Just got my $139 FX-55.

[Quick1]

Ok...just played through the first 2-3 levels (at highest difficulty) of Far Cry (1600x1200), HL2 and F.E.A.R. (1280x960) all at 4xAA without a hitch. Was running a Venice 3000+ @2.2. The only descriptor that comes to mind is "Fluid". Wow! Now I know why this CPU was $700+ just six months ago.

p.s. God I hate F.E.A.R.! I play it with an Audigy 2 ZS card, Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 and Sennheiser HD-580?s headphones. I just started a new game at the highest difficulty. Even though I completed the game at ?Normal? level just 12 months ago (ending sucked), it still makes the hair stand up on my arms and the back of my neck. Yeah' it still scares the living sh#t out of me! But I can?t stop myself?yeah' I know. I?m weak.

 

[Tinkerman]

got mine today...hmmm
CABCE 0516MPM
I'll let you guys know what happens when I get all of my hardware

 

[imported_Crusader]

Mines in.. CABCE 0516MPM

 

[Kung Lau]

Running 14x200 atm @ 49C-58C in SP2004.

Had to tweak the vcore up to 1.475 to run without errors.

 

[Skitzer]

CABYE 0524 VPMW
255x11 2.8GHz 1.42v 47C Prime95 stable
253x11.5 2.9GHz 1.48v 49.5C Prime95 stable
250x12 3.0GHz 1.55v 52.5C will not run Prime95 stable for over 30 minutes.
I have dropped it back down to 2.9GHz, I feel more comfortable with 1.48v and 49.5C under full load.
Maybe after it burns in for a week or two at 2.9 I'll try for 3.0 again. Anyways I can't complain for $139.

 

[Quick1]

Skitzer: We have the same stepping. So far, I can't get my voltage as low as yours.

What cooling solution are you using?

 

[Skitzer]

I'm using an AC Freezer 64 Pro with AS5. I'm considering going to a better heatsink/fan in a few weeks if I can't get to 3.0GHz .... but then again my temps aren't that bad and it may just be that I'm CPU limited. Anyway I'm very happy with 2.9GHz at under 1.5v. I'm going to run Prime95 all day today and try to burn it in some more. I have a gut feeling this thing will do 3.0GHz if I'm patient and just wait a while. I haven't gone over 1.55v and I don't think increasing the voltage more will help anyway.
What cooling are you using? I'm using an Abit KN8 Ultra. Have you tried increasing the chipset voltage?

 

[Quick1]

Skitzer: I'm using a Zalman CNPS7000B-CU which I thought was a pretty good H/S fan combo. I think my chipset voltage is still up from my 3000+@2.2 o/c. But I'll check it when I get home.

What's your chipset voltage at?

 

[boatillo]

Got mine Wednesday, popped it in with some AS5 + Zalman 7000

Best I could get was 2.95ghz w/ 1.5v, 100% stable.
Used 4xHTT, 2:1 drr @ 3-3-3-8, 13x227 cpu

 

[esquared]

I've been running it at 2.8GHz (14X multiplier) for a couple days now at stock voltage(1.36V), with a stock AMD 4 pipe heat sink I bought on eBay. My idle temp is 32C and full load, running Folding at Home at 100% gives me 37-38C in temps. I am trying 3.0 GHz (15X) now but even though it boots and runs fine, it won't run the FAH program. I tried bumping the voltage to 1.4 but it wouldn't run. I now have the voltage up to 1.44 Vcore and it's running FAH and the temp went to 45C. So far so good.

I have the CPU in an MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum motherboard.

Edit with a quick question:
Does anyone know if prime95 would be any different than running FAH at 100%? Both programs are running the CPU to the max.

 

[imported_Crusader]

Update:

Runs 14X (2.8) @ stock vcore fine.

But I decided I'm either going for 3ghz, or staying stock. 3ghz on a 1MB L2 A64 just has a nice ring to it.

So I'm at 3ghz now on 1.5vcore (according to the bios setting) / 1.44vcore (according to CPU-Z).

HS is the Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 (not the newer Pro version). Havent been watching temps as theres no way my Arctic Silver is cured yet.

Primed for 30minutes but havent given it my 12 hour torture test yet.

CABCE 0516MPM

 

[Skitzer]

Originally posted by: Quick1
Skitzer: I'm using a Zalman CNPS7000B-CU which I thought was a pretty good H/S fan combo. I think my chipset voltage is still up from my 3000+@2.2 o/c. But I'll check it when I get home.

What's your chipset voltage at?

To answer your question I was running the chipset voltage at 1.65.
Unfortunately though, it appears the processor has died on me.
I ran Prime95 for about 6 hours this afternoon and all was well until I rebooted. When it came up to the desktop it suddenly blue screened. I tried restarting it and it wouldn't even boot into Windows. So I went into the bios to check the settings and to drop it back down to 2.8 and while in the bios the computer just shut down. I tried clearing the Cmos but it still wouldn't boot. So I put my old Venice back in and it started right up. Tried the FX 55 again and nothing so apparently it has fried. Can't imagine what happened, it ran Prime without any errors and then just died ..... strange. I already have an RMA and am sending it back in on Monday for a refund. I've decided to go with a 3700 San Diego retail instead and hope I can get at least 2.8 out of it.
Good luck with yours.

