Been MIA, but still at it.

[batmang]

I've been away from Anandtech forums for a very long time, mainly due to TechPowerUp.com (SN: johnnyfiive) being the place where I spent most of my time when comparing OC'ing numbers with fellow OCers. To keep inline with what this forum is about, here is what I've done since I was last active on these boards.

AMD Phenom II 920 2.8GHz @ 3.86GHz | Water (Ran this at 3.5GHz 24/7) [Pictures]


i7 920 (D0) 2.66GHz @ 4.5GHz | Air, Noctua NH-U12P (Ran this at 4.2GHz 24/7) [Pictures]
http://img.techpowerup.org/090713/4point2_1.34v_3dmark06_ht_turbo.jpg
(Can't find my dang CPU-Z validation.)

i5 750 2.66GHz @ 4.4GHz | Custom Water (Ran this at 4.0GHz 24/7) [Pictures]


AMD Phenom II 1090T 3.2GHz @ 4.5GHz | Custom Water (Ran this at 4.2GHz 24/7)


I do have pictures of the 1090T setup, but I've yet to upload them anywhere. The 1090T is an awesome CPU to play with, I loved it while I had it.

And here is what I'm working with now.

MacBook Pro i5 (2.4GHz) w/ WD Scorpio 7200RPM 500GB Hard Drive
23" Samsung LED PX2370 Monitor
Logitech Illuminated Keyboard
Apple Magic Mouse
Rain Design mStand

It's no overclocking beast, but I'm patiently waiting Bulldozer. The MacBook Pro is what I use when things are benching or stability testing, it's my '"normal use" computer. Its just a matter of a waiting game before I get back into the overclocking game. If things take to long, I might pick up a i3-540 setup and utilize my water setup during the winter because we all know that's the best time to go crazy.

 

[BD231]

So you just buy this stuff and sell it off or what?

 

[batmang]

So you just buy this stuff and sell it off or what?

Pretty much, it really depends on whats fun to play with at the time. I don't play games that require powerful video cards so its really about overclocking for me. Any gaming that I do have time for is done on the 360 or the MacBook. I did reviews at Bjorn3D.com which is how I got boards and memory to utilize. I'm currently on reviewing hiatus since my son was born (no time for reviews) but that will change in due time.

 

[BD231]

Thuban is my next step, 4.2ghz 24/7 would give me three more cores and a 500mhz per core clock increase. Just waiting to see if a less expensive BE part shows up.

Did you by any chance play with overclocking the North Bridge on your 1090? Just wondering what your results were.

 

[batmang]

Didn't do much NB overclocking unfortunately. I had it for a very short period, but it is a very capable CPU in my opinion.

 

[Face2Face]

I love the setups man. They look great !!! Keep up the good work

 

[batmang]

Thanks!

 

[batmang]

Playing with a $57 motherboard and a $99 Athlon II X4 640, cheap fun.

Currently at 3.62GHz, still working on max stable overclock. This isn't the best combo to OC with... but it was cheap and I was anxious to see what it could do. It's sure is nice to have a 12C idle and 28C max load.

 

[richierich1212]

nice batmang

 

[crucibelle]

batmang, you have some really nice setups, there. Also, just wanted to say... i love your forum name "batmang".. lol!

 

[Shmee]

that is a very nice 920 if it can do 4.2 GHz with 1.344 Vcore. Mine needed like 1.4 Vcore to be stable. What was the voltage setting at 4.5?

 

[batmang]

nice batmang

batmang, you have some really nice setups, there. Also, just wanted to say... i love your forum name "batmang".. lol!

Thanks! My brother in law adopted the name supermang, hah.

that is a very nice 920 if it can do 4.2 GHz with 1.344 Vcore. Mine needed like 1.4 Vcore to be stable. What was the voltage setting at 4.5?

If I recall correctly, it needed about 1.5v+ to do bench runs at 4.5GHz. I never got it 100% stable above 4.3GHz. The voltage increase needed above 4.2GHz was on the verge of ridiculous which is why I kept it at 1.34v for 4.2GHz. 4.3GHz needed around 1.37-1.38v, but anything above that needed tons more to even boot.

I recall the early D0 batches being able to do 4.0GHz with only 1.28v, so my D0 was actually one of the 'crappier' ones. Mine did 4.0GHz with 1.32v but I figured for a measly .02v and a gain of 200MHz, 4.2 @ 1.34v was the sweet spot. It made a world of difference going from the DFI T3E8H to a ASUS P6T Deluxe (v2). The inconsistency on the T3E8H was incredibly annoying, the ridiculously hot VRM didn't help either, despite having such a beefy heatsink/heatpipe cooling solution.

On a side note, I now have a 6870 on the Athlon II X4 setup. It's a fantastic card so far.

 

[TBSN]

Cool, more hardcore overclocking

That looks like I cool watercooler (pun not intended), is there a reservoir right on top of the cpu block? what kind is it? I know nothing about watercooling mind you...

 

[batmang]

Cool, more hardcore overclocking

That looks like I cool watercooler (pun not intended), is there a reservoir right on top of the cpu block? what kind is it? I know nothing about watercooling mind you...

The reservoir sits right on top of the pump. It's EK's DC 4.0 pump-res combo. The pump draws water from the reservoir and sends the water over the CPU, then to the radiator, then back to the reservoir. It's usually best to go to the radiator first, then the CPU, but I didn't have long enough tubing.

The CPU waterblock btw is a Swiftech Apogee XT.

 

[TBSN]

I wonder what it would be like to have a reservoir right on top of the CPU block, so there is a high column of water right on top. Then the hot water could be siphoned off the top and the fresh water would be pumped into the bottom..