Finally under 30m TPF on -bigadv

Welp, this first WU just uploaded successfully! Time to now work on that special project some of you have been asking about. ;)
 
Tobit said:
Yeah, the H50 is fine but still running warmer than it did when I first installed it with the factory TIM. Temps bounce around from 68C to 76C when folding bigadv. I'd prefer it to stay under 70C but it's fine really. I may have applied the AS5 a little too thick.
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I really don't like AS5 and would prefer to use something else that applies far easier and works better like AC MX-2 or Tuniq TX-2, etc. AS5 is also conductive and even though enthusiasts are generally attentive, I've had problems with it in the past. It's just unfortunate that I can't find anything superior to AS products locally and forced to mail order the better compounds.

Tobit said:
Welp, this first WU just uploaded successfully! Time to now work on that special project some of you have been asking about. ;)
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Congrats on your first -bigadv WU! Hopefully we can get a few more people in the 100k+PPD club to fight EVGA. They have their top 8 members well over 100k and increasing...
 
Don't they have like 5 over 200k?

Once I can get my bonus I'll build another rig that should put me real close to 100-105
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Vaulter98c said:
Don't they have like 5 over 200k?
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I think they have 6 over 200k and 8 over 100k from last I saw, so it doesn't look good for us. It's fantastic for the project, though.

Once I can get my bonus I'll build another rig that should put me real close to 100-105
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That would be awesome. I'm hoping by spring time we could have another couple of members over 100k. :cool:
 
Afterburners is actually someone about 40+ of us decided to fold for, to push over the 10mil mark.
 
APOLLO said:
Congrats on your first -bigadv WU!
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Well, it's not my first bigadv.. it's just my first one on this new motherboard and my first one at 4GHz. My previous bigadv box died a couple days ago and I had to buy a new motherboard, very pleased with this new Gigabyte board.
 
Vaulter98c said:
*Crosses fingers for linux distro*
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Whatever it is, it is now in Kendrak's hands for testing on Nexus. :rolleyes: If Kendrak can actually follow my instructions, and it works, I will then share it. I've tested it here on two systems today and it booted fine on both.
 
APOLLO said:
I really don't like AS5 and would prefer to use something else that applies far easier and works better like AC MX-2 or Tuniq TX-2, etc.
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I'm in the same boat. It works, I don't really care for it though. If I have something else, I use that instead.

I'd prefer to use Zalman ZM-STG1 or Noctua NT-H1. My CoGage Arrow arrived today (after all) and it came with Thermalright Chill Factor and I'm going to use that with it (despite having 1 opened and 1 unopened AS5 syringes).

Not to mention AS5 stains/discolors the crap out of anything it touches. Every other paste I've used cleans off clean and leaves no discoloration; seems like any time I use AS5 and wipe it off, there's still a slight dull gray color left behind.
 
Tobit said:
Whatever it is, it is now in Kendrak's hands for testing on Nexus. :rolleyes: If Kendrak can actually follow my instructions, and it works, I will then share it. I've tested it here on two systems today and it booted fine on both.
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Let's see how spectacular of a failure I can create......
 
I must say that I also am really enjoying the GA-X58A-UD3R MB. Had mine for about a week or so, with a Noctua NH-D14, 6 gigs of OCZ Gold, and Nxzt Tempest EVO. I'm new to i7 OC'ing and still fine tuning to get it stable @ 4.0 Ghz. (Damn thing is IBT stable but not bigadv stable @ 4.0 Ghz; YET!). Still - GREAT MB for the price!! I'm at about 32:30'ish in my frame time, but I'm also folding with 2 GTX 260-216's.
 
Not to mention AS5 stains/discolors the crap out of anything it touches. Every other paste I've used cleans off clean and leaves no discoloration; seems like any time I use AS5 and wipe it off, there's still a slight dull gray color left behind.
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Seriously, this explains a lot of confusion I've had for a few years running now...
 
