IC7 temps high?

[bjc112]

Hey all,

Finally got around to building a system for another friend of mine:

2.4C @ 3.0 (P95 running ) stock Vcore
2x256 Buffalo 2.8v
9600 AIW
IC7
SLK-947 YS Tech Adjustable


Does 48C seem high for that HSF...

On the BH7 i remember temps reading a bit high, but i had a 2.4B@3ghz on Stock HSF @ 50c...




Hmmmmmm

 

[zShowtimez]

my IC7 seemed to read higher than other boards. And for load that temp is fine.

 

[bjc112]

Originally posted by: zShowtimez
my IC7 seemed to read higher than other boards. And for load that temp is fine.

Well i figured it was fine, i was just thinking to do 3.4 or 3.5 ( if im lucky.. I would need some fairly good temps... )

However, i saw a thread Duvie had posted and his temps seemed in the mid 50's which seems to be fine...

3.2

Stock Vcore, gonna run over night...

 

[bjc112]

Running 3.3 overnight tonight...

Should be good..

Temps about 49-51c

 

[Corporate Thug]

under full load i get up to mid 55's with same Heatsink

 

[Duvie]

I recently updated my case and case cooling and that helped my idle temps drop a few c and keeps the sys and PWM temps from getting as high....

Now...

idle 42-43c load 60c (prime95 or SETI encoding hits this temp, otherwise 58c for most other things)...use to only get this temp with case side open and often hit 64c load

pwm 28c idle to 38c load...use to hit 44c load

sys 25-26c idle to 30c...use to hit 32-33c load


I think 48c idle is a bit high for that considering you are running 500mhz lower mhz and I am running 1.58v....You also have a better heatsink then my swiftech MXC4000...HOw is the case cooling???


Abits read high and many have speculated maybe 8-10c hihger then average boards...On the other hand the asus owners are being shafted with dreamer numbers of loads in low 40's and idles in low 30's...I surely don't trust those numbers either...

 

[bjc112]

Well 48C was loaded...

I seem to be slipping at 3.3ghz

3.2 runs for 18hours so far 1.6V

I went to 3.3 and it errored out in about 10 min...

I can try 1.65, but this system isn't for me.


I do have a question though, if it runs stable ( which it is for about 5 more hours + looping 3dmark ) would you ship it back to a friend to use, or bump to 3.0 to be safe?



It's rock stable at 3.2


LMK.

Bryan

 

[Duvie]

I would send it to him at rock stable 3.2ghz....I usually like to keep it default vcore for real newbies but if my friend understands the details of overclocking then I give it too him at 3.2ghz...

I ofcoure run 12 hours of prime....6+ hour encoding....8-10hours memtest....If he is a big gamer I run prime with 3dmark looping for 4-6 hours...

 

[bjc112]

Originally posted by: Duvie
I would send it to him at rock stable 3.2ghz....I usually like to keep it default vcore for real newbies but if my friend understands the details of overclocking then I give it too him at 3.2ghz...

I ofcoure run 12 hours of prime....6+ hour encoding....8-10hours memtest....If he is a big gamer I run prime with 3dmark looping for 4-6 hours...

I was thinking along those lines also..

It did 15hours prime with 3dmark looping the enitre time...



These M0's are bad steppings at all.



One more question, do you think the SLK-947 will hold tight during shipping?

I could secure it with something but i was assuming 4 bolts are plenty

 

[THUGSROOK]

Originally posted by: Duvie
I would send it to him at rock stable 3.2ghz....I usually like to keep it default vcore for real newbies but if my friend understands the details of overclocking then I give it too him at 3.2ghz...

I ofcoure run 12 hours of prime....6+ hour encoding....8-10hours memtest....If he is a big gamer I run prime with 3dmark looping for 4-6 hours...

and even after passing all that ~ it can still be unstable

 

[bjc112]

Originally posted by: THUGSROOK

Originally posted by: Duvie
I would send it to him at rock stable 3.2ghz....I usually like to keep it default vcore for real newbies but if my friend understands the details of overclocking then I give it too him at 3.2ghz...

I ofcoure run 12 hours of prime....6+ hour encoding....8-10hours memtest....If he is a big gamer I run prime with 3dmark looping for 4-6 hours...

and even after passing all that ~ it can still be unstable

So your in favor of backing it down a bit?

 

[Duvie]

Originally posted by: THUGSROOK

Originally posted by: Duvie
I would send it to him at rock stable 3.2ghz....I usually like to keep it default vcore for real newbies but if my friend understands the details of overclocking then I give it too him at 3.2ghz...

I ofcourse run 12 hours of prime....6+ hour encoding....8-10hours memtest....If he is a big gamer I run prime with 3dmark looping for 4-6 hours...

and even after passing all that ~ it can still be unstable

i have never seen it!!! Unless some parameter changed like heat becoming an issue in the summer, or you had a few more devices on the machine and power supply starts dragging arse....

I use to run just prime95...Then I found out it was not a good stability tester in ram...I then started runnig memtest...then came along the p4b chips and the c1 stepping and prime would pass but divx encoding would fail as well as besweet ac3 encoding, and cadd rendering.....So now I encode a long VBR high setting, high quality motin to really stress it...often temps are within 1-2c of my high prime95 temps...


I need to say I also run the POV-Ray v3.5 benchmark which has brought many of a thought to be stable pc down....Also I will now include a double instance of seti@home now too....


I say give it too him at 3.2ghz if you are happy with temps and voltages....Otherwise the boob is more likely to hose the system with a junk ati or nvidia driver install then the system all of sudden going south on him....

 

[THUGSROOK]

Duvie ~ i see it all the time. plenty of games/programs can crash a perfectly stable P95/M86 system. even if you are stable now, you never know what new games/programs you will be using in the near future. (games use the entire system and add more heat to various system componants)

for a "customer", id suggest 2 or 3fsb lower then stability on def vcore.
think of it as future proofing.


3 games that are tougher then P95:
Serious Sam
Serious Sam SE
Need For Speed Underground

again this is because of ADDED LOAD and HEAT on the entire system.
(3dmark is a joke, stop wasting your time)

 

[Duvie]

I only use it cause it can tax the vid card as I am priming.....


I can understand the gaming thing since it does use sound which 3dmark does not and it uses the cpu, ram, and vid card...you are the gaming master....


Again you are taking about heat so I say if he feels he is comfortable with heat meaning he isn't on the cusp for high temps then he should stick to the 3.2ghz or max default vcore at least...

 

[THUGSROOK]

sound is definately part of it ~ one of the reasons why i always have MP3s playing while running P95.
but its not just sound.
you could easily load up Sam and let the preview play for hours. you could even playback demos (benchmarks). but when you actually play a game its alot different, and it can crash.
which is why ppl say playing back a demo or some sort of movie type playback demo, isnt the same as actually playing a game.

add the fact that you basically now have 2 cpus blazing away and more required voltage from the moboard for the vid card, and you can see why gaming adds a whole new level to stability.

im sure you remember last year when DivX encoding was tougher then P95?

 

[bjc112]

Considering sound plays a big role, what about looping the 3dmark demo w/sound?

I would think the actual bench is a bit tougher on the system though... ?

 

[THUGSROOK]

the problem with 3dmark as a looping stress test:

its not a constant load on the system.
it plays for a few seconds, stops, loads the next scene, plays for a few seconds, etc.
in the mean time it cools down between scenes.
what game do you know of that behaves like that?

 

[bjc112]

Well i guess you scared me off thugs... This thing is pretty capable of 3.3 but i backed it down to 3.0 (1.6V)



Everything else seems good.