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Cpt.Planet

07-28-2010, 15:26

So ES chips are ok for this contest?

Massman

07-28-2010, 15:33

Check again :)

Sam OCX

07-28-2010, 16:10

the only prize is lucky draw?

borandi

07-29-2010, 16:49

the only prize is lucky draw?

Since most of you are in this sport for the love of overclocking, and not for the love of prizes, we’ve decided not to announce any. That’s not to say there won’t be any at the end of the competition for the winners, but for the true overclocking purists out there, it gives you the chance to show the community you are doing this for fun (and maybe just a little for the bragging rights). We are also looking to see who is the fan favorite, so make sure to vote using HWBOT’s voting system (there might just be a lucky draw prize in it for those of you who vote).

voidn

07-29-2010, 18:39

Aww how cute :)

//Was hoping for a h55m contest

dinos22

07-30-2010, 13:34

im looking forward to this one very much.....................gotta dust off the old single stage and warm up a bit hehehe

SoF

07-30-2010, 19:27

contest sounds really nice but I got rid of all my 1156 things a bit earlier - well let's see maybe I'll give it a go after my summer holiday (what only would left a week but maybe a nub like me has some luck in stage 1 before getting badly owned when using only DICE in stage 2 :D :D :D )

Sam OCX

07-30-2010, 22:18

im looking forward to this one very much.....................gotta dust off the old single stage and warm up a bit hehehegigabyte employee allowed to participate in gigabyte comp? :D

I already have the board, looking forward to as well

dinos22

07-30-2010, 23:21

sure mate i'm behind the comp......I'm allowed to have fun right :D .... not prizes ;)

let's play nice boys, this comp has been insipired by Sam's thread at OCX and XtremeSystem 32M challenge thread for everyone in love in all things SuperPi :celebration:

let's all have some fun

Lucky_n00b

08-01-2010, 07:12

pro

08-01-2010, 11:13

oh so you wernt just talking smack about having a h55 content dino,

i think this is an awesome idea, i know i had alot of fun on this platform, lets get back in to it and see who reigns supreme on h55 !

i think the idea behind no prizes is just to get those really interested involved, see some 32m purity without the need to win something for the efforts..

rickss69

08-01-2010, 12:15

Massman

08-01-2010, 12:22

I have this board laying ready as well.

I thought I'd never say this about hardware, but it looks 'cute' :D

deadmeat

08-01-2010, 21:02

I cant find if there is a cpu limitation?
Are there any?

Massman

08-01-2010, 21:11

No CPU limitation.

Sam OCX

08-01-2010, 21:43

4000.0MHz is max, 4000.1MHz is not allowed, right?

rickss69

08-02-2010, 03:31

4000.0MHz is max, 4000.1MHz is not allowed, right?

I think you just answered your own question. :)

thebanik

08-02-2010, 06:19

It should have been open to all Giga P/H 55 boards??? Dont have this particular mobo in hand sadly, :(

dinos22

08-03-2010, 01:57

I have this board laying ready as well.

I thought I'd never say this about hardware, but it looks 'cute' :D

:D o said the same thing when i held it the first time hahahah

sam yes 4000.00 is MAX

MassiveOverkill

08-03-2010, 02:25

Sorry guys, forgot to put the Super Pi time in and it actually took it :(

l0ud_sil3nc3

08-03-2010, 06:30

copywazza allowed?

dinos22

08-03-2010, 06:37

of course man
same as all other tweaks etc that you would normally use on HWBOT and elsewhere

we are on HWBOT right :D

ME4ME

08-03-2010, 11:41

just got this little board myself
I must say ...damn its good!
its really a performance per cm2 killer! :D

anyhow... does anyone have a indication about what times to get with clarkdale at 4Ghz?
(not that im gonna run clarkdale for that part of the contest... just to compare :) )

Sam OCX

08-03-2010, 11:52

I had 9:29 on a H55M-UD2H (222x18, qpi4440, mem 888@6-6-6)

Massman

08-03-2010, 11:55

How competitive would 5GHz QPI be, against Lynnfield?

Hicookie

08-03-2010, 12:11

Any body prepare to LN2 memory? !!....lol, i think this competition will be more exciting in
super pi efficiency spirit.

dinos22

08-03-2010, 12:13

How competitive would 5GHz QPI be, against Lynnfield?

it wouldnt
but it would be interesting for ppl to bench both CPUs

i will time permitting do both chips and LN2 on RAM it if lives

Sam OCX

08-03-2010, 12:20

400-450MHz on QPI gains about 3s with high CPU speeds, don't think that Clarkdale is a competitor for 4GHz category

Lucky_n00b

08-03-2010, 14:48

400-450MHz on QPI gains about 3s with high CPU speeds, don't think that Clarkdale is a competitor for 4GHz category

Agree with u m8, I think Lynnfield 8xx will be the main contender on the 4Ghz Category..
With CPU & RAM on Cold, I guess with the CPU at 235x17, and DDR3-2350 with Tight timings and subs will give a nice score ;)

Anyway, with the CPU positioned sooo close to the DIMMs, I think putting LN2 on the CPU also means giving your ram a decent temp for benching :D :D(10-20C perhaps?)

Massman

08-03-2010, 14:59

So many layers of copper will also transfer heat/cold through the PCB quite rapidly.

-100°C = board under ice?

Sam OCX

08-03-2010, 15:41

With CPU & RAM on Cold, I guess with the CPU at 235x17, and DDR3-2350 with Tight timings and subs will give a nice score ;)235 BCLK on Lynnfield will be tough, you'll have to use subzero for lowclock runs
as for mems, I'm planning on 940 @ 5-6-5 ;)

Merlinen

08-03-2010, 16:34

Woohoo !! A Mini-ITX Torture and SuperPi 32M Fun!!! (^_^)b

I'm in for sure, will buy that H55N-USB3 tomorrow :D

* btw, does anyone know what mITX case MassiveOverkill is using? It's pretty cool case *

It is the new Lan Gear box that he is one of the beta tester :)

http://www.lan-gear.com/

That would be a Silverstone SG07....

Nopp, much smaller case :)

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1535164

chew*

08-03-2010, 16:38

Hmm interesting contest :D

ME4ME

08-03-2010, 17:26

SS + mini-ITX = perfect fit :D

http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff328/ME4ME2/H55N-USB3/4.jpg

http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff328/ME4ME2/H55N-USB3/3.jpg

http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff328/ME4ME2/H55N-USB3/5.jpg

http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff328/ME4ME2/H55N-USB3/6.jpg

Massman

08-03-2010, 17:28

Haha. That's a perfect fit!

richba5tard

08-03-2010, 17:37

Awesome! :D

Lucky_n00b

08-03-2010, 18:12

hahahahah LOL
Now the mobo DOES look small when you mount an SS into it dude :D: D

ME4ME

08-03-2010, 21:57

first impression, the board won't do past 235 bclock while using the integrated GPU.
It will boot, but when pressing Del to enter the bios, the screen will just turn black.
So in the end, a real VGA is needed :)

otherwise, the board does just fine.
just did 250x16 with memory at 2000 7-7-7-21
crashed though, because of high qpi. Need to do more tuning

Massman

08-03-2010, 22:07

Downclock the iGPU?

ME4ME

08-03-2010, 22:25

haven't tested that, but i don't think thats gonna work.
I tried increasing GPU voltage, and also cooled down to -55 .. but it still was no go.

well... don't care much about it either,
with the current mounting, a normal VGA fits perfectly :)

Merlinen

08-04-2010, 07:33

SS + mini-ITX = perfect fit :D

Pics...

Hahaha... looks awseome :D

l0ud_sil3nc3

08-04-2010, 09:03

ordered a few new parts. . .

http://i34.tinypic.com/34pnrio.png

Massman

08-04-2010, 09:10

Haha. So this board is actually luring people into extreme overclocking.

The H55N is doing what the UD9 was build for :D

l0ud_sil3nc3

08-04-2010, 09:39

Haha. So this board is actually luring people into extreme overclocking.

The H55N is doing what the UD9 was build for :D

Well I was actually going to end up getting a pot from Vince, however I was waiting until he released a new pot which is supposedly coming very soon but I just bit the bullet and figured now is a good as time any especially since the contest was going on.

I figured out to have a chance at winning I am going to need some dice and probably LN2 and for the first stage I am going to have to go buy an i7 860/870/875k. I need some recommendations for a digital thermometer (fluke, UEI) and other hardware that might be needed for dice, I realize for LN2 I will have to find a dewar and I am going to look locally first.

As for the UD9. . . I could buy six H55N's and still have some change for the same price:D

Massman

08-04-2010, 09:44

As for a thermometer: the Flukes look most professional, but if you don't care for that you could go for cheaper ones. I have this Voltcraft K102 with two ports for probes and cost me less than 60€. Works perfectly. Flukes will go for 100€ or more.

placid

08-04-2010, 10:56

In stage one, the speed limitations is 4ghz. Gigabyte Easy Tunes, SetFSB and other software can do the overclocking in Windows, bench superpi approximately 4.3GHz in speed, then back again in 4GHz speed and make screenshot. How to know if superpi was run at not more than 4GHz? This could be a tweak or cheat result but harder to prove. Considering almost all the overclockers used "oc on the fly" software to bench superpi.

