my experience with the new linx, the new version will need more vcore to pass compared to the old version, that's because the new version has improved linpack especially for 5500 series or i7Quote:
Originally Posted by esdxx
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my experience with the new linx, the new version will need more vcore to pass compared to the old version, that's because the new version has improved linpack especially for 5500 series or i7Quote:
Originally Posted by esdxx
no probs m8, but remember i have a different version (3.2)Quote:
Originally Posted by BLunTSmoKeR
the 1.65v mem limit corresponds to the 0.5v difference between qpi/vtt and dram at stock speedsQuote:
Originally Posted by BLunTSmoKeR
i left all sub timings on auto, but sometimes hard set the RTL values to stop them changing between reboots/trips into the biosQuote:
Originally Posted by BLunTSmoKeR
So how much VDimm is considered safe to use on these chips?
Can anyone tell me why what I had assumed is the default vcore for my 940 keeps changing it's value? I thought it was meant to be a reference to the stock voltage?
Only thing that has changed other than my manual voltage in each pic is HT and LLC. First I thought it was a result of turning those on/off, but it seems much more random than that.
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...r575/002-3.jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...per575/003.jpg
@nipper575, first picture is with Turbo Disabled, second is with Turbo Enabled, when you enable Turbo it will raise your vcore
Really, I didn't think I touched turbo mode, I'll try it now.
thanks.
personally i don't worry about it and just keep it below a 0.5v difference between qpi/vtt and dramQuote:
Originally Posted by BLunTSmoKeR
I'd stick to 1.65 24/7. i7 ram seems so fragile...Quote:
Originally Posted by BLunTSmoKeR
I've used 1.80v for 1.65v rated mem, the whole ''don't go over 1.65v'' thing is just overrated imo.
So as long as I stick to the .5v rule I can push more than 1.65v VDimm without any worries?
I'm not planning on doing this for 24/7 use, just for benching.
@nipper, mine does the exact same when I disable turbo boost tech in the BIOS.
I got a question. How do you uninstall the old chipset driver?
Quote:
Originally Posted by phsinc1
Thanks guys, after playing around with the settings, turning turbo on and off did indeed change my default vcore. I think there must be other contributing settings also as by turning turbo off only dropped my default vcore to ~1.265v, not the 1.225v it did in the picture, just a matter of seeing what I had turned on and off in the bios...Quote:
Originally Posted by BLunTSmoKeR
Thanks guys.
Normally though add/remove programs, or programs and features if you are a vista user.Quote:
Originally Posted by 123456iambelial
I have Vista Ultimate, but I don't see it in Programs and Features.Quote:
Normally though add/remove programs, or programs and features if you are a vista user.
What is the name of the chipset driver in Programs and Features?
sorry, no you wouldn't find the actual intel INF driver there, silly me. I was thinking along the lines of the audio/lan/raid drivers that go along with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by 123456iambelial
I think you will need to reformat and reinstall vista to change the chipset driver, or perhaps a repair install would also let you reinstall your chipset driver without losing any data.
Just for updating the chipset driver???
If you are mainly just updating your current chipset driver (overriding the files), try this:Quote:
Originally Posted by 123456iambelial
Create a shortcut of the .exe
Right-click the shortcut and make sure it has -overall in the Target line.
example: "C:\INF_allOS_9.1.1.1015_PV.exe" -overall
Then run the shortcut thereafter. :)
Is there away to do this the right way? i don't want to screw up my system by updating my chipset driver.
Just update over the old driver, it will scan and install/update any necessary drivers and the others will be left alone
For updating I would just install over the old driver like the person above said, you asked how to remove the old driver in which case there is no quick way afaik.
Cool.
Thanks
Yeah mate, just install the newer one on top of the old one, I have done this several times and haven't had a single issue at all..
how come my heatpipe thingy doesn't help cool the chipset.
idles at 55*c sits at 61*c while gaming.
Quoted from Stasio at TweakTown.
