Installed Tuniq Tower - These Temps Ok ?

Hey Pneumonic

Yeah thats a great Thread , seen that a good few times before ... Not sure why I had to increase my Vcore , think it was because I was getting random reboots at 3.2GHZ but that also could have been down to my temps ...... will play around with it a bit more tonight
 
Is there any advantage of using 360 x 9 over 400 x 8 in terms of FSB performance ? I know it will increase the FSB but will it effect CPU temps ?
 
msaunders said:
OK . What do you recommend ? In the BIOS it was set to 1.55v (think the BIOS is still out by 0.1v?) or at least thats the impression I got from reading a few threads here .
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:eek: I have my Q6600 set at 1.218 in bios for 3.2Ghz! You might want to try at 1.2-1.3 at first.
 
Hi Pneumonic

I tried last night . Got some strange issues , windows booted up with an error , my 4870X2 thought it was in CrossfireX mode , performance was terrible ...

I had lowered my vcore down to 1.325 . My RAM was at 1066MHZ
 
ok you need to set your FSB to Northbridge Strap to 333mhz
Multi 8
FSB 400
PCIE Frequency: 101

DRAM Frequency: 800/801 (think it will show 801 on that strap)
DRAM Timmings / Voltage: Voltage Manufactures settings i.e. if RAM is rated @ 1.8 - 2.1v set it at 2.1v, Timmings we are going to set lose for now so 5-5-5-23, rest leave on auto

Northbridge Votlage: 1.4v

Disable PCIE / CPU Spread Spectrum if you motherboard has those options
Enable LoadLine Calibration (maybe called CPU Voltage Dampner)

Set your CPU voltage to 1.4v

now load into windows and run prime 95 small ffts for 15 mins keep an eye on temps (no higher than 75c) if its unstable then add some vcore if it isnt then go into the BIOS and keep reducing vcore... once you have gone through that cycle and you find the lowest vcore its stable on then run it for a good few hours
 
I run my q6600 at 3.2 for everday use. Have a p5kc and a tuniq tower. At the moment it idles at 30 to 35 degrees and it is 22 degrees in my room right now. Im using 1.336v for this in windows although i get loads of vdrop as i think my psu isnt the greatest. Under load its reaching 56 degrees. My case is good for airflow though so guess that helps.

Btw im running mine at 400 x 8 as it gives my ram a 1:1 ratio for 800mhz
 
Pneumonic said:
ok you need to set your FSB to Northbridge Strap to 333mhz
Multi 8
FSB 400
PCIE Frequency: 101

DRAM Frequency: 800/801 (think it will show 801 on that strap)
DRAM Timmings / Voltage: Voltage Manufactures settings i.e. if RAM is rated @ 1.8 - 2.1v set it at 2.1v, Timmings we are going to set lose for now so 5-5-5-23, rest leave on auto

Northbridge Votlage: 1.4v

Disable PCIE / CPU Spread Spectrum if you motherboard has those options
Enable LoadLine Calibration (maybe called CPU Voltage Dampner)

Set your CPU voltage to 1.4v

now load into windows and run prime 95 small ffts for 15 mins keep an eye on temps (no higher than 75c) if its unstable then add some vcore if it isnt then go into the BIOS and keep reducing vcore... once you have gone through that cycle and you find the lowest vcore its stable on then run it for a good few hours
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Thanks Pneumonic

Will give this a go later.

BTW my ram is PC8500 so should it not run ok at 1066 ?

Tks
Martin
 
Well , took your advice there Pneumonic and the machine is stable at those settings.

I upped the FSB to 380x9 and was able to achieve a clock of 3.4 without toucing the VCore or seeing a noticeable increase in temps. It also gave me an additional 900points in 3D mark (18300)

Think I will drop it back to 3.2 though . The 4870X2 is more than capable of handling gaming without having to push the CPU even more ...
 
Hi Pneumonic

Is it common so to underclock the RAM ? If mine is clocked for 1066 but only running at 800. Would this not have an overall effect on performance ?
 
well when clocking the CPU you want to make sure that all other parts of the system are not under stress.. this is why the RAM is run at lower speeds and at lose timmings.. this way if the system fails a stress test you can be 99% certain that its the CPU failing.. once you get the clock that you want on the CPU no reason that you cant tighten the timmings and increase the frequency the RAM is running at
 
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