Recent content by zfooz

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    Distance to TJ Max

    I would try, at all costs, to keep the delta to TJmax over 35C, especially if you are putting a lot of volts into it.. I really wanted mine to be at 40 but I'll have to lap the HS and probably IHS to get it there.. I have Tuniq 120 and @ 1.4volts and 4.1ghz it gets down to 30C to tjmax...
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    Strange Problem 500FSB+ E8400

    the room temp isn't that much different from day to day.. maybe maximum of 1.5C difference at any given time.. I don't think that is enough to raise the voltage that much.. I'll try lapping the cooler and putting it back on and see if that makes any difference in the stability. I think my cpu...
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    Strange Problem 500FSB+ E8400

    No no.. It was running at 450x9 and 500*8 but it needs 1.4125v, so i changed the multiplier to 500x7.5 and I need 1.3v or 400*8.5 I need 1.3125v but previously I only needed 1.2875v for 450x8.5 but now it needs the 1.3125 to be stable.. Like a month ago it was stable 36 hrs of orthos @ 450*8.5...
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    Q6600 or E8400

    only motherboard swap requires some changing of things .. still not a reformat though :) video,cpu,ram, hd, etc doesn't require really much of anything but single drivers which any os will detect
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    Q6600 or E8400

    Man i've had so many screwy issues with my E8400.. I would definitely keep the quad and only upgrade to a new one with the new quads are way cheaper.. Really the CPU probably won't make any difference unless you have an uber badass video card or SLI/Crossfire
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    Strange Problem 500FSB+ E8400

    Lol.. well, after doing a lot of tests at 4ghz it now takes 0.0250 more volts than it did previously to run at 3.8ghz which is weird.. usually processors take less after they have been run a while.. I'll try large FFT to test the ram. Ram 5-5-5-15, Corsair PC8500 1066mhz two 1gb sticks...
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    Strange Problem 500FSB+ E8400

    Lowering the multiplier because I need over 1.4volts to do 4ghz stable and I don't want to push it.. 3.8ghz is 1.3v Running XP SP3 32 bit, with Radeon HD3870 PCIe is locked at 100mhz so the BIOS says.. I don't have any other way of testing it, if it was the PCIe then 450mhz bus wouldn't work...
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    Strange Problem 500FSB+ E8400

    I did 1 hour of OCCT RAM test.. I did 16 hours of Orthos Blend test with no errors. I really don't think it's the Video card or drivers, but I'm setting it back to 450 * 8.5 which I know it works at (48+ hrs of testing and playing games for days..) and i'll see what happens. I did notice...
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    Strange Problem 500FSB+ E8400

    Orthos stable 16+ hours at 500FSB * 8 and *7.5 but when I load up 3d games , and I tried different games, they crash fairly quickly. Has anyone else experienced this?? I tried many voltage settings.. IT must be something with corruption on the PCI-E bus but what would be causing that...
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    IX38 QUAD GT 137 AR

    At 1.3875V under the heavyest load I can put on it I see it dip top 1.36 , but hovers around 1.37 or 1.38 back and forth I guess depending on what orthos is doing at the current moment:) . I guess that's not too bad but I don't have a quad cpu to really load it up. my PWM peak current is...
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    Help Overclocking E8400 on P5E3 Premium

    Try changing the ram settings to even higher maybe can get it stable for now. like 8-7-7-32 or something similar and performance level 9 or 10
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    Help Overclocking E8400 on P5E3 Premium

    There is no reason any E8400 shouldn't run at 400 fsb .. 400*9 should be no problem. You can set it at 400*8 and then try and get it stable, or 400*7.5 and you can probably rule out the cpu. Running the memory at 1600 probably requires a lot more MCH(NB) voltage and maybe a tad more DDR...
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    IX38 QUAD GT 137 AR

    There is no performance difference between the IP35 and IX38 right now. Maybe with the newer CPUs and later BIOS revisions the IX38 will pull ahead but if you already have an IP35 or similar board there's no reason to upgrade. Even E8400 on IX38 is no difference. IMHO they haven't got the...
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    Help Overclocking E8400 on P5E3 Premium

    Ouch.. stuck at 2:1.. No wonder they are making the ram go such high mhz. DDR3 hasn't matured yet so that's why I didn't get it .. although it is fast :>
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    IX38 QUAD GT 137 AR

    I have a lot of experience with this board if you have any questions.