H20 | AMD Phenom II C3 | Dragon's Revenge | Ultimate Thread

[FireDragon]

lol, nice one Zeus, i might be able to see ya, and raise ya ina few days supposed to b -15 to -20 f this coming weekend...but ill b on the stock cooler lol, and i still haven't got my board to so that i can learn the bios and so on

Dragon

[Titan7171]

good job with these scores!

[FlanK3r]

and where are others with max clock at prime and superpi 32M?

[beta]

To end this challenge in style, here's a 32M run with a little help of mother nature, 1ºC outside:

nice result as always Zeus

awesome cpu-nb speed, how much voltage (or did the dominators help)?

[theoldtimer]

Great results Zeus, looks as though you have found what your system likes.

[Zeus]

Thanks guys.

beta, i don't know if the Dominators helped but i know the cold really helps CPU-NB speed. Looks like the CPU-NB scales even better with cold than the cores. Well, almost.

theoldtimer, it likes cold. But the Dominator GT's are a nice addition i have to admit.

[Titan7171]

and where are others with max clock at prime and superpi 32M?

last thing i have to do is 32m.......Im off next 2 days

here are all my results from all tests in this and other threads

Well heres a rundown of all my results from this thread

4.1ghz 32bit prime with ambiant water http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...5&postcount=56

4.3ghz 32bit prime chilled watercooled + 4.6ghz validation http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...8&postcount=77

4.1ghz 64bit prime ambiant water http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=105

4.5ghz 3dm06, 4.5ghz superpi1m, 4.5ghz wprime, and a 4.4ghz cinebench 64 http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=144


4.28ghz 64bit prime chilled water







cold water 250fsb 3ghz nb



263fsb with 17 multi



3ghz nb ambiant



last thing maybe tonight 32m chilled water

[equinox1]

well its a start, ive been gone for a bit but i will put up better by this weekend, since simon is off having eggnogg for a bit i guess ill have time for the 3d06 stuff
15min 17.951 spi 32m

[Titan7171]

well heres a quick 32m, DDR2 showing its age here. No tweaks I just set to 4.4 ghz and let it rip couldnt dial in 4.5ghz after like 4 tries farthest I got was half way then a reboot, with 25% ice left I just went for the 4.4ghz

I might give it another try but not sure

[FlanK3r]

well heres a quick 32m, DDR2 showing its age here. No tweaks I just set to 4.4 ghz and let it rip couldnt dial in 4.5ghz after like 4 tries farthest I got was half way then a reboot, with 25% ice left I just went for the 4.4ghz

I might give it another try but not sure

try with 5-5-5-15 or 17...I have 16m 5x s with 4220 MHz (watch here http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...5&postcount=40

[Titan7171]

Bios changed timings by itself when I changed memory speed, to late to change after 32m started. Its ok.......I have plenty good results already dont need to be fighting against DDR 3.

yes look C2



No time for settings today

This mobo I think makes me use more voltage than newer mobo I see for cpu.

[Hedghawg71]

I'm gonna have to give this a run after Xmas is over with. I have been staring down the C3 revision for a while. Maybe by then ASUS will have the updated bios as well. My old faithful 955 is gonna be hard to leave behind though. It survived a 965 C2 that I couldn't for the life of me push past 3.8ghz stable with any amount of voltage, bus/multiplier tweaks, cooling or luck. So my wife got an unexpected upgrade. Where as my old faithful 955 can hit 3.9ghz all day long 24/7 stable. Maybe I just got a dud overclocker, idunno.

[theoldtimer]

I flashed the 1204 bios for the Crosshair III and tried some different sticks of memory today. I then retried the 10 X multi tests; although the new bios or memory helped I still can’t get close to an HTT of 400. The bios will load up to 370 but it crashes loading Windows. I didn’t try upping the HTT in windows after running 3D06 at 10x368. I thought the system would be unstable when running 3D06 considering that it wouldn’t boot the OS at even one more click of the HTT but it just blew through it, NB and HT-link clocked up somewhat.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=12714538

[Zeus]

theoldtimer, i flashed bios 1204 myself but in Everest latency went from 39.6ns to 40.2ns with my daily settings.