Sweet, the first bigadv did just a hair over 60K:

Code: 
Hi Tobit (team 33),
Your WU (P2683 R2 C12 G45) was added to the stats database on
2010-02-27 07:04:17 for 60179.7 points of credit.
 
I love my MX-2

I'm going to have to get another tube of it soon.
 
zero2dash said:
Interestingly enough though I've seen reviews of the TS that look like now it does come with a bolt-through kit instead of pushpins, so I'm hoping it does...
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My TS arrived today from FrozenCPU.com and it still had pushpins. I'm glad I ordered the bolt-through kit with it. :rolleyes:
 
Jish said:
I must say that I also am really enjoying the GA-X58A-UD3R MB. Had mine for about a week or so, with a Noctua NH-D14, 6 gigs of OCZ Gold, and Nxzt Tempest EVO. I'm new to i7 OC'ing and still fine tuning to get it stable @ 4.0 Ghz. (Damn thing is IBT stable but not bigadv stable @ 4.0 Ghz; YET!). Still - GREAT MB for the price!! I'm at about 32:30'ish in my frame time, but I'm also folding with 2 GTX 260-216's.
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What kind of temps are you seeing with that Noctua NH-D14 and the CPU stressed at 4 GHz Jish?
 
Jish, I believe voltage tuning is key to bigadv stability above 4GHz. My X58A-UD3R is definitely bigadv stable at 4 GHz but I had to bump up many voltages to accomplish it.
 
Axdrenalin - Folding bigadv I am generally in the high 70's - 80, and over the last 24 hours the hottest core peaked at 83. This is with CPU vcore @ 1.36 and QPI/VTT @ 1.475. I have a pretty good feeling going above 4GHz is going to take a lot more voltage, and won't be worth it. I'm happy at 4GHz though.
 
Tobit said:
Whatever it is, it is now in Kendrak's hands for testing on Nexus. :rolleyes: If Kendrak can actually follow my instructions, and it works, I will then share it. I've tested it here on two systems today and it booted fine on both.
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Let me know if you want to do some beta testing on this. I have several machines to test on and a decent working knowledge of Linux. If the idea is to make this as turn-key as possible before you spend hours troubleshooting various problems, beta might be a good idea.



 
Well hell and damn! Moments after my last post I found the computer frozen. Didn't lose the WU but did lose about 15% in progress. Upped vcore and QPI another notch. If this doesn't prove to be stable I think I'll have to settle on 3.9GHz :(
 
musky said:
If the idea is to make this as turn-key as possible before you spend hours troubleshooting various problems, beta might be a good idea.
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There will definitely be some beta testing. Kendrak is more or less alpha testing this just to make sure my instructions can be followed and the process actually works. There is nothing really complicated with this install, it just needs to be followed carefully and to the letter.
 
Tobit said:
There will definitely be some beta testing. Kendrak is more or less alpha testing this just to make sure my instructions can be followed and the process actually works. There is nothing really complicated with this install, it just needs to be followed carefully and to the letter.
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He is using me, because if my stupid ass can figure it out, everyone else can.
 
LOL

and about freezing, mine just did too bro, I was 3 days stable on A3 and now I've frozen 3 times on one WU

atleast I didn't lose it but damn
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Been working most the weekend trying to get I7-920 stable at 4Ghz. Before this max speed about 3.9Ghz.
Well anyways lost one WU about 10% thru before I found good stable configuration.
So far stable for about 12 hours now @ 4.01Ghz 1.200V. Temps seems pretty good, mid 70C, :p which
I am comfortable with and tpf is sub 30 minutes.
TPF times 29:55, which are bit longer than tobit's boxen at about same cpu speed.
Box running OpenSUSE 11.2 64 Bit 6GB RAM at 1533Mhz
 
