TPU's Core i7 Overclocking and Feedback

[Chicken Patty]

Hi Thomas,



Stepping SLBEJ is out of stock at this moment. Our distributor is expecting more by next week. I will let you know when this stepping is available.



Your order has been cancelled and refunded in full.



Sorry for the inconvenience.



Sincerely,



Robert Prado

Compumusic, Inc.

www.compumusic.com

why cancelled? Couldn't they just ship it out when they got it? Or did you ask for the order to be cancelled?

 

[PaulieG]

Hi Thomas,



Stepping SLBEJ is out of stock at this moment. Our distributor is expecting more by next week. I will let you know when this stepping is available.



Your order has been cancelled and refunded in full.



Sorry for the inconvenience.



Sincerely,



Robert Prado

Compumusic, Inc.

www.compumusic.com

Sorry Tom. We are in the same boat now.

 

[trt740]

Sorry Tom. We are in the same boat now.

Bastard if they would have told me yesterday I could have ordered from ebay now tank guys has me by the balls my CPU is sold. I guess what the extra 10.00 fxxkers.

 

[trt740]

why cancelled? Couldn't they just ship it out when they got it? Or did you ask for the order to be cancelled?

I need a cpu mines sold.

 

[Binge]

I can help you out, send me a PM.

 

[trt740]

I can help you out, send me a PM.

Thanks anyway Binge ordered one already.

 

[Binge]

Bitchin. Glad to hear you're sorted out. Compare results next week?

 

[N4cot1c]

Put in my order last night. What do you guys think? I also have a MCP355 w/ DD Top on the way from [H] brand new.

 

[Binge]

jab-tech.com has yate loon high speeds for 3.30 each. F*** PPC

 

[SystemViper]

jab-tech.com has yate loon high speeds for 3.30 each. F*** PPC

Yea F*** PPC just had a bad expierience with them, paid ofr one shipping and got ups ground...

go jab-tech or sidewinder..

 

[Binge]

OUCH! You bought the LC heatkiller. Prepare for average temperatures. It is NOT the same internals as the heatkiller LT or CU.

 

[N4cot1c]

it only has a slightly lower fin count maybe 3 or 4. Besides, it's only bested by the LT and CU anyways.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/Langer/PrometheusCu/heatkiller-performance.png

One degree. Even though I don't have the same setup, I think the results are gonna be the same.

Jab tech doesn't have any Heatkillers. I would have been burned on shipping.

 

[Binge]

My mistake I read your post incorrectly.

 

[N4cot1c]

huh?

 

[Binge]

Your fans are not a bad price seeing as you're paying for shipping through them. I'm not in the mood to argue about your choice in water block because it's obvious my opinion about a 1C difference does not matter to you.

 

[N4cot1c]

If it's 1 it doesn't matter to me. If my load is 80, 80-81 doesn't matter IMO no matter how picky you are. Now if it was 3-4c, I would def get the LT.

 

[Chicken Patty]

::raises hand::


Question:

What is Memory Low Gap?

 

[Tatty_Two]

::raises hand::


Question:

What is Memory Low Gap?

Reserves memory for PCI/e devices. 1.5G is base and will cover most setups. Start running 3 GPU's and a host of PCI/e devices off the bus and you need to set more reserve space.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Reserves memory for PCI/e devices. 1.5G is base and will cover most setups. Start running 3 GPU's and a host of PCI/e devices off the bus and you need to set more reserve space.

so for c/f 4870's 1.5G should be ok?

 

[Tatty_Two]

so for c/f 4870's 1.5G should be ok?

I would think so yes, unless you have a shitload of other devices, where the increase is really needed is when you go over 2 and/or if you have at least 2 or 3 other devices plugged into the bus, try a 2006 run with identical settings at 1.5 and then on the next increment up, see if there is any difference.

 

[Chicken Patty]

I would think so yes, unless you have a shitload of other devices, where the increase is really needed is when you go over 2 and/or if you have at least 2 or 3 other devices plugged into the bus, try a 2006 run with identical settings at 1.5 and then on the next increment up, see if there is any difference.

i'll do that later today! Thanks. I'll post the results here.

 

[Jakethesnake011]

Guys can you tell me what you think of this OCZ RAM it is rated for 1866 Mhz at 9-9-9-28 timings. It is only 70 bucks after a 50 MIR. I can not find many reviews on it, and I was wondering if any had experience with it. Or is it worth the extra 80 bucks to buy the G.skill Trident 2000mhz 9-9-9-24 RAM? Link for ocz RAM

 

[Chicken Patty]

for the ones interested, I ran 3dmark 06 with AMD Fusion. My first run had HDD acceleration off, and the 2nd one had it on.


HDD Acceleration On: 24861
HDD Aceeleration Off: 24927

Guess it works, just not a huge difference.

 

[t_ski]

Now that I got the basics up and running, I'm starting to OC this CPU. I found I could do 3.2 GHz at stock voltages, but I had to bump it up a little to get 3.4 GHz. Currently trying to get the system to run at:

FSB 180
Multi 20
vCore 1.296
VTT 1.360
DRAM 1.648
CPU PLL 1.8
NB VCC 1.152
SB VCC 1.51
QPI/PCIe PLL on Auto

First boot at the above settigns failed. Temps on the 3.4 GHz run were in the low 60's in OCCT with the Noctua NH-U12P and dual fans. Anything look out of whack so far?

Also, according to Rebals Haven:

Overclocking Settings for 4.0+Gig

This Motherboard is one of the easiest boards to set to a moderate overclock, because the TP-X58 auto-adjusts the voltages. Just turning up the CPU Frequency Setting with everything on default, will get you up to at least 3.8Gig! You do have to disable the Items listed below under "CPU Configuration".

Here is a set of BIOS settings designed to get you to that magic 4Gig! Certainly tweaking the settings from these, is highly encouraged...

"Overclocking Navigator"
Intel Speed Step: Disable
Ratio CMOS Setting: 20 (appears after disabling Intel Speed Step)
CPU Frequency Setting: start @ 150; step to 200(ie: 150-160-170-180-190-200)
QPI Link Speed: Full Speed
DRAM Frequency: (set lowest value)
Command Rate: 2T

"DRAM Timing Configuration"
(Leave on "Auto" to start)

"Clock Gen Configuration"
(All Default)

"All Voltage Configuration"
CPU Vcore: +0.260V
CPU Vtt: 1.30V
CPU PLL: Auto
DRAM Voltage: 1.70V
NB Vcc: Auto
SB Vcc: Auto
QPI/PCIe PLL: 1.35V
Note:
1) CPU Vcore minus QPI/PCIe should be about 0.04V
2) DRAM Voltage minus CPU Vtt should be between about 0.40V to 0.50V

"CPU Configuration"
C1E Support: Disable
Hardware Prefetcher: Disable
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch: Disable
Max CPUID Valut Limit: Disable
Intel Virtualization: Disable
CPU TM Function: Disable
Execute-Disable Bit: Disable
Intel HT Technology: Enable
Active Processor Cores: ALL
A20M: Disable

Anything not mentioned should be as "Load Optimized Defaults" set them.

I haven't gotten through all my reading, but some of the voltages look high (like DRAM for example). What do you guys think?

 

[Binge]

DRAM is higher than it needs to be and my cpu VTT was 1.26V for 4.2GHz and if you're using my chip you can actually kill your OC by going over 1.26V unless you're pushing for over 4.4GHz.