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Jimborae
20 Dec 2003, 1:43pm
So I was a bit bored this morning and needed an excuse to avoid xmas shopping. So I Itried maxing out my XP1700. I think I had a bit of an overclocking success! :ninja:

I just wish this NF7-S rev 1.2 would go over 200fsb, wont post at anything over 200.
citrixmeta
20 Dec 2003, 1:46pm
show us a screenie of ur mem timings in cpu-Z
Jimborae
20 Dec 2003, 1:53pm
Your wish is my command :)
keto
20 Dec 2003, 5:46pm
Wow, that's not "a little", that's HUGE good job!
TheLostSwede
20 Dec 2003, 7:24pm
What you need is more chipset voltage. A pencil mod is REALLY easy to do. I have done it several times on rev. 1.2 while it is in the case.
TheLostSwede
20 Dec 2003, 7:26pm
Jimbo, are both those sticks BH5 by Twinmos?

If so, run 5,2,2,2 or even 2,2,2,2 at 200 fsb. Do a sandra mem bench before and after and see. Like night and day.
Jimborae
23 Dec 2003, 1:09am
Ok I thought I'd have a crack at breaking the 18000 barrier in 3dMark 2001 before I swap this excellent XP1700 out in favour of a Thorton tomorrow.

Even with the pencil volt mod (thanx Mackanz), this NF7-S doesn't like high fsb so could only get it stable at 215 .

Still she went back up to 2.6ghz (nearly) like a trooper and here's the result.
TheLostSwede
23 Dec 2003, 9:55am
Good man Jim!

What resistance did you get in the end from the resister?

Nice Clock!
Jimborae
23 Dec 2003, 12:39pm
Hi Mack, 543ohms, cuoldn't measure the voltage due to waterblock being in the way.
muddocktor
23 Dec 2003, 1:43pm
That's some nice overclocks, Jimbo!:)
t1rhino
23 Dec 2003, 1:55pm
Nice o/c. What's your watercooling setup?
Jimborae
23 Dec 2003, 2:10pm
Thanks guys,

T1, the set up is as follows:

CPU water block = Swiftech MCW 462B
VGA water block = DangerDen Radeon block
Chipset water block = DangerDen Z Chip
Rad = Black ice extreme single 120mm rad with fans either side no shrouds on the rad yet
Pump = Hydor L20

I also have a Hydor L30 pump but I've yet to try it out, I dont honestly think that a the huge increase in flow rate will actually give me good drop in temps more as think the rad is cooling at maximum efficiency.

Anyways the XP1700 is coming out as Santa delivered me an unlocked XP2400 Thorton in the post this morning which is going in as we speak! :)

Regards

Jim
t1rhino
23 Dec 2003, 2:13pm
You would probably get the most improvement from changing to a dual 120 rad.
Good luck with the Thorton. Keep us posted!
Leonardo
23 Dec 2003, 2:52pm
Outstanding! That's one screaming 1700!

:cool: