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this is shocking
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Soldato
3940 stable with my freezer pro... hot.. hitting 76c 100% both procs, but damn! this is a hell of an performance boost from stock!
/me goes off th look for a mach II... (dual 5ghz here we come \o/)
/me goes off th look for a mach II... (dual 5ghz here we come \o/)
wth voltage are you using to get 76c?
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V|per said:
What PSU do you have? And the rest of your spec? cheers
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it doesnt work out much cheaper in the long run. the psu and the cooling you'd need for it would eat that budget up
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yeah and your running 60c on loud cooling consuming nearly 2 1/2 times the power of my 3ghz opteron 148, or wtice that of an fx60. i know you have a point but im failing to see it. oh yeah throw the cost of powering it in there as well lol.
They are cheap as chips and good clockers, but i wouldnt run one as a main cpu, purely because of the heat and current draw.
They are cheap as chips and good clockers, but i wouldnt run one as a main cpu, purely because of the heat and current draw.
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james.miller said:
Mine is running <60c load on stock cooling with a 120mm fan in the side panel so the HS fan is always at it's lowest, all case fans at either 7 or 5v and a seasonic PSU. It was only loud when I just cranked it up to 3.8ghz/1.5v and the cpu fan increased to 3300rpm.
I doubt it uses 3x as much power, even if it uses twice as much it is dual core after all, and the cost of powering an extra 80w... oooh those light bulbs can be expensive
Soldato
http://tomshardware.co.uk/2006/05/10/dual_41_ghz_cores_uk/page15.html
fx57 - 199 watts
fx60 - 223 watts
pentium d 805 @ 4ghz - 404 watts.
pentium d @ 4.1ghz with the gpu loaded - 512watts.
well we're not talking about running these at stock, are we?
fx57 - 199 watts
fx60 - 223 watts
pentium d 805 @ 4ghz - 404 watts.
pentium d @ 4.1ghz with the gpu loaded - 512watts.
did you read that review? try two HUNDRED watts.Raikiri said:I doubt it uses 3x as much power, even if it uses twice as much it is dual core after all, and the cost of powering an extra 80w... oooh those light bulbs can be expensive
Raikiri said:
well we're not talking about running these at stock, are we?
Soldato
so your cpu isnt relivant then, obviously? try running 4ghz. There's no point in say 'im using the stock cooler and its quiet and cheap so there, you're wrong. oh i mean im runing 3.6ghz, not 4ghz.'
my operton runs 47c load. i only have 120mm fans running <1400rpm in my case. 2 case fans, one psu fan, one cpu fan. Thats at 3ghz.
my operton runs 47c load. i only have 120mm fans running <1400rpm in my case. 2 case fans, one psu fan, one cpu fan. Thats at 3ghz.
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Soldato
Who cares about noise and power consumption 
Can't deny that this is quite remarkable for a cpu at this price, it has really turned my head and got me thinking!
Can't deny that this is quite remarkable for a cpu at this price, it has really turned my head and got me thinking!
james.miller said:
I am not running it as my main CPU.
james.miller said:
Of course it is relevent, it is performing at similar levels to a 4400+ for a third of the price, I never said I was running 4ghz.
James.Miller said:
Using a scythe ninja right? I'm sure I could do the same with the pD if I bought a scythe ninja, I am running 3 120mm case fans with the Pentium all at <1000rpm, same for the PSU fan.
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Raikiri said:
no you couldnt lol. It puts out a hell of a lot more heat than an opteron.
james.miller said:
Well, if it is only about 10c more using stock cooling which has a much lower cooling capability and slower case fans... then it should.
Stock cooling is 0.23C/W, so if the CPU is putting out 160w it is 36.8c over ambient at load (seems about right).
The Ninja with a 1200rpm fan is 0.17c/w which is 27.2c above ambient.
9c lower.
Soldato
yeah that's not a 4ghz though. you NEED to be running 4ghz to give the dual core optys a good running, but then the temps will rise.
i dont even know why im arguing with you over this
i never said it wasnt an exceptional cpu.
i dont even know why im arguing with you over this
i never said it wasnt an exceptional cpu.
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Fair enough it isnt at 4ghz, but dual core opterons arent available for 80 quid. Even if it was 200w of waste energy the scythe would only be ~10c higher than your single core opteron.
Must be the weather
james.miller said:i dont even know why im arguing with you over this
Must be the weather
Soldato
PSU is a Hyper type r, have an Asus P5N32 SLi Deluxe, 2 68gt's @ 420/1120, 2 36gig raptors, dvd/cd-rw, patriot 1gig (2x512) pc7200 ram..
Oh yeah the voltage is, err, high, at 1.625 atm
gonna keep pushing it, dont care if it goes bang tbh, i prefer my oppy rig, much better 2StepSteve said:Who cares about noise and power consumption
Can't deny that this is quite remarkable for a cpu at this price, it has really turned my head and got me thinking!
me too
but the motherboard for this thing is quite pricey if you want a decent one so ..