Intel Dual Core from £79 +VAT

m3csl2004 · 24 Apr 2006 at 13:49

FirebarUK said:
Loving these chips, great bang for buck Currently on 3.3Ghz stock volts, cranking it up slowly making sure its 100% stable.

I've got a 920D on its way from B-grade too, so I'll have a play with that and see which is best.

920 tbh

Capt Doufos · 24 Apr 2006 at 14:04

My watercooling is leak testing at the moment. Finally got around to putting it back together. Will try tommorow to get mine past 4ghz. It's perfectly stable at 3.8ghz... what I have been using it at since I got it.

I have heard reports elsewhere that people have changed the multipler using of all things INTEL motherboards. Is anybody else changing their multipler?

m3csl2004 · 24 Apr 2006 at 14:08

didnt think these things had speedstep (and therefore do have a locked multi?)

marcus_667 · 24 Apr 2006 at 16:40

lmao id love to change my multi 200*25

would be sweet as hell

shame i cant though

right im in the b grade section whats the better mobo ??

**B Grade** Asus P5WD2 Premium Intel 955X (LGA775) PCI-Express Motherboard (BG-158-AS)

**B Grade** Asus P5ND2 SLi nForce4 SLi (LGA775) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-116-AS)

**B Grade** Abit Fatal1ty AA8XE (LGA775) PCI-Express Motherboard (BG-063-AB)
tell me which one i should go for to oc this cpu better

m3csl2004 · 24 Apr 2006 at 16:44

the idea is you lower it to get some nice high mem bandwidth

ajgoodfellow · 24 Apr 2006 at 17:32

marcus_667 said:
lmao id love to change my multi 200*25 would be sweet as hell shame i cant though right im in the b grade section whats the better mobo ??

**B Grade** Asus P5WD2 Premium Intel 955X (LGA775) PCI-Express Motherboard (BG-158-AS)

**B Grade** Asus P5ND2 SLi nForce4 SLi (LGA775) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-116-AS)

**B Grade** Abit Fatal1ty AA8XE (LGA775) PCI-Express Motherboard (BG-063-AB)
tell me which one i should go for to oc this cpu better

Out of those I'd either go for the ASUS P5WD2 or the ABit AA8XE.

The nForce 4 Intel chipset isn't that stable and it isn't a good clocker

The ABit AA8XE has the Intel 925XE chipset, the ASUS P5WD2 has the 955X chipset (a newer faster chipset)

Not sure which chipset clocks better but the Fatality models are meant to be better clockers than the standard models and ABit boards tend to clock better than ASUS boards. It could be held back by the older chipset though

Byron · 24 Apr 2006 at 18:04

Asus P5WD2 premium all the way ...

m3csl2004 · 24 Apr 2006 at 18:08

the abit doesnt support dual core either

marcus_667 · 24 Apr 2006 at 18:10

yeah i looked at that according to the site it does though

m3csl2004 · 24 Apr 2006 at 18:27

marcus_667 said:
yeah i looked at that according to the site it does though

cpu support list

marcus_667 · 24 Apr 2006 at 18:33

ok ill have to look into the asus ones then

ajgoodfellow · 24 Apr 2006 at 23:28

m3csl2004 said:
the abit doesnt support dual core either

Good point - should have spotted that

The nForce 4 Intel chip is also reported to have problems with low end PDs

Raikiri · 25 Apr 2006 at 01:22

Had a few problems with my new (well, B grade) motherboard but I flashed to the latest beta BIOS and it is all good.

Pulling 36s super pi scores and 10.5k cpu score on aquamark 3 (66k total) running a 128mb x800gto @ stock.

So far I have it at 3650mhz @ 1.45v (honestly don't know whats safe fo these but the temps seem reasonable, 56c load on stock cooling) I will see what it's max is tomorrow

ajgoodfellow said:
The nForce 4 Intel chip is also reported to have problems with low end PDs

Only the 820

My 3650mhz 805 can vouch for that

marcus_667 · 25 Apr 2006 at 07:43

all i know is i need a new mobo cos i got a pci-e slot reunning at 4X its annoying as hell cos i have a decent gfx card and its not at it ful potential

Raikiri · 25 Apr 2006 at 10:44

marcus_667 said:
all i know is i need a new mobo cos i got a pci-e slot reunning at 4X its annoying as hell cos i have a decent gfx card and its not at it ful potential

A 4x slot won't limit an x800, I have an X800GTO and scores were nearly identical (CPU a little higher) with my P5DV1-X as they are with my P5ND2-SLi Deluxe

FirebarUK · 25 Apr 2006 at 10:47

Currently at 3.6Ghz on 1.35V. I have to say performance in games is pretty dire (dropped from an X2 4400 @ 2.7Ghz to save cash) although I'm expecting too much. 3.6Ghz has helped a lot, even over 3.4Ghz.

Byron · 25 Apr 2006 at 11:17

these chips need 4Ghz to work decently

FirebarUK · 25 Apr 2006 at 11:58

920D arrived, need to try that too at some point.

marcus_667 · 26 Apr 2006 at 03:03

well them mobos i was looking at have just vanished i need a nice mobo for this cpu to get it clocked if i got a mobo that was capable of 4 ghz + if cpu allows it then id invest in water cooling my budget max for mobo would be about 110 then id have to buy ddr 2 ram though thats going to kane me even more but suggestions are welcome

thanks a lot guys been help ful so far

would the asus sli mobo be better then what got now or shouldnt i bother at all and just leave it as a lost cause

Capt Doufos · 26 Apr 2006 at 12:09

Well I haven't really got any more out of it on water...

Temps are nearly 15-20c lower than air though. Low thirties apposed to high 40's to mid 50's. Which means I have silence back.

The only thing I have against the chip is the lack of multipler adjustment. They would be unbeliveable if you could do that. All in all the chip is still an absoloute bargin.

The price of the preslers is dropping now, I might be tempted to get a 920 and see how they compare. The are just under double the price, so it would have to clock a long way to offer the same bang for buck.