Hi guys, I've been reading this site for... uh... years (longer than I can remember really!) but I've finally got a question that I can't decide for myself and I figure I'll ask for some input.
I just updated my system to get out of the old AGP rut I was stuck in.
Went from an old A64 3200+ and x1950GT to:
e2200 w/ stock HSF
GIGABYTE GA-P35-S3G
2 x 1gb Gskill ddr2 800 4-4-3-5
XFX 8800GT 512mb (with the AC S1 fanless I previously had on my x1950GT)
all inside an Antec P180, a couple old IDE HDs, a SB Audigy 2, powered by an Antec TruPower430 (I can predict the groans at the power source, but the 8800GT recommends a 450W, and this 430 handled my OC'd x1950gt fine which had many people saying it wouldn't run without an 'omg 700W+ PSU!', so I'm not a member of the uber PSU bandwagon :frown: ).
Stock speeds were stable for 8 hours on orthos blend/fur render, but OCing isn't going very well. I was hoping I could hit 3.0ghz stable, though I'm very new to the business.
The processor runs stably at 250 x 11 for 2.75ghz, but I can't get it above that. I first tried for 3ghz, using 9, 10, and 11 multipliers and vcore settings between stock (1.3125) and 1.45v. The best I managed was to get Orthos to run for 5 seconds before halting, and that was using 9 x 333, and 1.45v. The processors were idling however around 45C, and the second I turned on Orthos they went to around 60C. 2.85ghz was the same story.
I'd kind of like a tad more performance out of the processor, though I am aware of how little real world gain this'll get me. But I'm toying with the idea of buying something like the AC freezer 7... my question is if anyone thinks this would be a good idea, perhaps enabling me to hit 3.0ghz stable, or if it probably won't help at all?
Orthos is currently running in the background on blend and the processors have been sitting around 55-57C for a while now. I have that OpenGL Fur render going simultaneously and my 8800gt is posting 51C running at 725/1025 (shoutout to the S1!). From all I've read, mid 50s load is pretty hot for a pentium dual-core, especially one running at 2.75ghz on 1.3125 vcore.
One last question as well: Ive never been able to bring myself to slog through a technical article on RAM timings. The default my mobo set the RAM at was 5-5-5-15, and since Anand mentioned in an earlier guide that this same set OC'd well even with 4-4-4-12 (which I assume is faster than 5-5-5-15!) I went ahead and set them to that... but their technical specs list them as 4-4-3-5 timing. This seems pretty drastically different... what's the deal? Should I manually put them all the way down to those timings?
I know I'm long winded, so to anyone who made it through the post, thanks in advance!
I just updated my system to get out of the old AGP rut I was stuck in.
Went from an old A64 3200+ and x1950GT to:
e2200 w/ stock HSF
GIGABYTE GA-P35-S3G
2 x 1gb Gskill ddr2 800 4-4-3-5
XFX 8800GT 512mb (with the AC S1 fanless I previously had on my x1950GT)
all inside an Antec P180, a couple old IDE HDs, a SB Audigy 2, powered by an Antec TruPower430 (I can predict the groans at the power source, but the 8800GT recommends a 450W, and this 430 handled my OC'd x1950gt fine which had many people saying it wouldn't run without an 'omg 700W+ PSU!', so I'm not a member of the uber PSU bandwagon :frown: ).
Stock speeds were stable for 8 hours on orthos blend/fur render, but OCing isn't going very well. I was hoping I could hit 3.0ghz stable, though I'm very new to the business.
The processor runs stably at 250 x 11 for 2.75ghz, but I can't get it above that. I first tried for 3ghz, using 9, 10, and 11 multipliers and vcore settings between stock (1.3125) and 1.45v. The best I managed was to get Orthos to run for 5 seconds before halting, and that was using 9 x 333, and 1.45v. The processors were idling however around 45C, and the second I turned on Orthos they went to around 60C. 2.85ghz was the same story.
I'd kind of like a tad more performance out of the processor, though I am aware of how little real world gain this'll get me. But I'm toying with the idea of buying something like the AC freezer 7... my question is if anyone thinks this would be a good idea, perhaps enabling me to hit 3.0ghz stable, or if it probably won't help at all?
Orthos is currently running in the background on blend and the processors have been sitting around 55-57C for a while now. I have that OpenGL Fur render going simultaneously and my 8800gt is posting 51C running at 725/1025 (shoutout to the S1!). From all I've read, mid 50s load is pretty hot for a pentium dual-core, especially one running at 2.75ghz on 1.3125 vcore.
One last question as well: Ive never been able to bring myself to slog through a technical article on RAM timings. The default my mobo set the RAM at was 5-5-5-15, and since Anand mentioned in an earlier guide that this same set OC'd well even with 4-4-4-12 (which I assume is faster than 5-5-5-15!) I went ahead and set them to that... but their technical specs list them as 4-4-3-5 timing. This seems pretty drastically different... what's the deal? Should I manually put them all the way down to those timings?
I know I'm long winded, so to anyone who made it through the post, thanks in advance!
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