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RoosterKooster

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I received all my parts from Newegg and with the unselfish assistance of our all-around techie guy was able to almost without any doubt determine all components are good and working within spec.

An initial OC of 2460 tested with 2 prime95's combining to peg both cores seems to indicate this will be a charm. Thanks to all you who have responded to my questions.

We did use the AIBooster for the quick OC. It scared me by cranking the VCore up to 1.6.
I backed that down pretty smartly.
I have OCZ 3200 DC Platinum rev2, A8N SLI premium and the X2 4400+. I like Hacp's suggestion of tight timings.

BTW, we were using (and still are) the stock (boxed X2) cooler and topped out at at 47c when Prime95 was doing it work at 2460MHz.

I do have a XP-120 and a panaflo M1A that will go on RSN with AS5. With that fan clamped on, the xp-120 looks like a remote control spycopter or something! Huge!!!

I think this will be a good OCer. I have asked before but any list of OC settings with tight timings to hit 2.4 - 2.6 will be most appreciated.
It's at 2.3MHz now and idling at 30c.


BTW: Capt Caveman, did you have to get an extension for that 4-pin 12v power connector positioned near the heat pipes fins and close to the board's edge ? I have the S12 500 also and that cable seems a little short and I have one PCI-X card (6600) in slot #1.


Thanks!

 
Congrats🙂

Be careful using AI booster, its a pretty flaky program and crashed my system many times. I quit using it and do all my overclocking in bios, or using Clockgen NF4 (free download) its much better than AI booster.

Make sure you drop the HTT multi to 4x, and I recommend starting with the "Max memory clock" set at DDR333 (6:5 divider) to remove ram as a potential bottleneck. Set the vcore to 1.55 and bump the HTT up slowly starting at 220mhz and testing for stability as you go. You should be able to get in the area of 240x11=2640mhz or possibly a bit higher if your lucky. Once you find your max CPU, then work on getting your ram to run with the DDR400 1:1 setting by upping the DDRvolts, loosening your ram timings and backing the HTT down by a couple of mhz if necessary.
 
Correction on the 6600, its PCI_express, not to be confused with PCI-X,big difference. PCI-X is a 64bit version of a regular PCI slot, and operates at 66 to 133 mhz vs PCI witch is 33 mhz 32bit.

On your OC, I recommend about 1.45-1.475 volt, use a 166 divider, and set it to 233 and LDT 4x.
 
Originally posted by: Pabster
Congratulations ... I just finished putting together my X2 rig also.

What a beast 😀
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Pabster, your rig link doesn't work, & i'm very curious to see what you've got in yours 😛
 
How did you get over 1.47 Vcore? I would set it at 1.55 and would only get 1.47 -1.48. I returned the ASUS and got the Abit AN8 SLI and that was not stable at all. It had the right Vcore but there were problems with it shutting down when ever it wanted. I just returned everything and am going back to a stable Intel system. Good Luck and nice overclock BTW.
 
That frigging AIBooster doesn't work for Vcore. I set it at 1.55 in bios then adjusted it down with AIBooster and it went to 1.30v and stays there regardless of what I attempt to change it to with AIB.
 
Originally posted by: Markfw900

On your OC, I recommend about 1.45-1.475 volt, use a 166 divider, and set it to 233 and LDT 4x.
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Rooster, you should probably take Mark's advice on the vcore. I always recommed 1.55 as a max for single cores, and don't have any first hand experience with X2's and Mark does. I think the X2's have a lower default vcore than do the Venice and San Diego single core chips. And as always when overclocking watch your temps, if temps get to high (over 60c) back off on the vcore.

And on the Asus boards the 166 divder = DDR333 max memory clock
 
Thanks for the clarification on the 166 divider, Mr GuitarDaddy. I was a bit lost and have it set wrong - temporarily.
I did change from yours to Mark's vcore voltage. I really need to get that xp-120 and the M1A mounted!!!
 
I have a pic of the latest OC with 2 - Prime95's, CPU-Z (memory tab) and AIBooster.

Rooster's XT 4400+ OC on stock cooler & air. Mem timings are still at 2,2,2,5 (OCZ DC Plat Rev2 3200)

I can't explain why my vcore is at 1.39v. I set it at 1.45v in the bios setup.

Perhaps, as reported, this version of the bios (1005) has some vcore configuration issues?
Comments?

BTW, I just check my temp (AIB) and CPU temp is now at 49c with 2 - prime95's still going at it.

I think I am happy. C'mon - bust my bubble! 🙂


 
Originally posted by: n7
Pabster, your rig link doesn't work, & i'm very curious to see what you've got in yours 😛
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Hrmmm, works for me, well, anyways 😀

Antec P180
PC Power/Cooling 510W-SLI
ASUS A8N-E
Athlon64 X2 4400+
Swiftech MCX6400-V w/ Papst 8412NGL (19dB@27cfm)
1GB (2x512) Patriot PC4800
BFG GeForce 7800 GT OC (450/1150 currently)
Western Digital Raptor 74GB
Seagate 7200.8 250GB
NEC 3540A

That about sums it up. I haven't overclocked much and probably won't unless I decide to throw a high-output Panaflo or Delta on. Temps are pretty decent considering the Papst is silent (the Antec fans are louder even on their lowest settings).

Now excuse me while I run some more benchmarks 😛
 
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