***The Official Conroe Overclocking Thread ***

[w3bbo]

@w3bbo, the stable shot's watercooled yes, may well be able to replicate with standard air. This chip runs stupidly hot though (notice 59 deg coretemp), the only aircooler I've got is the stock sink which is good enough for a pi1m stable 100% OC but thats it. The waterloop is by no means "hi tech", cost ~ 50 quid total, maybe a touch more. Spose that's not hugely "budget" though, so the post's edited to avoid false hopes.

Yeah I noticed the temp, didn't know if that was on air or water. Shame you aint got a better aircooler to compare against - would make a nice thread on its own. Air vs water vs phase....then again why would you need a decent air cooler when you have phase lol. Impressive nonetheless

 

[OC_A64]

Refrigeration is an investment so i don't think it comes into it. Although if you did want budget refrigeration, some Polish builders can get you running for £150.

Kinda looked at it the same way. The cooling was already here, the board and CPU came after. Saw/see that as an expense not coupled with the new kit. Spose when you consider most people would buy the board/CPU and cooling to go with it there is an extra expense there.
Tend not to count things like PSU etc in the cost too (despite the OCZ being 100 quid new, and Crucial being just under 200). Guess the point I was trying to make is, if you've got the cooling there's no need to spend out shed load on higher end CPU's/Mobo when you can get similar results with lesser kit.

 

[w3bbo]

Guess the point I was trying to make is, if you've got the cooling there's no need to spend out shed load on higher end CPU's/Mobo when you can get similar results with lesser kit.

Yeah I'll deffo agree with that, probably more so with phase than with water.

 

[Stelly]

Yeah I'll deffo agree with that, probably more so with phase than with water.

Alright mate...

What are your settings for that 4Ghz overclock... i'm jealous

Stelly

 

[Starfall]

OC_A64,

What modifications does it need? Caps aren't a problem realy as long as the board has a good PCB, i can get 7mOhm SEPC's from China pretty cheap. Is the PCB the same as the P5B Deluxe?

as much skill as it takes finding a 6300 which does 4GHz on Water/Phase?

Find high overclock, find stepping, find the same. Is there something else involved?

What skill is there using phase change that practically guarentees 4ghz+?

None to a lot, i guess it depends on the how

 

[easyrider]

What skill is there using phase change that practically guarentees 4ghz+?
.

Why dont you try it and find out.

 

[w3bbo]

Alright mate...

What are your settings for that 4Ghz overclock... i'm jealous

Stelly

Vcore 1.65v set (1.585v actual)
FSB 1.5v
SPP 1.5v
DDR 2.1v
All othervoltages on auto iirc
HPET enabled
ALL Spread spectrums disabled
CPU 'enhancements' - All disabled except executive bit.
Linkboost and SLI memory(expert) enabled

CPU was lapped which made a big difference as I was getting 60c load @3.4 before - not getting that at 4ghz now!

All this going from memory as my main rig is in pieces awaiting new case/WC bits.

 

[w3bbo]

Why dont you try it and find out.

Don't like wearing ear defenders while at my PC

Nah something for the future I guess but I have reached my goal with water (4ghz) so I have no need for phase at this point in time. Wouldn't mind giving it a try for benching but I don't think I could cope with the noise/humming for a 24/7 setup, which I have been led to believe can be irritating.

 

[easyrider]

Don't like wearing ear defenders while at my PC

Nah something for the future I guess but I have reached my goal with water (4ghz) so I have no need for phase at this point in time. Wouldn't mind giving it a try for benching but I don't think I could cope with the noise/humming for a 24/7 setup, which I have been led to believe can be irritating.

Phase can be done with silence..

That is my main concern with my custom unit.

Mole is one of the best in the UK at phase change building, he's excited about my project

His last email was to say the new compressor is in and "its so quiet!" he says

 

[OC_A64]

OC_A64,

What modifications does it need? Caps aren't a problem realy as long as the board has a good PCB, i can get 7mOhm SEPC's from China pretty cheap. Is the PCB the same as the P5B Deluxe?

