The AMD Phenom II OC'ers Club

[suraswami]

whole clock for clock is weaker on MSI thats why i haven't been getting them sticking to the Asus boards for now...gave ECS a try but shoddy BIOS flashing killed that...

You should give Biostar 890FX a try, want to see how it will survive your torture

 

[cdawall]

You should give Biostar 890FX a try, want to see how it will survive your torture

been looking at it i like biostar boards for sure just waiting on the money to get one lol wasted it on all my old school shit that i'm going to play with shortly

 

[inferKNOX]

Typically I could agree with your arguments, but I don't really push my system hard enough when OC'ing to suffer from mobo limitations. That being said, the 890FXA's stunning good looks got me sold. I love blue and black and the blue phase LEDs on the mobo that go well with my setup.
I've always believed that ASUS overprices and gimmicks it's products too much for my liking, even if they do have the tiny performance edge.
As for Gigabyte, hate the styling. Does it have any blue LEDs? (yeah... gimmicky, I know... but a good gimmick, LOL! What a hypocrite... )

I'll consider the alternatives though

 

[brandonwh64]

been looking at it i like biostar boards for sure just waiting on the money to get one lol wasted it on all my old school shit that i'm going to play with shortly

Also try ASRock boards! there new line is pretty good!

 

[Mussels]

Also try ASRock boards! there new line is pretty good!

damn right they are, i'm going for their top one.

 

[Wile E]

whole clock for clock is weaker on MSI thats why i haven't been getting them sticking to the Asus boards for now...gave ECS a try but shoddy BIOS flashing killed that...

Hell, ANYTHING bios related is total shit on ECS. They make great boards, but then hire monkeys to mash keyboards to code their BIOSes.

 

[cdawall]

Hell, ANYTHING bios related is total shit on ECS. They make great boards, but then hire monkeys to mash keyboards to code their BIOSes.

this one wasnt terrible...have seen worse but my 790FX was way better

 

[erocker]

Yay! EK has their Crosshair IV waterblocks up on their store. Not for sale yet, but I'll be getting one once they are.

http://www.ekwaterblocks.com/shop/ek-fb-asus-crosshair-3-black-acetal-ni-1.html


*It says Crosshair 3 but this is for the IV.

Here's the PDF for the instruction manual: http://81.90.180.2/ekwaterblocks/shop/EK-IM/EK-IM-3831109820278.pdf

 

[Whilhelm]

sweet thanks for the heads up, gonna get me one of them when they are available.

 

[erocker]

I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to route my tubing... Any ideas? I was thinking of possibly using two 90 degree adapters from the CPU out to the chipset block in. It's going to be a bit tight that's for sure...

 

[cdawall]

so close to breaking 15sec :shadedshu

can't get the ram to run cas6-6-6-18 1700 anymore i think the dimms are done for with cas6 i would so have 14.xxx in windows 7 no less

 

[Chicken Patty]

how are the temps Chris?

 

[erocker]

http://img.techpowerup.org/100619/15085sec superpi 4582mhz.png


so close to breaking 15sec :shadedshu

can't get the ram to run cas6-6-6-18 1700 anymore i think the dimms are done for with cas6 i would so have 14.xxx in windows 7 no less

You're running D9's right? What kind of voltage do you think I would need for 1600mhz 6 6-6-18?

My ram is Crucial Ballistix 1333mhz cas 6 1.8v.

 

[cdawall]

how are the temps Chris?

might hit 35C load temps

 

[Chicken Patty]

might hit 35C load temps

That's freakin' awesome. AMD's love low temps!

 

[cdawall]

You're running D9's right? What kind of voltage do you think I would need for 1600mhz 6 6-6-18?

