The San Diego OC DISCUSSION Thread

[s7e9h3n]

Thx for the welcome stealth... And yeah the 5v rail is pretty craptastic and I think that's where my problems are coming from.

The biggest drains are off of the 12v rails from the radiator rans, water pumps, and case fans. Ive got 6 x 120mm Pana M1A's on the rad and 6 x 80mm no name uv orange case fans. 2 Laing D4 pumps, 2 hd's, and 3 legacy drives. And the vid card as well. There's a crapload of stuff going on in there

What's the public XS opinion of the 600w PowerStream? That's what I have my eye on to replace this one with and it's got a 46a 5v rail plus some beefier 12v rails.

If you're running anything other than the DFI + BH5, UTT, etc., go for the Zippy 700W. I love mine, it's an absolute monster. I get a MAX vdroop of .02 on the rails even when pushing my rig to it's limit. 45A @ 12v

[Da[]San]

We got in some CABHE0511XPMW has anybody have any of these?

[ewitte]

Thx for the welcome stealth... And yeah the 5v rail is pretty craptastic and I think that's where my problems are coming from.

The biggest drains are off of the 12v rails from the radiator rans, water pumps, and case fans. Ive got 6 x 120mm Pana M1A's on the rad and 6 x 80mm no name uv orange case fans. 2 Laing D4 pumps, 2 hd's, and 3 legacy drives. And the vid card as well. There's a crapload of stuff going on in there

What's the public XS opinion of the 600w PowerStream? That's what I have my eye on to replace this one with and it's got a 46a 5v rail plus some beefier 12v rails.

I'd not completely trust the monitoring thats built in. I've had PSU's give me crappy #'s but really great ones when I switch out the MB. For instance my 600W enermax told me my 12v rail was 11.2 or so. On this MB it says 12.2.

eric

[mad mikee]

(Digital Multi Meter for those going ) Get one from ratshack
Use it to measure off the PSU connectors when the system is running, and search around here for vmods to get voltage measuring points on the board. We ALL know that the sensors don't report worth . (Ironically when I measured my vcore and vdimm on me refurb DFI Ultra-d and it was almost exact match to the bios readout but @ least I KNOW for sure now). Also useful for measuring battery voltages (are they dead yet?) etc....

[easypanic]

Those temps sound real low to me too, unless its chilled water or something. I run mine at 1.65v and have a good h20 system (big heatercore with 4x120 cooling it) and temps peak at 45C. At 1.7v I'm guessing I would hit 47C.

easypanic do you plan on running 1.8v 24-7? I dunno if that's a good idea heh.

No, just for benching reasons

I'm tryihg to go to 1.7V, gonna let it burn

[Concorde Rules]

- Stepping: ADA3700DAA5BN CABGE 0515SPMW 1237218D50804
- VCORE: 1.425
- Method of Cooling: Xp-12 with 125CFM YS-TECH @ 7V
- Temperatures - 37C load software
- Specifications of System: 6800 Ultra, DFI Sli-DR, G-Skill LE TCCD
- Stability Tests - Super Pi 32Mb Completed.

No screenshot yet, I will post a better speed

[stealth17]

- Stepping: ADA3700DAA5BN CABGE 0515SPMW 1237218D50804
- VCORE: 1.425
- Method of Cooling: Xp-12 with 125CFM YS-TECH @ 7V
- Temperatures - 37C load software
- Specifications of System: 6800 Ultra, DFI Sli-DR, G-Skill LE TCCD
- Stability Tests - Super Pi 32Mb Completed.

No screenshot yet, I will post a better speed

uhh what clocks?

[Viss]

| 3700+ San Diego CABGE @ 2.75GHz - 1.425V - 0515 |

sig is me guess

[rick_fx]

I like this cpu

3700+ San Diego CABGE 0515 SPMW @ 2.88GHz with 1.504V; slk-948u

[stealth17]

I like this cpu

3700+ San Diego CABGE 0515 SPMW @ 2.88GHz with 1.504V; slk-948u

32m pi stable?

[joe2004]

32m pi stable?

One should actually loop 32MB test at least few times. The ultimate test is the Prime95 anyway.

[Crazykooter]

These guys getting low volts with their SD's are suprising me. I can post into windows and do just bout everything but Pi or prime it. I need 1.72 just to make it stable at 2940mhz. 294 fsb. on water cooling. Here is a link to what I get at 309 fsb. Wish I could get it run 3ghz but I havent seen but one on wc that will do it.

[s7e9h3n]

These guys getting low volts with their SD's are suprising me. I can post into windows and do just bout everything but Pi or prime it. I need 1.72 just to make it stable at 2940mhz. 294 fsb. on water cooling. Here is a link to what I get at 309 fsb. Wish I could get it run 3ghz but I havent seen but one on wc that will do it.

Just curious - are you defining stable as spi1m stable?