Quote:
New beta BIOS:
GA-EX58-Extreme - F9c
GA-EX58-UD5 - F9d
GA-EX58-UD4 - F7c
GA-EX58-UD4P - F10c
GA-EX58-UD3R - F8c
GA-EX58-DS4 - F8b
Update Intel microcode
D0 Stepping Temp control
Hello guys,
I am still on bios F4, currently my D0 is running at 4.2 with 1.375 vcore and 1.29 vvt, on water that is. my temps are good as far as D0s go (70c max on the highest core using linx) I just noticed that with bios F5 and above I get better support for D0. what does that mean, my 920 D0 works perfectly with the F4 bios. the only issue that I have is my vcore seems a bit high for D0 chips out there, should I update the bios and hope I will be able to run the same clocks with less vcore?? or bios update would not effect that? if yes the latest bios I see on gigabyte website is F7, however I see that there are F9s already out there, if you guys think that a bios update may improve my overclock (less vcore) which bios would you recommend keeping on mind that I am using USB wireless keyboard and mouse.
thanks
Ahmed
F7 BIOS seems to be the best for me, I will stick with it until F9 final gets released..
My first UD5 came with F4 BIOS, and I used to get BSOD's all over the place with my D0 chip, but as soon as I updated it to F6 all those BSOD's dissapeared..
Hi guys,:)
Im new to this forum.
I have the ex58-extreme motherboard.
I have a strange problem,
I am running my system with two gigabyte 260 in sli.
sometimes, when i power up my computer, my monitor doesn't get any signal when it boot up, I have to wait until i heard the sound of vista starting up, and i got the vista logo on my screen.
I hardly get to see the post screen.
Do you think there is any problem with my motherboard? :shrug::shrug:
I have got a question. When I fire up CPU-Z and go to the SPD tab and go to slot 5 it says it's empty, but the system shows 6gb of ram. Is my dimm bad or is it something else?
cardnut9968, which version of CPUZ are you using?
When your system is POST'ing, how much RAM does it say is installed?
Press tab on the Gigabyte splash screen to see the POST details.
Also, if you go into task manager, then on the performance tab, how much does it say for the total physical memory installed?
I had an issue a while back where my system was only seeing 4GB of RAM instead of 6GB, both the Windows Basic Info and CPUZ said that I had 6GB, but when I checked the BIOS, POST info, and Performance tab in Task Manager, they all reported only 4GB...
If you update to the very latest version of CPUZ (1.52.2) it will tell you if your system is only seeing 4GB..
I am not sure how many VGA/DVI outputs do 260 come with, but try plugging the monitor to another dvi port within the same card or the other card.Quote:
Originally Posted by lovett
New BIOS:
GA-EX58-Extreme - F9d
GA-EX58-UD5 - F9e
GA-EX58-UD4 - F7d
GA-EX58-UD4P - F10d
GA-EX58-UD3R - F8d
GA-EX58-UD3R (1.6) - FD4
GA-EX58-UD3R-SLI - F6d
GA-EX58-DS4 - F8c
Fix abnormal CPU temperature
What changes?
@Alexxx650....
Quote:
Originally Posted by stasio
For the X58-UD5 how much is the safe QPI voltage we can give to an air cooled i920 ?
Guys I got snow leopard running on this board with this pre-boot iso
Needs Snow Leopard for $30 from Best buy, the upgrade disk is a full install!
Here is the pre-boot link- bit.ly/r7xwN (10mb)
It needs a 8800gt but you could change this afterward, I think.
Made it with a preboot making program from here bit.ly/2ja7Nq (30mb)
Dont get easier then this.
Ahhh, I have been meaning to try installing OSX on my new rig, used to run it on my old AMD Dual Core system a while back, using iDeneb 10.5.5 version, and it used to fly, I can only imagine it being 100 times better now with this i7 rig..Quote:
Originally Posted by mattrb
I am gonna dig out my disc and give it a go this weekend, as I loved using OSX for general day to day use, and just use Windows for benching and gaming..
Guys, is there any way to disable the blue LED on the board (i believe it is power LED) ?
Not that I know of mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by esdxx
Why would you want to disable it anyway???:confused:
Well it slightly disturbs me while sleeping, since the light goes thru my upper case ventilation and reflects blue light on the wall. Not a big deal though.Quote:
Originally Posted by BLunTSmoKeR
black electrical tape ftw lol
I have heard that people have issues with OCZ RAM in Gigabyte X58 mobos. Is that true? I could buy much faster OCZs or slower Corsairs.