Sory for my bad english :)

Massman

08-04-2010, 10:59

If you cheat in a competition where you cannot win anything, you're just lame.

placid

08-04-2010, 11:07

Yes I know, I hope no one cheat in this competition :)

1Day

08-04-2010, 12:40

Most of the benchers on this forum have a pretty good idea what is the ultimate 32Mil bench @ 4000MHz, with the perfect rams so basically if there is a result that is just too good to be true, then it most probably is not true.

Sam OCX

08-04-2010, 13:54

ordered a few new parts. . .good luck fitting a rampot onto this board :DAs for the UD9. . . I could buy six H55N's and still have some change for the same pricehere UD7 retails for ~$450 (wholesale price <$400 with VAT), H55N around $135 ... no 6:1 here

Massman

08-04-2010, 14:13

H55N - 88€
UD9 - 450€

5:1 here.

Massman

08-04-2010, 20:04

Just recieved 655K and 875K ... playin' time will be for after the 14th though ... lots going on.

l0ud_sil3nc3

08-04-2010, 22:19

UD9 $699.99 @ Newegg
H55N $104 @ ewiz

dinos22

08-04-2010, 23:08

things are heating up i see

bevan just jumped to first spot in stage 2 from australia with his nice 670 :nana:

cant wait to see it frozen

trans am

08-05-2010, 09:31

dinos22

08-05-2010, 09:52

hahah man if you had any idea how much work i have you would let me be

put it this way....massman's proposal for 36hour days would be useless in my case.....i need 48hour days :D

i will bench next week most likely

dinos22

08-05-2010, 12:55

SS + mini-ITX = perfect fit :D

http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff328/ME4ME2/H55N-USB3/6.jpg

FAINTS lol :eek::D:ws::nana::nana::nana::nana::nana::nana::na na::nana::celebration:

George_o/c

08-06-2010, 00:01

May I join in as well? :D

http://www.hwbox.gr/images/imagehosting/4614c5b420a2393c.jpg

dinos22

08-06-2010, 00:10

hahahah awesome shot

chew*

08-06-2010, 03:06

dino quit screwing around and get in here with me. Lets roll man!! are you just gonna hold back until the last second of the contest and unleash the beast? cmon dudes this isnt an ebay sniping/ get in here. lets see the real deal. btw the guy that got the clocks in stage 1 you guys are killing me. the hw dudes shoulda made this contest a little better. split the lynnfield and clarks the for the 4ghz stage one. Or is stage one for lynn and clarks for 2? ohh okay..I see. nevermind.

I jumped in for you ;) Despite my workload.......now it's time for me to ship stuff and pack up for quakecon, see you guys after the 15th sometime.......

Ok this is preety funny
http://chew.ln2cooling.com/Pocket%20Rocket/pocketrocket3.jpg

I propose that giga gives away 1 prize.......but not for the best scores.....a prize for the most ridiculous hardware config imagineable LOL

dinos22

08-06-2010, 06:30

lol

trans am

08-06-2010, 22:16

hahaha chew I saw your submission as you say "a guy walks into a bar" I added the next line of the joke. I wish you and dino were here right now. I'm about to take it all down. I tried to guess where the cbb mod was on this board. Its cold bug around -70c and thats pathetic. Im gonna wipe it off and do it on the cpu instead. this is where I did it on the board.

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff94/jackalsmith/mini%20itx%20giga/croppedmod.jpg

trans am

08-06-2010, 22:21

chew*

08-06-2010, 23:24

btw chew that stage 1 submission kicks ass. I think that will keep everyone busy for a while. okay get back to work. :)

It's actually preety slow :(

No need to guess. you will find continuity at a resistor on both sides and each of these 2 points on all 1156 boards.

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/Max%20III%20Extreme/Hard%20mods/IMG_2671.JPG

Ok here' you go.......

clarkdale CBB mod point circled green according to pin outs.

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/Pocket%20Rocket/pocketrocket5.jpg

trans am

08-07-2010, 00:09

argggh So that was it. I just kept looking at the h55m usb3 and the ud2h points and I thought I was on the right track. Thanks again buddy. I revert back and try those points out. Do need to both points cpu and mobo or one or the other? I always thought it was one or the other.

chew*

08-07-2010, 00:16

If testing those pins you will test one pin in socket and all resistors in general area both sides.

When you find continuity you test other pin in socket and other side of resistor.

Just solder across that resistor and you should be good to go.

trans am

08-07-2010, 00:23

got it. Lemme redo this thing and get in this thing. be back soon. ;)

Linuxfan

08-07-2010, 01:37

Nice competition guys! Wish I had the board to play too. :)

dinos22

08-07-2010, 01:54

It's actually preety slow :(

No need to guess. you will find continuity at a resistor on both sides and each of these 2 points on all 1156 boards.

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/Max%20III%20Extreme/Hard%20mods/IMG_2671.JPG

Ok here' you go.......

clarkdale CBB mod point circled green according to pin outs.

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/Pocket%20Rocket/pocketrocket5.jpg
maybe just let the others know what is involved in doing the mod

trans am

08-07-2010, 02:25

Dino Ive always thought it was one or the other. Like do cookiemonsters mod on the cpu:
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff94/jackalsmith/biostar%20cb%20mod/IMG_2023.jpg

or you do it on the board at the points chew marked. (each board is different) I usually just do the cpu and it worked fine in the past. but after a few board swaps using an conductive ink pen it wears off so I then started just doing the each of my boards separately so it doesnt matter what cpu is on. the board is already done. Am i wrong? this is the thread i made using help from cookiemonster and my own experience.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=250025

the points chew directed us to is the 1st resistor (it threw me off cuz the h55m-usb3 and h55n-ud2h are right here http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff94/jackalsmith/i55boardmod.jpg I know it worked because Ive had no mod and cold bug at -90c on both boards and after the mod on just the board (no cpu) I was getting past -125c

dinos22

08-07-2010, 02:39

ok so it looks like that is the mod then

trans am

08-07-2010, 03:00

I dont know about everyone else but Dino it was you that got me excited about this board in the 1st place in the xs thread you made. what was your limit on the board with the last cpu u had on it? have u messed around with the other bios's? for example I just started clocking on the shipping bios right out of the newegg box and was fine. then today I saw chews submission and he got that on the beta bios on the ga site. (the 1st one) I flashed to that one and rebooted and set optimised defaults F10 then tried my old settings and it wouldnt take anything. maybe Im missing a setting but I'm almost considering going back in time. or trying something in between. I just finished reinsulating the board. Im gonna crank the container on now. gimme a few.

chew*

08-07-2010, 03:23

maybe just let the others know what is involved in doing the mod

Sure theres a number of things you can do....remove resistor and connect the 2 points with solder. bridge the top of the resistor with solder. Last you can solder a wire in on each side of resistor and use a jumper pin on a fan header from a old mobo.

Basically you want 0K reading at that res. IIRC its like .75X k ohms nominally.

dinos22

08-07-2010, 03:26

just stick to that F5b bios or whatever the name

that bios is the best

i am yet to test the limits :D

trans am

08-07-2010, 04:24

okay sorry this is taking so long. I bought these skinny rods and they strip easily so I just cut down some thicker ones with a dremel. I have 2 containers. the one Im using on this board is the skinnier one for obvious reasons. This thing looks totally ridiculous with a container mounted. thanks to gigabyte for making this contest. Its rad to see something this small that can actually clock with its bigger brothers. Its really amazing and if Ive gained anything so far the 1st stage has made me really focus on tightening everything down. Ever since I got the containers ive focused on the thrill of having cold and getting cpu as high as I can. this 1st stage has really made me concentrate on my ram and qpi and Im on clarlsdale so Im just pushing even harder to keep up with everyone else on lynnfield. thanks guys. thanks dino for being one of the 1st to show us the potential of this thing. Lemme get these rods in so i can start clocking.

trans am

08-07-2010, 08:37

well that took care of the cold bug. Chew nailed the spot. that 1st resistor at the top is definitely it. I can cold boot at much lower than -70c now. I dont know why im screwing around on stage one with a clarksdale. Is that extra 4mb in cache on lynnfield my problem or is it that I need to tweak my reg? (wazza/large system cache/max mem hacks) I just installed winxp 32 on a vertex2 with no updates. I killed as much as I could in services. other than that I just installed the chipset and gfx drivers.

Sam OCX

08-07-2010, 10:36

trans am

08-07-2010, 10:51

Why wont it let me subimit my score? I did the stage one but my stage 2 wont submit. I get the follwing msg: error An unexpected error occured when saving your result. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please try again later. Message: 'org.apache.torque.TorqueException: com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlDataTruncation: Data truncation: Data too long for column 'system' at row 1'

wtf???

well this is what Im trying to submit:

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1335411
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff94/jackalsmith/mini%20itx%20giga/-142c.jpg
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff94/jackalsmith/mini%20itx%20giga/cpuz5670.jpg
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff94/jackalsmith/mini%20itx%20giga/717tajpg.jpg

I guess I have 1st place but stupid error wont take my submission. im going to bed. Thanks chew for the right point to mod. i had it past -145 from -70. U made it happen buddy. for the record i did no os tweaks as I dont really have any idea except disabling services and running in real time before the bench. other than that this is totally raw overclocking.

ME4ME

08-07-2010, 12:22

from what i see, the first thing you want to do is using a lower multiplier, and increasing the bclock. That way you'll be running higher uncore and thus gaining performance. Also try increasing the QPI frequency, you should be able to run 4500+ quite easily :)

as for software tweaks, you could look into the following page to get started with CW.
it might just get you a few seconds off ;)

http://www.ocxtreme.org/forumenus/showthread.php?t=3469

dinos22

08-07-2010, 12:26

QPI clocks are key to fast 32M with clarkbar before anything else.........

