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Love your socket 754?

All righty fellow s754 geeks - the 3400+ Venice has arrived!
ADA3400AIK4B0
LBBLE 0524SSPMW
Z706202F515**
Now, help me out here. Doesn't that code indicate that this cpu was manufactured during the 24th week of 2005?! My 3000+'s code is 0544 (bought it in Jan 06 - about 9 weeks after manufacture) and my 3200+'s code is 0605 (bought it in April 06 - about 11 weeks after manufacture). If this processor is that old then AMD has been holding out on us a very long time - one full year after manufacture date! I just called StarMicro to see if it was a pull but they said it was brand new and there is a stamp on the receipt indicating that the cpu was tested. Very curious! I had heard that these cpu's were being supplied only to system vendors (eMachines being one) so perhaps due to the coming price cuts and possible backlog of inventory these were released for sale just to move them out. Very interesting.
I am also surprised by the LBBLE code. My 3000+ code is CBBWE and my 3200+ code is NBBWE. Both the 3000+ and 3200+ are DH-E6 cores and the 3400+ is supposed to be a DH-E3 core.
I'll find out tomorrow night when I get it installed and run CPU-z on it. I am amazed that AMD has had these particular cpu's in their inventory for so long. Kind of makes you wonder what else they might pull out of their knapsack. :eek: :D
BTW I had mistakenly said that StarMicro was out of Fresno but actually they are in Fremont CA. Just wanted to clarify that.
 
It's like there are a bunch of us on the starting line and you have the gun... once we see you're results we are off and possibly purchase one ourselves... LoL
 
yeah i am just waiting for his results and depending on what they are i might order one also :)
 
I've got my finger hovering over the buy button, if it does well I'm going to snap one of these up quick!
 
Unknown-One said:
I've got my finger hovering over the buy button, if it does well I'm going to snap one of these up quick!
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don't let a fly land on your finger and buying it too fast :D

I'm also curious to see what this 3400+ has in his belly. It's indeed weird to see a old manufacturing date so the theory of getting the stuff back from system integrators just to move inventory or sitting in the warehouses waiting for something not happening is possible. However, don't let the manufacturing date destroy the party and see what it really does.
 
I believe the fact that my chip was a DH-E6 had loads to do with my incredible oc'ing success. I still can't believe I pushed my 10x stock multi all the way to 297 HTT.
 
Xilikon said:
don't let a fly land on your finger and buying it too fast :D

I'm also curious to see what this 3400+ has in his belly. It's indeed weird to see a old manufacturing date so the theory of getting the stuff back from system integrators just to move inventory or sitting in the warehouses waiting for something not happening is possible. However, don't let the manufacturing date destroy the party and see what it really does.
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Yeah - it is odd to see the older manuf. date but it makes sense; core DH-E3 would logically seem to predate core DH-E6. I just found it odd. I have heard on certain s939 cpu's that core E3 was a better oc'er than E6 so I'm really anxious to see how well it does.

Emission - I'll say it again - that is one sweet oc'ing cpu you've got there! I hope this one does at least 2.8.
 
BigMacAttack said:
All righty fellow s754 geeks - the 3400+ Venice has arrived!
ADA3400AIK4B0
LBBLE 0524SSPMW
Z706202F515**
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Can you get us a digital picture of this? I want to see that, as that's very....interesting. :cool: Remember, use the Macro mode (The flower button).

 
Guys, I dont have my S754 Venice anymore, so I was wondering if it's correct that my name is still on the members list. Then again, I'm a big supporter of these chips! Would be cool to have it up there for the hell of it :cool:
 
Emission said:
Guys, I dont have my S754 Venice anymore, so I was wondering if it's correct that my name is still on the members list. Then again, I'm a big supporter of these chips! Would be cool to have it up there for the hell of it :cool:
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You're fine. I no longer have my system, however I have a 754 mobo in my possession, but I'm still a member. ;) Once you're in, ur in, unless Ozzi feels otherwise.
 
I still have my DFI NF3 250Gb motherboards box!!! WOOT! :D :D :D

Can I be one of the "Higher-Upps" ? Uhh, I can be the..uhh........................... :confused:
 
tsuehpsyde said:
Can you get us a digital picture of this? I want to see that, as that's very....interesting. :cool: Remember, use the Macro mode (The flower button).

