Time For A New Pc., alternate parts, opinions and recommendations please Options

[grim_d]

Looks like you got it taken care of. What color dye is that you are using?

feser one non cuductive fluid in pink.

well the bottle says red but my chick knew it would be pink and insisted i got it.

i wanted purple

This post has been edited by grim_d: Oct 5 2007, 05:55 PM

[EverestX]

Chicks dig the Pink UV

[grim_d]

Got the system up and running so decided to try an overclock, after much reading of guides i went for it and have so far managed to acheive a speed of 3.2Ghz (stock is 2.2)

my settings are as follows

cpu frequency - 400Mhz
DRAM frequency - DDR2-800Mhz
memory voltage - 1.8v
cpu vcore - 1.35v

this is it running 1:1, i wouldnt mind acheiving a higher clock speed, something like 3.5, i've been out the loop for a long time so im a bit of a need so anyone with any helpful tips i'd like to hear them.

[EverestX]

Since i don't have a C2d I really couldn't help too much with the OC, but if you want to find your max 1:1 clock drop your CPU multi to about half of what it is now then push your FSB until you find your rams max, then turn around and dial your CPU in.

Also, you might go ahead and run some benches now. Then you can try your ram on a divider to push max cpu clock and see what difference it makes on the benches. Also, you have a good deal of voltage you could push to that cpu still so shoot for the stars. What are your current load temps?

[grim_d]

Since i don't have a C2d I really couldn't help too much with the OC, but if you want to find your max 1:1 clock drop your CPU multi to about half of what it is now then push your FSB until you find your rams max, then turn around and dial your CPU in.

Also, you might go ahead and run some benches now. Then you can try your ram on a divider to push max cpu clock and see what difference it makes on the benches. Also, you have a good deal of voltage you could push to that cpu still so shoot for the stars. What are your current load temps?

im not sure about the temps man, im not sure i trust what core temp and speedfan tell me, witht he overclock im idleing at around 22 and 24 for core 1 and 2 respectively and at load around 27 and 30 respectively, but again im not sure how accurate this is.

I checked in bios and it reports around 22 also so maybe they aint far off, but thats pretty cold, and my rad fans are on lowest, maybe the watercooling is just amazing

ill try that with te overclocking, need to get aim installed again for a chat mate.

This post has been edited by grim_d: Oct 7 2007, 12:01 AM

[garver]

What program are you using to record temp? Download the Intel thermal analysis tool AKA Intel TAT or just TAT...For C2D I believe the max is 75C with that program. It also loads harder than any other tool. I'm running 63 max on air. I believe 65C is considered safe. I think it says that on overclockers.com

[grim_d]

What program are you using to record temp? Download the Intel thermal analysis tool AKA Intel TAT or just TAT...For C2D I believe the max is 75C with that program. It also loads harder than any other tool. I'm running 63 max on air. I believe 65C is considered safe. I think it says that on overclockers.com

i downloaded tat and had around 22 idle and 40 load, only thing is it kept restarting itself when i put load on it, so i've reverted back to defaults for now.

could my vcore be too low and causing it to be unstable?

[garver]

i downloaded tat and had around 22 idle and 40 load, only thing is it kept restarting itself when i put load on it, so i've reverted back to defaults for now.

could my vcore be too low and causing it to be unstable?

Ya it could be that I would raise it very slowly. I have a lucky chip that I can overclock it and also be under volted to an extent but now Im a bit above stock. Your temps are good though.

[grim_d]

Ya it could be that I would raise it very slowly. I have a lucky chip that I can overclock it and also be under volted to an extent but now Im a bit above stock. Your temps are good though.

yeah that was it, bumped it up from 3.5 to 3.75 and everything is golden now.

having a little trouble stabilising my GPU overclock but that's just trial and error. i'll get there.

just finished installing all my apps and stuff so just enjoying the new rig.

[garver]

yeah that was it, bumped it up from 3.5 to 3.75 and everything is golden now.

having a little trouble stabilising my GPU overclock but that's just trial and error. i'll get there.

just finished installing all my apps and stuff so just enjoying the new rig.

What are you using to overclock the GPU

[grim_d]

What are you using to overclock the GPU

rivatuner and atitool, i've got it stable now anyway.

[garver]

3dmark the beast now.

[grim_d]

3dmark the beast now.

3dmark06

5827, im not sure if that's good or bad.

need to push my cpu further


This post has been edited by grim_d: Oct 9 2007, 05:44 PM

[garver]

Thats not too bad for the video card you have. I hit 11k in 06 but I have an 8800gts that is heavily overclocked. what was your cpu score?

[grim_d]

Just got the UT3 and COD4 demo's and maxed them out at 1280x1024, infact they both ran fine at 1600x1200.

averages around 30 fps in cod4 maced out, didnt check UT3

World in conflict will run maxed out but the FPS drops to about 12 occasionally. By lowering a couple of the non-important options it's smooth

downloading bioshock demo see how i fare with that.

This post has been edited by grim_d: Oct 16 2007, 10:35 AM