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*edit 12 Nov*
First; a big THANK YOU to those that offered advice. :beer:
Well, despite the fact that my AC Freezer 7 isn't here yet, I decided to go for it. I hard set the memory mult to 2, changed FSB to 400 and left all the voltage control settings on AUTO.
Booted up at 3.2GHz right off the bat, no issues. Note the CPU voltage is 1.40 and the memory at 2.1; the MB did that all by itself...NICE~! I like not having to clear the CMOS 142 times to boost voltage by .00001v every time it fails to boot. I don't understand why my memory is now overvolted from the stock 1.9v? It was running at 200MHz before and it's running at 200MHz now. Can someone explain that, please?
Notice my temps though! :shocked: This is at idle!
OC_at_idle.jpg
Also note the discrepancy in reported temps b/t the Intel TAT and the EasyTune proggy. I tend to believe the Intel proggy, even though it says I have a Pentium M. I know it's reading the die temp and not the socket temp.
I'm going to try a run of 3DM05 and see what happens. I did run SuperPi 1M; 18 seconds. Not bad. I ran SANDRA's CPU/Memory/Multi Med benchies (what a diff in scores!) and they all passed. I'm AFRAID to try Priming with the stock cooler! I will run 3DM though. :evil:
3DM ran fine!! Less than a 100 point increase in score though, which is puzzling. I know 3DM is GPU-bound, but uh, a 50% CPU speed increase should be worth more though.
My freakin' CPU temp was 68C! upon completion of 3DM though. I hope my AC Freezer comes tomorrow!
I rebooted a couple of times, both cold and warm boot and no probs at all. Super.
3DM ran and so did SANDRA and SuperPI, but 12 hours of P95 is the ultimate stability test. I can't try it with the stock cooler though. At stock CPU speeds, my P95 stress temp would go up 20C...no way I'm going to try and push 80C through the stock cooler.
I will, however, play some Oblivion and FEAR and see what happens.
Just played about an hour of FEAR. The difference in performance was VERY noticeable! It smooth as buttah. No hiccups of any kind. CPU temp was 65C when I exited the game, though. That is way too hot. The air coming out of my case was hot as well...that's a first for this system.
Assuming that I can pass 12 hours (or more) of P95 once I get my AC Freezer, I will lower the CPU voltage little by little.
Unless there's really no harm in running at 1.42v 24/7? It's only .1 volts over stock, but these newer CPUs are really sensitive to voltage. Thoughts?
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I used to be a really good overclocker back in the P3/P4/AthlonXP days. It was simple then. Now there are so many bios settings, I'm not sure where to start.
I have a full grasp of the basics; CPU voltage vs. temps, stability, PCI/PCI-E speeds, etc. I just need a place to start with this new fangled stuff!
Here's what I've got.
Gigabyte DS3 (F7 Bios)
2 x 1GB Corsair PC6400 (I know it's not the best stuff)
E6400 (code on CPU is L629A728. The box says Pack date 22 August, the Version# is D6329-001.)
Stock cooler for now, using AS5, but AC Freezer 7 Pro should be here in a few days!
Antec Trupower 2.0 550.
Where do I start? I don't want a massive overclock just to run benchies; I want STABLE. I get confused b/c my memory is running at 200MHz, but the CPU is running at 266FSB. What do I set everything at? Do I just raise the CPU FSB to 333 or 400? (I like nice, normal dividers), and leave everything else (PCI/E) alone?
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks much. :beer:
First; a big THANK YOU to those that offered advice. :beer:
Well, despite the fact that my AC Freezer 7 isn't here yet, I decided to go for it. I hard set the memory mult to 2, changed FSB to 400 and left all the voltage control settings on AUTO.
Booted up at 3.2GHz right off the bat, no issues. Note the CPU voltage is 1.40 and the memory at 2.1; the MB did that all by itself...NICE~! I like not having to clear the CMOS 142 times to boost voltage by .00001v every time it fails to boot. I don't understand why my memory is now overvolted from the stock 1.9v? It was running at 200MHz before and it's running at 200MHz now.
Can someone explain that, please?Notice my temps though! :shocked: This is at idle!
OC_at_idle.jpg
Also note the discrepancy in reported temps b/t the Intel TAT and the EasyTune proggy. I tend to believe the Intel proggy, even though it says I have a Pentium M. I know it's reading the die temp and not the socket temp.
I'm going to try a run of 3DM05 and see what happens. I did run SuperPi 1M; 18 seconds. Not bad. I ran SANDRA's CPU/Memory/Multi Med benchies (what a diff in scores!) and they all passed. I'm AFRAID to try Priming with the stock cooler! I will run 3DM though. :evil:
3DM ran fine!! Less than a 100 point increase in score though, which is puzzling. I know 3DM is GPU-bound, but uh, a 50% CPU speed increase should be worth more though.
My freakin' CPU temp was 68C! upon completion of 3DM though. I hope my AC Freezer comes tomorrow!
I rebooted a couple of times, both cold and warm boot and no probs at all. Super.
3DM ran and so did SANDRA and SuperPI, but 12 hours of P95 is the ultimate stability test. I can't try it with the stock cooler though. At stock CPU speeds, my P95 stress temp would go up 20C...no way I'm going to try and push 80C through the stock cooler.
I will, however, play some Oblivion and FEAR and see what happens.
Just played about an hour of FEAR. The difference in performance was VERY noticeable! It smooth as buttah.
No hiccups of any kind. CPU temp was 65C when I exited the game, though. That is way too hot. The air coming out of my case was hot as well...that's a first for this system.Assuming that I can pass 12 hours (or more) of P95 once I get my AC Freezer, I will lower the CPU voltage little by little.
Unless there's really no harm in running at 1.42v 24/7? It's only .1 volts over stock, but these newer CPUs are really sensitive to voltage. Thoughts?
_____________________________________________________________________
I used to be a really good overclocker back in the P3/P4/AthlonXP days. It was simple then. Now there are so many bios settings, I'm not sure where to start.
I have a full grasp of the basics; CPU voltage vs. temps, stability, PCI/PCI-E speeds, etc. I just need a place to start with this new fangled stuff!
Here's what I've got.
Gigabyte DS3 (F7 Bios)
2 x 1GB Corsair PC6400 (I know it's not the best stuff)
E6400 (code on CPU is L629A728. The box says Pack date 22 August, the Version# is D6329-001.)
Stock cooler for now, using AS5, but AC Freezer 7 Pro should be here in a few days!
Antec Trupower 2.0 550.
Where do I start? I don't want a massive overclock just to run benchies; I want STABLE. I get confused b/c my memory is running at 200MHz, but the CPU is running at 266FSB. What do I set everything at? Do I just raise the CPU FSB to 333 or 400? (I like nice, normal dividers), and leave everything else (PCI/E) alone?
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks much. :beer:
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