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  1. Slappa

    The Toll Of Fooling With Hardware - Dead 740

    Sadly this was the first time i was going to use it
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    The Toll Of Fooling With Hardware - Dead 740

    Playing around with a delidded 740, cracked core, dead. :mad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cdHmhBxA6E
  3. Slappa

    5GHz All 6 Cores This Time

    Thanks guys. To the human eye, games won't improve much after 4-4.5GHz Measured by FPS or benchmark, as long as the game is not GPU limited, then yes it helps
  4. Slappa

    5GHz All 6 Cores This Time

    Last time i did one core. Now, its finally all 6. It took a temperature ambient of 5 degrees colder to achieve this. However I still did not get a validation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqGwSDr1HKE
  5. Slappa

    2240MHz Mushkin Ridgeback RAM W/ Phenom II X6 1090T & 890FXA-UD5

    First question is what BIOS version are you using?
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    2240MHz Mushkin Ridgeback RAM W/ Phenom II X6 1090T & 890FXA-UD5

    Wrong. Youre on a 555 Athlon II ? If I recall that is a callisto core. Meaning you have an older IMC revision. Your ram sticks aren't duds, its just the old IMC's were tuned to run ram below 1700MHz. In most cases good luck getting your ram to run above 1700MHz with any old IMC revision based...
  7. Slappa

    2240MHz Mushkin Ridgeback RAM W/ Phenom II X6 1090T & 890FXA-UD5

    Yeah, it's just a suicide overclock. Not stable at all. You have to understand that it is extremely difficult to attain clocks like these on AMD. The chips and boards are tuned more for running 1333MHz-1800MHz. The WR ram clock on the AMD platform is 2500MHz. I was just seeing how far my...
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    2240MHz Mushkin Ridgeback RAM W/ Phenom II X6 1090T & 890FXA-UD5

    I was really surprised to see what these lovely sticks did today. This is the Mushkin Ridgeback 1600MHz 6-8-6-24 kit. On AMD, it is extremely difficult to run any ram above 2000MHz. Well today I broke a personal record and clocked these sticks all the way up to 2240MHz 8-10-6-15-1T. I used my...
  9. Slappa

    5GHz Phenom II X6 1090T Cold Air

    True. Mistake on my part then. from now on I'll state any questionable aspects of my posts before I go on Thanks dude! Looking forward to playing with it :D
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    5GHz Phenom II X6 1090T Cold Air

    I am just used to posting on XS and OCN where they will see that CPU-z screen and right off the bat understand that I disabled cores. I now realize I was a bit ignorant to think that everyone has that sort of knowledge of this OC method
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    5GHz Phenom II X6 1090T Cold Air

    I've already made a bit of ground, and had a fair share of luck. Keeping in mind that if I do get things... I am just going for personal bests, not advertising. No one told me to advertise anything. Reviews that I do stay on review sites most of the time, not in forums. I won't link but take a...
  12. Slappa

    5GHz Phenom II X6 1090T Cold Air

    I appreciate it man. This stuff just gets me excited. Hopefully one day I'll see myself at AMD. Its good to heard that it's cool and exciting, exactly what I'm hoping for! PS - I'm using my blog as an extra curricular activity
  13. Slappa

    5GHz Phenom II X6 1090T Cold Air

    Actually I haven't done an LN2 run yet. A dice run with a pot designed for LN2 yes...I think you got mixed up :D Thanks man they were fun
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    5GHz Phenom II X6 1090T Cold Air

    This is exactly my thought process. I do the suicides for enjoyment...finding boundaries. I understand this. But to be honest and I'll let you guys know now. I am 17 year old and I live in Canada. I am a highschool student looking to go into comp engineering next year. I am not making these...
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    5GHz Phenom II X6 1090T Cold Air

    For me personally I have a few reasons. I compete in benchmarking apps It's fun I like seeing the limit of the silicon, the limit of the current technology Why not? If its a hobby you enjoy, pursue it and enjoy. Yes it is not for the average joe just wanting some more everyday...
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    5GHz Phenom II X6 1090T Cold Air

    I have reasons for why I post. First off, I don't have a million cpu's. I bench mainly on this one, as it is my only 6 core chip. So yes, I have multiple results for the same chip...why would I not. Yes I tried it under different cooling methods, I wanted to see how the chip scaled. I am not...
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    5GHz Phenom II X6 1090T Cold Air

    Theres no way it would be prime stable. This is the very edge of stability for 1 core out of the whole chip (the best core). Yes it is only on one core for a few reasons -This is a realistic result for retail Phenom II's, all 6 cores are not balanced, meaning some are better and worse then...
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    5GHz Phenom II X6 1090T Cold Air

    Hey guys Taking advantage of winter, I just broke 5GHz with cold air on my 1090T. Enjoy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue1Ri7w5Qos Phenom II X6 1090T Corsair H50 Watercooler (Performs Like High End Air) Gigabyte 890FXA-UD5 5GHz Core #1, 3000NB, 2000MHz 7-9-6 Ram...
  19. Slappa

    Overclocking Dell Optiplex 320 - OEM Computer - P4 Prescott @ 3450MHz

    I've been using this Dell Optiplex for awhile now. It acts as my spare rig to use while I'm benching my other one, and I also use it for word processing and other simple tasks. I was just looking at the CPU-Z screen out of curiosity today, when I realized that an overclock on this machine is...
  20. Slappa