Massman

08-07-2010, 12:51

richba5tard

08-07-2010, 15:46

Indeed. Bug has been fixed.

George_o/c

08-07-2010, 20:17

This is getting interesting :D Mounted the SS :p

http://www.hwbox.gr/images/imagehosting/4614c5dafb0ee68a.jpg

dinos22

08-08-2010, 12:02

the comp is looking pretty popular i see

nice :nana: :D

Massman

08-08-2010, 13:29

Damn ... I thought it would be easy to get a top-5 or top-3 in this competition, but seems like everyone is putting up good scores.

:D

1Day

08-08-2010, 13:35

Some of us are even benching with the stock Intel cooler. And only one working stick of ram :D

trans am

08-09-2010, 00:47

THanks admin for fixing it. I was able to submit. I'll see what else I can do in the meantime. THanks for the tips guys. I'm surprised none of you commented that I was able to get in and actually get that score at -140c. That is fackin' mind blowing for me as Ive never had anything work that cold before. ALso I mustve done a decent job insulating because I didnt put grease in the ram or the socket and I benched for 8hrs straight friday night and i didnt have a single problem. maybe not a big deal if I was on a full-sized board because everythings more spaced out but it blows me away that I didnt run into problems when the ram is basically on top of the cpu socket and the critical components are so close. so much couldve gone wrong and didnt. pretty amazing imo. what gets me is it took me 8hrs. to get only 7m17s. hahahaha oh well.

**********edit. holy crap I just noticed I just got 2nd place 32m 655k spot (after "the thunder from down under" aka dino) and I unlocked something other than found the submit button.. kick ass man! wow! this little board kicks serious ass!
-Alvin (TA)

trans am

08-09-2010, 02:05

Damn ... I thought it would be easy to get a top-5 or top-3 in this competition, but seems like everyone is putting up good scores.

:D

@massman. this contest mustve been forged by the mighty OVERCLOCKING GODS in the sky.. I'm so happy for this contest! I dont care who wins. I dont think its the point. Its a bunch of friends getting together and helping each other on this little motherboard that is truly ground breaking. mitx boards have been around for a while now but this is the 1st time a mitx has gone this far in the clocking dept. Its about fackin time! I've gone through so many boards this year for clarksdales and this board is doing better in clocks and cold bug / qpi and than all of them and its a mitx board. is it just me or are you guys totally freaked out by this little thing?

Massman

08-09-2010, 08:29

@massman. this contest mustve been forged by the mighty OVERCLOCKING GODS in the sky.. I'm so happy for this contest! I dont care who wins. I dont think its the point. Its a bunch of friends getting together and helping each other on this little motherboard that is truly ground breaking. mitx boards have been around for a while now but this is the 1st time a mitx has gone this far in the clocking dept. Its about fackin time! I've gone through so many boards this year for clarksdales and this board is doing better in clocks and cold bug / qpi and than all of them and its a mitx board. is it just me or are you guys totally freaked out by this little thing?

It kinda proves that not all manufacturers are out there to screw over the overclocking community. This is a good evolution :D.

Only problem is that I'm now constantly hitting myself in the head because I lack the time to get starting with this board ... I wish it was next week already!

dinos22

08-09-2010, 11:39

Sam OCX

08-09-2010, 13:44

even if it's miniITX - your cat will still find a way to sleep in the box :D

http://www.abload.de/img/dsc04174jbfz.jpg

Massman

08-09-2010, 13:51

haha ... that's just awesome! :D

Your cat loves the box so much, it doesn't allow you to put your mainboard back in :D

Pt1t

08-09-2010, 14:03

even If It's Miniitx - Your Cat Will Still Find A Way To Sleep In The Box :d

http://www.abload.de/img/dsc04174jbfz.jpg

Rolf

BTW I ordered one little board like that :D

dinos22

08-09-2010, 14:36

the cat was like :woot: nice box :D

Sam OCX

08-09-2010, 20:45

http://valid.canardpc.com/cache/screenshot/1339473.png (http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1339473)

even though I got 6.6, this board has some serious problems
- after I got the 6.6 screenie, I tried 32M stability first (with low mems and qpi) - 233x27 was a crash at loop 15, 230x27 was a crash at loop 19, even 223x27 (6.0ghz) was a crash at loop 20
- 32M efficency with Clarkdale is worse than similar model, H55M-UD2H (32M at 4GHz is about 7 seconds slower)
- there is no SetFSB support for this board, so you have to clock it like a Phenom - boot with desired BCLK/MEM and then change CPU multi via CPU Tweaker
- takes VERY long to POST (22-24 seconds to bootscreen after you save settings in BIOS), makes it very hard to debug
- (same as other H55 board) only 3 subtimings can be adjusted via BIOS on Clarkdale, rest you put "1" or "255" - no difference at all
- Vcore settings closer to the top end do not work properly
- Cannot recover in 1 step (loading profile , F10, Enter) after a BIOS crash
- does not work properly with my OS (install / reboot problems)

dinos22

08-09-2010, 23:36

i am shocked that you can actually do that...........i didnt think the VRM is able to handle it

i think your crashes are VRM related ... WAY too much load for such a small power circuit

l0ud_sil3nc3

08-10-2010, 02:17

it seems as though 5.6-6.0 might be 32m stable, I can't believe the BCLK/QPI clocks, very nice job SamOCX

MassiveOverkill

08-10-2010, 03:25

even if it's miniITX - your cat will still find a way to sleep in the box :D

http://www.abload.de/img/dsc04174jbfz.jpg

If anyone ever wants to see Sam OCX's cat ever again you ALL will comply with the following:

You will lower your BLCK to 100
You will lower your multiplier to 10
You will lower your voltage to 1.1V
You will lower your RAM frequency to 533
You will move your Super Pi folder to a pre-USB 2.0 external 3200 RPM drive
You will then delete your existing Super Pi submisions and re-submit with the above settings

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v632/MassiveOverkill/ad245285.jpg

pro

08-10-2010, 07:15

hey sambo you need to reapply your nail polish, it is starting to flake bro!

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa50/preeeezy/ad245285.jpg

dinos22

08-10-2010, 07:17

hey sambo you need to reapply your nail polish, it is starting to flake bro!

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa50/preeeezy/ad245285.jpg

wrong image tag....works now heheh

i think that's MassiveOverkill's nail polish hahahah

Massman

08-10-2010, 07:47

Waiting for the first person to submit a pictures with an elephant :D

MassiveOverkill

08-10-2010, 08:17

wrong image tag....works now heheh

i think that's MassiveOverkill's nail polish hahahah

That is why the kittah is so worried. Every hour that my wishes are not met, another nail will have the polish scraped off and kittah forced to watch it.

Massman

08-10-2010, 08:33

If your cat is remotely like my cat, it will watch for about 5 seconds and then wander off to eat some food and sleep.

ME4ME

08-10-2010, 11:48

time to submit my first result,

http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff328/ME4ME2/0853406.jpg

closing in on youngpro, but still A LOT of tweaking left to be done.
had quite alot of trouble getting the memory to work at cas 6. My dommies 1866C7's just don't seem to like it, and had to push them with 1.96v

more to come :)

trans am

08-10-2010, 21:18

Hicookie

08-11-2010, 07:17

dinos22

08-11-2010, 07:26

nice ;)

trans am

08-11-2010, 07:30

How cold can you possibly get on this board? All I did was that 1st resistor (the top one) then I did the regular cpu mod cookiemonster did in the CBB clarksdale thread. I can cold boot at -125 and bench in windows (highest i went was -150c)

how cold can this thing get?

dinos22

08-11-2010, 07:33

that depends on the CPU and QPI used but im sure you will find that your CPU with low QPI will actually take a full pot of ln2

always check this before you start to bench anyway man

trans am

08-11-2010, 08:00

right now im on the last qpi setting to auto. THis is the highest setting. its booting in but I keep screwing up by shooting too much ln2 in. I did a crazy 1m run for you guys. I'll post it. I tried all night messing with the os tweaks but I dont get the copy waza at all. I reinstalled win on a 60gb vertex2 and took half for the os and the other half for the 2nd partition in windows drive manage. I did the reg mem tweak aand set to 1. I dont know whats going on. I jsut started benching again. raw dog style I kicked my last scores ass by a few seconds. and that 1m run was pretty good. I went 1 up on the qpi but im still around 5.6-5.8 area. just trying to keep things stable at this point.

Massman

08-11-2010, 08:00

-125°C and -150°C means that the mod is working. Without the mod, the CPU bugs around -90°C

dinos22

08-12-2010, 01:36

Sam pulling out the big guns

nice QPI

what is the point of RAM on LN2 with a clarkdale?

Anyone know what NB frequency field means in CPUz with a clarkdale :confused:

Hicookie

08-12-2010, 03:45

Sam pulling out the big guns

nice QPI

what is the point of RAM on LN2 with a clarkdale?

Anyone know what NB frequency field means in CPUz with a clarkdale :confused:

Clarkdale's uncroe is fused. the design of clarkdale Uncore is a logic clock.
IMC controls ddr3 speed and performnace. and clarkdale put it into 45nm GPU die,
from CPU die L3 cache the path to GPU die is QPI bus.

Normally, QPI bus limits DDR bandwidth, in theory, when QPI bus is 6.4GT/s,
DDR3 speed 1333, the DDR3 banwidth will be 21GB/s ( in theory), also DMI bus is tru
QPI. thats why increase QPI bus affects DDR performance a lot. even you don't use
IGP. properly you might say with clarkdale the L3 smart cache path to IMC is the performance that we concern.

