New rig up and running.

[TheBlueChanell]

I finally got my new rig up and running. After months of planning and delays and almost a full year after selling off my Q9450/P45 setup I'm glad more than ever to be back on an AMD platform.

The specs are in my sig. I have been playing around the past few hours and I ended up with the clocks in my sig. The setup is being ran open air as of now because I haven't had the time to finish my case mod and put it all back together.

I'm still stock cooling at the moment so I don't want to push it any further till I build my loop and get it under water. The only HS I have lying around is a Enzo Ultra-X and I don't think that would net me much over the stock cooler.

I'd like to thank the whole XS AMD community and especially those whose words have helped me get where I am now and understand the gem that is the Phenom 2. Chew, MSIMAX, Tony, DaveBurt, Charged, Titan, Simon and more. You guys are ing awesome and make this forum an extremely pleasing place to be.

This is all I've got for now. I will run through it through some stability tests later but as of now I'm just kinda tinkering and toying around a bit and getting a feel for the bios. I'm going to update to the 1.63b bios and see what i can do with 1600mhz and a little voltage. I also just noticed I'm running my card on an 8x lane. haha.

[charged3800z24]

That is a good start, or heck nice daily clock. I keep my 955 at 3.6ghz 2400NB 1.32v 24/7. It runs cool fast and not a ton of power draw. Keep us updated.

[Corsa]

To TheBlueChanell - 4.7 mb of screen shot isn't necessary..

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[chew*]

Nice, lets see some grass roots system running on mobo box and boxed cooler shots

[Daveburt714]

Nice clocks at those voltages TBC!
Especially, IMC and Ram timings.

Looks like you have a nice 965 on your hands, can't wait to see what she'll do when you get it under water and can give it a little gas....

BTW: Welcome back from the Dark Side....

[TheBlueChanell]

That is a good start, or heck nice daily clock. I keep my 955 at 3.6ghz 2400NB 1.32v 24/7. It runs cool fast and not a ton of power draw. Keep us updated.

I will be updating the thread over the next couple of weeks.

Nice, lets see some grass roots system running on mobo box and boxed cooler shots

I can get a couple of those tomorrow. Ive actually got a nice little setup here, with a large window fan blowing cold air right onto the pc. Do you think it would be worth it to swap the stock cooler for the Enzotech and MX3?

Nice clocks at those voltages TBC!
Especially, IMC and Ram timings.

Looks like you have a nice 965 on your hands, can't wait to see what she'll do when you get it under water and can give it a little gas....

BTW: Welcome back from the Dark Side....

I'm excited as well but it will be a couple weeks as i'm ordering a couple parts a paycheck and I have to rivet my case back together.

[TheBlueChanell]

Here's some pics.

Top down pic of the setup. I added a 120mm fan to the PWM to help with the NB a little.


Here's the rest of it.


Here's my nice little window fan setup

[lsdpigeon]

Nice stuff m8. Getting the same board soon, how is it btw?

Maybe you can post your overclocks here once you do get to install a loop? I just want to make sure if the mosfets can handle high voltages properly since I've read some stuff on the net about GD70 boards with their mosfets blowing up lol.

[TheBlueChanell]

Nice stuff m8. Getting the same board soon, how is it btw?

Maybe you can post your overclocks here once you do get to install a loop? I just want to make sure if the mosfets can handle high voltages properly since I've read some stuff on the net about GD70 boards with their mosfets blowing up lol.

The thread will be updated frequently over the next couple of weeks. I'm installing/downloading PC/3D Mark Vantage at the moment so I will update with scores from that as well as pictures and other stuff.

I'm extremely pleased with the board so far. I had an extremely tough choice choosing between the Giga and this. I chose this and so far I'm happy. If I were able to experiment with Phase or LN2 I would of gone with the Giga but as far as water/air go I'm happy with the MSI . Don't get me wrong though, I'm still going to figure out how to put a fan over the PWM section once the loop is installed.

[lsdpigeon]

Don't get me wrong though, I'm still going to figure out how to put a fan over the PWM section once the loop is installed.

I have just the solution: http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?id=ODA=

[TheBlueChanell]

My first 3D Mark Run. I did notice that it detects my Caviar Black as my main HDD and not my SSD. I'm not too familiar with futuremark stuff how do these scores look?

[TheBlueChanell]

I went ahead and replaced the stock cooler with the Enzotech and some MX-3. I had a little scare with a semi-bent pin but I remained cool and all is well.