 

[avi85]

Originally posted by: Quick1
Ok...just played through the first 2-3 levels (at highest difficulty) of Far Cry (1600x1200), HL2 and F.E.A.R. (1280x960) all at 4xAA without a hitch. The only descriptor that comes to mind is "Fluid". Wow! Now I know why this CPU was $700+ just six months ago.

p.s. God I hate F.E.A.R.! I play it with an Audigy 2 ZS card, Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 and Sennheiser HD-580?s headphones. I just started a new game at the highest difficulty. Even though I completed the game at ?Normal? level just 12 months ago (ending sucked), it still makes the hair stand up on my arms and the back of my neck. Yeah' it still scares the living sh#t out of me! But I can?t stop myself?yeah' I know. I?m weak.

Just out of curiosity, what CPU did you have beforehand?

 

[Quick1]

Skitzer: Damn that sux! Man...that makes me a bit nervous since I'm running the exact same stepping! Hmm...I wonder if I should back mine down to 2.80? By the way, my chipset voltage is at 1.60V.

avi85: Previously I was running a Venice 3000+ @2.20.


O.k...have been able to lower the voltage to 1.50V. Still stable at 2.90, but no higher. Will have to give AS5 more time to cure. Maybe that will help me continue to bring down the voltage. If I don't fry it in the mean time, that is. :frown:

 

[esquared]

Been running FAH for over 24 hours and it's stable at 3GHz (15X multiplier). Vcore is at 1.44V and the full load temps are 45C and 34C at idle.

 

[Skitzer]

Originally posted by: Quick1
Skitzer: Damn that sux! Man...that makes me a bit nervous since I'm running the exact same stepping! Hmm...I wonder if I should back mine down to 2.80? By the way, my chipset voltage is at 1.60V.

avi85: Previously I was running a Venice 3000+ @2.20.


O.k...have been able to lower the voltage to 1.50V. Still stable at 2.90, but no higher. Will have to give AS5 more time to cure. Maybe that will help me continue to bring down the voltage. If I don't fry it in the mean time, that is. :frown:

Well, apparently the CPU is fine. I couldn't believe it would just die like that so I took it over to my friends house yesterday and we dropped it in his DFI mainboard. It booted right up and ran fine at default. We then set it up for 3.0GHz at 1.55v and it again booted up fine but wouldn't pass Prime for more than 30 minutes. So we increased the vcore to 1.6 and it lasted about an hour. That's when I said enough and brought it back home. Dropped it into my KN8 Ultra and it booted up just fine.
It has been running Prime since 7:00AM this morning at 2.8GHz (255x11) at 1.4v. I can't for the life of me figure out what happened but anyway it's crunching away. I cancelled my RMA today but I still have a brand new Retail 3700+ San Diego on the way from Newegg and will be here Wednesday.
I'm going to leave it at 2.8GHz for the next couple weeks to let it burn in before I try for 3GHz again. On a side note, when it was in his DFI mainboard the temps were reading a few degrees higher than my Abit. I wonder if it was overheating and I just didn't know it.
I really don't want to invest money in a new heatsink/fan cause I'm planning on upgrading next spring or summer and just can't justify another 40 bucks or so for an additional 100MHz. What do you think?

 

[Quick1]

Skitzer: Man...this just keeps gettin' stranger and stranger. Agreed, let AS5 cure at 2.8 for a week or two and then try 2.9 or 3.0 again. I wouldn't come out of pocket for another $40 just for 100-200 MHz. But hey, that's me! I'm sure there's a few "Hardcore" guys here that would be asking why you haven't tried a water cooled solution yet? :roll:

Looks like I'm going to have to settle for 2.9 myself. I thought maybe I over applied AS5, so I used their two step cleaning solutions (already had on hand) and stripped the h/s and cpu down again. I dabbed it on just like in the installation picture. It does now run 2-3 degrees cooling at load but it hasn't helped one bit with getting to 3.0. So guys, when Arctic Silver people say, "Less is more", they mean it. But, I just don't think it's in this chip. Hey, and that's Ok! I will be very happy for a $139 FX55 running at 2.9. :thumbsup:

 

[imported_Crusader]

I've decided to run mine at stock even though I can hit 3ghz on mine.

If the FX@3ghz is substantially faster in tandem with my 8800GTX.. then I'll change up what I run daily.
Otherwise I'll take CnQ.