Sam OCX

08-12-2010, 09:34

what is the point of RAM on LN2 with a clarkdale?Initially, I was planning to run 5-6-5 but that didn't work out well, so had to settle for 6-6-5

trans am

08-14-2010, 04:19

here we go, those mod might help you to get better overclocking score.

Cold bug mod for clarkdale
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/7708/p8110440.jpg

Vcore offset mod
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/9805/p8110441.jpg

HiCookie

cookie that bottom pic. I was up to -150 by just shorting the top resistor. do you think I should take down the insulation and do yours? Also the offset vcore mod. is it worth it?
I just dont feel like taking it all apart.

Massman

08-14-2010, 04:50

what is the point of RAM on LN2 with a clarkdale?

You do it ... because you can :D

pro

08-16-2010, 05:34

wow sam that run is just beyond what i thought this platform was even capable of doing

i thought the uncore was the bottleneck on this platform, i must be donig something seriously wrong, with the same uncore i am in the 40.x range at 7-8-7 1175 and i am slightly quicker with 9xx 6-6-5

nice run there

Sam OCX

08-16-2010, 09:19

1175 7-8-7 (tRRD/tRTP/tWTP/tWTR(same rank) = 4/4/20/18) and 940 6-6-5 (2/2/18/16) gets almost exactly the same score for me (around 8:49.1), changing tRP from 7 to 6 gained me good 1.5 seconds

dinos22

08-17-2010, 02:43

it seems Dedal worked out what SetFSB to use in the comp

looks like RTM885N-914 works ok

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/1910/clockgenh55nusb3.png

trans am

08-17-2010, 22:15

dino are u benching this week?
Im about to strap it on again.

Massman

08-17-2010, 22:54

I am ... just mounted the board for the very first time!

Sam OCX

08-17-2010, 23:08

on hoes, Massman enters ... will my backups hold up ? :D

trans am

08-18-2010, 00:03

yeeehaww!!

trans am

08-18-2010, 01:54

awww crap. I got all excited when I saw dino was gonna start benching so after spending the last week getting the os straight I put the itx back in. (note I didnt change anything since I had it on last, container was still on. all i did was take the mem out and unplug all the headers and the vga card and set it aside. so I just plugged it all in and no post, no fans. no power to the board at all. I just took it all off and looked at the cpu top and bottom look perfect. pins and socket look perfect. so no burns here. I took all the eraser off and the bottom insulation. wiped it clean and just put the stock hs on and same crap. no power..nothing.
took all the ram out and vga. made sure slots are clear of any crap that might be shorting it out. its clean. gonna try a new psu and swap cpus. any other ideas please post. I just had the i3540 and h55m-ud2h on this same psu and it was fine. brb.

:shrug:

chew*

08-18-2010, 02:13

here we go, those mod might help you to get better overclocking score.

Cold bug mod for clarkdale
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/7708/p8110440.jpg

Vcore offset mod
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/9805/p8110441.jpg

HiCookie

Cookie,

Can you explain the difference or the benefits of the CBB mod you posted versus just changing the resistance to 0K on this resistor?

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/Pocket%20Rocket/pocketrocket5.jpg

trans am

08-18-2010, 03:22

Cookie,

Can you explain the difference or the benefits of the CBB mod you posted versus just changing the resistance to 0K on this resistor?

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/Pocket%20Rocket/pocketrocket5.jpg

I 2nd that question also I'd like to tell you guys I think the itx board is dead. It wont post / power on at all. I swapped cpus but i3 540 is same thing. Its definitely not the psu. I noticed the cb i drew on the 655k was starting to wear off. Should I wipe it all off including the resistor on the board and see if thats the problem? I tried the 655k in my h55m-ud2h and it will spin on and then shut off and loop. no post. tried 1 stick and same crap. Im praying to the ocing gods I didnt kill that 655k and the mitx. I'm gonna wipe the 655k off completely clear of ink and try it again in the h55m-ud2h. If it posts then my next step is wiping the mitx board clear of mods. the only thing I did on the mitx board was short the top resistor with ink. if its not that then the board is cashed and I'm out of the contest. I have no more money this month to buy another one.

I'd appreciate it if all of you could take a moment of silence and say a silent prayer to the Mighty Gods of Overclocking on this beautiful August night.

http://peaceofsoul.net/uploads/praying_hands.jpg
Let us pray:

"Dear mighty Overclocking Gods, We thank you for creating this contest for us. It has brought us all together despite our differences, location, ethnicity, overclocking level of experience, etc. etc. We have all come together in the name of overclocking during these turbulent times to overclock to the best of our ability in the name of Massman. We honor your faithful disciples at gigabyte technology. (bless them for creating this motherboard) But today a dark shadow has been cast upon one of our fellow brothers, Trans Am. he is need of your hardware healing powers tonight. Please lead him through his hardware woes and show him the righteous path so we can all be together again in harmony and overclocking spirit.
Please guide our fellow brothers Chew, Cookie Monster, dino, massman, george and everyone else through the hardware darkness and shed your light and let us all stay in harmony with our brave and faithful brother Uncle Sam (sam ocx). He has made us all proud and we rejoice in his overclock....in the name of the hardware
....the software
....and the holy clocks

-Amen."

trans am

08-18-2010, 04:51

I can tell you guys haven't prayed yet cause it midnight and neither the board or cpu works still. I swapped again and again and both are dead. I wish all of you the best in this contest. Unless there is a miracle and a board shows up on my doorstep I'm out of the contest.
I had fun while it lasted. :(

dinos22

08-18-2010, 12:31

bad luck man

try to check that pins are ok with a macro shot and good look

shame that it died if it did but that's always a possibility

Massman

08-18-2010, 16:26

First shot: http://hwbot.org/community/submission/1041354_massman_superpi_32m_core_i7_875k_8min_59se c_391ms

1Day

08-18-2010, 18:53

Arrow through my heart - nice one for a first shot Pieter - I have been trying like crazy to break 9 mins and no success more than 150 runs so far. Here you go on your first run and break my heart. :D:D

LOL damn I really need to learn how to bench 32 mil. :cool:

Massman

08-18-2010, 20:37

I'm sorry 1Day :(

http://hwbot.org/blog/wp-content//8m54s610.png

Further ram tuning is pointless ... I will switch to single stage for more BCLK.

sofos1990

08-18-2010, 20:43

Tight trfc massman ! 59-60 should be possible :D Subtimings are very loose :p

1Day

08-18-2010, 20:59

I'm sorry 1Day :(

Edit the image out.

Further ram tuning is pointless ... I will switch to single stage for more BCLK.

Hell no you are not - and you should not be. :D:D Go forth and kick some serious butt with your single stage.

Sam OCX

08-18-2010, 21:00

tighter tRFC (~60) / tRTP (~3) don't help ?

trans am

08-18-2010, 23:57

massman keep it up buddy. get that single stage strapped on asap. I want to show you guys some pics of my board and cpu if that okay with everyone. I have a bad habit of leaving the board after a session and going to bed. You've all been there. Its 6am..you can barely reset the cmos jumper on the board let alone set your clocks. You've more than a few beers, You started benching 8 hrs ago and you are completely spent. You just cant wait to get in the bed. So you take as much off the board as you can without breaking or dropping something.

my usual routine is:
unplug the atx, 12v headers, ram, sata and vga card and leave the board sitting there with the cpu container still cranked to hell and its frozen stiff. "oh thats cool...I'll just let it do its thing...it'll evaporate...
... this has been my bench routine since I got a container. It finally caught up with me and it cost me a 655k and my board for the contest. The only other thing I can think of was before I turned it on, I had a hairdryer plugged into a powerstrip that was heating up insulation on another board and the hairdryer caused a surge and it shut off the powerstrip the psu was plugged into that was connected to the mitx board but the psu still works and the ram still does. so I seriously doubt that was it. after looking at the pics I think its pretty obvious. on the backside of the board images I posted, look at all the white spots on the atx area and the dimm slots. its all oxidized to hell.

..Even after 2 coats of this crap. http://www.hmcelectronics.com/cgi-bin/scripts/product/1530-0098/Chemtronics-CTAR12

(dont buy it) it leaves a cloudy white film on the pcb and it doesnt provide much protection and unreliable. I dont know why i bought it but I wanted to try something new. Its crap!

the one that always worked was this one:
http://www.mgchemicals.com/products/419b.html

anyway, back to the problem.
http://s239.photobucket.com/albums/ff94/jackalsmith/mitx%20TA%20fubar%20pics/

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff94/jackalsmith/mitx%20TA%20fubar%20pics/2.jpg
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff94/jackalsmith/mitx%20TA%20fubar%20pics/1.jpg
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff94/jackalsmith/mitx%20TA%20fubar%20pics/1cpusocket.jpg
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff94/jackalsmith/mitx%20TA%20fubar%20pics/2topboardsocketarea.jpg

Is there anyway to fix the board or apply something that will clean if off? kind of like putting your old rusted skateboard bearings in gasoline and soaking them overnight? I have a little ln2 left so I'm gonna mount the h55m ud2h with a i3 540 and see if I can get some better pi runs than I previously submitted. I'm so tempted to get on the egg and order a replacement. I still have a 660 that still works.

dinos22

08-19-2010, 02:27

hard to tell

pins seem ok.....nothing looks burnt but who knows...it might have shorted somehow no idea

Hicookie

08-19-2010, 03:36

I 2nd that question also I'd like to tell you guys I think the itx board is dead. It wont post / power on at all. I swapped cpus but i3 540 is same thing. Its definitely not the psu. I noticed the cb i drew on the 655k was starting to wear off. Should I wipe it all off including the resistor on the board and see if thats the problem? I tried the 655k in my h55m-ud2h and it will spin on and then shut off and loop. no post. tried 1 stick and same crap. Im praying to the ocing gods I didnt kill that 655k and the mitx. I'm gonna wipe the 655k off completely clear of ink and try it again in the h55m-ud2h. If it posts then my next step is wiping the mitx board clear of mods. the only thing I did on the mitx board was short the top resistor with ink. if its not that then the board is cashed and I'm out of the contest. I have no more money this month to buy another one.