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I'll see what I can do but I tried to geat a good clear pic of my 3200+ with no success. I can't get a clear close up even though my camera is a 3.2 mp job. Most likely is operator error on my part but I will certainly try.

BTW has anyone seen the prices on the s754 cpu's at Newegg? The 3200+ Venice is down to $107! I paid $154 with shipping for mine back in April - doh! Looks like the pending price war is affecting all cpu prices.
 
Volkswagen said:
any results with the 3400+ yet :cool:
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"I'll find out tomorrow night " was what BigMackAttack said so we will know later today :)
 
BigMacAttack said:
BTW has anyone seen the prices on the s754 cpu's at Newegg? The 3200+ Venice is down to $107! I paid $154 with shipping for mine back in April - doh! Looks like the pending price war is affecting all cpu prices.
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I paid $109 for my 3000+, which is now more than the 3200+. If only my old processor waited a few more weeks to die, and i wasnt so cheap and splurged the extra 10 or 15 bucks a few weeks ago.
 
BR3T said:
I paid $109 for my 3000+, which is now more than the 3200+. If only my old processor waited a few more weeks to die, and i wasnt so cheap and splurged the extra 10 or 15 bucks a few weeks ago.
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I was lucky to buy mine for 90$ "used" in a sealed package from someone in FS/FT :D
 
BigMacAttack said:
I'll see what I can do but I tried to geat a good clear pic of my 3200+ with no success. I can't get a clear close up even though my camera is a 3.2 mp job. Most likely is operator error on my part but I will certainly try.

BTW has anyone seen the prices on the s754 cpu's at Newegg? The 3200+ Venice is down to $107! I paid $154 with shipping for mine back in April - doh! Looks like the pending price war is affecting all cpu prices.
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Try flash, but do it at an angle where it doesn't blind the code away. That's how I do it, anyway, and it takes a good 5 tries to get it just right. If all else fails, take it from far away, zoom in, and cut it out. 3MP ftw! ;)

 
Wow! I've been out of these forums for awhile now, and I get back to see BigMacAttack has finally located a 3400+ Venice. And for $99! Looking forward to results.
 
I finally get around to checking this thread as I am finally replacing my borked mobo and I discover that there is a s754 3400+ Venice?

Bye bye 3700+ Clawhammer. My Freezer 64 Pro is begging for one of those. Heck, at that price, I might as well keep the clawhammer.

Time to spend some money.
 
Here is the best pic I could get of the 3400+ Venice. Sorry it isn't more clear but I just can't get a good shot wih my camera. Maybe if I can figure it out I can post later. I hope it is readable enough.
3400Venice.jpg

CPU-z screenshot - here we go!
cpu-z3400.jpg
 
Well, I m using Prime95 and doing the small FFT test for the 1st battery of tests (about 18 min. or so). So far I am at 220x12 @1.46v.
I'm going to try 225x12 @1.46v now. I'll tell you - its clocking higher with less volts than its E6 stepping brethren so far.
Here is where I stopped tonight. Bios voltage is set at 1.50v so you can see the diff. between the bios and CPU-z. I know there is room for lots more so when I get the chance I'll continue. Gotta go to bed so I can get some sleep before work in the AM. More to come!
225x12CPU-z.jpg

sisandra225x12.jpg


Not too shabby for a hundred dollar cpu huh?
 
oooh exciting. now lets see where u can go. 2.7 is nice, but the way u talk, it sounds like a there is a large chance of you going higher. Good luck!!
 
Hey BigMacAttack,what kinda fan is that(running on the CPU at 4800RPM :eek:) ?
I hope you can hit 3GHz :D, even if not prime stable.
 
2.7GHz was the first milestone I was looking for, so I ordered mine :D. With that I can put the processor at around 250x11 and run my RAM 1:1.

If you hit 3GHz my jaw will hit the floor :eek:
 
Bone said:
What's the highest ever clock speed on a s754 CPU that you guys know about?
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have a look on xtremesystems.org, they have a world records thread. the fastest clock that i saw on a 754 was 3.4 ghz on a 4000+ newark, as seen here: http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=100828



on a related note, i would like to humbly join the club, over a year after i bought my newcastle, i've finally overclocked it to the point where i'm happy:

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h25/Warywolf/2350.png

2400 mhz is just out of my reach.... :(
 
I'd be willing to bet I hold the record for fastest clock on a S754 Venice, 3.01 GHz :D
 
