Dual Core Opteron Thread #2

[`danny]

I get my opty on tuesday can't wait

[turbox997]

I'm tempted to get an opty from Newegg but I'm still weighing out options for how to spend $200.

[vws]

I am not very lucky with my opty 170 CCBBE 0615 EPMW

I am getting only 2740 Mhz from it at 1.41v

I tried 2750 with more volts (up to 1.47v) but fails orthos and pi in a few minutes. I tried before with an AsRock dual sata and now with an Asus A8N32 Sli de luxe and still not able to clock any higher. Temps at full load are around 55C.

I though the chip could reach 2.8 - 3.0 but not luck here

I guess my opty doesn't like volts (Tcase by core temp is 59C)

I think your PWMIC temperature is overly high. Find a fan to blow at it or enhance your internal airflow and see if that helps (by stabilizing) your OC.

Not sure what kind of CPU cooling you are currently using on your 170. If it doesn't respond to higher volts well, it then means only better cooling options will help in your case.

[nike]

im gettin 3ghz not stable but it was a funny nite*looks 2 dani*
here are sum screens of our runs[opty 170 ccbbe 0615 dpmw]

ggs

[luismenendez]

I think your PWMIC temperature is overly high. Find a fan to blow at it or enhance your internal airflow and see if that helps (by stabilizing) your OC.

Not sure what kind of CPU cooling you are currently using on your 170. If it doesn't respond to higher volts well, it then means only better cooling options will help in your case.

Hi, PWMIC temp I guess is the core temp???

I have a TT Sonic Tower with a 12cm fan in the middle so decent cooling for the core.

About the case yeah it was running a bit hot so I put yesterday a 12cm fan in the side panel blowing air to the GFX and the mobo so the system will be cooler now but I don't expect any improvement to the core temp as the 52C with orthos was without the left panel.

I guess not all the CCBBE reach speeds close to 3GHZ

I still having to try 1.5v but I am not happy about running the core 24H at that voltage.

[vws]

Use DFI mobo as your reference: PWMIC location

[fanatic22b]

Well, I finally managed to get some time to tinker around a bit more with my opty 165. It's been going good so far, except for the crappy memory management with the motherboard. I have it up to 2.8ghz now, 311x9, but with my nice OCZ platinum ram only running at 155mhz (2-2-2-5):






I'm thinking it can go higher with it still being at stock voltage so long as I can keep the heat under control (gets up to the high 40c range under load). If anyone's curious, the stepping is CCBBE 0617FPMW, and my mobo is the ASUS A8N-E.

[Kilyin]

I can't get my Opteron 165 (CCBBE 0615DPMW) stable past 2835mhz on air. I had it running at 2885mhz for a LONG time, and it seemed stable, until I got a couple of blue screens while gaming. So I've since backed down to 2835. I'm not entirely sure what's holding me back.

I have a couple questions too, what does VID stand for? I'm assuming it is the stock vcore for a CPU? TCaseMax and TDP are also new to me... my VID is 1.35, TCaseMax is 57, and TDP is 75. I'm assuming from seeing other screenshots, these aren't very good.

[Kilyin]

Well, my board can run 350 HTT (or higher, I stopped there), so I'll pretty much never need to worry about that being a limiting factor. The ram is on a divider and I know it's stable. I'm thinking the ole Opty just needs more voltage. Maybe a +.1 in chipset too.

[BadNizze]

Haven't tried Orthos yet but fully stable on OCCT and F@H and 12hrs of Prime95.

Smiffy

I have the same stepping as you! Got it upp and running today on my DFI Expert, Booted straight into win at 300*9 @ 1,4 running Orthos now. Does your cpu run as hot as mine? Cold by TT Big Typhoon. \\Regards BadNizze

[crunchie]

Anyone know how this opty 165 should go?

CCBWE 0536 MPMW

Just picked it up. It's in my DFI nF3 Ultra-D atm, but I will be putting it into my nF4 Ultra-D soon.

[Smiffy]

I have the same stepping as you! Got it upp and running today on my DFI Expert, Booted straight into win at 300*9 @ 1,4 running Orthos now. Does your cpu run as hot as mine? Cold by TT Big Typhoon. \\Regards BadNizze

Hi Badnizze.
It seems to run a bit warmer than my CCBBE0610 but is cooler as it is running 3060Mhz at the mo on 1.50v
whereas the CCBBE0610 needed 1.568v to do that.
At the mo running F@H on core 1 and F@H GPU the temps are Core 0 52 Deg C and Core 1 54 Deg C.
I have just picked up a DFI SLI-DR Expert so may get another 165 for that as well.
Smiffy

[vws]

Hmm... a LCB9E 0704 that beats CCBBE 0610, pretty impressive...

And I believe that 3060MHz/1.50v is blessed by dual prime?

[Smiffy]

Hi
Not yet VWS.Just haven't had time in all honesty.It runs FAH on both cores no problem and runs the FAH SMP
client no problem.Will run Prime soon as time allows but as I have picked up a DFI Expert I may pop it in that
to see what it does.

[vws]

You won't be disappointed with the DFI Expert. It's like OCer's wet-dream come true. I have used it to tweak the impossible (the impossible for other boards.) Be sure to check out Tmod's BIOS Utility CD (free download.) I have had great success with Merlins BIOS mod for my Expert(s). Good luck.

