Opteron 144 success!

[zach_sp]

Hey all, from Icrontic. :(

I decided not to jump on the DFI bandwagon after a friend had some serious POSTing issues, so I grabbed an EPoX, and I've never been happier. I don't have my stability proof, but I've been pumping this for a week now, and I couldn't be happier. :bigggrin:

Although I don't understand why my CPU-Z voltage reading is so low. *shrugs*

http://home.comcast.net/~oudiophile/untitled.PNG

Zalman 7000AlCu on max. Jesus it's loud.

[Omega65]

3.0ghz on an EPoX Nice! :celebrate

[tmh88]

what are you using to cool that with....nice job

[primesuspect]

Hi Zach. Glad you found your way here :)

That is an excellent OC. Great work!

[muddocktor]

Zalman 7000AlCu on max. Jesus it's loud.

That's what he posted right below the pic; kind of blended in with the pic. I missed it too, first time I looked at his post.


Nice overclock man. :thumbsup: As for the low cpu-z reading, I have no idea on that. What vcore are you running to get that overclock?

BTW, if you want even better cooling and quiet, get you a Thermaltake Big Typhoon hsf. They sell for right under $50, but they use a big ass heatpipe with a quiet 120mm fan (included). Leo is able to aircool a DC Intel 820 to 3800 MHz with one of these, so an AMD proc should be no problem.

[zach_sp]

Cool. My friends and I have "Overclocking parties" ( Dear sweet Jesus, I've hit a new low ) and I swap between two cooling setups. I have all my fans running on the +12V on this setup you see here, and when I attend the meetings. Simply because we stress test a lot and game and what not. For casual use, I run all my fans on +5V and disble the whiny northbridge fan altogether. It's cooled by 80MM Cooler Master fan on the side panel. The computer is nearly slient on this setting, but sounds like a goddamned jet on the former. ( Excuse if that was inappropriate, not sure of the language acceptance on this board. :D )

And if I'm correct about the stock Opty 144s running at a 1.4V Vcore, then I'm at 1.55V.

+12V AVG:
Idle: 35C
Load: 41C

+5V AVG:
Idle:39C
Load: 60C

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