 

[Mucker]

My $139 FX-55:

CABCE 0522 XPMW

2800 MHz stable @ 1.425v

 

[Skitzer]

Originally posted by: Skitzer

Well, apparently the CPU is fine. I couldn't believe it would just die like that so I took it over to my friends house yesterday and we dropped it in his DFI mainboard. It booted right up and ran fine at default. We then set it up for 3.0GHz at 1.55v and it again booted up fine but wouldn't pass Prime for more than 30 minutes. So we increased the vcore to 1.6 and it lasted about an hour. That's when I said enough and brought it back home. Dropped it into my KN8 Ultra and it booted up just fine.
It has been running Prime since 7:00AM this morning at 2.8GHz (255x11) at 1.4v. I can't for the life of me figure out what happened but anyway it's crunching away. I cancelled my RMA today but I still have a brand new Retail 3700+ San Diego on the way from Newegg and will be here Wednesday.
I'm going to leave it at 2.8GHz for the next couple weeks to let it burn in before I try for 3GHz again. On a side note, when it was in his DFI mainboard the temps were reading a few degrees higher than my Abit. I wonder if it was overheating and I just didn't know it.
I really don't want to invest money in a new heatsink/fan cause I'm planning on upgrading next spring or summer and just can't justify another 40 bucks or so for an additional 100MHz. What do you think?[/quote]

Just an update: The FX 55 is still working perfectly and has burned in at 2.8GHz for about a week now. Temps have dropped a few degrees but it still won't hit 3.0GHz so it is running at 2.9GHz Prime stable at 1.44v
The 3700+ San Diego I bought ran 3.0GHz out of the box (275x11) at default voltage Prime stable for 12 hours. This is one hell of a cpu. I know it will go higher, probably to 3.2 or more but I haven't tried to push the FSB any higher than 275. I'm keeping the 3700+ and giving the FX 55 to my daughter (it will be replacing an XP Mobile 2500 running at 2.2GHz). I bought an Asrock Dual Sata mainboard for her because she is still using a 9800XT video card.
I'll be tweaking the 3700+ over the next few days and let you know what the final overclock is.

 

[thegimp03]

I have a CABCE 0516mpm.

Popped it in yesterday and didn't play around with the settings in the bios or anything and it installed windows and booted up at 2.7 ghz. Shrug. I initially didn't believe the reading from My Computer so I got CPU-z, and sure enough, it was running at 2.7 instead of stock 2.6. Could this be because I have some pc4000 gskill in there?

 

[Skitzer]

thegimp03, In CPU-Z what does it say your HTT and multiplier are?

 

[Skitzer]

Originally posted by: Skitzer

Just an update: The FX 55 is still working perfectly and has burned in at 2.8GHz for about a week now. Temps have dropped a few degrees but it still won't hit 3.0GHz so it is running at 2.9GHz Prime stable at 1.44v
The 3700+ San Diego I bought ran 3.0GHz out of the box (275x11) at default voltage Prime stable for 12 hours. This is one hell of a cpu. I know it will go higher, probably to 3.2 or more but I haven't tried to push the FSB any higher than 275. I'm keeping the 3700+ and giving the FX 55 to my daughter (it will be replacing an XP Mobile 2500 running at 2.2GHz). I bought an Asrock Dual Sata mainboard for her because she is still using a 9800XT video card.
I'll be tweaking the 3700+ over the next few days and let you know what the final overclock is.

Final overclock for the 3700 San Diego is 3.190GHz at 1.7v (290x11), Prime stable. I have dropped it back down to 3.0GHz because it's putting out way too much heat and required too much voltage. After burn in it appears default voltage for 3.0GHz was not quite enough so I had to bump it up to 1.44v - Looks like this is the sweet spot.
Final verdict is this 3700 overclocks a little better than my FX 55.

 

[tvdang7]

damn that cpu is old man. that means its been sitting there for liek a year and no one ever bought it. they musta made too many. they shoulda sold it cheaper

 

[CCityInstaller]

Originally posted by: Skitzer

Originally posted by: Skitzer

Just an update: The FX 55 is still working perfectly and has burned in at 2.8GHz for about a week now. Temps have dropped a few degrees but it still won't hit 3.0GHz so it is running at 2.9GHz Prime stable at 1.44v
The 3700+ San Diego I bought ran 3.0GHz out of the box (275x11) at default voltage Prime stable for 12 hours. This is one hell of a cpu. I know it will go higher, probably to 3.2 or more but I haven't tried to push the FSB any higher than 275. I'm keeping the 3700+ and giving the FX 55 to my daughter (it will be replacing an XP Mobile 2500 running at 2.2GHz). I bought an Asrock Dual Sata mainboard for her because she is still using a 9800XT video card.
I'll be tweaking the 3700+ over the next few days and let you know what the final overclock is.

Final overclock for the 3700 San Diego is 3.190GHz at 1.7v (290x11), Prime stable. I have dropped it back down to 3.0GHz because it's putting out way too much heat and required too much voltage. After burn in it appears default voltage for 3.0GHz was not quite enough so I had to bump it up to 1.44v - Looks like this is the sweet spot.
Final verdict is this 3700 overclocks a little better than my FX 55.

That is a very nice o/c on the 3700. I just upgraded my parent's system to a 3700 using the new ASRock Dual 939 VSTA. I have managed to get the cpu stable @ 2.6Ghz @ 1.4V. It can boot into windows @ 2750mhz, but fails Prime in 5 minutes. I have a feeling the cpu has a lot left in it, however the lack of Vcore over 1.4V is killing me. I hope ASRock releases a decent bios for this board sometime soon.