My first sub zero W3540 tests

It feels good to be benching again...

Thanks to TiTON for helping with the pot and Charles for help and stuff ;)

Also thanks to MSI for some great products that I have had the pleasure to use and they are growing on me a lot :D


Hours on hours of DICE benching and learning my board... my uncore seems to top out at 4900... I got like 50lbs of Dry Ice for $10 USD and spent 6 hours then slept and did 4.5 hours so great use of $10 eh? :p: I mainly learned the board by trial and error - the chip is good for 4.6-4.7 on decent water...

First - Big thing - I had to use 1.51 CPU-Z instead of 1.52 as the newer version drops multis as I increase bclk - anything over 5 bclk... so to show actual speed I needed either cpu-tweaker or 1.51 CPU-Z


Setup -
W3540 3851A257
MSI X58 Platinum SLI
MSI N260GTX-OCv3
7900GS SLI (OEM)
Silverstone Zeus 1200W PSU
WD 80GB IDE HDDs
XP PRO SP2
K|ngp|n F1EE
Muskin Elpida Hyper ... $70 pair ;) :up: - stripped to OEM style
Lots of Scythe High CFM Fans


First the pics of the setup -

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/5053/img3688.jpg
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/9058/img3691.jpg
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6885/img3693.jpg



Results - have a lot of tweaking to learn and study LOL

the AM3 is with a bone stock card as the OCv3 has no software voltage adjusting, need some mods asap

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/2711/1678k.jpg

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/9333/8141.jpg

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/3747/347852.jpg

I know not overly impressive but its a start :up:

Nice start:D
3D results?:p:

Error in computation in Pifast;) But apart from that, good stuff!

Nice resutls Ryan! :up: Did you run 7900 GS SLI too?

gogo ryan, great stuff, im sure in the future you will get 5.2 out of that chip ! there is so much to i7's.

how did you like the board? any issues?

gooo goatie... gimme that no look pour again :)

Nice stuff goat, 50lbs for $10 is a great price! Lets see some more 3D!! :)

thanks a lot everyone!... I have to get more GPUs modded to be competitive and don't save anything that isn't worth points LOL...

EDIT- testing more now - work... what is that LOL

hey man, great start and just the batch i needed to see :D

keep pushing it

nice! :clap:

way to go GoatEater

superpi1m ..pls run with ht off :)

awesome tweaking with the msi board...whats your vtt? pcie? using latest bios?

Team.XS FTW!

thanks to charles for... stuff? ... 0_o ;) :lol:

nice results, good to see you picking up speed :toast:

sweet OC session

what was your temp range while benching?

TheGoat Eater nice try, but i consider your cpu dont need high voltage. Try to use under LN2 1.5-1.55V on cpu, maybe your results will be higher and faster.

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Originally Posted by MaJ0r

TheGoat Eater nice try, but i consider your cpu dont need high voltage. Try to use under LN2 1.5-1.55V on cpu, maybe your results will be higher and faster.

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yeah - I am gettign one reading in bios and another in cpu-z ... need to find readpoints as I need to know what it is, and they vary quite a bit... IDK if it over volts a bit too...

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Originally Posted by d50man

sweet OC session

what was your temp range while benching?

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-62C to -50C / using Everclear as a buffer...

Great to see the pot is being used well :) Have fun with it :)

- Ton

Nice Results. Go ahead.

Better Runs -
struggling with bclk and uncore cooperation

once again cpu-z errors with 1.51 :down:
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/3628/87954130.jpg

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/9558/349674.jpg

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/7598/7891.jpg

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/391/1655c.jpg

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Originally Posted by TheGoat Eater

Better Runs -
struggling with bclk and uncore cooperation

once again cpu-z errors with 1.51 :down:
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/3628/87954130.jpg

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lol whats that a W3560 hahaha

OMG Nice CPU w3560 :D
TheGoat EaterSimilar your results improve each time :up:

hehe i have the same batch, its really similar to mine... sadly it dont goes anything better with cold or higher vcore... can handle -130 easy but 3D cant go over ~5.1G :(
max clock only:
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/5310/cpu5278.jpg

but... i wish you better luck on ln M8 and congrats anyway ;)

some video from my camera - in HD :D, happy with how it turned out LOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqw7XHtBvHI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OjK566mR1w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW_PF6HSH-M

Achill3uS at me same batch :( But i try to improve my results, and i dont give up. If i can't run over 5100 MHz, i wiil sell it :D

Got my MSI N260GTX-OCv3 modded and will test on water for now...

prep work done - off to buy DICE in anout 7 hours when they open :D

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/7902/img3713.jpg

Good run man!!

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Originally Posted by sofos1990

Nice start:D
3D results?:p:

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Will have some at the end of the day today... need to go when the place opens in 5 hours - getting anxious :)

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Originally Posted by Don_Dan

Nice resutls Ryan! :up: Did you run 7900 GS SLI too?

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just ordered teh conductive ink pen adn will hopefully be runnign them next week mid-week... I am anxious to blow them up LOL :up:

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Originally Posted by Vivi2

gogo ryan, great stuff, im sure in the future you will get 5.2 out of that chip ! there is so much to i7's.

how did you like the board? any issues?

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Mainly I have started lovign this board as I have come to learn it well... I wil say the issue of CPU-Z 1.52 not reading correctly over 205 bclk is a pain as I like 1.52... also I need to get the core voltage read points found so I can see if teh board actually over volts that much or if cpu-z is reading incorrect - or possibly bios... need to get my definite answer there...

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Originally Posted by LardArse

gooo goatie... gimme that no look pour again :)

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need to get a dewar soon - though I am loving the cheapness of my DICE LOL

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Originally Posted by saaya

thanks to charles for... stuff? ... 0_o ;) :lol:

nice results, good to see you picking up speed :toast:

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Thanks! - yeah needless to say I owe charles a lot and I'll leave it at that :D ... plus I have learned so much from XS so add that to what I owe him LOL :up:

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Originally Posted by TiTON

Great to see the pot is being used well :) Have fun with it :)

- Ton

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I will - I have the pics of the draining that I need to post lol - turn it upside down and pour out the everclear and set it upside down on the screws and drain and dry over towels and a fan LOL - GENIUS!!!

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Originally Posted by Achill3uS

hehe i have the same batch, its really similar to mine... sadly it dont goes anything better with cold or higher vcore... can handle -130 easy but 3D cant go over ~5.1G :(
max clock only:

but... i wish you better luck on ln M8 and congrats anyway ;)

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Yeah I think I am topping out at 5.1 now too - maybe time to look for another one I guess, though I really want an unlocked chip - hopefully soon :)

thanks again to everyone for the kind words - :up: