Max settings for a Venice?

BigDom · 7 Feb 2006 at 20:19

Hiya, I'm really starting to push my 3500+ Venice as used in my Project Red Alert and wondered what the top end of things like temps are.

Current settings ( under prime95 test at the moment so don't knwo how stable ) are 237fsb with Voltage of 1.5V. So 2.6Ghz. 1.475V locked up fairly quickly under prime.

littlekates · 7 Feb 2006 at 21:19

wont mind knowing this also...

my 3500+ venice is at cpu@2560/ram@213 (stable) temp idle is 31c full load is 44c-46c(max). 1.475v

BigDom · 7 Feb 2006 at 21:45

hehe I'm up to 1.525/237 and seems stable ( but hitting 50c under prime )

mc_bob · 7 Feb 2006 at 22:00

My overclocks are in my sig. You may try wanting to run a smaller divider on you ram, may be causing the lockups.
My 3200+ runs at 2.4 no problems with no divider. I dont hit over 40C temps, but thats because it in a usually cold area.

MC_Bob

BigDom · 7 Feb 2006 at 22:04

Ram's fine ( can't divider it but it's ZX G.Skill so can run to silly speeds ).

mc_bob · 7 Feb 2006 at 22:08

What PSU are you running?

MC_Bob

Big.Wayne · 7 Feb 2006 at 22:09

BigDom said:
Ram's fine ( can't divider it but it's ZX G.Skill so can run to silly speeds ).

what do you mean? that the dividers don't work with this memory or?

BigDom · 7 Feb 2006 at 22:13

Big.Wayne said:
what do you mean? that the dividers don't work with this memory or?

Can't see any option to in the BIOS ( AN8 Fat1lty).

I've slackend off the timings of the RAM to keep it happy ( set it to that that's reccomended for like 400FSB) so I will tighten it after.

PSU is a Tagan 430W. She's running stable so far at 1.525/237 but want to know when I should get worried.

BigDom · 8 Feb 2006 at 01:02

Ok she's been running a while under prime.. seems stable BUT I am a little concerned about the load temperatures...

56degC max...

This is meant to be a project where I'm trying to push her to the limits but is this getting a bit tooo far?

iraiguana · 8 Feb 2006 at 15:48

well for the A64 temps of 55-60 should be the max, if u start to go too high u will see it crashing and you should seriously think about getting more powerful cooling, eg artic cooler pro, scythe ninja or water if u want to go the whole hog. Otherwise good luck and sounds good if a bit warm.

Firegod · 8 Feb 2006 at 19:10

You really want to stay under 60 degrees and 1.6v on air. Anymore and it won't last long.

If you are hitting 56 max I'd say your near your limit.

littlekates · 8 Feb 2006 at 19:13

my 3500+ max out at 55C. at the moment im runing @ 47 full load. with 1.475v

BigDom · 8 Feb 2006 at 21:54

Thanks guys - sounds like your right as as I push past 1.5V and 233FSB things get warm and prime doesn't last long once I hit 55+degC.

Currently running 1.5V/233FSB and topping at 48-50 but now trying to keep memory tight as I'm sure that's the current problem preventing higher FSB. (did a 5 hour no-Ram prime95 test which was fine but a test at same settings WITH ram failed).