I'd appreciate it if all of you could take a moment of silence and say a silent prayer to the Mighty Gods of Overclocking on this beautiful August night.

http://peaceofsoul.net/uploads/praying_hands.jpg
Let us pray:

"Dear mighty Overclocking Gods, We thank you for creating this contest for us. It has brought us all together despite our differences, location, ethnicity, overclocking level of experience, etc. etc. We have all come together in the name of overclocking during these turbulent times to overclock to the best of our ability in the name of Massman. We honor your faithful disciples at gigabyte technology. (bless them for creating this motherboard) But today a dark shadow has been cast upon one of our fellow brothers, Trans Am. he is need of your hardware healing powers tonight. Please lead him through his hardware woes and show him the righteous path so we can all be together again in harmony and overclocking spirit.
Please guide our fellow brothers Chew, Cookie Monster, dino, massman, george and everyone else through the hardware darkness and shed your light and let us all stay in harmony with our brave and faithful brother Uncle Sam (sam ocx). He has made us all proud and we rejoice in his overclock....in the name of the hardware
....the software
....and the holy clocks

-Amen."

the CBB/CB mod won't kill your processor
but will change the chips charactor. it possiblely only can work
on the Moded boards once the board done the mod,

Chew*, yes, you could just short the resistor, to make it 0Kohm.
or you can short to any ground.

hicookie

Hicookie

08-19-2010, 07:02

modifications here;

voltage measurepoint
http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/8015/h55nusb3measure.jpg

QPIVtt mod
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/7921/h55nusb3vtt.jpg

vcore mod
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/9805/p8110441.jpg

CBB/CB mod
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/7708/p8110440.jpg

hicookie

Massman

08-19-2010, 08:16

By the way, this is how I mounted the cooler:

http://hwbot.org/blog/wp-content//cooler.jpg

ME4ME

08-19-2010, 12:25

..what happend with Sam's 4Ghz score.. It's gone ??

George_o/c

08-19-2010, 13:16

I noticed something strange with his tREFL and mentioned it. I didn't even report it so that no fuss is created, somehow though it got deleted. Have you ever seen tREFL at 1123? Its max value is 1023...

Can somebody please explain? :o Here is the screenshot, same time yesterday. I've circled the irrational value.

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/2748/trefl1123confused.png

I've got another question, irrelevant to the above-mentioned. Can somebody run at the exact same settings as my 8m59sec run and post his 32M result here? The reason I'm asking for such a favor is because I'm losing about 2k performance product with this board, in comparison with an ASUS P55 one. 213k with the Maximus, 215k with the Giga :( And on top of that, I can't even work out the problems I face with 2:10 divider... My RAMs operate without the faintest problems on the Maximus at about 1030MHz 7-7-6-19, but I can't get passed loop 2 or 3 on H55N-USB3.

ME4ME

08-19-2010, 13:25

got the exact same problem, memory ratio 2:10 and also 2:12 seem very unstable.
Not sure what the reason is... stil testing though

Massman

08-19-2010, 13:32

2:10 and 2:12 works here.

http://hwbot.org/blog/wp-content//9m4s641.png

George_o/c

08-19-2010, 13:51

Thanks Pieter-Jan, I'll for sure try that :)

1Day

08-19-2010, 14:01

Pieter was that run with any CW? The test you did.

dinos22

08-19-2010, 14:06

if you are referring to his latest screenshot i would say no as he has no maxmem so no point running wazza either

1Day

08-19-2010, 14:29

True - thanks Dinos

George_o/c

08-19-2010, 14:29

Can somebody run with these settings http://hwbot.org/community/submission/1041500_george_oc_superpi_32m_core_i7_860_8min_59s ec_578ms (performing copywaza as well) and post the result here?

chew*

08-19-2010, 20:12

hmmm 2:12 works fine for me to. no waza.

George your problem is QPI, I ran higher, it was slower. Sometimes less is more.

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/Pocket%20Rocket/pocketrocket.jpg

Massman

08-19-2010, 21:05

This board is OCP-ing all day long :D

George_o/c

08-19-2010, 23:43

Much appreciated Brian :)

Massman

08-19-2010, 23:50

What kind of Maxmem are you guys running?

I have the feeling that I'm not running a really good C-W ... avail/sys is still 480/518 :-/

trans am

08-20-2010, 01:28

What kind of Maxmem are you guys running?

I have the feeling that I'm not running a really good C-W ... avail/sys is still 480/518 :-/

massman what the hell is that aircooler doing on that board? Its cool that you got the massive thing to contact. but what about the 1stage cooler? I want to see you get in the 2nd stage with the better cooling.

on another note, I took the burned mitx board off and the 655k is in the graveyard so last night I took my i3 540 and insulated the mitx big brother (h55m-ud2h) I had about 1/16 of 35L of ln2 to work with and no settings saved and started from scratch after I got home from work. I wish I was a little more ballsy but I think I got a decent score considering i was only at 5.3ghz

http://hwbot.org/community/submission/1041807_trans_am_superpi_32m_core_i3_540_7min_43se c_157ms

I downloaded this ocx tweak thing and I have no idea. what the hell I was doing. I basically plugged in a raptor so that could be waza drive. bench disk /os was on a 64gb c300 using the entire drive as the partition since its ssd.
Then I open spi and selected 32m and before hitting start I opened task manager and set task manager to lowest priority then set spi at realtime and minimized task window. Then I open the ocx thing and dialed in spi partion as c (c300) and 2nd partition to the raptor. heres the ss.

I hit clean then burn then run. and the thing counts down for 35seconds and closes then I run the 32m bench. I have no idea if it helped. i think I have the settings totally wrong but I'm reluctant to ask for help because of Chews thread on xs. I'm not asking for anything specific. i just need to know what the hell I'm doing. for example. what is the check box for CDT and IV mean? is there a thread somewhere that has the basics for this thing? http://hwbot.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=854&stc=1&d=1282264785

Chew what are you doing this weekend?

chew*

08-20-2010, 02:39

Chew what are you doing this weekend?

reviews and overclocking.

My board is 95% waterproof now + modded and ready to rip but i have 2 sets of ram that quakecon put me behind on so thats prioity 1 atm, doesn't mean someone can't bench on one of the stations while i work though.

trans am

08-20-2010, 04:54

I don't want to push my luck but is it you cool with you if I bring 2 of my buddies? ones a black guy and the other dude is a robot. They are really nice and will throw down on the Ln2. The robot can do beer runs or go to Radio Shack if we run into trouble. because he's a robot and alcohol doesn't really slow him down. We go bar hopping all the time in nyc and no matter how many drinks he's had he always insists the he drives to the next spot.
the black guy is the head engineer on a space ship so bios settings are like 2nd nature to him.

http://hwbot.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=855&stc=1&d=1282277191

seriously chew, I think it would be better if we planned for next weekend when the contest ends tues night. so if I drive up friday night and we bench all day saturday or something like that. I think if you are doing tedious data collection for a review and you have this total stranger with a star trek uniform on pouring ln2 in your living room you will drop everything and want to bench too and then you have someone that gave you the product to review asking for your results. And you tell him "oh man i'm sorry I invited trans am over to bench and he just started asking all these dumb questions and I felt obligated to help him out because he drove all the way to Rhode Island from new york with a full 35L taylor wharton dewar in the back seat of his car and ln2 was splashing all over because he blew his money on german racing suspension on a 10 year old volvo but he can't afford to buy a 2nd mitx board for the contest. ....so he finally gets to my house in the middle of the night and im already in bed and he's tapping my doorbell button like its a F10 key! I open the door and he has about a 1/3rd left of ln2 and he's already asking me whats for breakfast?

chew. email or pm me so we can make a plan. I think we should do this. I'm just joking earlier. I'm actually pretty mellow and respectful/professional. the oc forums make me want to do the comedy routine.

chew*

08-20-2010, 05:33

Hondacity

08-20-2010, 05:37

..what happend with Sam's 4Ghz score.. It's gone ??

+1

its gone? is it hidden?

trans am

08-20-2010, 05:44

wheres msi max live? whats you ln2 situation? when do they close? can we get it on the weekend? PM me on xs or here. and what is with sams submissions? is he out? I figured he just took them down and hes clocking like crazy so everyone else thinks they have a chance then tuesday night he puts up 2 runs that make everyone run the other way.

chew*

08-20-2010, 06:03

think sams runs were suspect for speeds, is the time possible sure, at that uncore? I doubt it.

msimax live in ummmm the city? I forget where to be truthfull even though I have been there in person.

Ln2 situation is rental dewar is 50c a day and cost me with tax like 36 to fill one ( 30L ), my dewar is in shipping atm.

Has to be filled by 12 noon saturday or your bumming.

