OK i have my DX38BT stable 24 hours prime 95 on blend (this seems to be the hardest workout for my cpu, and Ram, i tried 4 different stress tests). QX9650 @ 3.7 (10x370) Stock HSF 63c on core 1 (hottest temp during run) 1.3 VCore, 4gb Corsair 1333 @ 1480 (ones with the big ass heat sinks, stock voltage and timings). I think this is my everyday runner.... Unless....
GTJ please oh guru recommend the best damn water cooling system on the market, price is not a concern, (Ive dumped over 9K on these things this month already, so wtf)
I wanna try water cooled, i think I'm gonna replace my 8800ultra with one of those water cooled BFG Tech BFGR88768GTXOCWCE GeForce 8800GTX. And get the best cooler for the CPU. Do i have to watercool the chipset? IF so please recommend one for that as well.
I have gotten to 10x370 by ONLY changing the CPU voltage a little, i will have to research FSB, DRAM and such voltages before i go higher i guess. I am amazed my 1333 ram is stable at 1480 without touching any voltages or anything. I may get another set of corsair 2gb 1600 for my DX38BT.
I am kinda freaked that my other QX9650 in the Asus ME (with the 2 2GB 1600 corsairs) runs so much cooler with more volts and speed, but i tried this one on that MB, and got hot temps as well, they really do change from chip to chip. I can push that one to 3.8 stable with Stock HSF, and this one i can only push to 3.7....
In the process of all this i ended up with Extra stuff... a brand new DX38BT i havnt even opened. An Asus P5E3 (which blows chunks! It cannot handle ram, any kind, more than one stick. I think its a Defect). 4 sticks of OCZ DDR3 Plat 1333s (bought for the P5E3 which DIDNT work.)
I also have the P5E with 4 GB of Kingston DDR2 1600, and a unused X6800, is the X6800 a worthwhile OC chip???
Anyway, GTJ im awaiting your rply i wana next-day this stuff from newegg, or (insert the vendor of choice for the WC unit here), for tuesday.
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