Would you recommend 6 GB / 1600 Mhz / 1.65V RAM from OCZ for running 920 D0 at 3.6-4.0 Ghz? Is it worth buying 1600 Mhz ram for OC-ed 920, or I would be better with a faster 1333 Mhz one?
I have 2 sets of OCZ 6gb (mine and wifes builds) and 1 sets of corsair 6gb (one of my OCZ sticks went bad) , all work fine in both my wife and my GB x58. Currently I am using corsair dom. 1600mhz, 7,7,7 20 1.65v. My wife has same specs in her OCZ. Have not had any problem with either, except one of the OCZ sticks bit dust in mine, but that will occur with any brand...need to be less lazy and rma it, but just overnighted some corsair from newegg instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by zsero
I would get 1600mhz minimum of whatever you want OCZ or Corsair, dont get 1333, price nearly same and 1333 will limit your options if it does not OC well.
Should i get UD5 now or wait for the X58A revision to come out? Anyone know when it's coming out?
Look at some earlier posts, some talk of the new revision NOT being released in the near future......but I dont think anyone knows for sure :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by webbyboy
We are waiting on Lsdmeasap to give us more info on these new mobos.. I was told from another source that they were scrapped completely, but Lsd has confirmed that this is infact not true at all, but he wasn't able to say anymore quite yet, but he did say that it was good news what he was told, so I assume they will be getting released sometime in the very near future.
But you could wait forever if you keep putting off your upgrades, if I were you I would just get one of the current UD5's now, they are excellent mobos, I have 2 here, and they are flawless!
Hmm, tempted but I'm planning to put a native VMM on my set-up.Quote:
Originally Posted by mattrb
Most prolly ESXi, but will try Xen and maybe a few others if no good.
The 1st couple of VM's on it will be:
1) NAS/FS
2) MythTV backend / PVR
Now of only the freakin EX58A would hurry-up and come out!
Ciao
Hi Im having problems getting my board over 208 BLCK. My chip only needs 1.16v for 4Ghz (191x21) and 1.23v for 4.2Ghz (200x21) but i freeze on post screen at anything over 207 BLCK.
Whats the main voltages that effect BLCK? Im dropping multi to x19 and running turbo off to test max BLCK.
Thanks for any help.
Brad.
VTT is main voltage for BCLK, Also IOH voltage. try fiddeling with this, keep in mind that TO much can also have the reverse effect.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Infa
Will do mate thanks.
Thanks mate it seemed IOH of 1.2v was the problem. Lowered it to 1.16v and just passed alittle linx run at 211 BLCK. Will keep pushing.
Argh managed to get up to 215BLCK and pass some link but tried to stick multi up and see if it would boot at 4.5Ghz. It failed and will now not post at the settings saved that passed link with 215 BLCK.
Brad, some people say that raising PCIe clock can help with higher clocks, I set my PCIe clock to 102MHz, I have managed to get my chip to 4.6GHz with 220Bclk, haven't tried for anything higher, but these boards tend to have a Bclk wall of 222MHz unless you hardmod them..
If you are handy with a soldering iron, you could PM hicookie and ask him for the hardmod instructions.
Nah i would be more than happy with 220BLCK. Just need to figure out whats holding my back and will be away :)
Do you have CPU clock drive set to 800mV and PCIe clock drive to 900mV?
Duno if i remember it correctly, but i think you can disable it via the DESA tool.Quote:
Originally Posted by esdxx
I was wondering if anyone here is running 4.2GHz 24/7 on their UD5's?
If so, could you please share your BIOS settings with me, as I am trying to get mine stable at 4.2GHz but it keeps BSOD'ing on my a$$...
I currently have Vtt set to 1.415v, and Vcore @ 1.315v (in CPUZ), but with LLC disabled, so it drops down to 1.264v under load.
I really don't want to push Vtt much further, as I already feel 1.415v is a lot.
But I want to get this stable!!!
Im running 4.2Ghz 24/7 on air. I expect you may need more vcore unless you have a decent chip.
