WINNER of the abit 2006 O/C contest using Corsair ram

[gilgamesh1]

Ok folks I have jsut won the 2006 title for the overclocker for the year in the 975x chipset section on ABIT boards FOR THE uk


I overclocked a COnroe 2.4 to 3.817 with a Super pi result of 13.46 seconds using 1M 19 iterations

Before you ask no I did NOT use high-end RAM I achieved this result using only CORsair VALUE DDR2 667 RAM with a CAS of 4-4-4-12 Incidentally the actual OFFICiAL rating for this RAM is 5-5-5-15.

TO achive this I had bumped up the ram voltage from 1.8 to 2.4volts. ONLY the CPU and GPU was watercooled
the RAM was air-cooled and the Northbridge PASSIVELY cooled by the standard heat-sink on the abit-AW9D MAX.

I know that my limiting factor funnily enough was NOT the RAM it was the fact that the Northbridge was getting too hot, as there was not waterblock installed there. The reason was that the competition rules said you were not allowed to change the hard on the board ittself.

TH test results show 1.7 volts on the cpu, this is incorrect the actual voltage was 1.65. The cput was only covered with cheap coolermaster compound instead of artic silver 5, so I recon with decent compound I would have had temps at 39c
Results:

see link
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/christ...%3a//uk.photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos

 

[Duvie]

Will I would pop the NB chipset and clean up the goo mess the manufacturer put on there and then add some AS5...it can really help...PLus AS5 did much better then the coolermaster goop I used on my E6600.....

 

[gilgamesh1]

Agreed unfortuantly I didnt have a lot of time for my entry and purchased the AS5 THE DAY the contest finished BAH

Oh well the result is there anyways,


Gilgamesh

 

[Duvie]

so basically this didn't require stability beyond being able to run a single threaded app on a dual core setup for less then 15sec?????

 

[lopri]

Can't read the CPU-Z. What was the frequency you've achieved? And the prize?

Edit: Sorry missed you stated 3.817GHz.

 

[TheRyuu]

How am I suppose to read any of the screen shots?

I know what speed you got, just that it would be nice to read all the other stuff

 

[IEC]

Holy OC Batman! :shocked:

Just think of what a monster a Conroe would be at near 4GHz stable...

 

[cmdrdredd]

*yawn* this is nothing really...people on xtremesystems.org have done this for a while and even more...some ppl running 4Ghz+

This reads like an advertisement for Corsair because of how he blatantly flaunts the use of that brand.

 

[DrMrLordX]

If he won something, good for him. It does read like a Corsair ad though.

 

[gilgamesh1]

Lol no its not an ad

Its the fact that I manged t o do this oc on cosair Value RAM and no extra cooling on the northridge.

I am jsut saying that IF I can do this on cosair value ram, should be able to achive better results on higher end ram. THe only thing stopping me from achieveing 4 gigs was the fact that there was no northbridge water block as the n/b was over heating. I am just happy that I achieved this result with value RAM

4 gigs yeah extreme systems using dry-ice but once again its not practical for everyday use and keep inside of the case
but are they practical for everyday use=NO! I ran mine for 2 days straight with no problems to proove that its stable at that speed.

By the way I won £400

Gilgamesh1

 

[cmdrdredd]

Originally posted by: gilgamesh1
Lol no its not an ad

Its the fact that I manged t o do this oc on cosair Value RAM and no extra cooling on the northridge.

I am jsut saying that IF I can do this on cosair value ram, should be able to achive better results on higher end ram. THe only thing stopping me from achieveing 4 gigs was the fact that there was no northbridge water block as the n/b was over heating. I am just happy that I achieved this result with value RAM

4 gigs yeah extreme systems using dry-ice but once again its not practical for everyday use and keep inside of the case
but are they practical for everyday use=NO! I ran mine for 2 days straight with no problems to proove that its stable at that speed.

By the way I won £400

Gilgamesh1

There's people running 4Ghz+ inside a case.