerstram currently on a RMA
Cooling : Vapo XE (with some better insulation, and a few tweeks) -26c idle -22.5c full load
vcard : 2 x ati x1600 (crossfire enabled) I am not a gamer but I need quad outputs, stock, as I know nothing about graphics but would be willing to learn, 36K on 3dmark 01.
Ram : GSkill Dual Channel HZ PC2-6400 2GB 400mhz 4-3-3-4 2.2v
Monitors : 4 x 21.1 Samsung TFT
Headache Medication : 4 x Anadin Extras
Dog : A gold one like the master of the conroe OC.
Website : www.jabbasworld.net

Thanks for the help/advice Lawry !

http://www.zen62132.zen.co.uk/810.jpg
http://www.zen62132.zen.co.uk/DSC03893.JPG
http://www.zen62132.zen.co.uk/DSC03905.JPG
http://www.zen62132.zen.co.uk/4ghz.jpg
08-07-2006, 02:14 AM
lawrywild

Quote:

Originally Posted by leejsmith

if you boot with ram @ spd how does the board behave when changing the timings in windows ?

It's fine to adjust them with memset.

Np Jabba
08-07-2006, 02:24 AM
fornowagain

This is the 24/7 I think, rock solid at 3.5GHz, its got more just can't be asked. Pi's 32M at 3.6GHz 400x9 no problem. BTW the probeII reading 256C only happens if I open cpu-z.

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/5835/picturejl1.jpg
08-07-2006, 02:32 AM
lawrywild

Nice MB temp aswell.. think today I'll take apart everything and reapply paste evrywhere.

VF900 needs a good clean aswell..

PS: where did you buy those led 40mm fans?
08-07-2006, 03:13 AM
fornowagain

Quote:

Originally Posted by lawrywild

PS: where did you buy those led 40mm fans?

I had them left over from another rig, them come as a part of a heatsink combo from Maplins IIRC, Akasa's.
08-07-2006, 03:29 AM
Moonraker™

Has nobody tried OCing on a SLi board?
08-07-2006, 04:03 AM
matt1

Re: E6600. Had a chat with dabs today, they had a due date of 3-4 days at the weekend and this morning it was 1-2 days (the observant will notice it's now 1-2 weeks). Here's the convo.

Quote:

You have been connected to Stella .
Stella : Good morning , how may we help you?
me: hello, i placed an order yesterday for an item but cancelled it due to another supplier having it in stock but they sold out very quickly
me: do you know when you may be recieving some more E6600 CPUs?
me: if it's tomorrow or the day after, i'd like to reopen my order
Stella : Please supply the quicklinx code of the item and I will check
me: 44HDWS
Stella : We expect stock on the 18th august
me: but it says 1-2 days on the item listing, i take it this is out of date
Stella : We have placed orders with alternative suppliers who advised in the next few days however no date has yet been given
me: ok thank you

So there's a remote chance there will be more in the next week or so, so people may want to follow this up or buy from elsewhere. I've bitten the bullet and bought from Novatech, Â£233 isn't bad and I got the last one - no joke, some bugger bought one just before me so I was a bit anxious about missing out. Now, to choose a motherboard for my E6600, I've heard the 975X would be a better choice over the 965 - best value overclocking board? I'm not at all interested in Crossfire or SLi.

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