Hi all, i just installed my new Zalman Reserator on my Prescott based rig, and ive run into problems with the VRMs overheating.
My Abit AG-8 Motherboard has PCI-E lock, but you have to manually type in the clockspeed, and i dont know the default speed for PCI-E.
My rig:
P4 3.0E S775
Abit AG-8
2x512MB OCZ PC4400 Gold
Leadtek Geforce 6600GT HD-VIVO
Antec Truecontrol 550w
Western Digital SE HD
Lite-on 48 burner (the 52s are too fooking loud and i wont miss the 5 seconds per CD)
Zalman Reserator CPU cooling
Old OC 3.0E @ 3.3ghz with thermal throttling (stock cooling)
New OC 3.0E @ 3.73ghz @ 119f under load
Hopefully i can reach my 4.0ghz goal if i can figure out the way around this clockspeed wall.
Edit: ive now hit 3.90ghz and its prime stable for an hour, temps are great but the VRMs are hitting 150f after an hour or so and then stability goes down the drain, is it safe to apply video card ramsinks to the VRMs? I plan to epoxy them using AS thermal adhesive.
My Abit AG-8 Motherboard has PCI-E lock, but you have to manually type in the clockspeed, and i dont know the default speed for PCI-E.
My rig:
P4 3.0E S775
Abit AG-8
2x512MB OCZ PC4400 Gold
Leadtek Geforce 6600GT HD-VIVO
Antec Truecontrol 550w
Western Digital SE HD
Lite-on 48 burner (the 52s are too fooking loud and i wont miss the 5 seconds per CD)
Zalman Reserator CPU cooling
Old OC 3.0E @ 3.3ghz with thermal throttling (stock cooling)
New OC 3.0E @ 3.73ghz @ 119f under load
Hopefully i can reach my 4.0ghz goal if i can figure out the way around this clockspeed wall.
Edit: ive now hit 3.90ghz and its prime stable for an hour, temps are great but the VRMs are hitting 150f after an hour or so and then stability goes down the drain, is it safe to apply video card ramsinks to the VRMs? I plan to epoxy them using AS thermal adhesive.