sohosources
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Hi, guys,
Rebuilding my spare PC / gaming PC, and I want to make sure my temps and settings are okay before I put it into service.
Bought the CPU/MB combo for $90 at Microcenter. Couldn't resist.
Stuff:
GA-78LMT-USB3 v5.0. Has VRM heatsinks (unlike earlier versions) and solid caps.
FX-6300
Buffalo-brand heat pipe/tower cooler (like Hyper 212)
8 GB Kingston CAS 9 DDR-1333
Radeon 7950 (game at 1920 x 1200 max)
PCP&C Silencer 750
MX-100 SSD - Win 7
Just looking for a solid, mid-level overclock -- NOT TRYING TO MAX the OC
Couldn't find a temp-utility that gave consistent results (or worked at all), so I'm using the "thermal headroom" reading on AMD Overdrive, CPU-Z and Prime 95 for torture testing.
I turned off the C6, APM, turbo core, etc, as web sites have advised. Testing process very smooth so far. When Prime "drops" a core, it doesn't even throw a red flag. I have to use the visual core-loading indicators on Overdrive to even notice. Never seen that before...
NB and VRM temps measured with non-contact, optical thermometer on the hottest part of each respective heat sink. I have a small fan blowing on the VRMs and NB.
Anyway... Settings and Temps so far for 2-hour Prime 95 stable:
FREQ--Volts--Thermal Headroom--VRM Temp--NB Temp
4.0 GHz--1.24--41--41--26
4.1 GHz--1.26--37--43--27
4.2 GHz--1.30--33--47--28
Other than confirming the RAM CAS settings I haven't messed with the RAM yet.
I may stop here, as this board has a 125 W TDP, and I can't imagine that there's much more performance to be gained between 4.2 and 4.5 GHz, and I don't see myself running above 4.5 on this board. I need it to be trouble-free and fire-and-forget.
Thoughts on Temps, etc?
As always...thanks.
--Kirk in MN
Rebuilding my spare PC / gaming PC, and I want to make sure my temps and settings are okay before I put it into service.
Bought the CPU/MB combo for $90 at Microcenter. Couldn't resist.
Stuff:
GA-78LMT-USB3 v5.0. Has VRM heatsinks (unlike earlier versions) and solid caps.
FX-6300
Buffalo-brand heat pipe/tower cooler (like Hyper 212)
8 GB Kingston CAS 9 DDR-1333
Radeon 7950 (game at 1920 x 1200 max)
PCP&C Silencer 750
MX-100 SSD - Win 7
Just looking for a solid, mid-level overclock -- NOT TRYING TO MAX the OC
Couldn't find a temp-utility that gave consistent results (or worked at all), so I'm using the "thermal headroom" reading on AMD Overdrive, CPU-Z and Prime 95 for torture testing.
I turned off the C6, APM, turbo core, etc, as web sites have advised. Testing process very smooth so far. When Prime "drops" a core, it doesn't even throw a red flag. I have to use the visual core-loading indicators on Overdrive to even notice. Never seen that before...
NB and VRM temps measured with non-contact, optical thermometer on the hottest part of each respective heat sink. I have a small fan blowing on the VRMs and NB.
Anyway... Settings and Temps so far for 2-hour Prime 95 stable:
FREQ--Volts--Thermal Headroom--VRM Temp--NB Temp
4.0 GHz--1.24--41--41--26
4.1 GHz--1.26--37--43--27
4.2 GHz--1.30--33--47--28
Other than confirming the RAM CAS settings I haven't messed with the RAM yet.
I may stop here, as this board has a 125 W TDP, and I can't imagine that there's much more performance to be gained between 4.2 and 4.5 GHz, and I don't see myself running above 4.5 on this board. I need it to be trouble-free and fire-and-forget.
Thoughts on Temps, etc?
As always...thanks.
--Kirk in MN