    3DMark06 - 1090T On Stock Cooling

    It's done on one card :) no CF, my first PCIE slot is burnt out anyways :biggrin: Once again, just one card. I just got a 24K result by speeding up the processor a bit under lower temps :thumbsup:
  21. Slappa

    3DMark06 - 1090T On Stock Cooling

    No thats the TJ Max. At the end it idled around 27C in coretemp, I imagine 33-35C in reality.
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    3DMark06 - 1090T On Stock Cooling

    Thought my board died tonight. Eventually got it back up and running and chew* inspired me to do a 3DMark06 run on the stock cooler. Here it is: As you can see this is on the stock AMD cooler only. And here is my 3DMark06 result
  23. Slappa

    Liquid Nitrogen (LN2) Evaporator – LN2Cooling.com – Part 1: Unboxing

    Uhh Ill check next time. The temps were pretty good though, that mass of copper stays quite cool. I remember it holding around 20-28ish C
  24. Slappa

    Liquid Nitrogen (LN2) Evaporator – LN2Cooling.com – Part 1: Unboxing

    Thanks The track is eleven by gabriel and dresden
  25. Slappa

    Liquid Nitrogen (LN2) Evaporator – LN2Cooling.com – Part 1: Unboxing

    Video for my run with the new pot is up guys. Links to my articles are in the description. Don't wanna link to other sites. However here is the video (I hope youtube linking is allowed) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-wDG1KunvI
  26. Slappa

    Liquid Nitrogen (LN2) Evaporator – LN2Cooling.com – Part 1: Unboxing

    It would absolutely be more efficient than the current pot. However I don't think the current pot approach will ever be phased out entirely. Then we have the question of would the possible LN2 loop be cheaper than a cascade or multi-stage phase setup.
  27. Slappa

    Liquid Nitrogen (LN2) Evaporator – LN2Cooling.com – Part 1: Unboxing

    1090T may convince my bud to try his i7 as well.
  28. Slappa

    Liquid Nitrogen (LN2) Evaporator – LN2Cooling.com – Part 1: Unboxing

    Kinda funny that you mention that. This pot actually has an accessory that allows it to run in a watercooling loop. Essentially a very efficient giant waterblock. This pot does it all
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    Liquid Nitrogen (LN2) Evaporator – LN2Cooling.com – Part 1: Unboxing

    I know some of you saw my recent dry ice runs on my Phenom II rig. In a few threads I discussed that for my next run I will have a different pot to play around with --- and I assure you that promise was kept. I got in touch with a friend and he agreed to let me take one of his cooling pots...
  30. Slappa

    |Second Frost| - |Overclocking AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Under Dry Ice| 5.568GHz

    I'll run cinebench on my next run :cool:
  31. Slappa

    *56K No* Phenom II X6 DICE Run

    You never know. It's also sorta an old habit for when I used to post big threads like this from way back
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    |Second Frost| - |Overclocking AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Under Dry Ice| 5.568GHz

    Gonna be using pots from ln2cooling.com for my next run Nitrogen, only once when I went to the AMD campus in Texas. The cost in my city is through the roof for LN2 ($100 per 5L), as one company has a monopoly. When I go out east for school I expect to do heavy LN2 benching. I haven't tried...
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    |Second Frost| - |Overclocking AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Under Dry Ice| 5.568GHz

    Just wait till the new pots arrive. Then I'll have copper instead of aluminum, and with way more mass too. expecting to break 5.6GHz
  34. Slappa

    *56K No* Phenom II X6 DICE Run

    I miss the 939 days Thanks dude!
  35. Slappa

    |Second Frost| - |Overclocking AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Under Dry Ice| 5.568GHz

    Hey guys, here is my most recent run. As you can see, I improved my results from my last run slightly. I also took a lot of video of the setup and of how I do my sessions. This is to give you an idea of what it is like to benchmark on dry ice. The Video(Watch In HD): |Second Frost| -...
  36. Slappa

    *56K No* Phenom II X6 DICE Run

    I will have a better pot to test with soon. Then I'll expect better results ;) You cannot compare AMD to Intel in SuperPi. It's more to compare chips of the same brand and class. For AMD my result is pretty blazing fast on dry ice. Thanks dude. Yeah I bought retail but not even soon after...
  37. Slappa

    *56K No* Phenom II X6 DICE Run

    The DICE lasts more on a 5-10 minute basis. The way I was running the mixture in my pot however, I crushed up DICE for surface area and only filled it to a certain level that netted the coolest temperature. The cpu was around -68 at the coldest in the BIOS. When I was running full out it was...
  38. Slappa

    *56K No* Phenom II X6 DICE Run

    I see. I should have thought of that. Thanks! I will remember for the future.
  39. Slappa

    2000MHz Ram On AMD Phenom II X6 1090T & 890FXA-UD5

    A tip on that would be to not use the 8.00x ram divider. Also, what cpu+motherboard are you using? The Phenom II X4's have an older IMC revision that hinders frequency overclocks. However it overclocks better suited to lower frequencies and tighter timings. The new X6 chips however, have a new...
  40. Slappa

    2000MHz Ram On AMD Phenom II X6 1090T & 890FXA-UD5

    I wasn't going for times here. SuperPi is very dependent on the cpu, especially in 1m. Essentially, if your cpu is faster, you'll beat whatever ram speed someone may have. 32m is purely just to stability test a ram overclock on this run. Superpi times come into play later when I throw all my...