IC7-G and P4C 3Ghz results!

**mdzcpa** · 05-03-2003, 03:11 PM

Well...it took a bit longer to get things going than I thought it would. Between taking breaks for family time, my server dying on me, and some initial teething time with the new hardware, things went slowly.....but NOT poorly.

The new equipment:
P4C 3ghz
IC7-G
2 Seagate Baracuda V SATA Drives

Blending with what I had on hand:
2 256 Corsair XMS 3500 C2
9700 Pro
Quiet Power modded with 226w/80w CPU/GPU Tecs

The new stuff:

The board:

The box comes totally loaded with goodies:

First time I've seen a mobo with a TIM on the NB HSF

:

Looks effective but I replaced it with ASIII anyway.

The P4C 3Ghz nestled inside waiting for some TEC luvin:

To be completely honest, getting this thing up and running was a bit of a pain in the ass.

First, my Corsair XMS 3500 had compatability issues with the board. BSODs everywhere. Couldn't get the OS loaded without BSODs raining on the parade. Changing DIMM slots, voltages, or memory settings did nothing to help.

Second, I was having trouble getting both of my new Seagate Baracuda V SATA drives to be consistently recognized off the Intel southbridge. My stripe kept breaking.

But, just as I thought I was about to puke, I went to the Abit forums and saw that Abit had already released an updated BIOS. Wow...that was real quick I thought. It fixes a bunch of stuff including memory issues and the ability to adjust the mem settings manually (which many other users had trouble with...the board seemed to set its' own timings).

For me, all my problems went away with a single flash. Now it is a solid as a rock and flying high. The only downside to the new BIOS is that those using Serrillel adapters were screwed up by the new SATA portion of the BIOS. I'm sure Abit will get those guys worked around soon.

Results?

Well here is a shot of where I am at today. And this is NOT just a bansi run. This is 24/7 stable stuff here. It can run Prime and loop 3D all day long at this point.

Wow....4Ghz from this thing. I'm likely not going to give it any more voltage and just see how high the 1.7v takes me. That's .015 over stock and far enough for an Intel chip.

Anywho, I'll report on as I push things up further

**~~Johnny Knoxvill~~** · 05-03-2003, 03:34 PM

you're only running at 4ghz?

that motherboard looks awesome.
have you got any hard disk benchmarks? i want to see how fast these drives are

**felix88** · 05-03-2003, 03:40 PM

wow, thats damn nice.

i'd also like to see a HDtach and Atto run on the hard drives.

**Charles Wirth** · 05-03-2003, 03:47 PM

Nice!

**w1per** · 05-03-2003, 03:55 PM

**theonetheycall** · 05-03-2003, 04:04 PM

did I....

Ohhh : picks up Jaw: Ohh yeah... That is mighty nice.. I wish I wasn't an AMD man ATM

**mook** · 05-03-2003, 04:33 PM

Man, that is a sexy motherboard....*ponders switching to the dark side*

**KODE** · 05-03-2003, 05:52 PM

Hi Mike,

First of all congrats on the new system!

excellent clock m8!

Glad your problems were sorted out

**rabeb25** · 05-03-2003, 06:20 PM

umm where did you get the chip and mobo, cause i need one, asap.

**faruquehabib** · 05-03-2003, 08:06 PM

yes, very nice, as i might add from an amd man myself...

**mdzcpa** · 05-03-2003, 08:06 PM

Thanks for the compliment guys

It was expensive indeed, but it sure is sweet. Smooth as butter all day at over 4ghz.

BTW, I picked the CPU up at Newegg and the board at Essential Computers. Ordered them on Sunday and had them Wed.

**DisposableHero** · 05-03-2003, 08:14 PM

lets see some superpi etc!

**BrainStorm** · 05-03-2003, 08:24 PM

I'll have to agree with the rest of the crew....looks very nice indeed! How does it do in 3dmark?

**macci** · 05-03-2003, 10:15 PM

Wow! Thats one great P4 CPU you've got there!

Mine looks like a complete POS CPU compared to that

Maxes at around 3944MHz w/ -33C coolant and 4030ish w/ R404 (evap at -40C zone under load).

**hipro5** · 05-04-2003, 12:41 AM

GREAT WORK you've done there man......CONGRATS.....

What is the FPO/BATCH of the CPU?????

**aNabolic** · 05-04-2003, 12:49 AM

Nice. I seriously need to get my Vapo running

Brett

**Gamer67** · 05-04-2003, 01:00 AM

Just to prove that his is not just a fluke......

FPO/Batch: L309A569

**Gamer67** · 05-04-2003, 01:06 AM

HD benchies.....

2x80gb Maxtor ATA plus9 drives on 1abit serriel1 pata/sata and 1abit serriel2 pata/sata in RAID0 config(32k stripe)...

Using the intel onboard sata controller....

Gamer

**beatnic** · 05-04-2003, 01:18 AM

abit includes rounded cables! best ever!

**ATI** · 05-04-2003, 01:37 AM

Looks Awsome!

**Gig4moller** · 05-04-2003, 01:42 AM

w00t...man, i think intel did a good thing releasing those canterwood's! they aren't only overclocking beasts, they 're very fast too!

oh by the way: i like that box from your mainboard

**JCviggen** · 05-04-2003, 02:47 AM

thats it... i'm getting one (

)

**hipro5** · 05-04-2003, 03:09 AM

Originally posted by JCviggen
thats it... i'm getting one ( )

Why?????

**hipro5** · 05-04-2003, 03:14 AM

Gamer67.....Is it possible to run and post a pi-fast bench(with pi V.4.1) at any frequency(above) 3800MHz you like???.....Thanks in advance.....

P.S. VERY GOOD WORK......

**Gamer67** · 05-04-2003, 03:21 AM

Not a problem, just tell me where I get the program from and I can run a few tests for ya...

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