How high can I go?

[prosser13]

Heya all,

Any ideas on how high I'll be able to go

Any info you need just ask

 

[Matt2]

IF it's a Venice core, you'll get 2.4GHZ pretty much on stock volts.

I got mine all the way to 2.8GHZ on 1.55v.

1000mhz overclock isnt too shabby at all!

 

[thegimp03]

Originally posted by: Matt2
IF it's a Venice core, you'll get 2.4GHZ pretty much on stock volts.

I got mine all the way to 2.8GHZ on 1.55v.

900mhz overclock isnt too shabby at all!

Correction: 1 ghz overclock. Stock: 1.8ghz

I had my Winchester 3000+ at 2.4 ghz without much effort on my old Asus A8V (non-overclocking friendly) and value memory.

I think you could easily expect a 600 mhz overclock. Higher than that will require some more tweaking but it's possible as Matt2 demonstrated. Good luck!

 

[Matt2]

Originally posted by: thegimp03

Originally posted by: Matt2
IF it's a Venice core, you'll get 2.4GHZ pretty much on stock volts.

I got mine all the way to 2.8GHZ on 1.55v.

900mhz overclock isnt too shabby at all!

Correction: 1 ghz overclock. Stock: 1.8ghz

I had my Winchester 3000+ at 2.4 ghz without much effort on my old Asus A8V (non-overclocking friendly) and value memory.

I think you could easily expect a 600 mhz overclock. Higher than that will require some more tweaking but it's possible as Matt2 demonstrated. Good luck!

Doh! Edited for stupidity. I took an accounting final this morning too. I bet I didnt do very good on it.

 

[Matt2]

OP, what motherboard are you running and what are the specs on the RAM? I'm not too familiar with G-Skill's lineup.

 

[SlowSpyder]

My Venice core 3000+ will boot into Windows at 2.7ghz (300x9) but isn't very stable. That's at 1.50 volts. Right now I run it at 2.56ghz at 1.5volts. I can run the PC all day at this speed and the temps are very reasonable so I leave it at this speed.

 

[prosser13]

Matt2 - I've got a DFI RDX200CF-DR and the RAM is G.Skill PC4000 HZ:

Model Name : F1-4000USU2-2GBHZ (1GB x 2)

Overview : PC4000(DDR500) 3-4-4-8 Dual Channel

Specification
Capacity 2GB (1GB x 2)
Speed 500MHz DDR (PC4000)
CAS Latency CL 3-4-4-8
Test Voltage 2.6~2.8 Volts
PCB 6 Layers PCB
Registered/Unbuffered Unbuffered
Error Checking Non-ECC
Type 184-pin DIMM
Warranty Lifetime

I'm getting a single stick to start (of the two) and then buying the second a couple of weeks later so that the guy can finish upgrading.

I think my aim will be 300mhz FSB stable - with my AX8 I had it doing SuperPi at 290mhz FSB but my AX8 couldn't boot into Windows at higher than 280mhz FSB *shakes fist*

When I lap my heatsink next week and replace the thermal paste I'll find out the stepping

 

[betasub]

Originally posted by: Matt2
Doh! Edited for stupidity. I took an accounting final this morning too. I bet I didnt do very good on it.

At least it wasn't an English exam: you may have faired none too well at that

Venice 3000+ at 9x267 (~2.4GHz) with 1.40V

 

[Matt2]

Originally posted by: betasub

Originally posted by: Matt2
Doh! Edited for stupidity. I took an accounting final this morning too. I bet I didnt do very good on it.

At least it wasn't an English exam: you may have faired none too well at that

Venice 3000+ at 9x267 (~2.4GHz) with 1.40V

I thought that last sentence sounded a little strange.

OP:

Are you comfortable playing around with the RAM dividers?

You could go all the way up to 2.25GHZ (9x250) without using a divider.

Or you could go 9x267= ~2.4GHZ with a 9/10 divider.

Try it without upping the Vcore and see how it responds.

 

[prosser13]

I'm perfectly comfortable with dividers - I was using them with my last motherboard and a bit with my current one.

IIRC, with my last MB (Abit AX8) I reached ~230mhz FSB with stock VCore and then SuperPi started slowing down and became unstable and then I raised it.

How do you 'burn in' CPUs? I've heard about it but don't know exactly what.

I'm looking forward to getting my new RAM (its on its way ) and the lapping kit and Shin Etsu - hopefully Monday next week

 

[Matt2]

Originally posted by: prosser13
I'm perfectly comfortable with dividers - I was using them with my last motherboard and a bit with my current one.

IIRC, with my last MB (Abit AX8) I reached ~230mhz FSB with stock VCore and then SuperPi started slowing down and became unstable and then I raised it.

How do you 'burn in' CPUs? I've heard about it but don't know exactly what.

I'm looking forward to getting my new RAM (its on its way ) and the lapping kit and Shin Etsu - hopefully Monday next week

ahhh. ok, didnt know if you were an OC noob or not.

Just try 2.4 on stock volts and go up from there.2.6 is pretty much a safe bet with some vcore.

 

[prosser13]

OK

I'm looking to go to about 1.55V on my CPU but I'm not looking to go much higher and I'd prefer lower.