First OC under belt...

This is my first OC attempt (I've thought about it for years) and a somewhat timid one but I'm happy with the results :)





New sig to go with new build - to big for site though :(

[sswilson]

How are your temps under load?

I envy you with your overclockable vid card.... every decent card I've ever owned has been close to EOL thus had absolutely no headroom to speak of.

Have you done any stress testing yet?

Welcome to the world of "living dangerously" (well... not really... it's usually the folks who use crazy volts who fry chips... :) ).

Is the 1.44v accurate for what you've input into bios?

Originally Posted by sswilson

How are your temps under load?

I envy you with your overclockable vid card.... every decent card I've ever owned has been close to EOL thus had absolutely no headroom to speak of.

Have you done any stress testing yet?

Welcome to the world of "living dangerously" (well... not really... it's usually the folks who use crazy volts who fry chips... :) ).

Is the 1.44v accurate for what you've input into bios?

I actually had CPU at 1.375 and I just moved it down to 1.350 and still shows as 1.44. I have linkboost disabled = I don't know what is automatically adjusting the voltage higher.

No stress testing done yet but I have downloaded Prime95.

Temps under load are in the 45-50 degree range - I'll see what they look like once Prime95 gives both cores a workout.

I'm sure the RAM and GPU have more to give - I just need to spend some time and play with them more.

[sswilson]

Why prime95 and not orthos?

[werty316]

If you really want to see what your loads temps could reach try running TAT for a while. This program really heats up a CPU.


You can get it here: Download Intel Thermal Analysis Tool

[Autumns]

What are your temps on the chipsets? I hear they get fairly hot and I want to prepare myself with knowing what are normal temps on a OCed rig before I get mine.

Originally Posted by Autumns

What are your temps on the chipsets? I hear they get fairly hot and I want to prepare myself with knowing what are normal temps on a OCed rig before I get mine.

I'll do that Autumns. I need to flash bios first and start OC over as I think I found the answer to my automatic voltage adjustments. I'm at bios 0501 and it looks like beta bios 0602 might be the magic pill.

Will the florppy drive NEVER die

[Autumns]

Well since you are doing it, would you be able to also post how easy it is to flash the bios? I am assuming you are doing it the tried and tested floppy method but I've never heard much about their EZ Flash method.

Thanks

Originally Posted by Autumns

What are your temps on the chipsets? I hear they get fairly hot and I want to prepare myself with knowing what are normal temps on a OCed rig before I get mine.

Originally Posted by Autumns

Well since you are doing it, would you be able to also post how easy it is to flash the bios? I am assuming you are doing it the tried and tested floppy method but I've never heard much about their EZ Flash method.

Thanks

Sorry it took so long to reply Autumns but I just got around to round 2 of OC.

The BIOS flash was the same as I've always had. A boot diskette along with the BIOS apply program and a file containing the actual BIOS information. Installed easily and without incident :)

My chipset temps are a bit of a concern to me. In the Asus PC Probe it shows the "MB temp" at 30 but when I touch the northbridge it feels much hotter so I used a temp monitor from my Vantec Musketeer on the NB copper and it shows 45 degrees. Without OC it runs at about 30-35. All this done in about 25 deree room. I don't have a reading for the southbridge but from finger temp I'd guess about 40 degrees under orthos load.

Well I just detup the new rig with my "everyday" settings for gaming. Not as fast now but the Voltages are more in my "comfort zone" for everyday use. Doesn't show the load temps on screenie but they were at 50-52 degrees. I only ran orthos for 3 hours - no patience :p







Now it's time for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.