Hondacity

08-20-2010, 07:03

dang... thanks...

Massman

08-20-2010, 09:48

For those who want to see how well they are doing while running the benchmark, or need comparisons: I'm uploading all my runs to Photobucket for reference. Most of them are with copy-waza (maybe the slow ones not - unsure), but you can use these runs for reference without waza as well. I'm gaining approx 5-6sec with Waza.

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s261/Massman-/HWBOT/GIGABYTE%20H55N-USB3%20SPI%2032M%20runs/9m5s141.png
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s261/Massman-/HWBOT/GIGABYTE%20H55N-USB3%20SPI%2032M%20runs/9m4s641.png
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s261/Massman-/HWBOT/GIGABYTE%20H55N-USB3%20SPI%2032M%20runs/8m59s781.png
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s261/Massman-/HWBOT/GIGABYTE%20H55N-USB3%20SPI%2032M%20runs/8m59s391.png
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s261/Massman-/HWBOT/GIGABYTE%20H55N-USB3%20SPI%2032M%20runs/8m58s110.png
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s261/Massman-/HWBOT/GIGABYTE%20H55N-USB3%20SPI%2032M%20runs/8m57s812.png
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s261/Massman-/HWBOT/GIGABYTE%20H55N-USB3%20SPI%2032M%20runs/8m55s750.png
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s261/Massman-/HWBOT/GIGABYTE%20H55N-USB3%20SPI%2032M%20runs/8m55s234.png
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s261/Massman-/HWBOT/GIGABYTE%20H55N-USB3%20SPI%2032M%20runs/8m54s610.png
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pro

08-20-2010, 11:29

ah massman you have a kind heart

George_o/c

08-20-2010, 16:59

You are the man Pieter http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/images/smilies/bow.gif Whenever we meet I'll buy you dozens of beers :p

trans am

08-20-2010, 18:04

wow 5-6 seconds? I didnt think it would make that big of a difference. I need to go back and mess around more.
Thanks man.

@chew. thanks I cant believe your ln2 is so cheap. I pay $70 plus tax in the city to fill the 35L.
I brought it to work.

I just found a guide to work that ocx thing.
man.... I was way off!

1Day

08-20-2010, 19:35

Hey trans am post that guide to teh OCX tweak thing dude.

trans am

08-20-2010, 21:09

ME4ME posted the link for us back in the 70s in the middle of the thread. the link and the instructions are there I just never read it. *******edit here it is****

http://www.ocxtreme.org/forumenus/showthread.php?t=3469

the only thing that baffles me is the countdown thing.

Changelog :
- add another spincontrol for Sleep Period. This is the time in seconds the application wait between single copy process from one to another partition.
default sleep time is 35 seconds. :ocx2008s04:

35 seconds is so long and i'm pouring ln2 and wasting it to keep the temp stable. then if that box is checked its going C/ to D/ to /C: to / D with 35s in between each drive so so its almost 3min has gone by and you're just blowing through ln2. does it matter if i set it lower so Its like 15 sec?

On another note I went to get my dewar filled after work. I just got home. I got a huge scare! I was taking the dewar out of the back seat and got it on my skateboard. so I could roll it into my building. I get it on the skateboard but its not my usual board. its my friend petes. He has a 7.75 and I usually have 8in wide deck so there is better support. So i leave it on the sidewalk and I go to lock the door to the car with my key because I havent bothered to change the battery in the keychain remote. As im locking the door I hear a "SLAM" and see vapor everywhere. (Take note this is on a new york city sidewalk but lucky there werent many pedestrians. ) im also wearing sunglasses and gloves and a snowboarding jacket to protect myself when Im squeezing it out of the rear seat. the most dangerous part of the whole mission. Anyway I run around the car and get the dewar upright again. I check for any damage. the only thing i noticed is the plastic rim at the top is slightly bent but there is no leakage or dents. I had the withdrawal unit attached and that didnt get bent or snapped off. it couldve been much worse. This is a massive $1600.00 35L taylor wharton xt. The same one I roll in at the begging of the oc music video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Sb33g13Cr8

1Day

08-20-2010, 23:16

That is seriously crazy stuff dude in the middle of NY.

Thanks for the link.

chew*

08-20-2010, 23:28

trans am

08-21-2010, 00:36

Yah it's my frequent flyer price. Comes with time. Took me a year of non stop benching to get that price, I use to pay what you pay.

I just paid the price BIG TIME!
had the 32M clarkdale WR and lost it all!

@ Massman I know its friday night and you are probably with the lady or getting your swerve on at the bar. When you get online again maybe you can help me and my buddies out. We got a 4min 32m run with my i3 540, Geordi was able to fix the mitx board by submerging the whole board in a mixture of Worf's Klingon blood wine and some experimental concoction Guinan had had been working on after hours in ten forward. Basically she was making moonshine in her ships quarters and trading it illegally to the Ferengi's. Star fleet command started to get suspicious so freaked out and flushed it all down the toilet but kept one bottle.

we didnt manage to get a screen shot because Data had his emotion chip installed and got so excited we got that 4 min run he knocked over Picard's beer and spilled all over the bench drive and then I saw some sparks and it all went south. it ended up killing the mitx board that we spent 2 days fixing, the i3 540, the best elpida hyper kit I had and my 5850!! Can you please see if you can make an exception for me?

I've basically lost the majority of my best hardware from participating in this contest and came close to breaking my 35L dewar.

I dont have anything to show for it other than this crappy jpg counselor Troi took with her iphone.

http://hwbot.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=856&stc=1&d=1282348120

trans am

08-21-2010, 04:52

I'm going back and looking at everyones submissions. my mem is crap. massman wtf? is that just lynnfield or a really good kit? All of you are kicking my rams ass. is everyone pretty much using a elpida hyper kit and all of my kits are garbage? im seeing george is doing 1880mhz at 6-7-5-18 with gtx2. arent those like 200 bux for single stick? and massman is at 2100 at 7-7-6 also with the gtx2. damn! a few months ago I was at the corsair site and ordered them then benchzoner told me I paid $200bux for a single 2gb stick. I canceled the order because I thought it was for 2 sticks. now I can finally see why they were 200 bux a stick. i have 4x2gb hyperx 2000 cas 8 kits and 2x2 gskill pi blk 2200 7-10-10-28 kits.
I still havent really taken the time to max them out. I think the highest vdimm ive gone is 1.7v with air. may I ask you guys what your vdimm is at on those gtx2 kits on air?

chew*

08-21-2010, 09:49

Massman

08-21-2010, 16:32

Been over my settings a million times now, but still can't find a way to get the other 3 seconds Sam's telling me about :(. I guess I won't be doing much better than this:

http://hwbot.org/blog/wp-content//8m52s500.png

I'm going back and looking at everyones submissions. my mem is crap. massman wtf? is that just lynnfield or a really good kit? All of you are kicking my rams ass. is everyone pretty much using a elpida hyper kit and all of my kits are garbage? im seeing george is doing 1880mhz at 6-7-5-18 with gtx2. arent those like 200 bux for single stick? and massman is at 2100 at 7-7-6 also with the gtx2. damn! a few months ago I was at the corsair site and ordered them then benchzoner told me I paid $200bux for a single 2gb stick. I canceled the order because I thought it was for 2 sticks. now I can finally see why they were 200 bux a stick. i have 4x2gb hyperx 2000 cas 8 kits and 2x2 gskill pi blk 2200 7-10-10-28 kits.
I still havent really taken the time to max them out. I think the highest vdimm ive gone is 1.7v with air. may I ask you guys what your vdimm is at on those gtx2 kits on air?

The Lynnfield IMC is a lot better than the Clarkdale IMC, so you probably won't be seeing these clocks on Clarkdale.

Since Leeghoofd is pressuring me not to kill the GTX2 ... I only run 1.74V on the memory.

1Day

08-21-2010, 16:50

I thought that ES chips are not to be used?

Massman

08-21-2010, 17:00

I thought so to ... untill Dino said it's all alright :D

1Day

08-21-2010, 17:04

Did not realise that ES was allowed. Gosh need to read the rules better.

Massman

08-21-2010, 17:08

What?

The CPU MHz is limited ... it doesn't matter whether you have ES or not.

Massman

08-21-2010, 17:49

I am running 210MHz BCLK?

dinos22

08-22-2010, 04:08

you are NB limited and your time is fine with those settings

make it cold and fight the bclock now :)

George_o/c

08-22-2010, 04:54

1) im seeing george is doing 1880mhz at 6-7-5-18 with gtx2. arent those like 200 bux for single stick?
2) I still havent really taken the time to max them out. I think the highest vdimm ive gone is 1.7v with air. may I ask you guys what your vdimm is at on those gtx2 kits on air?

1) Hehe, take a good look at CPU-Tweaker trans am. My RAMs are Corsair Dominator 2000 C8 2x2GB kit. I got them second-handed from a friend of mine, in exchange for 200€ (approximately $260 USD).

2) ~950MHz 6-7-5-18 with 56 tRFC and 13 tWTP comes at a price... What price? 1.94V on air. However you gotta cold your IMC before messing with such sky-high voltages ;)

The difference between 2000 C8 and GTX2s is pretty obvious. 6-7-5-18 vs 6-6-5-17 ;) I don't have more money though, that was the max I could pay and I'm pretty happy with the result :)

Now I need to work on my efficieny. I do 213k pp on P55, but only 215.8k on H55. Don't know why is that, but I'll try and figure out asap! :D

trans am

08-22-2010, 06:45

1) Hehe, take a good look at CPU-Tweaker trans am. My RAMs are Corsair Dominator 2000 C8 2x2GB kit. I got them second-handed from a friend of mine, in exchange for 200€ (approximately $260 USD).

