There once was a number named Nate
with a value so high you would hate
for your post number to be equal to him
because it's mine that they'll generate!!!
:D
CONFIRMED - this actually does work. I'd recommend following the outlined instructions with the cookie sheet, tin foil, and 4 balls of tin foil to hold up the PCB. Excellent work guys, you just saved me having to buy a replacment laptop!
The 8400 on my Intel-based DV2500 laptop crapped...
Yeah, I'd love to, but I don't game seriously enough to buy two graphics cards; sadly my 7800GTX doesn't keep up with faster cards in a dual solution :( I use my (aircooled) OC'd system for stable everyday use though, I'd like to see some of the people in the top spots say that! (though I...
oh balls, this thread's dead. Apparently I'm a dumbass. I'll get it on water and be back for the new thread (here).
Maybe someone oughta lock this one? I just followed an old link...
It's good to be back on the list again, with a sub-$500 chip to boot! ;)
Amazingly, the results were obtained with Intel's STOCK cooler. I'm looking forward to getting the chip on water to see what it can really do (temps are around 90c :cool: ).
Almost a year ago I got a new 6800 card, and with a bit of widening of the holes in the video card (and a couple spare pieces of metal to try and fashion a bracket from) I was able to mount the Radeon-based Maze4 on it to watercool the hell out of it. I was glad my drilling didn't wax the card...
I actually did have the pump submerged and running at the bottom of the tank for awhile, but it gets quite warm and I found the water's cooler when I leave the pump outside.
Pride of Canada, my boy. Pride of Canada. And it was more proof-of-concept than anything. I usually replace my motherboard/CPU/vidcard every few months so doing it up nicely and permanently isn't an option I like considering right now. When I build a machine for show or sell, however, it's a...
A picture is worth a thousand words. Count me in for 8000.
It's easy to see these parts run super-fast - I can't even catch them on camera without getting a blurry image.
Naw, I'm kidding you, I did them without flash to emphasize the ultra l33t LED's on the parts ;)
Here...
Amazing how much the extra RAM bandwidth helps in this bench.
Now I gotta mess around some more with my system because my current stumbling block is the CPU. :rolleyes:
Here's a new one for you Corny :D
I've been so busy for the past few days (and haven't used my machine at all) that my reservior has cooled down enough for me to clock my CPU a bit higher and yield the following results. I don't think I can do any better than this without some sort of TEC...
There's gonna be enough room for a flat-headed screwdriver - just insert it between your heatsink and the chip PCB (up to the heatspreader) and gently twist the screwdriver until they pop apart.
I've done it countless times. You're nowhere near the pins so you won't bend or break any of them.
Yeah, that'd be normal for Prescott. You could probably up the airflow in your case to help a bit but overall the CPU itself not only throws a lot of heat, but the motherboard components will as well.
Yep, I was in those ranges with my fishtank/Maze4 setup (www.dammitall.com). 50 degrees under load. But the motherboard went up to 80 in no time (I think I was running 1.6 volts)
I had a 540 (3.2 GHz) running happily at 3.7 on air with the stock HSF on an ABIT AS8. The chip did 4.0 on water easily but the motherboard components overheated quickly because the CPU fan wasn't there to help cool them any longer.
Yep, RivaTuner will do it. You set the 0 bits to 1 in the advanced portion of the software and that unlocks your pipes.
Older versions have a more simple drop-down list to do it.
Could be a couple things. My AV8 runs happily at 300MHz FSB (though I have the northbridge over-volted and watercooled).
Is your RAM clocked too high maybe? Try turning your RAM ratio down.
Right you are, I ended up running my 540 at 3.7 Ghz aircooled just to keep the rest of the motherboard cool enough to be stable. I just couldn't sustain the performance on water because the power temps went through the roof (was using an ABIT AS8). You're probably having better luck because...
Yeah, I've since considered setting up a virgin Windows install just for doing benches but haven't got around to it yet. I just end task everything but core services and run the benches after that <shrug> This is really my first time participating in anything like this and it's been a fun (and...
Yeah, you can't do so much of the overclocking with Intel boards :)
ABIT's IC7 is what I'd recommend. If you can spend a bit extra get the IC7-Max3. IT really doesn't get much better than that.
Most Northwood cores are good to 3.6 on air, but it really depends on how good your chip is...
I was actually quite pleased with the cooling, slightly better than stock fan. It's currently running as a game/forum/file server. The server is obviously on 24/7 and I really just got sick of the noise it made so I switched the case (actually got this "damaged" one for a really good price and...
Zalman TNN-500A with sleeping cat.
Really, I can't do anything to this case, it would break my heart to dremel it and it's not like it needs work to make it QUIETER.
MAN, I'm sure I can somehow squeeze 5 seconds out of this thing. Time for me to up the FSB and a few more voltages. I wish I had more time to tinker with this stuff.
Kinda fun putting FX CPU's to shame. MAD props to Luciferin for what he pulled off with a $150 CPU. :eek: I mean...
6800GE running at Ultra speeds
I had to modify my Maze4 a bit to fit it on the card, can't talk myself (yet) into ordering a 6800 block from Danger Den.