Which MB best for overclocking Winchester 3500?

[Super6]

Just to save time and frustration, which mobo is more likely to overclock the best? I also have Corsair, Kingston, and OCZ memory PC3200 all 2,2,2,5. Both boards have the latest stock bios though I wouldn't have a problem with any hacked higher performance bios out there.

Thanks in advance.

Super6

 

[Markfw]

The MSI ( I hate to say) My Abit AV* works fine, but I think the CPU temp is way overstated.

 

[Super6]

I've had my doubts about the Abit's temps also.

Super6

 

[Super6]

Using the MSI Neo I'm up to 2508MHz (11x228) seemingly stable with Prime95, online, with 5 other apps idling in the background. This is using Kingston HyperX at 3,4,4,10,1T at 1.632v. Couldn't get much past 2400MHz with the OCZ Platinum Rev.2 no matter how relaxed I made the settings. I haven't tried my Corsair memory yet....getting tired of staring at Prime95. I was able to match Anand and boot into Windows at 11x290 but it froze up on me with a black screen using the OCZ after a few seconds.

May stay where I'm at and give it another go in a week or so. I want to install Half-Life2 and play some. I also have a 3000 Winchester that I'll get around to eventually. Christmas came early for me this year!

Later,
Super6

 

[KAM04m]

I am running my 3200 90nm @ 2.6ghz (260*10 @ 1.65v) and it is stable. Can play UT2004 for hours, benchmark sandra, 3Dmark, etc however I can not get SuperPi to run??? Oh well I dont care I know it is 99% stable!! I am using a Asus A8V Deluxe Rev. 2 w/ Crucial Ballistix @ 216 2.5-2-2-5 w/ 2.7volts. Seen some great OC's w/ the MSI so I woulrd recommend that, plus I dont know too much about Abits. Good luck!

 

[Duvie]

That may be a glitch cause I have had systems no run 3dmark and pass superpi...I have had things pass superpi and fail quickly at other things. I don't trust it, but you should do some further testing. Try prime95, memtest, and or run Folding Home...

 

[CaiNaM]

heh.. you have 'em both, you tell us

my 3000+ winchester/msi k8n neo2 is stable running 265fsb, 3x HTT, 1:1 mem.

Originally posted by: Duvie
That may be a glitch cause I have had systems no run 3dmark and pass superpi...I have had things pass superpi and fail quickly at other things. I don't trust it, but you should do some further testing. Try prime95, memtest, and or run Folding Home...

superpi failures are related to math ops (fpu), pretty much the same as prime failing.

3dmark failures are integer. it's not uncommon for a cpu to pass one but fail the other.

 

[Super6]

I'm able to run 2600+ if I want to ignore my failed Prime95 torture tests. I'm a little anal in that I want speed and stability both.

Super6

 

[Duvie]

Originally posted by: CaiNaM
heh.. you have 'em both, you tell us

my 3000+ winchester/msi k8n neo2 is stable running 265fsb, 3x HTT, 1:1 mem.

Originally posted by: Duvie
That may be a glitch cause I have had systems no run 3dmark and pass superpi...I have had things pass superpi and fail quickly at other things. I don't trust it, but you should do some further testing. Try prime95, memtest, and or run Folding Home...

superpi failures are related to math ops (fpu), pretty much the same as prime failing.

3dmark failures are integer. it's not uncommon for a cpu to pass one but fail the other.

How about having it pass 32mb superpi with 1 instance of FH running, memtest tested for 6 hours...no crash all finish..yet prime95 could fail in 10 minutes...heat no issue....

HOw about prime lasting 24 hours, and 3dmark looped for hours passes (memtest for 6 hours) yet Autocad fails rendering, and TMPGenc crashes due to errors??? Heat again no issue

I can go on and list lots of anamolies I have seen in the last 2 years.... The best thing I can say is test a bunch of different things but ultimately put more stock in actual programs and apps you will be running on the machine...

 

[Super6]

Well, I finally reached my goal....2607MHz. Running 11x237 with Kingston HyperX at 3,4,4,10,1T, HT 4X, and core at 1.616 to 1.632v. Seems stable but will test more.

Super6

 

[Super6]

Results for 3000 Winchester....9x256.1=2304.7MHz on the Abit AV8 using OCZ Rev.2 at 2.5,3,3,10,1T. I can live with a stable overclock of 504.7. This is my "work" system so it'll do.

My 3500 Winchester seems happy at 2607MHz and Half-Life2 runs smooth as silk. I'm using a PowerColor Radeon X800 Pro VIVO with all 16 pipes enabled and O/C'd to 490.50 core and 551.25 memory.

Happy holidays,
Super6

 

[eyeballkid]

Originally posted by: Super6
Well, I finally reached my goal....2607MHz. Running 11x237 with Kingston HyperX at 3,4,4,10,1T, HT 4X, and core at 1.616 to 1.632v. Seems stable but will test more.

Super6

Are you actually providing it with ~1.6v or is this the bios setting, whereas the Winchester chip receives around 1.5v?

I have been thinking of getting me one Winnie to overclock but I am not sure as my Newcastle is a pretty good clocker. If I knew for sure the Winnie could do 2.7-2.9 with water I would go for it.

My Newcastle:
2600 MHz ~1.65v with memory at DDR520 2.5-3-3-10 1T

 

[Zebo]

you have 'em both, you tell us

Ya lucky

 

[Super6]

The voltage is set in the bios but it's moving around a bit. I think this Abit mobo is actually putting out less voltage than the bios settings indicate.

Super6