[joe2004]

These guys getting low volts with their SD's are suprising me. I can post into windows and do just bout everything but Pi or prime it. I need 1.72 just to make it stable at 2940mhz. 294 fsb. on water cooling. Here is a link to what I get at 309 fsb. Wish I could get it run 3ghz but I havent seen but one on wc that will do it.

If you cannot get SuperPi stable at 32 MB and Prime95 for few hours then it is not stable. I ordinary use programs that are 100% utilization (science) and if SuperPi isn't stable then these programs crash too. You can maybe use media player or Microsoft Word and such.
The real measure is Prime95 because it tests memory subsystem and CPU like nothing else. If your CPU isn't up to it then it isn't stable.

[s7e9h3n]

If you cannot get SuperPi stable at 32 MB and Prime95 for few hours then it is not stable.

That's based on personal preference Some consider being able to run spi1m or 3dmark as "stable". Others say P95 for at least 24 hours is stable.

[rancid]

Peter:

I am really confused how you managed those temps under load b/c myself, and many others "air-cooled" are seeing much higher temps. I average 45-48C under load and that is only 1.55V @ 2.69ghz.

My chip is a complete POS, it will do 2.75ghz but the machine shuts off for no apparent reason. I assume heat b/c it hovers 48-50C under load This is with an Xp-90 and a 92mm Tornado+7 case fans. Ridiculious...

[Da[]San]

Peter:

I am really confused how you managed those temps under load b/c myself, and many others "air-cooled" are seeing much higher temps. I average 45-48C under load and that is only 1.55V @ 2.69ghz.

My chip is a complete POS, it will do 2.75ghz but the machine shuts off for no apparent reason. I assume heat b/c it hovers 48-50C under load This is with an Xp-90 and a 92mm Tornado+7 case fans. Ridiculious...

If you look at his screenies, he is running default v core- amazing

[OCfreak]

I found a tweak that allows me to utilize ram much better with the San Diego

I had previously not be able to acheive even a modest ram overclock while running the CPU at 2.8ghz. But I have found that if I use A64 tweaker to disable the mem clk for banks 2 and 3 (the empty banks, I have 2 x 512 in banks 0 and 1) that I can now run ram at 235mhz 2-3-2-7 while running CPU at 2.8ghz My Sandra bandwidth is now back up around 7000, and I got a new SuperPI 32m personal best of 26m 17s

This tweak also seems to bring the SD's memory bandwith scores back in line with my Winchester and eliminates the 300+ point difference at the same clocks. I,m guessing it will also help those who are having high temps overclocking the SD's on air.

[mad mikee]

I found a tweak that allows me to utilize ram much better with the San Diego

I had previously not be able to acheive even a modest ram overclock while running the CPU at 2.8ghz. But I have found that if I use A64 tweaker to disable the mem clk for banks 2 and 3 (the empty banks, I have 2 x 512 in banks 0 and 1) that I can now run ram at 235mhz 2-3-2-7 while running CPU at 2.8ghz My Sandra bandwidth is now back up around 7000, and I got a new SuperPI 32m personal best of 26m 17s

This tweak also seems to bring the SD's memory bandwith scores back in line with my Winchester and eliminates the 300+ point difference at the same clocks. I,m guessing it will also help those who are having high temps overclocking the SD's on air.

/me plans to yank BH5 for a while and shove GBLE back in to try this

[Eldonko]

I found a tweak that allows me to utilize ram much better with the San Diego

I had previously not be able to acheive even a modest ram overclock while running the CPU at 2.8ghz. But I have found that if I use A64 tweaker to disable the mem clk for banks 2 and 3 (the empty banks, I have 2 x 512 in banks 0 and 1) that I can now run ram at 235mhz 2-3-2-7 while running CPU at 2.8ghz My Sandra bandwidth is now back up around 7000, and I got a new SuperPI 32m personal best of 26m 17s

This tweak also seems to bring the SD's memory bandwith scores back in line with my Winchester and eliminates the 300+ point difference at the same clocks. I,m guessing it will also help those who are having high temps overclocking the SD's on air.

Oooh, good find, I will try this tonight

[Wingz]

make sure u disable the right banks else u get a instant crash, if u use the orange slots then disable banks 0 and 2.

[OCfreak]

And if your not sure which banks your using, run Sandra memory bandwidth benchmark, and scroll down through the report it will show which memory banks are populated.

[uwackme]

Im so lost, my first A64 and I have no fking idea what Im doing

But its fun..... 3700+ Cabbage special in the pot, hope I get some good craut.

[ante_ante]

What´s the best bios för DFI NF4 + KINGSTON BH5 + SD 3700+ ??

[Wingz]

What´s the best bios för DFI NF4 + KINGSTON BH5 + SD 3700+ ??

try 414-2

but there are 6 new bioses out

Linky