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***Haswell -E Owners Thread***

:D ^^^^^^^

I have something weird going on...I have been gaming tonight for hours @ 4.5ghz and totally stable...I then decide to do the AIDA64 stress test...just cpu and ram and after about 5 mins I get the hardware failure..

Temps are fine.....what do you think is happening?

4.5ghz @ 1.325v

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easyrider said:
:D ^^^^^^^

I have something weird going on...I have been gaming tonight for hours @ 4.5ghz and totally stable...I then decide to do the AIDA64 stress test...just cpu and ram and after about 5 mins I get the hardware failure..

Temps are fine.....what do you think is happening?

4.5ghz @ 1.325v

4.5ghz_zpsmvxs25qu.jpg
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It means your hardware has failed. You should donate the spare parts to your local charity, in exchange for one of their Pentium 2 systems.
 
easyrider said:
:D ^^^^^^^

I have something weird going on...I have been gaming tonight for hours @ 4.5ghz and totally stable...I then decide to do the AIDA64 stress test...just cpu and ram and after about 5 mins I get the hardware failure..

Temps are fine.....what do you think is happening?

4.5ghz @ 1.325v

4.5ghz_zpsmvxs25qu.jpg
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Either your CPU or your RAM isn't stable ;)

Follow the Memory stability testing here with HCI Memtest Pro. If you can pass that up to 500-1000% look at increasing vcore

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=27438750


'Totally stable' obvious isn't the case if you are failing AIDA after as little as 5 minutes!
 
Can't be the Ram...Its rated 2800 and running at 2666mhz...Vcore is at 1.325 v surely this is enough for such a mild overclock of 4.5ghz?

You know what I mean...Totally stable in games :p

EDIT dare anyone at 4.5ghz to run FPU test;)
 
FPU test (in latest build) invokes AVX which is why it will ramp up the CPU, it's fine to run as long as your cooling is in check and below 1.35v. It's not as intensive as Prime's routines which are ridiculously overworked.

Sorry but it can still be the RAM. Have you tested the memory stability? 2666 is still overclocking past SPD which is 2133. You might need to tune System Agent voltage to a point where your IMC is comfortable with the frequency you are trying to run. It unfortunately isn't a case of 'the kit is rated for it, so it's not the memory'.

5 minutes of AIDA CPU/Memory is pretty unstable. 1 to 2 hours I would consider to be adequate for a gaming machine.
 
paulo7 said:
A screenshot would help
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Of what mate?

Silent_Scone said:
FPU test (in latest build) invokes AVX which is why it will ramp up the CPU, it's fine to run as long as your cooling is in check and below 1.35v. It's not as intensive as Prime's routines which are ridiculously overworked.

Sorry but it can still be the RAM. Have you tested the memory stability? 2666 is still overclocking past SPD which is 2133. You might need to tune System Agent voltage to a point where your IMC is comfortable with the frequency you are trying to run. It unfortunately isn't a case of 'the kit is rated for it, so it's not the memory'.

5 minutes of AIDA CPU/Memory is pretty unstable. 1 to 2 hours I would consider to be adequate for a gaming machine.
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I'll check my SA Voltage tonight and post what I'm using...

Are you saying just run the RAM bench in Aida64 on its own?

I'm so out of practice...I was on the ball in my phase change days....leave OC a couple of years and I'm rusty as an old boot :p
 
You can run the system memory tests and cpu individually yes to possibly isolate the problem. You may find they both pass though. Are you overclocking cache?

I would highly recommend you run HCI memtest pro too as I suggested in the configuration displayed in the guide, with one instance per thread.
 
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Silent_Scone said:
You can run the system memory tests and cpu individually yes to possibly isolate the problem. You may find they both pass though. Are you overclocking cache?

I would highly recommend you run HCI memtest pro too as I suggested in the configuration displayed in the guide, with one instance per thread.
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Cache ..no running it at 3500

guide?:)
 
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=27438750

Run one instance per thread with an effective 80-90% of memory loaded. For instance I run 780mb per thread which gived the OS room to breathe. Using all RAM for this purpose is a great way to end up testing ones page filing rather than RAM.

You want a minimum coverage of 400-500%, with 1000% being considered the golden standard by HCI. Really though you should be able to run it over night although this isn't nessesary.

3500 cache may still need a bump over stock voltage when overclocking the memory. Seeing as you are at 4.5 also your overclock is quite substantial so I would advise you run AIDA cache isolated aswell. This is very good at sniffing out cache instability.
 
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Legend said:
Well first off, don't use Prime 95... it's not good for these chips. Second, it does sound like you have a bad chip like Ketma. 4 is pretty bad, especially for a 5960X. I've seen plenty of people hitting 4.6-7 on these. I assume you've tinkered with the BIOS and voltages? What motherboard is it?
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im now 4.5ghz stable with 1.26v and core 4 and 6 are the hottests at 72c . this is after a 2 hour test with OCCT 4.4.1 .
 
Considering going x99 from a 3570k. Mainly because I have the itch, but I'd like to think it would help me feed my xfire 290s. Am I being deluded or would I see a noticeable gain in games?
 
easyrider said:
Can't be the Ram...Its rated 2800 and running at 2666mhz...Vcore is at 1.325 v surely this is enough for such a mild overclock of 4.5ghz?

You know what I mean...Totally stable in games :p

EDIT dare anyone at 4.5ghz to run FPU test;)
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That is fairly good unless you get lucky, ( such a mild overclock of 4.5ghz?) for the Haswell-E platform.
 
Devrij said:
Considering going x99 from a 3570k. Mainly because I have the itch, but I'd like to think it would help me feed my xfire 290s. Am I being deluded or would I see a noticeable gain in games?
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Simple answer no. Having more cores will make little difference it comes down to specific applications when going with Haswell-E
 
easyrider said:
:D ^^^^^^^

I have something weird going on...I have been gaming tonight for hours @ 4.5ghz and totally stable...I then decide to do the AIDA64 stress test...just cpu and ram and after about 5 mins I get the hardware failure..

Temps are fine.....what do you think is happening?

4.5ghz @ 1.325v

4.5ghz_zpsmvxs25qu.jpg
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Try upping your SA voltage.

What you got it set at the moment?
 
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