++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

[IndyColtsFan]

I can't even get mine to 3.8 anymore, so I just gave up and left it at stock.

Too lazy to figure out the method to overclock i7 again.

Even a base i7 is pretty damn fast. I just overclock to give it a little more life and to make myself think I got a better deal.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

This will probably be my last PC build. I'll probably upgrade the graphics card (either new or with Crossfire) next year but that will be it for me unless something drastic changes in PC gaming.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

It is still somewhat fun building your own PC, but it used to be much more entertaining.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Honestly, I wouldn't have built this one if not for my Amazon rewards.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

alfa, remember -- create a character on Elendimir! :awe:

Though if you guys all wanted to play on a server, I'd consider rerolling on a different server. That would be pretty painful though.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

My brothers have accounts on Elendimir as well. If I could get those buttheads to play consistently, I'd play more.

 

[MotF Bane]

Even a base i7 is pretty damn fast. I just overclock to give it a little more life and to make myself think I got a better deal.

SLI GTX 460. I know where my bottleneck is, and it's not the graphics.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

SLI GTX 460. I know where my bottleneck is, and it's not the graphics.

I've been debating doing Crossfire on mine. Another 6870 would be a cheap way to get a big boost in games if I encounter a game I need a boost in. I've just heard mixed things about Crossfire.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I'd really like to have a MAME cabinet in our bar, but my wife would crap.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I could probably make it worth her while though. :awe:

 

[MotF Bane]

I don't know why, but Microsoft Office 2k7 installed itself sans spell check.

 

[MotF Bane]

I'd really like to have a MAME cabinet in our bar, but my wife would crap.

Women are such buzzkills for fun things.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Women are such buzzkills for fun things.

Our bar is a little small (14 X 10 IIRC) but I think there is room in a corner.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

narf

 

[alfa147x]

im only pulling 600 kbps on LOTRO :|

It finished around 1 last night... Started pulling 1500 kbps

 

[alfa147x]

I've been debating doing Crossfire on mine. Another 6870 would be a cheap way to get a big boost in games if I encounter a game I need a boost in. I've just heard mixed things about Crossfire.

drivers are no fun :\

 

[zzuupp]

nef

 

[IndyColtsFan]

norf

 

[Rubycon]

Any program that heavily stresses a CPU will be far more than adequate for me because I'll never hit even close to those usage numbers. Generally, I've seen that if it will BSOD, it will do so within the first hour or so. I could run it longer but why? If I start seeing crashes, I'll know the problem.

And yes, I used the multi-threaded version.

That's not how it works. If the system encounters an instability that you are unaware of it's possible that damage/corruption could rear its ugly head weeks or months later!

You do want to heavily stress using LinX finding the memory amount that produces the highest throughput (in GFLOPS) and select the amount of time to run. I suggest 300 minutes - 5 hours as start. Forget this 20 passes = stable nonsense. Alternatively you can install BOINC client and register for a project and allow it to crunch for 1-2 weeks. If you don't see computational errors in that time period (or system crashes) it's a pretty good bet it's stable enough for most (non critical) tasks. If you were doing the latter overclocking wouldn't even be on the table of consideration. (along with non ECC ram, etc.)

 

[IndyColtsFan]

That's not how it works. If the system encounters an instability that you are unaware of it's possible that damage/corruption could rear its ugly head weeks or months later!

You do want to heavily stress using LinX finding the memory amount that produces the highest throughput (in GFLOPS) and select the amount of time to run. I suggest 300 minutes - 5 hours as start. Forget this 20 passes = stable nonsense. Alternatively you can install BOINC client and register for a project and allow it to crunch for 1-2 weeks. If you don't see computational errors in that time period (or system crashes) it's a pretty good bet it's stable enough for most (non critical) tasks. If you were doing the latter overclocking wouldn't even be on the table of consideration. (along with non ECC ram, etc.)

Too much work.

 

[eldorado99]

ned

 

[Rubycon]

Too much work.

It is however think about how much work it will be (if even possible!) to fix/restore corrupted JPG pictures, documents, etc. that could be damaged due to cpu errata. Back in 2008 I had a so called stable system that never crashed that was used to edit videos in Avid. Only until later did I find out there were strange pixels randomly and glitches in some of the audio channels at random. It was caused by overclocking and no stability checker revealed it. Encoding the videos would, however. Fortunately this wasn't critical and I caught it before too many videos were produced.

It's always nice to find out the max o/c at safe vcore and work from there. Prime95 is definitely not what I would use though. I've had I7 systems that could prime for a week that would produce an error in LinX in minutes. That's just one example.

 

[sdifox]

ni

 

[IndyColtsFan]

It is however think about how much work it will be (if even possible!) to fix/restore corrupted JPG pictures, documents, etc. that could be damaged due to cpu errata. Back in 2008 I had a so called stable system that never crashed that was used to edit videos in Avid. Only until later did I find out there were strange pixels randomly and glitches in some of the audio channels at random. It was caused by overclocking and no stability checker revealed it. Encoding the videos would, however. Fortunately this wasn't critical and I caught it before too many videos were produced.

It's always nice to find out the max o/c at safe vcore and work from there. Prime95 is definitely not what I would use though. I've had I7 systems that could prime for a week that would produce an error in LinX in minutes. That's just one example.

I really don't want to mess with this too much -- a few years ago I would've, but now, I really don't care and if the risk is too great, I'll slow it down. What is the latest version of this LinX?

 

[IndyColtsFan]

narf