General discussion based on Extreme Overclocking

[d1nky]

i dont get why they have big beefy vrm heatsinks and on the other side of the board is no cooling?? and it gets toooooooasssttyyyy!! smelly infact!

what gives? im not extreme overclocking but i like putting my voltage @ 1.6 for starters

and my extreme cooling is windows open and this...............

 

[FireKillerGR]

LOL this is what I wanted to see.

I think I am the one who is going to start xtreme oc for TPU (reviews and stuff like these ).
I have some mobos insulated and currently we bench for Pro Oc cup.
So, I have people to help me get this threads done

Will start tomorrow

BTW drdeathx keep in mind, I never gave more than 1.6v for DICE and more than 1.72V for Cascade on my 3770K
Take care not to degrade it

One more addition, thought to make a thread of some extreme cooling methods we used in order to inspire others as well.

 

[drdeathx]

LOL this is what I wanted to see.

I think I am the one who is going to start xtreme oc for TPU (reviews and stuff like these ).
I have some mobos insulated and currently we bench for Pro Oc cup.
So, I have people to help me get this threads done

Will start tomorrow

BTW drdeathx keep in mind, I never gave more than 1.6v for DICE and more than 1.72V for Cascade on my 3770K
Take care not to degrade it

One more addition, thought to make a thread of some extreme cooling methods we used in order to inspire others as well.

Go big or go home! LOL

 

[FireKillerGR]

Lol

Tomorrow's day projects:
1)Create a thread with Post Code Errors and meanings
2) Tiny and tweaks Operating Systems

 

[drdeathx]

Lol

Tomorrow's day projects:
1)Create a thread with Post Code Errors and meanings
2) Tiny and tweaks Operating Systems

Awesome

 

[FireKillerGR]

New threads will have the [XO] as a thread tag in order to help you find them and make you able to spot the difference easier.

 

[HammerON]

Will you link them in this thread?

 

[FireKillerGR]

Yeap

Post Code is first

[XO] Tweaked and Tiny Operating System
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2884450#post2884450

[XO] Motherboard's Post Codes & Meaning
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2884451#post2884451

[XO] Overclocking (and not only) Glossary
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2884476#post2884476

Will you link them in this thread?

DONE!!!

 

[XtremeCuztoms]

LN2 is near impossible to get locally it seems like.
Most suppliers won't allow it (Dewar) inside a passenger car, must be in the bed of a truck.
Dice is fun and never have to worry about cold boot bugs with Dice.. and 6Ghz + is possible with Dice on many platforms not just Ivy.

http://hwbot.org/submission/2125488_xtremecuztoms_cpu_frequency_celeron_lga775_347_6669.98_mhz

What I suggest is hit the forums, buy used stuff... unless you're after pcmark05 just grab some sata drives... a bunch of em... I load xp for 2D on one drive, Vista on another and w7 on another.. So if I decide to bench a 775 platform I have 3 drives ready. Old hardware can be fun and the quest for 8Ghz on old hardware is a blast...

 

[EarthDog]

Oh its possible on Ivy... I did it with my chip. Not saying its common, but I have seen it happen before...

to help handle LN2 (pouring while I OC),

Its pretty easy to pour for yourself with a single pot... in fact its downright simple. Even CPU/GPU...especially when you can full pot bench like with most Ivybridge and damn near all of AMD. On IB, single threaded benches (Spi 1M/32M, Pifast) any decent pot should hold fairly steady, with 32M requiring a couple splashes throughout the 5m(32M) test to keep things where they need to be.

Now, you get in to some heaters like the Intel Hex chips and AMD octo's.. THOSE need babysitting.

Its also very helpful when learning your chip/gpu to write down voltages/settings/benchmarks that work. That way one is not guessing.

 

[cadaveca]

Its also very helpful when learning your chip/gpu to write down voltages/settings/benchmarks that work. That way one is not guessing.

EarthDog ----->

 

[EarthDog]

Heh, we all started somewhere. I learned that in C2D/C2Q days...

You also, when extreme cooling, should have your OS and benchmarks setup before starting. Simple, basic things that can mean a lot when starting out as far as efficient benchmarking.

 

[cadaveca]

Simple, basic things that can mean a lot when starting out as far as efficient benchmarking.

Yeah, I mentioned prepping stuff earlier. That's the key to success, really, would suck to not have a back-up OS, or similar, when you got a full pot, and corrupt an OS because you pushed the ram a bit too far.

FireKillerGR has covered the OS part, for now, fortunately. Just gotta get one of them pre-loaded on a drive, with the board to be used, prior to ANY benching. a nice 60 GB SSD is perfect for this...

 

[EarthDog]

Image the OS(s)... That way its a 5 minute re-image as opposed to a 20 minute install. I have a few small (30-60GB) SSD's just for that. One 30GB has my stripped XP, and my 60GB is partitioned with Vista and W7. I have images of those installs on each.

You have a couple of solid, resources at TPU already in Metalracer, and DOM. I think those two are about the only ones that regularly and currently go sub ambient.

 

[FireKillerGR]

Yo guys
I just thought to make an extreme oc session livestreaming. I will bench with my teamate phil.
Interested for something like that?

 

[cadaveca]

Yep, I spent HOURS watching the OCN event this weekend, was entertaining at times.

 

[EarthDog]

We Livestream our sessions as well... For the most part, there is a solid turnout. Especially if who is doing it knows what they are doing and for the 'green' people here!

 

[cadaveca]

WE livestream our sessions as well... FOr the most part, there is a solid turnout. Definately worth it, especially to expose the 'green' people here.

Isn't a live stream a requirement for HWBOT now? Not too sure on this one...

 

[EarthDog]

Isn't a live stream a requirement for HWBOT now? Not too sure on this one...

No.

 

[cadaveca]

No.

Should be.


We should also note that buying an Intel Tuning Plan warranty covers you for LN2 and such with Intel chips...nothing like having that insurance for just $25.

 

[EarthDog]

LOL, disagree with the first part, PASSIONATELY. That is the last thing I want is to have to babysit (or hell just set up and run) a session on Livestream while I'm benching. Perhaps only for WR or something, but for normal people. HELL F NO.

 

[cadaveca]

Meh, to me, it's no big deal. Really, when you sit in TS as much as I do, it is REALLY no big deal.

 

[FireKillerGR]

Video validation is only required for team cup.
And I think only for just a stage of it

 

[d1nky]

id enjoy watching a LN2 session if someone put one on the TPU video thread, or even you could start a TPU extreme OC video thread, to watch the thrills and spills

guaranteed one viewer subbed!

 

[FireKillerGR]

Ok. Will do smth like that then