2) ~950MHz 6-7-5-18 with 56 tRFC and 13 tWTP comes at a price... What price? 1.94V on air. However you gotta cold your IMC before messing with such sky-high voltages ;)

The difference between 2000 C8 and GTX2s is pretty obvious. 6-7-5-18 vs 6-6-5-17 ;) I don't have more money though, that was the max I could pay and I'm pretty happy with the result :)

Now I need to work on my efficieny. I do 213k pp on P55, but only 215.8k on H55. Don't know why is that, but I'll try and figure out asap! :D

George when you say cold imc do you mean you are cooling the cpu with ln2 or do you mean you have the ram cold? Im sorta confused I see guys cooling the ram with fancy pots but the ram is so close to the cpu pot that its already cold to the touch. I just had to break out the hairdryer.

fyi I just got my ass kicked by 7 sec by rick tonight. Nicely done buddy :)

I'm messing around with a 540 and the ud2h tonight on ln2. Nothing special yet. just doing wprime 1024 runs and I keep freezing because I keep running to this thread to type while its running and not paying attention to the fluke. lemme concentrate guys. So far im finding this 540 is not liking vcore too much. maybe that a good thing. Im sorry to keep posting in the thread when Im basically out until i get another board but I like to pretend Im still in it in the meantime.

pro

08-22-2010, 11:37

george o/c yes i also find h55n slower than p55a-ud7 clock for clock, i can set the same settings and my PP is slightly less

pro

08-23-2010, 09:20

has anyone got an idea of vtt ocp?

Massman

08-23-2010, 09:22

I fixed all my OCP issues just with the one OCP modification?

pro

08-23-2010, 10:46

i did the ocp mod listed but around 1.5~ i still see some type of ocp/ovp on vtt

ME4ME

08-23-2010, 11:43

for me QPI/VTT OVP kicks in at 1.63v (tested on LN2)

anyway ..2:10 isn't working for me above 950 mem, so there is no need to push the IMC in any way. Personally im thinking of memory ocp, but don't know for sure

pro

08-23-2010, 13:03

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa50/preeeezy/IMG_0501.jpg

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa50/preeeezy/IMG_0495.jpg

some mod, just for fun really haha... i am sure the pwm is a bottleneck and these will help nothing..

1Day

08-23-2010, 13:51

Love it Pro - you guys are all nuts. :D

dinos22

08-23-2010, 15:27

hotglue overdose

dinos22

08-24-2010, 00:52

closing in on pro and still on air cooling on both CPU and RAM :D

trans am

08-24-2010, 01:35

Dino, Pro...
our favorite uncle is in the contest too and is kicking ass! Tim needs to get in here now. (sorry guys I just love the aussie team. such a rad team and so small but they are rad and nice guys.)

Nice work fester! Im totally surprised i thought he was strictly gulftown these days. I'm stoked that he's in here! I ordered another mitx tonight so I'll give it another try.
@ uncle and everyone else with a live account and a cam. hook up your cam next time and lets all bench together this weekend. like friday or sat night?

We should all coordinate for a live show this week in some synchronized overclocking..
we all bench together in a crazy frenzy in a mass live event.

I think it would be awesome! Ive seen fester live before. Ive never seen dino. I think I saw chew a year ago or so live, never saw massman or anyone else in here. I think it would be cool to see all you guys all in the same event.

Think of it as a live overclocking event at a convention center except we dont have to be in the same physical location and there is no money or sponsored crap involved so there is no pressure or expectations that lead to any crap. There is no crazy prize to cut and slash each other for.

We all just have fun and have some drinks and just overclock as friends and push each other further and have a few laughs at the same time but we are in completely different parts of the world but are all overclocking together and friends on the same board at the same time and its LIVE on the internet!

I cant be the only one here that thinks this would be awesome.
anyone? We should all get in here soon decide on a date and time so massman can post the live event on the front page so people know about it before it happens. Then we all start clocking at a time for a couple hours and while we are waiting for the cpu to get back to cold boot temps we are checking out how our friends are doing and pushing them to do better.

trans am

08-24-2010, 04:22

okay forget it. i just thought it was a good idea but maybe its too good for its own good. lets all just bench and be disconnected from everyone else and just do what we always do and just be in our own world and just make our submissions to the computer like robots. I just thought it would be cool if we all did this together. I remember benching while uncle fester was benching and how fun we had knowing we weren't alone and someone on the other side of the world was doing the same thing at the same time and shared the same frustrations and had a drink or a cig while waiting for the board to warm up after crapping out. I didnt even know him but he had a sense of humor and I could relate to and cant remember ever having so much fun overclocking. I just want to do it again. I wish you guys had that experience that day because I watched him while at work and got home and he had so many problems and i've been there so many times. I dont have any friends in new york ive clocked with except dr kim and none of my friends understand it. It was just cool to see a complete stranger going through the same crap as me on the other side of the world at the same time.

dinos22

08-24-2010, 04:23

im ugly as sin
no one wants to see me bench live :D

chew*

08-24-2010, 06:26

My boards acting retarded atm ever since i stuck a 650 in, praying to OC gods and giving acetone bath for the time being.

trans am

08-24-2010, 17:42

I'm praying for you buddy.

pro

08-25-2010, 13:18

any chance of having a VGA stage?

http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/2236/img0502h.jpg

http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/876/img0503x.jpg

dinos22

08-25-2010, 13:25

:eek::D

octacore

08-25-2010, 14:52

omg, thats like a trabbi with a v8

Hondacity

08-25-2010, 15:54

any chance of having a VGA stage?

sure if we could get those pcie expanders

Massman

08-25-2010, 16:02

The will be released soon. They are going be be sold under the name "Ultra Durable Expander".

Hondacity

08-25-2010, 17:37

i hope its not more expensive than the h55n-usb3

Blost

08-26-2010, 18:48

omg , how you make this for two vga.
can you add more pics only bridge pci-e

George_o/c

08-26-2010, 20:13

I'm officially out of the contest :( One memory channel doesn't work, probably due to some bent pins or something. Even with 1.49V VTT I couldn't make 2:10 divider work... Only a few times, but I think that was completely random.

Nevermind, what matters is that I had lots of fun. Amazing little bastard could overclock my i7 860 up to 5GHz - 4930MHz 32M benchable. Congratulations to Gigabyte for manufacturing it! I wish I knew how to mod it, so that I could bump VTT at 1.55V or even more. That way I would have made 2:10 work flawlessly (my chip needs high VTT anyway).

Massman

08-26-2010, 20:16

Most popular OC competition thread here at the bot, by the way ... 203 replies! :D

George_o/c

08-26-2010, 20:18

I'll straighten out the pins in the following days and test the board a bit more, not in 32M again. I want to push it for some good 24/7 CPU clocks. It's a solid memory clocker, I know that for sure! :D ;)

Max bclk from my testing was around 242MHz.

Sam OCX

08-26-2010, 21:08

George, you could have bent one of memory slots (trying to keep it 2mm further away from the cpu) like I did on mine - solder quality on these boards is crappy in some places
5mins in the oven should fix your issue

George_o/c

08-26-2010, 21:26

Thanks man. Bent pins are visible though (accidentally :(), I'll straighten them first and if it doesn't work I'll try your way of fixing ;)

trans am

08-26-2010, 21:58

george just stay positive and see what you can do.. I know how you feel my friend. It sucks. I just got another board and 655 so I'm in the process of doing the mods and insulation. after seeing fester's board I'm taking my time and taking every precaution. did you see the pic of his board after the last session?!!!
http://hwbot.org/signature.img?iid=433308&thumb=false&iehack=.jpg

holy crap!

Turrican

08-26-2010, 22:00

holy crap, that's what i call condensation. :D

trans am

08-26-2010, 22:09

^^ i know! I'm wondering if his board even turns on after that session. I've never seen anything like that before. It mustve been raining or something that day. Ive benched for 8 hrs at -100 - -140 and it never looked anything close to that. I didnt have grease in the dimms on the last run but I think I might do it and fill the recessed center of the socket just to be safe. also I always seal the battery circle with eraser. his is just out in the open. The leaderboard speaks for itself... I've said it before and i'll say it again. The Aussie team is the raddest!

