**Official Socket F Overclocking Thread**
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jongeeone said:lol - better luck next time
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have ocuk sold many/if any of theese 4x4 set ups?
Last time I saw it on OCUK there was only 1 set in stock going for £800 or something similar just for the 2 CPUs & mobo.
@ OP - Dual FX-70 Oced + 8800GTX SLI + watercooling = monstrous PSU
Galaxy 1KW I assume?
jongeeone said:1k watts
Thats silly imo
Which is what half of this forum will tell you is the MINIMUM requirement for a Core 2 Quad and SLI'd 8800GTXs... and just remember, too, that it can DELIVER 1Kw of power, not that it's pumping that out all the time.
Good going Jokester - I've been interested in this platform for a while, now... it appears to have more potential than Intel's implementation. It will be good to see how it turns out!
Keep going!
You can run a quad + SLI on a lot less but if you're looking to get the best stable overclock you can get you can't skimp on the PSU.
This is the best PSU I've ever had for stability, the only downside to it is the noise it makes on load.
Jokester
This is the best PSU I've ever had for stability, the only downside to it is the noise it makes on load.
Jokester
very nice, interesting project will keep an eye on this
pretty harsh that it killed you Windows install, I remember when I messing with the RAM timings on my rig recently and it nearly corrupted my Windows installation.
pretty harsh that it killed you Windows install, I remember when I messing with the RAM timings on my rig recently and it nearly corrupted my Windows installation.
I've identified what it was that killed my Windows, was running the RAM at 200MHz instead of 400MHz.
Looks like prime stable at 3GHz on stock volts, but testing I did earlier this morning points to it only going to 3.1GHz on the board max volts (1.55V). Now doing extended testing.
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Looks like prime stable at 3GHz on stock volts, but testing I did earlier this morning points to it only going to 3.1GHz on the board max volts (1.55V). Now doing extended testing.
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benchies? 
simonnance said:benchies?
As a benchmark beast, it probably won't come too close to a Core 2 Quad, to be honest, at least from what I've been reading.
However, the massive benefit of this system is the oodles of memory bandwidth it throws up, making it (in theory) a much more useable system.
Stick a couple of Phenoms in there and the results will be very different.
Jokester: a couple of ideas from a certain website about two-CPU pooters...
1) Make sure the contact between the heatpipe cooler and the northbridge is good and that the cooler is actually doing its job... one or two people have reported that it's either not seated properly or is simply getting overwhelmed by the heatload.
2) Make sure the mosfets are well cooled: the board comes with coppoer-plated aluminium heatsinks which aren't quite the business when it comes to cooling the 'board.
3) The motherboard really does appear to need a fan blowing onto its circuitry to ensure the massive amounts of heat it throws out are dealt with.
This *might* help you get away with a bit more, but I've seen most of the FX-7* series top out at around 3.2GHz...