Code:4.2Ghz 920 D0 LinX stable 1600Mhz.
CPU Clock Ratio [20x]
Advanced CPU Features [Press Enter]:
CPU Clock Ratio [20x]
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech [Enabled]
CPU Cores Enabled [All]
CPU Multi Threading [Enabled]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) [Enabled]
C3/C6/C7 State Support [Disabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor [Enabled]
CPU EIST Function [Enabled]
Virtualization Technology [Disabled]
Bi-Directional PROCHOT [Disabled]
Uncore & QPI Features [Press Enter]:
QPI Link Speed [x36]
Uncore Frequency [x19]
Isonchronous Frequency [Enabled]
Advanced Clock Control [Press Enter]:
standard clock control
Base Clock (BCLK) Control [Enabled]
BCLK Frequency (MHz) [200]
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) [AUTO]
C.I.A.2 [Disabled]
advanced clock control
CPU Clock Drive [ 800mV]
PCI Express Clock Drive [ 900mV]
CPU Clock Skew [ 100ps]
IOH Clock Skew [ 0ps]
Performance Enhance [Turbo]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.) [Disabled]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) [x8]
DRAM Timing Selectable (sPD) [Manual]
Channel A
CAS Latency Time 8 [9]
tRCD 8 [9]
tRP 8 [9]
tRAS 20 [24]
Channel B
CAS Latency Time 8 [9]
tRCD 8 [9]
tRP 8 [9]
tRAS 20 [24]
Channel C
CAS Latency Time 8 [9]
tRCD 8 [9]
tRP 8 [9]
tRAS 20 [24]
Advanced Voltage Control [Press Enter]:
Load Line Calibration [Enabled]
CPU Vcore 1.15v [1.28750v]
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v [1.320v]
CPU PLL 1.800v [1.840v]
MCH
PCIE 1.500v [1.540v]
QPI PLL 1.100v [1.140v]
IOH Core 1.100v [1.200v]
ICH I/O 1.500v [AUTO]
ICH Core 1.1v [1.200v]
DRAM
DRAM Voltage 1.500v [1.660v]
DRAM Termination 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-A Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-B Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-C Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-A Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-B Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-C Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Cheers mate, gonna give this a blast now.
Which BIOS you on?
I'm using F9e here.
Also, what does that CPU Clock Skew do?
In addition to raising vcore, you might want to try lower qpi/vtt, unless you have 12 gb ram, in which case it may need to be that high. Once you get above what you need you are just adding heat and may make it less stable.Quote:
Originally Posted by BLunTSmoKeR
I am running 4.4 at 1.34 vcore load (1.38 bios with LLC ON and probably ~1.43 or so if had LLC off). And qpi/vtt at 1.34. dram 1.64v, rest settings dont matter on mine.
F9e here too. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by BLunTSmoKeR
OK, I have went back to F7, as I couldn't even get my 4GHz o/c stable with F9e.
I can do 200x20 with 1.248v (CPUZ in the BIOS it's at 1.2814v or something like that)under load and Vtt at 1.335v, this is with LLC disabled btw.
But I just can't seem to get 4.2GHz stable at all, I will just have to keep tweaking I guess, as it isn't really worth me asking you guys what your BIOS settings are, because your settings aren't going to work for my chip at the end of the day.
It is really annoying, because before I tried F9e my 4.2GHz o/c was LinX stable (20 passes using all available RAM) and it was only Prime95 Blend Test I was having issues with, but I forgot to save the profile, and I can't for the life of me remember which voltages I was using.
Can anyone explain to me what that CPU Clock Skew does please?
Hello all,
First off I am not expert in overclocking so I would like that you guys check are my settings (voltages) safe for 24/7 usage.
My i7 920 is overclocked to 3,6 GHz+ TURBO BOOST and I don't want to go higher. Memory is Kingston 3x2 GB kit, 1866 MHZ. It needs 1.65 V to work at that speed. I set CPU clock ratio to 20x, and BCLK to 180. QPI Clock Ratio is x 36 so I get 6,48GHz QPI speed. I set CPU Vcore to 1.27500V in bios, QPI/Vtt Voltage to 1.335V. IOH core is at 1.120V, DRAM Voltage is 1.660V so that BIOS see 1.650V. CPU PLL is 1.840V, ICH Core is at 1.140V.