[Smiffy]

Hi VWS

Many thanks,have just downloaded it.Board seems fine on 2 X 512mb 3200 Ballistix which I didn't think it would like.
Hell of a lot cooler running board than the SLI-DR.Have an Opty 146 in it at the mo.
Smiffy

[vws]

LOL, I also used my 2x512MB Ballistix kits on one of my Expert. It is proven to hit about 280+MHz (1:1 no divider) on DFI Expert when properly tuned and cooled - the Ballistix heatspreaders can get scorching hot which hinders it's overclockability so you might want to set up a fan blowing on to the pair. I've found that it stabilizes the memory quite effectively.

[Smiffy]

Always have pointed a fan at the ballistix.Maybe this is why so many sticks die.
Never had any other memory which runs this hot.
Am thinking of getting a Corsair Dominator Air cooler cooler to sit on them.

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=466725

Smiffy

[dc2004]

Hi peeps, here is my overclock, meaning to post on here about 6 months ago, only managed to do so now

[freakBYnature]

A friend of mine just received a OPTY 170, his stepping is LCB9E 0651MPMW
I haven't seen this stepping before, anyone else got some input on this stepping ?

Don't know how old this is, but I got just the same one from netshop.no yesterday... Don't think I can get 3 GHz, but still the same... 2.8 GHz on 1.35~1.4V ain't bad, but got an issue with my RAM, so I don't seem to get this tweaked out as much as I want to... but then again, I'm running x64, so there can be an issue with oc/os

[Smiffy]

LOL, I also used my 2x512MB Ballistix kits on one of my Expert. It is proven to hit about 280+MHz (1:1 no divider) on DFI Expert when properly tuned and cooled - the Ballistix heatspreaders can get scorching hot which hinders it's overclockability so you might want to set up a fan blowing on to the pair. I've found that it stabilizes the memory quite effectively.

Hi VWS

Can you poss post a list of your mem settings for your Ballistix?Presume you have 2 X 512mb DDR500?Many thanks

Smiffy

[vws]

No problem mate. Mine is PC4000/Z505 and here are the params I've found easy to work with while overclocking the CPU:

Genie BIOS settings:
FSB Bus Frequency - 285
LDT/FSB Frequency Ratio - 3x
CPU/FSB Frequency Ratio - 9x
PCI eXpress Frequency - 100Mhz

CPU VID StartUp Value - Startup

CPU VID Control – Auto
CPU VID Special Control - Auto
LDT Voltage Control - 1.20v
Chip Set Voltage Control - 1.52v
DRAM Voltage Control - 2.64v

DRAM Configuration Settings:

DRAM Frequency Set – 200 1:1
Command Per Clock (CPC) - Enable
CAS Latency Control (Tcl) – 3.0
RAS# to CAS# delay (Trcd) - 3 Bus Clocks
Min RAS# active time (Tras) - 8 Bus Clocks
Row precharge time (Trp) - 3 Bus Clocks
Row Cycle time (Trc) - 16 Bus Clocks
Row refresh cyc time (Trfc) - 24 Bus Clocks
Row to Row delay (Trrd) - Auto
Write recovery time (Twr) - 3 Bus Clocks
Write to Read delay (Twtr) - 2 Bus Clocks
Read to Write delay (Trwt) - Auto
Refresh Period (Tref) - Auto
Write CAS Latency (Twcl) - Disable
DRAM Bank Interleave - Enabled

DQS Skew Control - Auto
DQS Skew Value - 0
DRAM Drive Strength - Level 7
DRAM Data Drive Strength - Level 4
Max Async Latency - Auto
DRAM Response Time - Normal
Read Preamble Time – Auto
IdleCycle Limit - 256 Cycles
Dynamic Counter - Disable
R/W Queue Bypass - 16 x
Bypass Max - 04 x
32 Byte Granularity - Disable(4 Bursts)

As you can see these are loose constraints. Once you've reached the CPU speed limit, you may want to fine tune the memory timings from there and get the most bandwidth out of your rig.

For your reference I've digged a few "refined" settings out of DIY-street's OC Database:

Ballistix settings #1

Ballistix settings #2

Ballistix settings #3

As always your mileage may vary. Hopefully this gives you the head wind you need to take off. Once you fly high, be sure to report back.

[Smiffy]

Hi
Many Thanks VWS.Having some trouble but am fast coming to the conclusion I have yet another duff stick.
The CL1117 stick is ok on its own but as soon as I stick the other CL1115 stick in it bsods and or refuses to go past post etc.
I had the same trouble with it in my RDX200.
I get no errors on memtest but am giving the suspect stick to a friend to test as I have had instances before of errors
on an amd xp sys but not on an amd64s sys.

Thanks for he inf and links

Smiffy

[BadNizze]

Hi Badnizze.
It seems to run a bit warmer than my CCBBE0610 but is cooler as it is running 3060Mhz at the mo on 1.50v
whereas the CCBBE0610 needed 1.568v to do that.
At the mo running F@H on core 1 and F@H GPU the temps are Core 0 52 Deg C and Core 1 54 Deg C.
I have just picked up a DFI SLI-DR Expert so may get another 165 for that as well.
Smiffy

Mine loads around 60C as you see with Tuniq Tower! I can´t stress how much i like it! My Tuniq shaved 5C of compred to my TT Big thypoon! @ Low fan speed! Any why this is my last 939 Cpu as I have orderd a 5600+ and Sapphire Pure Crossfire bord!

[Smiffy]

Hi Badnizze

Popped 1.61v in it and temps shot up to 69deg c on Prime 95.
Not stable on Prime 95 at 3060Mhz so will pop 1.55v in and lower it from there.Def hotter than the CCBBE.

Smiffy