Turion MT-32, FSB 296MHz with PowerNow on DFI LanParty UT NF3 250GB.

[LorD_Kvadd]

Badong: That is totally sick! Wonderful CPU, congratulations
Man, I want one of those!

[shuRe]

awsome result for a turion, after the initial assumptions that they wernt great overclocking chips.

[marcoland]

...3 year-old Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu @ 1350RPM

...chipset cooled by passive Zalman NB32J heatsink.

Badong

Wonderful!
It is an incredible result!
I notice that also with just an excellent air cooling and a chipset heatsink the result is astonishing.
I don't try to add further tests because I'm going to buy a laptop and I will sell these components.
My compliments to you! :thumbsup:

EDIT:
Can you take any screenshots about SuperPI 1MB and 32MB? And also with Everest (Memory read, write and latency) and CPU Arithmetic Benchmark of Sandra?
Last question: what about overvolting of the chipset?
Ciao!

[Badong]

Thanks a lot guys! Indeed, it is a wonderful CPU!

And by the way, i have a new WR for Turion to report!
I just couldn't resist myself from trying to score and record the 1.6GHz@3.2GHz 100% overclock!

Here it is, running 400MHz x 8, with 1.675v vCore:
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=82405

Unfortunately, i cannot pass the 400MHz mark, no matter what.
And still, 400MHz is quite an achievement for the nForce3 250Gb chipset!

Of course, the system was extremely unstable at these settings.

I notice that also with just an excellent air cooling...

Oh, the air cooling is far away from being excellent Take a look again at the Zalman 7000A-Cu pictures.
It is filled with dust and covered by a thick layer of corrosion, as it have been washed with tap water several times

I should receive the Zalman CNPS9500-Cu cooler today though, and will measure the temperature differences...

Can you take any screenshots about SuperPI 1MB and 32MB? And also with Everest (Memory read, write and latency) and CPU Arithmetic Benchmark of Sandra?

The problem is that i have a very poor-clocker RAM right now.
Therefore, there is very little point in benching the rig as it is...

Last question: what about overvolting of the chipset?

Did absolutely nothing in my case. I achieved 400MHz bus using stock 1.6v chipset voltage.

[Zeus]

And still, 400MHz is quite an achievement for the nForce3 250Gb chipset!

Sorry but 400MHz FSB is actually peanuts for this board:

[b1tterman]

nice, nf3 powah!

[ozzimark]

Sorry but 400MHz FSB is actually peanuts for this board:

i agree
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=34163

[b1tterman]

too bad lp nf3 ultra doesnt match with that...

[Badong]

Good to know ozzimark and Zeus

Means that perhaps there is more room to grow

[Zeus]

too bad lp nf3 ultra doesnt match with that...

What do you mean?
This was done on a DFI LP NF3 250GB.

God, i miss the golden S754 days.

[Badong]

What do you mean?

He probably means the DFI LanParty UT nF3 Ultra-D board...

[b1tterman]

yes, the DFI LanParty UT nF3 Ultra-D. they start falling apart at 320-330+ fsb,
thats why i sold my one and switched to pci-e

[Ychocky]

Sweet clocks, hope to see what my Turion can do!

No time right now!

[JuanFlaiter]

I have a MT30 too... But I´m using it with a K8N4E dlx mobo that really sux.

I can prime at 2400mhz 1.3v but dont have more vCore

Im using it passively at stock speed and .95v

[Zeus]

yes, the DFI LanParty UT nF3 Ultra-D. they start falling apart at 320-330+ fsb,
thats why i sold my one and switched to pci-e

I see, actually i had all forgotten about the existance of that board, most skipped that one and went straight to NF4 ultra-D.

FSB on NF3 is very dependant on the CPU, with my Claw i could go as high as 434MHz but with my later NewCastle it maxed out somewhere around 320MHz.

[Bennah]

Nice read there marcoland! I have a very similar Turion experience to share

Got my new MT-30 0543XPMW from eBay for $100 two days ago.
I gonna use it for my HTPC/internet rig, but just thought to give it a quickie clock and test before all my parts arrive.