My idle temps, according to overdrive, went from 43-45 with the stock cooler to 30-35 with the Enzotech. I also updated my bios to 1.63B so I'm going to start fiddling with the memory and see if I can get 1600 6-6-6 out of this kit.

I will post some pics of the Enzo setup later.

[TheBlueChanell]

Finally got Windows to boot with 1600mhz 6-6-6-24 @ 1.85v. I increased the volts by .01 until I got it to boot. I would like to figure out what kind of IC's I have before I begin any rigorous testing. I need to know if these are voltage tolerant or not. I don't want to kill them.

Here's the sticks. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227482

Micron/PSC or maybe Elpida?

[TheBlueChanell]

First Pi 32m Run.

[TheBlueChanell]

Snap shots of the Enzotech. It's no TRUE but it's all I have to tide me over until I finish my loop and I wanted to start having a little fun.

[TheBlueChanell]

I just spent the past hour or so doing some experimenting with my board/cpu. I was trying to find the lowest amount of volts needed for the CPU to successfully boot into windows at a given speed. I figured it would be a good thing to know when and a good starting point when trying to oc/optimize. I wrote it down on a little note card.

The voltages are as set in the bios.

I need at least:

1.455v for 4ghz
1.435v for 3.9ghz
1.365v for 3.8ghz
1.305v for 3.7ghz
1.265v for 3.6ghz
1.225v for 3.5ghz
1.225v for 3.4ghz

The system wouldn't boot with anything less than 1.225v @ stock speed so I stopped there.

I also noticed this gray area when settings voltages, which may or may not of thrown of my test but I am unable to set my voltage in between the ranges of 1.435v-1.405v. I can go higher than 1.435v but not lower and I can go lower than 1.405v but not higher. Anyone know why that is?

[Miwo]

kickass system you have there.

I keep my 720BE at 3.6GHz for daily use as well. Its a good speed for me, because Its stable under IntelBurnTest with my fans at 5v across the board. Quietest system I've built so far. If you want to get fancy, you can also test undervolting and use Custom p-states using PhenomMsrTweaker. I have my 720BE scaling down to 1.00v / 2.00GHz at idle / nighttime

[shadow_419]

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I also noticed this gray area when settings voltages, which may or may not of thrown of my test but I am unable to set my voltage in between the ranges of 1.435v-1.405v. I can go higher than 1.435v but not lower and I can go lower than 1.405v but not higher. Anyone know why that is?

What voltage settings are you using to set cpu voltage?

I use cpu vdd voltage as a rough setting and cpu voltage as an offset up or down from the cpu vdd v.

[TheBlueChanell]

What voltage settings are you using to set cpu voltage?

I use cpu vdd voltage as a rough setting and cpu voltage as an offset up or down from the cpu vdd v.

I've been using CPU VDD with CPU Voltage on Auto. What is the difference between the two?

[shadow_419]

The offset +- is smaller with cpu v vs. cpu vdd. Cpu v is centered on cpu vdd value.

[TheBlueChanell]

[TheBlueChanell]

The offset +- is smaller with cpu v vs. cpu vdd. Cpu v is centered on cpu vdd value.

If I set my CPU VDD to 1.35v and my CPU V to 1.36v what is my actual CPU v-core? I don't quite understand the relation between the two.

[TheBlueChanell]

Pi 32m 1333 6-6-6-24 @ 3.8ghz/NB 2.6ghz

[TheBlueChanell]

kickass system you have there.

I keep my 720BE at 3.6GHz for daily use as well. Its a good speed for me, because Its stable under IntelBurnTest with my fans at 5v across the board. Quietest system I've built so far. If you want to get fancy, you can also test undervolting and use Custom p-states using PhenomMsrTweaker. I have my 720BE scaling down to 1.00v / 2.00GHz at idle / nighttime

Thanks. That's something I may actually look into after I settle in with an OC, If I do.

[shadow_419]

If I set my CPU VDD to 1.35v and my CPU V to 1.36v what is my actual CPU v-core? I don't quite understand the relation between the two.

Cpu vdd adjust voltage in 0.0125v steps
Cpu v adjust voltage(offset) in 0.01v steps centered on Cpu vdd

Example

Cpu Vdd = 1.3625
Cpu v- = 1.352 / Cpu v+ = 1.372

If you raise Cpu Vdd = 1.375
Cpu v = 1.365v or 1.385v
depending if you added or subtracted voltage in first step