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Air Cooled 420 said:
Been working most the weekend trying to get I7-920 stable at 4Ghz. Before this max speed about 3.9Ghz.
Well anyways lost one WU about 10% thru before I found good stable configuration.
So far stable for about 12 hours now @ 4.01Ghz 1.200V. Temps seems pretty good, mid 70C, :p which
I am comfortable with and tpf is sub 30 minutes.
TPF times 29:55, which are bit longer than tobit's boxen at about same cpu speed.
Box running OpenSUSE 11.2 64 Bit 6GB at 1533Mhz
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1.2v :eek:

Wow
 
4 GHz @ 1.2 Vcore!? Wow and holy shit!! I have to ask - what MB and cooler are you using? And what are your other voltages / seetings?
 
Jish said:
4 GHz @ 1.2 Vcore!? Wow and holy shit!! I have to ask - what MB and cooler are you using? And what are your other voltages / seetings?
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I recently switched to a D0 stepping and have been surprised at the voltage difference.
Maybe luck of the draw. Ran 3.91Ghz at 1.175Volts but temps and power draw is close
to the C0 stepping at 3.6ghz 1.3volts. Using an Asus P6T mobo, settings are mostly stock except for cpu voltage, QPI voltage 1.20, DRAM BUS voltage 1.64v, turboboost enabled.
 
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Axdrenalin - Folding bigadv I am generally in the high 70's - 80, and over the last 24 hours the hottest core peaked at 83. This is with CPU vcore @ 1.36 and QPI/VTT @ 1.475. I have a pretty good feeling going above 4GHz is going to take a lot more voltage, and won't be worth it. I'm happy at 4GHz though.
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You do realize that Intel's max spec for Vtt is 1.35 so you're playing with dynamite by running well over .1v over their max spec. :eek:
For comparison my max stable bclk with safe voltage is 198 @ 1.335 Vtt. The next bump in my bios is 1.355 and even though it's only .005v over, I still don't want to go there.

Vcc max is 1.55, you're within range on that.

If I were you I would work on the oc more and dwindle down what takes what. Start off by finding your max bclk and I wouldn't go over the 1.35 max if you want the cpu to last especially running @ load 100% of the time.
Most people run around 1.35 Vtt for 190+ bclk and 1.3-1.35 Vcc for stability 3.9+ unless you get a cherry pick of a cpu like AC420 looks like he wound up with. I can push more volts and go 4+, I just don't want to bother (even though now I have a cooler that can take it...CoGage Arrow). I was running 4.15 yesterday with Prime load temps around 73 @ 1.3625 Vcc and 1.335 Vtt but it gives almost no benefit over what I'm running now; my TPF drops by no more than 1 minute, the bonus isn't much better, yet I'm pumping over .1v more Vcc and the weight of the cooler is causing it to lean on a slant. I'm happy at 3.9 at 1 bump above stock Vcc (1.2625) and 1.335 Vtt. With the SE2 my temps aren't as good as with the Arrow but they're still very good (71; Arrow was 68).
 
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Axdrenalin - Folding bigadv I am generally in the high 70's - 80, and over the last 24 hours the hottest core peaked at 83. This is with CPU vcore @ 1.36 and QPI/VTT @ 1.475. I have a pretty good feeling going above 4GHz is going to take a lot more voltage, and won't be worth it. I'm happy at 4GHz though.
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What is QPI frequency?
That is way too much voltage for that.

Set it manually to a lower setting.
 
Jish said:
Guys - Thanks for the concern, but based on this http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=632366 I'm not that worried as my temps are still decent. Plus, I buy CPU's with the expectation that I'll kill it :) But, it's never happened yet!! I have an old Athlon XP that I still run at 2.1 volts (to get 2.166 GHz) with the stock HS.
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Your missing the point.
By lowering QPI frequency it will allow to achieve the same clocks with using less voltage.
 
It's not stable at anything below 1.36 / 1.475. I've spent the last 2 weeks testing/tweking it.
 
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