Here is what i used and below are my results.

The MT-30 1.6GHz (200x8), 1MB L2 Cache, stock 1.2v, with Arctic Silver 5



3 year-old Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu @ 1350RPM


Your lapping doesn't stand near mine

DFI LanParty UT nF3 250Gb, official BIOS 23/6 with PowerNow! disabled, chipset cooled by passive Zalman NB32J heatsink.

And the rest: borrowed Corsair 512MB BH-5 stick, Antec TruePower 480Watt PSU...

I started with stock 200MHz bus / stock 1.2v vCore, testing with SP2004 for stability every 25MHz bus increasements.
And i ended up with 2600MHz (325MHz x 8, 2/3 divider) clock, still using only stock 1.2v vCore! The temps were real sweet, under SP2004 load i never exceeded 42C with Zalman 7000A-Cu @ lowest RPM.
Here are the screenshots and pictures after 3 hours SP2004 Small FFTs run:



My idle temps were 34-35C, while my ambient was ~30C.
I noticed that my board overvolts to ~1.215v under load, and undervolts to ~1.18v at idle.

I was able to boot at 3200MHz (400MHz(!) x 8), using 1/2 divider, however the system was extremely unstable - i couldn't even load CPU-Z to take a suicide screenshot. That would be a 100% overclock for me..
I gave up the idea very quickly, cause of the uncomfortable 1.6v vCore i had to use to get there..

I was able to score 3000MHz (375MHz x 8) pretty easy, using 1.450v vCore:
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=81677




Although i could run SuperPI 1MB, SP2004 crashed instantly. Still a WR for Turion AFAIK, and from the x8 multiplier CPU

More to come when my water-cooling and rest of the hardware arrive...
It was an easy ride for me thus far

Badong

Great stuff Thinking of getting a ML-30 to play around with. Would be pretty intresting to do so.

What did you get in super pi 1m? Got some 3D Mark scores?

[marcoland]

I have a MT30 too... But I´m using it with a K8N4E dlx mobo that really sux.

I can prime at 2400mhz 1.3v but dont have more vCore

Im using it passively at stock speed and .95v

With RMclock you can use 1.325V and 1.35V

[marcoland]

The problem is that i have a very poor-clocker RAM right now.
Therefore, there is very little point in benching the rig as it is...

Just some examples

[LorD_Kvadd]

Okey, I couldn't hold myself, so yesterday I bought a MT34. Let's hope that it arrives this week

[i found nemo]

i want an mt34, it should perform better than my clawhammer, AND still have 1mb l2

[LorD_Kvadd]

Okey, got the CPU now! And so far I'm very pleased

1800MHz stock and went up to 2.3GHz at 1.3V Didn't have time to test any stability though. 2.2GHz was seemed to be rocksolid, but then I tried to change the memory divider using A64Tweaker and the system locked. Seems that the CPU doesn't want to run on a 1:1 divider, but I'll try a BIOS update later. Motherboard's a MSI K8NM FISR.

Doesn't seem to be any voltage options in the BIOS but the CPU defaulted to 1.4V (according to the BIOS).

Strange thing is this: CABSE 0546XPAW, almost the same as yours Badong! Never heard of CABSE or CABZE before though.

Will post later on when all the homework and 's been take care of (estimated to be around easter... Easter next year that is.)

[marcoland]

Okey, got the CPU now! And so far I'm very pleased

1800MHz stock and went up to 2.3GHz at 1.3V Didn't have time to test any stability though. 2.2GHz was seemed to be rocksolid, but then I tried to change the memory divider using A64Tweaker and the system locked. Seems that the CPU doesn't want to run on a 1:1 divider, but I'll try a BIOS update later. Motherboard's a MSI K8NM FISR.

Doesn't seem to be any voltage options in the BIOS but the CPU defaulted to 1.4V (according to the BIOS).

Strange thing is this: CABSE 0546XPAW, almost the same as yours Badong! Never heard of CABSE or CABZE before though.

Will post later on when all the homework and 's been take care of (estimated to be around easter... Easter next year that is.)

Hi Lord!
Any news?