x2 3800 a winner

[Bill Clo]

I just wanted to let my fellow team members about my newest addition to the garden. A baby X2 3800. After some initial hitches, I've got that sucker overclocked to 2.45 ghz x 2 cores. A cost-effective way to increase output, and save $3-4/month on the electric bill versus 2 comparable 2.4ghz Socket-754 systems.

Pretty good overclocker too: 2.0ghz to 2.4ghz for the extra $45 expense of an Thermalright XP-90 and a good fan. One does have to run up the voltage a bit though; 1.45 - 1.47 to get this much overclock.

 

[Catboxer]

They are nice. It sure helped out my ppd. I switched from a 2.3Ghz A64 to the 3800X2 and Ive got it running all day and night at 2.5Ghz @ 1.6v on stock cooler. It's rock solid with 2 instances of F@H going.

 

[Bill Clo]

What kind of temperatures are you seeing at 1.6v on stock cooler? I get 50-51C with a Thermalright XP90 plus 56cfm 92mm fan. I can't confirm that the BIOS is right of course...

But heck yeah, they put out the points. I also discovered that they now work with some NF3 boards (my MSI Neo2 Platinum is one of them). I'm awfully tempted to get an early Xmas gift for myself...

 

[leo_bsb]

I'm getting 2500 MHz at 1,41V. Gigabyte air cooler.
MSI K8N Ne4/SLI and OCZ ram

 

[Catboxer]

I have no idea what my temps are. My DFI Infinity SLI board isnt giving me an accurate temp reading unless it somehow is running at 43C full load. Yeah, right.

 

[D3v01D]

2.5Ghz with stock heatsink / better fan 1.38 volts.
Running 2 console clients 24 / 7.

Max temp Priming 51c
Max temp folding 48c