Blue Orb II & Asrock K8SLI-eSATA2 & a Turion

CaDLoN · 26 Mar 2006 at 20:33

Didnt have a clue as to weather the CPU would work in the board i bought or weather the monster of a heatsink would fit! but i bought it all anyway :eek:

i'm glad to say that it all fits & works together

The billy bonus bit is that because of where the RAM & northbridge are situated the ThermalTake Blue Orb II cools them at the same time too

The bad news is i dont think i can remove the RAM without taking the heatsink off

(allthough you can't see it, it is under the top part of the heatsink)

Raikiri · 26 Mar 2006 at 20:39

Perfect heatsink for a turion

The lack of an IHS doesnt matter because it screws down and theres quite good clearence. What temps and clocks are you getting?

CaDLoN · 26 Mar 2006 at 21:09

Yea, i just kept on screwing until i could screw no further

It's an ML-30 so 1.6GHz stock and it runs nice and stable @ 265x8 (2.12GHz). temps are 28~29 idle and creep up to 35 full full load. 1M SuperPI run only gets it to 32c. With that monster heatsink the temps drop back super rapidy

I'm a bit of a newb to all this AMD OCing so getting my head around billions of RAM timings & HTT things :eek:

im getting there slowly, but... the swiftech watercooling gear should be turning up monday

more complications

Raikiri · 26 Mar 2006 at 21:13

Not bad considering the low multiplyer, is it unlocked on the mobile chip?

HTT is quite simple, don't let it go over 1000mhz. Set it to 4x multi and you are good for 250mhz fsb, 3x is ok for up to 300-330 and 2x for higher if it needs that (which I doubt it will)

First dibs on thermaltake for when the water cooling comes

Building a pentium D 805 rig

CaDLoN · 26 Mar 2006 at 21:30

unfortunatly the max multiplier is 8

but upto 270 now

bit of a daft question, but whats the easiest way to find out the HTT stuff in windows?

I'm ammasing a nice collection of heatsinks at the momen, gotta CAK38 (Old skool Skt A), Hyper 6, XP90 & blue orb II

lee87 · 26 Mar 2006 at 21:38

CPU-Z should tell you all the details in windows.

How is the blue orb II, is it quiet when it's at load and quiet at idle?
Just wondering as i'm going to be ordering it tonight.

CaDLoN · 26 Mar 2006 at 22:04

It's quite Quiet

It constantly spins @ 1600~1650 rpm doesnt vary at all.
It's a pleasent soft air moving noise, not a delta whine

The cooler on my 7600GT drowns it out!

The HTT doent display! i get FSB instead, might be the same!