Looks like Asus relaxed some internal latency timing to allow more ht speed.

I'd rather stick with good old 1003 bios.

[Grinder]

Hmmmm, ever since the 10X and 17X challenge, my system has been cranky. Overclocking isn't risky, is it?

It's weird, I get errors when XP is loading, when I first power on the system. After it gets to operating temp, it seems fine

Nice ht theoldtimer. Still with the rad in the window? Do you have to guard against condensation with that setup?

Zeus, I want your ram!

[theoldtimer]

theoldtimer, i flashed bios 1204 myself but in Everest latency went from 39.6ns to 40.2ns with my daily settings.

Looks like Asus relaxed some internal latency timing to allow more ht speed.

I'd rather stick with good old 1003 bios.

Zeus, I haven’t tested anything but HTT with 1003 but I’ll keep that info about the memory in mind.

Nice ht theoldtimer. Still with the rad in the window? Do you have to guard against condensation with that setup?

Grinder I’m back on the hard stuff (ice) until I get the rad setup sorted out (too many restrictions in the lines) and yes I still need to take measures to ward of condensation using the big rad setup.

I did get through prime at 4.305GHz but 4.325GHz failed.
Below running after 30mins.


Below stopped after about 2mins


I just missed 19K by just that little bit!

[crazydiamond]

what vcore did you need for cinibench

[theoldtimer]

I set 1.6V in the bios but load line calibration was enabled so I’m not really sure what the vcore was during the test. This processor’s default is 1.4V.

[FlanK3r]

oldtimer, try Cinebench with the same setings, only with lower clock at HT (219x9). U must go at 19 000 man !

[theoldtimer]

I’ll try to get back to it in the next few days Flank3r. The C3 is up on the shelf right now as I’m testing some other processors for the next few days. I know 19K is in this C3 though I just ran out of time looking for it.

[64NOMIS]

Some eggnog, had to prepare past several days for a massive family overclock. The Third Spawn. Currently water cooled at about 37C. We noticed some instability after running full load for a couple weeks, three nights ago, so I had to divert energy to doing prep for the big OC session. Now that I have insulated the crib, cleansed the napthaline-preserved spawn insulators, purged obsolete hardware, and defined naming parameters I have some time to run a few cycles at idle. What do you gentleman think about Kelvin? Kirk? Deckard? Anyway stay tuned for results. Good to see yours continue to improve, which is good, I see a new locked multiplier challenge coming your way in January...

[crazydiamond]

with all that prep i sense some WR's coming from your session Simon

ps that must be some good eggnog lol

[Grinder]

Hmmm, at what temperature does a nice stiff blend of eggnog freeze?

[charged3800z24]

Some eggnog, had to prepare past several days for a massive family overclock. The Third Spawn. Currently water cooled at about 37C. We noticed some instability after running full load for a couple weeks, three nights ago, so I had to divert energy to doing prep for the big OC session. Now that I have insulated the crib, cleansed the napthaline-preserved spawn insulators, purged obsolete hardware, and defined naming parameters I have some time to run a few cycles at idle. What do you gentleman think about Kelvin? Kirk? Deckard? Anyway stay tuned for results. Good to see yours continue to improve, which is good, I see a new locked multiplier challenge coming your way in January...

Sounds fun, enjoy.

Oh, are you talking about Star Treck??

[64NOMIS]

Sounds fun, enjoy.

Oh, are you talking about Star Treck??

ETA 1/1/2010. My 3rd child. Re-read the message, might make sense now. Need some new smiles. :crybaby: :babyblanket: :ultimatesacrifice: and :slavery: describe my life for the next couple months.