Thanks all. I know there is more to be had from this cpu. It runs faster, cooler and at lower volts than the E6 core Venices I have so I'm encouraged.
I tried 230x12 @ 1.54v this AM but it failed the Prime95 small FFT test after about 15 minutes so I'll bump it up to 1.56v and see what happens. It should pass easily at that voltage. I don't see 235x12 as being a problem @1.58v or 1.6v either. I saw max. temp hit 52C during the failed 230x12 run this AM so I'm not too concerned about temps. My max. under Prime95 is 58C simply because none of my games run anywhere near that hot and the max. rated temp for the cpu by AMD is something like 69C. I'm really happy to finally have a Venice I don't have to jolt the heck out of. I think a 1.7v setting will provide a really good oc. I'll keep tweaking. First looks are very encouraging, though.

I'll try to see if I can get past 3.01ghz. :p I still have a lot of experimenting to do with multipliers and cpu freq. settings. I'll have to get to it when I get some more time.

Bone - there is an article on the heatsink I'm using here:
http://www.hardcoreware.net/reviews/review-216-1.htm
One thing in the article that I had to chuckle at was the recommendation to remove your mobo to install it. My case is so large (RaidMax Storm) that I have absolutley no problems with installation. I have seen better reviews on A64 systems but this will give you an idea of what it looks like
One thing I did again, though was pull the 3200+ right out of the socket when trying to remove the hsf. I heated up the system and everything but the AS Ceramique is just very, very sticky and won't let go. Fortunately I didn't bend any pins on the 3200+. I highly recommend the Ceramique as it is all I have used on my Venice core cpu's and it works great. If you don't plan on swapping cpu's that often I highly recommend it.
 
MANNNN.... my mobo only goes up to 1.55 voltage and it's only enough to run at 2.4 LoL... do you think it's worth it for an increase? I think I'd feel a little better running at 1.4 at a stock 2.4 and let my ram run on the better timings. haha Tough call...
 
With your 1.55v max you should see 2.7 ghz or maybe a little less for Prime95 24 hr stable. You'll be in the ballpark but that voltage limitation is gonna hurt you.
I recommend a better mobo. My Abit NV8 seems to really like this cpu because it tends to get goofy at higher cpu freq. settings needed for the 3000+ and 3200+. The higher multi and lower cpu freq. is a lot better combo for this mobo. With my 3200+ I have to cold boot at 238x11 and then reboot to go to 248x11 when I want max speed. It did the same thing on the 3000+ as it would cold boot at 248x10 but not beyond that. So I would reboot and go to 265x10 for max power. I really am of the opinion that this is a ram issue but can't isolate it as yet.
I run my Crucial Ballistix DDR400 on the DDR466 divider with timings of 2.5-3-3-8 2t and it flies. Cut my Superpi 1M time from 37 sec (DDR333 divider, same timings, 1T) to 34 seconds. With the lower cpu freq. and higher multiplier (12x) of the 3400+ I'll be trying the DDR500 divider soon. Half-Life is butter smooth on the present 3200+ so I'm looking forward to trying the 3400+ out.
 
The guys with slightly more $$ like me can get a DFI board and blow the competition away :D . Personally, I think the reason your seeing such low clocks is because the board is crap compared to something you might get with DFI.
 
Yeah - the DFI does seem to always give the very best results. Anyone I've ever talked with that was getting a great oc was using a DFI mobo.
 
Well, from what I can tell, loads of voltage don't matter to this cpu. I finally finished up with my prelim testing on the 12x multi and it ran 230x12 @ 1.58v and passed the initial Prime95 suite. I then set it for 235x12 @ 1.60v and it booted up ok but failed immendiately on hte Prime 95 test. I then continued to bump voltage .02v at a time with no change in results. At higher volts it just became terrible unstable so I abandoned all further testing on the 12x multi.
Just for kicks I set it to 255 (but it only registered as 254) x 11 @ 1.64v and got this result.
254x11cpu-z.jpg

So there is more to do with the 11x and 10x multi's. I tired for 260x11 but the system crashed. I must go for 256x11 just to get a 2.8 screenshot. :p

Currently I am running 230x12 @ 1.60v with my ram set at DDR500 divider, HTT 3x, timings of 2.5-3-3-8-11-14 and 2T command rate. Its running very well ATM. I need to test it in game next. Here's my Superpi 1M run.
superpi1mDDr500divider.jpg
 
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