New 3700SD arrive is it good stepping?

[Agent WD40]

Hi guys,

I had my new hardware arrive today, provided by OcUK.

1) 2gig G.Skill PC4000
2) San Diego 3700

What I want to know is if the CPU has good stepping, the stepping is...

KAB2E0549BPBW

Any one know is that is good, bad or medium?

Thanks all,

Agent

 

[Agent WD40]

Thanks for that buddeh.

I'm running at 2.6ghz now and she is currently prime stable for about an hour now. woot.

 

[Agent WD40]

Morning Lads,

I've got a ThermalTake Silent tower and it keeps it nice and cool.

I got bored last night and bumped it up to 2.75 (250*11) on stock volts and its running nicely. I was playing BF2 last night on 2.6ghz and it was faster at loading, not massively but enough.

Anyways, I've left Prime95 running and when I get home after work I will see the results.

I dont think 3ghz is out of the question with good enough water cooling.

So, the KAB2E is damned good stepping.

I'll keep you posted as to how well it runs.

 

[Agent WD40]

Hi pegasus1,

When did you get you 3700SD?

Agent

 

[Agent WD40]

Hi Guys,

Just a quick update. I got the thing stable at 2.75ghz, just had to up the voltages ever so slightly...

So far I am impressed with this CPU and its stepping. If you can find one like this, i'd say get it...

 

[Agent WD40]

I agree. The 43 load is still on air.

I think to get it upto 2.9ghz (275*10.5) I'll sling in my old RAM (its stable at 2.5-4-4-10 1T @ 300 mhz ). Just to make sure that its not the RAM that is holding her back.

I might do that tonight if I can't face the 2 hour drive to see my gf...

Agent.

 

[Agent WD40]

Mmm, problem is, I'm using a A8N-premium and I can't figure out how to set a divider in the memory sections.

So just sling in my PC4800 OCZ platinum stuff and that wont cause an issue, I hope...

None the less, i'll let you guy knows.

 

[Agent WD40]

As much as I think the opterons are great I still think the SD is a better one to go for.

Why?

Well, you can get your hands on a SD easily and you get your 11x multi. Making it easier to hit higher clocks.

Or then again I'm just being bias.

 

[Agent WD40]

Just keeping you guys updated.

I'm going to play around to make it stable during the week.

 

[Agent WD40]

How about this for idle temps?