I have finished LinX 0.6.3. times x50 with maximum memory usage with no errors, maximum teperature reported with real temp is 80C.
I am interested are my settings safe for usage and is there something else i need to do, lower Voltages , atc...
Im am very grateful in advance for your responses, and sorry for my english :)
Hi there,Quote:
Originally Posted by Zoran2
Are you using a D0 or C0 i920?
If you have D0 I would say that your Vcore is a little on the high side for 3.8GHz.
Although no 2 chips are the same, I can do 3.8GHz stable with only 1.200v Vcore, 1.225v QPI/Vtt, and the rest on stock.
I could probably get the Vcore lower tbh, but I never bothered playing with the BIOS settings at 3.8GHz as I wanted to get 4GHz stable.
I can do 4GHz with 1.248v Vcore and 1.255v QPI.
You should try lowering your Vcore to 1.2500v and then test with LinX or Prime95 to see if you can get it stable with less voltage.
The voltages you are using are perfectly fine for 24/7 usage, but like I said, you could propably get them lower with a bit of tweaking.
Or you could even leave them where they are, but just bump your Bclk up to 191 which will give you a 4GHz o/c instead of 3.8GHz, I know you said you didn't want to go any higher, but if your chip can do it, then it would be worth it imo...
I updated to the latest CPU-Z and I still have the same issue. Both the post and task manager see 6gb, but I still can't see the spd tab in slot 5. All the sticks are clean in memtest too. I guess this weekend I'll try swapping the slots of two of them and see if I encounter the same issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by BLunTSmoKeR
Hmmm, I don't know what would be causing this mate..
However, if your system is passing memtest, and all 6GB is being seen in Task Manager, then this must only be an issue with CPUz, so it isn't really anything to worry about.
Which RAM are you using again?
i7 940 2.93@4.4Ghz,Corsair Dominator 6Gb 1866@2100Mhz 9-9-9-24 c2,Gigabyte GA-EX58 Extreme, 2x WD Raptor Raid 0, GTX 280 SLI Core 602@650,Shader,1296@1401,Mem 2214@2360, Thermaltake 1200w PSU,Vista x64, Heavily Modified Tj06 case. Waterblocks EK LT CPU, EK NB,SB and Mosfets, 18W Laing + Res,240 Stealth Rad = CPU, 120 Stealth = Chipset. 8hr Prime Stable, CPU 210BCLK 21x Multi No HT,VCore 1.42,IOH 1.3, DDR 1.65,QPI 1.595 A little high i no but stable and cool, CPU Temps 24oC idle, Prime Max 41oC,Cores Mx 71oC. Most Stable and best board ive had or ever worked on and thats a lot of X58's he he WELL DONE GIGABYTE. I no ppl will comment that these voltages are to high but its been fine for 3mths now 24/7 usage and well if the chip does die :banana::banana::banana::banana: happens gives me an excuse to get another to the misses. All of the above was f7 bios its now on beta f9d and to be honest wat cpu temps wer the problem i wasnt experiencing any and this bios is exactly the same no diff in settings watsoever
Hey m8, thx for your answer.Quote:
Originally Posted by BLunTSmoKeR
My CPU is D0.
I llowerd Vcore to 1.2500v in bios and test it and it is stable. I think that i need to have QPI/Vtt Voltage at 1.335V because if I set it lower my machine won't boot. Are my other voltages ok, i raised them just by +1 in bios? And I really don't need more to overclock, im am satisfied with this. I managed to get 4,2 GHz with high voltages just for test..
I see that a lot of ppl have got some nice overclocks with a lot lower voltages i no the DO steping is a lot better for voltages. Im not to happy with my qpi as it is a little high although the corsair dominater profile sets it to 1.615 so i shouldnt think itd be much of an issue only time will tell i suppose. And it will not boot at any lower qpi with the ram so high either but hell its fast. I dont suppose any1 nos of any failures yet at these voltages?Quote:
Originally Posted by GBinFukdOver
Guys,
need some help here. Long story short, I need a proper subtiming template to get 12GB Samsung HCF0 to run at 1900Mhz 9-9-9-24 on a EX58-Extreme (using F9d or F9e or whatever the latest bios on the GB hp is as of today). With subtimings on auto it only sees 6GB at POST regardless of VTT and Vdimm (I have tried anthing between 1,35-1,5V VTT and 1,6-1,8V Vdimm). At 1,5V VTT it doesn't even post.
