Loving the PII 720!

gt_junkie · 22 Mar 2009 at 19:47

Only just got round to fitting my watercooling onto my new AMD setup.

Would have happened sooner but the lack of available AM2 backplates meant i couldn't mount the CPU block until now!

Anyway, got there in the end and couldn't be happier.

Only clocked at 3ghz but the temps are wonderful!

Idles @ 13c and loads @ 22c...

gt

gt_junkie · 22 Mar 2009 at 20:05

Using some OCZ PC8000 Platinum (2gb versions).

I'd imagine you'll be ok since the BE should clock quite well with a voltage boost and an increased multi.

gt

gt_junkie · 22 Mar 2009 at 22:18

Yeah i thought that. Just surprised that Coretemp and real temp show the same value for the CPU temp??? :confused:

To back it up the temp increased immediately to 20 and then took the following half hour to rise another 2.

My flat was particularly cool this afternoon (at a guess no more than 15c max) so PC temps have always been good for me.

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gt_junkie · 22 Mar 2009 at 22:33

I agree it would be nice to have a true value.

A pity really - especilly since intel had plenty of similar problems with this type of thing too.

I'll have a bit of a play tomorrow to track down a temp reading that actually looks (and behaves) right.

gt

gt_junkie · 22 Mar 2009 at 22:48

Ah - you know me! It'll definately happen - just need a full evening to get clocking!

That said - i need to figure out how to actually clock these AMD's - the bios options are a nightmare. :eek:

As for the temps - i think the water will have been no higher than 10c as before i got home there was no heating on... only an open fire (not burning during the day while i'm out for obvious reasons) and an economy 7 storage heater.

I suppose i just assumed coretemp, realtemp and OCCT would show temps as (relatively) accurately for these phenoms as they did for the intel's i've used in the past.

gt