BenchZowner

08-26-2010, 23:04

Just submerge the whole rig in vaseline :D

trans am

08-26-2010, 23:23

Just submerge the whole rig in vaseline :D

I think you're right Bizzy Bone. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizzy_Bone

I cant take any chances. Its been raining for the past 4 days in NYC and today is the 1st day the sun came out. I just sprayed it all down and I plugged the new 655k in and the stock cooler and its all good. I'm gonna do some driver crap and then take it all down and do the next steps. I usually never grease the dimms because the last time I did it it just attracted so many particles but I think its the only way to ensure it makes it through a long session. Are you a contender too? it would be awesome to have you here. Sorry to call you bizzy bone. I'm not a huge rap fan but bone thugs in harmony wouldnt have been the huge 90s success if it wasn't for your beautiful voice and tweaks on the sound engineers computer when you guys cut the 1st record. :D

trans am

08-26-2010, 23:39

holy crap have you seen this yet??? you guys are famous! Its on the official gigabyte site for the board. I think they need to update the site asap with fester's frozen picture.
that would be hilarious!
http://www.gigabyte.com/fileupload/microsite/246/default.html

dinos22

08-27-2010, 00:06

fester didnt use mounting or anything just plonked the pot on top lol

trans am

08-27-2010, 00:53

dino how far do live from him? i dont know how tight you guys are. I just imagine you guys are all hanging out together in the parking lot of an AC/DC show talking about overclocking. you know what I mean? A good analogy for au team would be a band that has 3 guys that are masters of their instruments and just kick ass (AU team)
or a jam band with 15 guys, maybe the drummer and bassist are really really good but the dude on harmonica and rest of the band screws up and makes the band sound like crap. I know I give you guys a lot of crap with the fosters and outback steakhouse jokes but the truth is I am jealous because AU team is the best metal band I've ever seen.

dinos22

08-27-2010, 01:27

Wow thanks man but we are a bunch of jokers too that don't take themselves too seriously heheh

Distances are pretty bad...here is how far the rest of team au guys are from me

Youngro 1400km
Kayl 4500km
Eva2000 1000km
U F 4500km
T_M 6000km
Bob(nz) 7000km

Eeeeek wish we could get together more often as we have a lot of fun.

dinos22

08-27-2010, 07:04

nickshih putting the hammer down :D

Sam OCX

08-27-2010, 12:37

...hope he doesn't have backups :D

Pt1t

08-27-2010, 13:56

nickshih putting the hammer down :D

Yep , and i have maybe no time to bench 32M this WE because of my birthday :)

chew*

08-27-2010, 14:21

My board is in oven now after a 3 day acetone bath, prays.

pro

08-27-2010, 14:30

yeah guys im out also,

got a dewar full of ln2 for the open comp this weekend but my board doesn't post anymore, just a big loop..

good luck boys :)

George_o/c

08-27-2010, 17:21

Fire up your P55 Giga pro, I'm getting close (http://www.ocxtreme.org/forumenus/showpost.php?p=85121&postcount=879) :D

trans am

08-28-2010, 00:38

whats everyone doing right now? I finally got it all on and have like 1/4 tank of 35l left. chew whats your status? did you get it going again? hit me on the radio. anyone else clocking tonight get in here so we have something to do while the boards are warming back.
I have no expectations of myself. I just want to beat my last score and see what this new 655k can do. other than that I'm just excited to be back in here. Get in here with me! chew call me.

@dino I'm listening to the ac/dc Dirty Deeds record in the background. maybe it will give me some aussie luck.

dinos22

08-28-2010, 02:47

im benching this weekend between both of my kids birthdays sometime lol

trans am

08-28-2010, 02:53

this latest 8/20 bios is crap. I need to revert. Any good bios lemme know. Im just gonna go back and see what everyone is on. I cant even complete 32m at 5.6 its not qpi and its not ram. its something else. Its freaking me out.

dinos22

08-28-2010, 03:10

i tried it
same as F5b for me in terms of clocks and stability

Massman

08-28-2010, 06:04

im benching this weekend between both of my kids birthdays sometime lol

*benching*
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Q - "Daddy? Where is my birthday cake?"
A - "Shit ... well, here's a Twix ..."

*benching*
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ME4ME

08-28-2010, 09:41

F6A works great for me, 2:10 is finally working! :)

all left to do is re-install the OS, and try improving at 4Ghz.

Hondacity

08-28-2010, 09:59

crap f2 ...i didn't know there was f6a

dude1992

08-28-2010, 10:34

pro? Did you do the coldbug mod before your board died?

I lost 2 boards and a cpu after doing the coldbug mod.

Benched about 5 hours before the mod came out. Did the hicookie mod and then after 30 minutes benching the board just died.

Got a mate that did the same thing and his board also died.

Both boards just loops like when you make some settings that the board can't boot with.

1Day

08-28-2010, 11:05

I have had my board do the loop thing a couple of time but a simple power down clear CMOS and bam we were ready to go - but no mods done to my board. Virgin she is. And once this comp is over she will be a working HTPC mobo.

Honda give f3 or f5b a go.

All the ram ratio's worked just fine for me.

chew*

08-28-2010, 12:14

Mine had reboot loops issues after doing mod but it never saw cold, it eventually just stopped working while pretesting on air with a 650. It just loops now.

My bath and bake seemed to help none at all even after all mods removed. You win some and lose some, thats the name of the game.

O well time to see if i can pull a results out my ass in the AMD 01 challenge with almost no pretesting done.

Hondacity

08-28-2010, 20:20

thanks 1day trying qflash now..its a nice tool ..lol so late in the game flashing.

had that looping problem too...i think its a bios bug. it doesn't recognize oc failure. a simple reset fixes it

this comp taught me alot of stuff :D

keep pushing guys..

cheers

*edit vcore fluctuates 1.478v - 1.482 v .....i hope it doesn't fluctuate @ 5ghz+ hehhehe

1Day

08-28-2010, 21:03

*edit vcore fluctuates 1.478v - 1.482 v .....i hope it doesn't fluctuate @ 5ghz+ hehhehe

I did not even measure actual - just set and forget. :p It is what I had to do. Oh and hope of course.

I could only find a few pieces of Dry Ice from a local resturant that he was going to toss, to bench with. So my benching session was over too quick.

Got my brand new one day old i3-530 CPU to 5.6 benchable but had no time to tweak or test what CW worked best or anything. Did some runs in Win7 just to get them done and have something to submit.:D

Then started with the XP and CW. Made a difference - a big difference as I was able to cut 5 secs with the first attempt. But just how much who can say, I will never know. Managed only one more run before the DI was finished. :o And that is me done for the competition. 750 is back in my 24/7 box and the baby board and 530 are now the HTPC system.

Thanks to HWOBOT and Gigabyte for the fun competition this last month. And I hope we have more competitions like this - ones that all can participate in and not just the lucky few with heaps of money to buy the kit.

Budget is Best.

pro

08-29-2010, 03:54

yeah guys these sort of competition are great, most people can afford to enter, its not a big financial loss if something dies along the way, and the best thing is lots of people enter, so its a real competition instead of just 980x and $500+ mobo

okay next competition needs to be nvidia gt210 !

Hondacity

08-29-2010, 04:37

gt210 :D we have those already :D sheet conformal coated it...

nice post day1

totally agree wit yah...

** my os is crappy compared to everybody else's os
*** i7-875 totally crapped out...

stage 2..now

dinos22

08-29-2010, 07:34

nice run from Perica :)

Massman

08-29-2010, 09:06

GT210 has coldslow issues around -20°C.

Yes, i tested it.

BenchZowner

08-29-2010, 09:17

8800GT comp FTW :p

pro

08-29-2010, 09:53

ah damnit, i have been slowly modding a gt210 card up to practice some higher end mods.. i was hoping to use it for something... there are plenty of cheaper gpus that could be alot fo fun though

Massman

08-29-2010, 16:52

Thought the 875K was dead.

It's not.

Hooking up Phase-Change.

SuperPI ruins my weekend. Again.

I love you, Gigabyte! :D

Massman

08-29-2010, 17:07

Board doesn't look really healthy anymore, though/

http://hwbot.org/blog/wp-content//corrosion.jpg

Hondacity

08-29-2010, 19:24

Thought the 875K was dead.

It's not.

Hooking up Phase-Change.

SuperPI ruins my weekend. Again.

I love you, Gigabyte! :D

875k is dead on my end...lol

bsod with 000000078

4ghz needed 1.5vcore
stock vcore is 1.32v lol (out of spec) i think the spec is 0.8-1.3v

dinos22

08-30-2010, 00:18

if u're after F6a it's here
http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte/28441-gigabyte-latest-bios.html

usually all bios updates are there

dude1992

08-30-2010, 07:25

#243

Thanks, i'll try that tonight :)

trans am

08-30-2010, 23:36

I couldnt do a single run no matter what on friday night. I checked the temps in bios around -15c and the fluke and they matched up perfectly but as soon as I started adding voltage in gigabyte t clocker in windows it would take it but as soon as I hit any thing. even a 1m run it would bsod. I got absolutely nowhere that night. I took a break all weekend and I think I have tiny bit of ln2 left so I'm going to remount and try one last time before the contest ends. I cant believe the runs you guys managed to get. Its absolutely incredible overclocking! I'm so proud of all of you! everyone in this contest deserves a high five and a round of cold ones! INCREDIBLE OVERCLOCKING ! The overclocking gods are happy once again!

Hondacity

08-31-2010, 05:03

did you try colder than -15?

dinos22

08-31-2010, 07:37

15 hours left

who's holding onto backups, who's still looking to bench :D

1Day

08-31-2010, 08:10

Dinos I know I could do better just do not have access to anything to freeze my toys :D :D :D So I am done for the 4000MHz plus side of things I guess.

There is no way I can get my 750 to post at 235 on air so no gains for me in the 4Ghz competition are possible either. I have matched my time posted 14 times in the last couple of weeks but never bettered it in over 200 runs.

Has been a great competition. Congrats to all that took part and especially to those who are contenders. The big winners are those of us who had the opportunity to bench with some parity using entry level budget CPU's. I certainly can not ask for more.

Cheers

Massman

08-31-2010, 08:37

Tried again yesterday and threw the setup out of the window. This board is not build for (Massman's) overclocking.

Hondacity

08-31-2010, 09:44

i'm still tweaking my os..... you guys prolly have your os image all tweaked hehehe....

its hard going against experts..while others learn from grandmasters..hehehe

good thing this mobo is stable...i'm enjoying learning tweaks after tweaks....