Note that I have a 48h prime/LinX stable setting with 191x21, 10x dram, the w3520@1,175V and 6GB HCF0@1,68V 1900 C9-9-9-24 1T.
After messing with the subtimings at random I got it to show 8GB at post, but no more. Reducing BCLK to 180 (=1800Mhz ram) I see the full 12GB.
However this is a special review system, and it needs to run 12GB at exactly that setting, 190x21 with 10x dram divider and 12GB. I don't really understand the subtiming correlations and did I mention I HATE SUBTIMINGS :D
Any help appreciated.
No difference between F7 and F9d??Quote:
Originally Posted by GBinFukdOver
There are lots of differences in these BIOS'es, there are more settings in the Advanced RAM timings section of this BIOS, I personally hated F9d, I tried it a few days ago, and I couldn't even get 4GHz stable without using really high Vcore and Vtt, so I went back to F7 again, and things are perfect, stable at 4.2GHz now.
Loving my UD4P - still using the BIOS it came with F4/6?
i7 920 D0 - 20x205 with TB ON - 1.264v after v-droop (~1.29v real)
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...z-Bootable.jpg
~Bex
looks like the UD4P might be a good choice too.
ive been debating on what i should get.maybe
ill try the UD4P?
Hi guys, My motherboard seems to require an unusually high QPI/Vtt to reach 191, in fact it needs 1.450V just for 191*21, tried lowering memory and multipler but it's just unstable whenever I lower the QPI/VTT at 191, and any higher it just bluescreens even with 1.450V QPI/VTT.
What other settings can I raise to help increase BCLK or have I just got a crap board?
Nice o/c Bex, what you using for cooling, you have really good temps.
You on water?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Shocky
That does seem really high QPI voltage mate, though I wouldn't say it's the mobos fault, you probably have a poor chip..
What do you have Vcore set to?
Do you have CPU Clock drive set to 900mV and PCIe clock drive set to 800mV?
My vcore is set to 1.312, are you saying then vtt varies depending on the cpu not the motherboard... Interesting. will have to check bios for other settings, but there set to whatever the f9d bios has as default i believe.
Yes QPI/Vtt is dependant on the chip and not the mobo, it is responsible for providing voltage to the processors IMC and the uncore, so obviously it is going to be CPU dependant.
Hows the chip(s) doin blunt??
Finally got my H50, pushed my chip to 4ghz (lame I know, but I like low and no heat) with a vcore set to 1.15v in BIOS and down to 1.10-1.12 in Windows 7 :D
Temps are a respectable 39'c (hottest core) idle and 65'c (hottest core) load :D
My settings seem to the same, other way round to what you posted though... How do i messure the chipset temps? In cpuid's hardware monitor i have tmpin 0, 1 and 2... ?
Use Realtemp for CPU cores, and I use Everest for my motherboard temps :D
http://img.techpowerup.org/090912/441t.jpg
UD5
About 24c ambient
Yeah - I got EK motherboard blocks on the board and using the XSPC Delta V3 :)Quote:
Originally Posted by BLunTSmoKeR
Voltages are good - Going to play around some more - see if I can push her a wee bit more
~Bex
K, downloaded everest and it shows 48C for north bridge, that ok ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonny Manc
It's also on cpuid hardware monitor as tmpin2.
lads any body use whit that board ati 4870x2??
i have problem on this board this graphic not run crossfire??
i try every thing even back to vista and still this same.
cud that by foult of bios??
Johnny, you must have a really nice chip there mate, that is excellent Vcore!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonny Manc
I've talked to a couple people on the OcUK forums who are using this H50's, and they really seem to be great pieces of kit.
If I wasn't going for custom water I would probably grab one myself, but I have got everything for my loop now except for my HK3, I should be getting that in the next couple of weeks hopefully, I can't wait!