My ram is Crucial Ballistix 1333mhz cas 6 1.8v.

ummm 1.5-2.1v depends how abused the sticks are my D9JNL did 1840 6-6-6-18 on a 955BE with 2.2v these D9JNM are not quite as happy with that and i did use dry ice for the JNL's

i can run 1700-1750 cas 6-7-6 with 2.14v and a lower NB clock though for some reason weird....hmmm gotta look into that more

this was that asus NB bug in work :shadedshu

That's freakin' awesome. AMD's love low temps!

thats with the loop@15.6v though so i have no idea what thats doing to my pumps and fans

 

[Velvet Wafer]

i can run 1700-1750 cas 6-7-6 with 2.14v and a lower NB clock though for some reason weird....hmmm gotta look into that more

thats with the loop@15.6v though so i have no idea what thats doing to my pumps and fans

sounds like you hit the top of the NBs capabilities... exactly that same behavior i saw on my 955, just in much worser form (my 955 was).

at 15.6v some fans may survive it, even if not all, but im pretty sure, that your pump will die in the next few months. most pumps dont like volts over spec too much, and i dont think its a 24v pump, is it? ;-)

do you have no possibility to adjust it to a lower level? i know that you love to kill hardware, and that the only good part for you is a fried part... but must that really happen?

 

[TheMailMan78]

http://img.techpowerup.org/100619/15085sec superpi 4582mhz.png


so close to breaking 15sec :shadedshu

can't get the ram to run cas6-6-6-18 1700 anymore i think the dimms are done for with cas6 i would so have 14.xxx in windows 7 no less

What mobo and what cooler?

FYI I hit 7.066 Prime and 19.48 in Super Pi.

 

[cdawall]

sounds like you hit the top of the NBs capabilities... exactly that same behavior i saw on my 955, just in much worser form (my 955 was).

at 15.6v some fans may survive it, even if not all, but im pretty sure, that your pump will die in the next few months. most pumps dont like volts over spec too much, and i dont think its a 24v pump, is it? ;-)

do you have no possibility to adjust it to a lower level? i know that you love to kill hardware, and that the only good part for you is a fried part... but must that really happen?

screw the damn NB maybe more volts to it will help

its a laing D4 and a D5 and i can run 12v just fine 15.6v sounds alot cooler though pyramid systemviper got me does 12-15.6v and 36A its for the TEC's im getting

What mobo and what cooler?

FYI I hit 7.066 Prime and 19.48 in Super Pi.

Crosshair III formula and a dtek fuzion V1 with a big loop there is a build log on it

and i want to see much lower than that i got better with just air vs that

 

[TheMailMan78]

screw the damn NB maybe more volts to it will help

its a laing D4 and a D5 and i can run 12v just fine 15.6v sounds alot cooler though pyramid systemviper got me does 12-15.6v and 36A its for the TEC's im getting



Crosshair III formula and a dtek fuzion V1 with a big loop there is a build log on it

and i want to see much lower than that i got better with just air vs that

Better on air? Hmmmmmm somethings afoot.

 

[Velvet Wafer]

screw the damn NB maybe more volts to it will help

its a laing D4 and a D5 and i can run 12v just fine 15.6v sounds alot cooler though pyramid systemviper got me does 12-15.6v and 36A its for the TEC's im getting

i wouldnt exceed 13.8v on the fans and the pumps, to stay in spec
otherwise fatal failure can and WILL occur, if not in a week, and not in a month, then surely within half a year

 

[cdawall]

Better on air? Hmmmmmm somethings afoot.

not really read the thuban thread in my sig the last page is water the rest is a coolermaster V10

i wouldnt exceed 13.8v on the fans and the pumps, to stay in spec
otherwise fatal failure can and WILL occur, if not in a week, and not in a month, then surely within half a year

what have i kept over half a year and most electric motors are made to run at +/- 50% was curious if fans and pumps were outside of that due to other parts

 

[Mussels]

was about to order the asrock 890FX board today... but everywhere is out of stock til the 24th, damnit. (24th is a thursday, so it wont even arrive til the 28th, the next monday)

Feck it, everywhere was sold out of the asrock board, so i sacrificed 2x USB3.0 ports, paid $50 more and got this instead

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=14212

 

[inferKNOX]

Does anyone have video/pics of the ASRock 890FX DELUXE3, MSI 890FXA-GD70, Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD7 and/or ASUS Crosshair IV Formula when it/they are on?

OC Update: My 955 refused 3.8 at 1.4V or under, so I dropped to 3.7 and got it completely stable from what I see so far at about 1.37V. Will post screens soon (to join the club).

 

[AphexDreamer]

Question?

Would RAM at 1333 (777) be better or equal to 1600 (999) which would be better for overclocking?

I read this, but it didn't really help answer which one to use.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/phenom-ii-ddr3,2319.html