PCB is slightly different, as this board has a single 16* slot and no 4*. Mods wise, have vCore, vDimm, vMCH and vFSB on this board. Core's needed as, although the bios options give 1.7max, this is ~ 1.55 in relality and less with droop. vDimm, 2.1 max in bios, need more for D9. MCH, again 1.45 max in bios not really enough for high FSB, 1.5 is where you need. vFSB doesn't do much, but Persivore wants to go a GTL mod on the board which should mean vFSB helps with the OC.
You'll need a droop mod too, seeing ~ 0.075 -> 0.1v droop under load which is pants lol.

 

[w3bbo]

Phase can be done with silence..

That is my main concern with my custom unit.

Mole is one of the best in the UK at phase change building, he's excited about my project

His last email was to say the new compressor is in and "its so quiet!" he says

Yeah I'm sure it can be made quiet and if anyone one can then the 'mole' is the man to do it so I've heard - but quiet compared to what? If it really is 'almost silent' (as in a mouse farting) then I'd deffo be interested as -50c with silence would be great.

 

[easyrider]

Yeah I'm sure it can be made quiet and if anyone one can then the 'mole' is the man to do it so I've heard - but quiet compared to what? If it really is 'almost silent' (as in a mouse farting) then I'd deffo be interested as -50c with silence would be great.

Your PC is louder than a mouse Farting....

Come on!

 

[Stelly]

Vcore 1.65v set (1.585v actual)
FSB 1.5v
SPP 1.5v
DDR 2.1v
All othervoltages on auto iirc
HPET enabled
ALL Spread spectrums disabled
CPU 'enhancements' - All disabled except executive bit.
Linkboost and SLI memory(expert) enabled

CPU was lapped which made a big difference as I was getting 60c load @3.4 before - not getting that at 4ghz now!

All this going from memory as my main rig is in pieces awaiting new case/WC bits.

WOW think I will do that when I get the time

Stelly

 

[Starfall]

I can understand the reason for the high droop on a well designed "budget" board. I don't think GTL mod will help much in your situation but it'll be interesting to see what Persivore finds. You know him quite well, yes?

How high can you run on 1066 strap at high vMCH?

 

[w3bbo]

Your PC is louder than a mouse Farting....

Come on!

Dunno m8, the mice get pretty big where I live

 

[w3bbo]

WOW think I will do that when I get the time

Stelly

GL m8

 

[OC_A64]

I can understand the reason for the high droop on a well designed "budget" board. I don't think GTL mod will help much in your situation but it'll be interesting to see what Persivore finds. You know him quite well, yes?

How high can you run on 1066 strap at high vMCH?

Not sure on the electronics being the droop, not even gonna pretend to understand. He seems to recon it'll help push the FSB further as the boards "stuck" at 600 FSB atm, NB cooling might help there need to investigate that.
The P5B doesn't have an option for 1066 strap, above 400 it kicks over to 1333. The AB9 does run 1066 strap all the time, and have hit 512 FSB but it's not stable in the slightest. That's with ~ 1.9v MCH, using the stock sink but with a few DICE pellets on top. That's probably achievable using watercooling. Believe Johnny managed a 515 FSB from his with the NB phase cooled.

Regarding Persivore, yes very well as he's my brother

 

[Starfall]

Cheers

Ha ha, i didn't know that

 

[gurusan]

here's my first intel overclock.
For those with the Asus p5b deluxe...above 450fsb what kind of mobo settings do you use? Do you bump up the NB and SB vcores? What's FSB termination voltage?

This is only after messing around for a few hours:

 

[Jay123]

Hi Guys, You might remember my posts about overclocking does'nt really improve performance, Well that was my dad trying to be a smart-arse when i was at work I gave him a good kick

Anyways !!!

What you think about my overclock : Ran Orthos for 4 hours with no errors, Just ran quick 50 mins to show you its stable: Anyway Theres the screeny:

To me everything seems honkey dory , But i need a second advice. The voltages are stock, Ram is 2.2volts. I think it can go more seems only 380Mhz on the ram , But i want to be safe than sorry .

Thank Yooou

Jay !