Maximum Winchester overclock with stock cooling?

[shira]

I understand that AMD 64 Winchesters run pretty cool, so I'm wondering what amount of overclock is achievable using just the stock heat-sink/fan that comes with the retail pack. Assume normal (but decent) case cooling. Under these conditions, what are people getting for the Winchester 3000, 3200, 3500?

A related question: I see published figures of 89 watts for (non-overclocked) NewCastles, but what is the wattage for Winchesters?

 

[jbh129]

I havent had much time to experiment yet but my 3200+ is prime stable at 275x10 with stock voltage. I have benched at 2.9 with more volts and gotten a suicide shot at 3ghz

 

[shira]

Originally posted by: jbh129
I havent had much time to experiment yet but my 3200+ is prime stable at 275x10 with stock voltage. I have benched at 2.9 with more volts and gotten a suicide shot at 3ghz

That's an incredible result with stock voltage (looks like they mis-labed a 3500+ Winchester). Were you also using stock cooling (heat sink and fan)?

I'm trying to figure out if I should go to the trouble of getting an OEM CPU, heat sink, and fan, or just use a retail package. I have no intention of trying to do super-extreme overclocking, and if a retail Winchester will achieve great OC results, I will go that route.

Anybody else have results to share?

 

[shira]

Bumpity

 

[Shimmishim]

lots of people have been hitting 2.6 easy even with the stock hsf...

they do run pretty cool so you might want to experiment first with the stock one.. if you're unhappy with the temperatures, you can always get a nicer aftermarket hsf

 

[zakee00]

Originally posted by: shira

Originally posted by: jbh129
I havent had much time to experiment yet but my 3200+ is prime stable at 275x10 with stock voltage. I have benched at 2.9 with more volts and gotten a suicide shot at 3ghz

That's an incredible result with stock voltage (looks like they mis-labed a 3500+ Winchester). Were you also using stock cooling (heat sink and fan)?

I'm trying to figure out if I should go to the trouble of getting an OEM CPU, heat sink, and fan, or just use a retail package. I have no intention of trying to do super-extreme overclocking, and if a retail Winchester will achieve great OC results, I will go that route.

Anybody else have results to share?

all of the winchester chips are the same. aka, a 3500+ has the same chance of getting to 2.6GHz as a 3000+.
Check my "gaming rig" in my sig, i got my 3000+ to 2.655GHz 100% prime stable on stock cooling with AS5. my idle temps are about 35C and load is about 52C. 2.65GHz seems about the average these chips max out at.