I am currently using 1.275v in the BIOS, but my QPI is down to 1.215v, 4GHz stable.
Though my idle temps are 40c, and loads shoot up to 75c, got 2 fans on my TRUE now, and I am also using Arctic Cooling MX3 TIM, this stuff alone knocked 5c off my loads compared to AS5!!
Both of my chips are really nice compared to the last one I had, that's for sure, I am really happy with them now, everything has been spot on since I got these ones..
I tested them both on my rig, and kept the best one for myself, and gave the missus the other!! :D
@Bex, where about in Scotland are you located?
I've came across a couple of Scottish people on here now!
::edit::
Fosco, check those temps mate, no-way would I be letting my chip get up to those kinda temps!
I searched high and low online to try and source a Bloomfield Xeon W3520, but I couldn't find anywhere in the UK that had them, one site had them listed, but didn't have any stock, they still don't have stock as far as I am aware.. :(
Seems people with these Xeons are getting much higher clocks than us 920 users, must be higher binned silicon that gets used for Xeon chips.
@erouz, have you tried the latest ATI drivers for your cards mate?
I have just tried searching google for you to see if anyone else has this problem, but I couldn't seem to find anything, I didn't look very hard though tbh.
@Shocky, 48c is good for NB temps mate, this is idle temps, right?
What are the load temps?
Lol Fosco.. poor CPU ^^ Oh and BTW, I got the exact same batch - they run extremely hot don't they :D
Yes, Xeons are often better, but they are hotter as well.. this is one of mine on the EX58 Extreme that is STILL giving me trouble with 12GB and freezing at post when I try >205Mhz BCLK :shakes:
And no it's not the CPU, that Xeon does 225 BCLK easy on my DFI.
http://database.he-computer.de/Bilder/w3520_4.2.jpg
Note this is on high end water (HK 3,0 CU w/ MCP355 and Feser Quad 480 rad) :eek:
Everest reports my idle NB temps as 32'c :eek:, must be the fans blowing onto the front and back (see the last pic) of my motherboard :confused:.Quote:
Originally Posted by BLunTSmoKeR
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My chip seems like a beauty......might push her up to 200x21 soon, the H50 deals well with the heat...only a few 'c better than my washer modded TRUE, but enough :D
I'm fae Glasgow mate - well - sorta - Newton Mearns atm but I'm probs moving back to Saltcoats/ Ardrossan soon.... - yerself?
~Bex
Damn jcool, that is really low Vcore for 4.2GHz!!
@Johnny, I would push for 4.2GHz if I were you, I recon you will get there without any issues mate.
I use the same Xigmatek fans as you on my TRUE, I really like them, nice and quiet to I must say!
I've got no idea what my IOH temps are tbh, I've never actually checked!!
@Bex, I'm from Burghead, near Elgin, I like it here, nice and peaceful :)
Just read your thread about the crap Asus put you through, though it looks like it worked out for you in the end getting that GTX295!
You deserved it though tbh, I am starting to get worried now, as my GTX280 is from Asus... Though, I don't o/c my GPU, and it's been going strong for nearly a year without any issues so far.. so fingers crossed it stays like that!
I picked it up cheap from OcUK clearance lines, so if it does decide to die, then I wont be to bothered about it really, I'm gonna be grabbing one of the ATI 58** series cards when they hit the shelves anyway..
Just read the 'Asus Customer Service....WHAT!!??' thread....man that sucks ass that they should make you wait like, an absolute disgrace!!
If it were me, I'd have bought another card in the meantime and reported them to trading standards (cos I have to$$pot companies who take the pi$$), but like Blunt said, at least you got a decent outcome :D
Is it me, or is Scotland becoming and overclocking force recently?? Seems there are a lot of Scots knocking around forums these days.....
I'll be up in Portsoy in a few weeks to visit my folks.......roll on :D
Asus Nvidia cards seem to hold out loads better than their ATI 1s do.....
C'mon CPU! Keep going! Don't give up on me yet!!! I'm at 4.5Ghz - I can't get 4.6Ghz stable long enough - BSOD so I'm trying out some voltage raising - see how she fairs...
