it begins

[Torinalth]

you guys have not heard much from me as I ave been in transit between systems.

well, just got a call from my house and the fedex guy just dropped off the last package. in total I will be running:

P4 2.26B
Swiftech MCX4000
Gigabyte GA-8IEXP Intel 845E
GEIL 3500 256 megs
Enermax 550 watt PSU
Benq 40x CDRW
Pioneer 16X DVD
Gigabyte Radeon 8500
SB audigy
Seagate 80 gig barracuda IV
all resting in an Antec case

I'll be pushing it tonight and tomorrow. so I'll be posting benches in sandra, and 3dmark. and hopefully you guys can assist in getting my numbers up. Cheers!

Torinalth

[shadco]

Sounds like you are in for a fun weekend.

Might I suggested cafiene loading starting now, that way you will wind down on Sunday afternoon and you will prolly be in OK shape for Monday back at work.

Good Luck

Shad

[Torinalth]

think I'm going to pull an all nighter tonight and go all orning tomorrow and then late evening (have a small ordeal in the evening) then all day sunday...... now when I can afford my water cooling and TEC....... ohhh yes.....

Torinalth

[libertate]

Can't wait to see some benchies :thumbsup:
Also very interested to see how your Gigabyte mobo runs

[Torinalth]

as am I. I always try and go unconventional. doing swiftech instead of Alpha, AMD instead of intel (oops), XP333 instead of kr7a. I usually do JUST under the high end average for the norm with my offshoots, but I'm happier because I did it with something a bit different. so, we will see, we will see.

Torinalth

[libertate]

Yea, I've noticed, that was good work you did with the XP333
BTW.... heh, most I ever got was ~2700mb/s and I had
a "good" rev 2.1

Then again, I sold it before all those really good bios's came
out......

Anyway, if anyone can pull a fast one with the gigabyte, its you

[Torinalth]

wow, after almost forgetting how to build a new rig I'm finally starting to get it together.

well stock settings suck. attached are my sandra benches and my 3dmark was 6834 with my 8500 LE. uhg, time to overclock.

erg... never attached a file in this forum.... what am I missing....

T

[Torinalth]

Stock settings


145 FSB


155 FSB

160 FSB


stock, 145, 155, and 160..... I'm not too happy as I cant find a way to make the ram go faster than the cpu clock, but there seems to be one to make the ram go slower........ none to happy at this point. but it is early.

Torinalth

[shadco]

Well I'm not familiar with the bios on that board but see if you can set CPU strap to low and use someting like a 3:4 ratio or a 4:5 ratio.

Here is an IT7 at 163 (it's the closest I have to 160) 3:4



Shad

[Torinalth]

I'v been looking and cant find ANYTHING like that. and I'm getting anoyed since I can make the ram run Slower, but not faster, than the CPU clock..... not sure if it was a gigabyte :banana::banana::banana::banana:up or what..... but it has a bunch to make it scale far, but nothing to make the ram FASTER...... really hope I'm missing something.

Torinalth

[sysfailur]

Some labels on those pictures would be splendid...

[Torinalth]

the above is my best so far with a timing of 2-5-2-2 and no choice to choose command rate. so far 171, it works great in windows, but it wont shut down. it locks up before it can reset its self, but a hard off and on makes it work.... go figure, but it burns in with no freezes in windows. going to try 175+ tomorrow currently at 1.7V and remember I have no 3:4 ratio so this is all standard FSB. which really erks me.

Torinalth