@ Jonny - yeah - seems to be - I'm aiming to be Scotlands best female OC'er though :P
~Bex
I don't know of any female that is into overclocking, you are the first one I have ever came across Bex!
You are doing really good having 4.5GHz stable, I would be delighted with that personally!
My max clock with this chip has been 4.7GHz, but that was just CPUZ verification, I couldn't test for stability because I'm only using air atm, even at 4.2GHz my temps are a little to high for my liking, 88c on the hottest core when running LinX..
Once I get my chip under water hopefully things will be better.
@jcool
Not all W3520 run hot. I'v had 3 W3520 (2 left), the first one was a 3845A935, and its a typical high-leakage, hot running cpu. Compared to my best one, it runs 10-12 hotter with air-cooling (TRUE) on equal MHz. The only good thing about it is that it runs at even lower vcore than the others. On water it tops out about 4400-4450 for 8 hours prime.
My second and third was 3848A352. I'v sold nr 2, but the last one is really good.
Cooled by water (laing dcc, HK3.0, PA120.3 + BIP3 with 1000 and 1300 rpm fans) with ambient 21-22 it can do this:
http://img.techpowerup.org/090912/linx 4200.jpg
Scaling is also very good:
http://img.techpowerup.org/090912/linx 4410608.jpg
Extremely happy with my GB X58 Extreme, but I'm hoping GB X58A will be released soon, need higher BCLK :D
No, this was load, idles around 40C. So even though my QPI/VTT is high I should be ok to go higher?Quote:
Originally Posted by BLunTSmoKeR
Or does QPI/VTT just further increase CPU temp?
Nice... I can only imagine if my w3520 would be a high vid CPU instead of ultra low vid like yours :shocked:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sniper
Water temps for mine were at 34C tho, because I use 800rpm fans and have the mobo and 2 GTX 280's in the loop as well for that rig. Still nice to know it could nprobably do 4,4 at 1,3V IF the stupid board would work at 210 BCLK.
Sniper, can you please tell me what settings you used to get 210 BCLk to be LinX stable on this board? Heck even a boot would be nice. :rolleyes:
My watercooling is cpu only, and with low ambient it performs really good.
I'v had both a UD5 and this Extreme mb, both of them are capable of 222 I think. In the LinX run at 4410 I used 8 mem mp with 7-7-7-20-1, uncore at 16. VTT was set at 1.28v in bios, IOH at 1.2. The others set too stock values (not AUTO). PCI at 102 (103 works most of the time, but have'nt seen any benefit from it, and gives me trouble with slow gfx performance in w7 on some occations). Cpu clock drive is set to 800, PCI clock drive to 1000, Cpu clock skew to 650 (not really needed at 210, but helps past 220 I think), IOH clock skew also 650.
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Testing stability with LinX is much faster than prime, but getting an eight hour prime blend/custom with 5k+ mem is alot harder than getting LinX to pass.
Its fun to have a good chip to play with, but in the end its your cooling that determins how far you can go for 24/7. The heat output from theese chips with ht on and full load is enough to heat up a small flat :D
With good cooling even a mediocre chip can run at 4.2 or something, and thats plenty fast enough. Telling the difference between 4.4 and 4.2 in a 24/7 setup isnt easy.
Well I wanted to do some PCmark runs with this setup, so I don't even care about stability - all I want is to bench at 4,5-4,6 which that 3848A352 Xeon can handle it its sleep. Thanks for the skew values, will try messing with them a little. Like I said I can't even get 210 BCLk to boot, 205 max. If I raise to 210 with SetFSB it's an instant BSOD as well.
Ahh sry, that last part wasnt really directed at you jcool, more of a general rant :D
Gl with benching.
Oh yeah! Koolaid!!! 4.6Ghz achieved!
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=706971
~Bex
RCG_Bex,very nice OC and great vcore
for that OC.you've got a great chip.:D
also the UD4P seems to get nice bclk too:up:
i think ill definitely get that board now.seeing as
i just need to get the board mainly to figure out
which of my two components is broken(MB or CPU)
and i cant buy both at the same time.so saving 50-60$
on the board will make it easier on me in case the MB
isnt the culprit.
Nice one Bex, low vcore too!
Tested som benching at that speed ?