I'm gonna go for 4Ghz

[Buddy J]

I'm gonna join the 4GHz club. As soon as my Newegg order arrives, I'll be rocking the following:

DFI LT X48-T3RS
OCZ ReaperX 2GB DDR3-1333
E8400
Xigmatek HDT-S1283
and some OCZ Freeze

It can be done. Praz did it (http://csd.dficlub.org/forum/showpost.php?p=52756&postcount=17). I'm gonna make it happen.

[NiGHTS]

:thumbup

Sweet!

[Thrax]

You're making me want to upgrade my CPU. Quit it.

[Buddy J]

Make it happen cap'n!

[primesuspect]

Go pete!

[Buddy J]

Newegg says the parts come in Wednesday!

[pragtastic]

How high does the multi go on this board?

[NiGHTS]

He'll take it to eleven.

[GnomeWizardd]

damn I quit at 3.6 with mine 400 x 9

[Komete]

Hey, I have that heat sink. I'll be watching this thread to see how it does. I was deciding if I should keep it or get something new for my next system.

[muddocktor]

If you get an E0 stepping, 4 GHz should be fairly easy to hit, Pete. And since the E0's have been out a while and the E8400 is a good seller, I think you stand a pretty good chance of getting the new stepping. From all I've heard, they overclock more easily and also run cooler. Good luck with it, Pete. :D

[GnomeWizardd]

shoot ull do fine my E8400 runs at 3.6 at 90*F with my dual orb

[Khaos]

So Pete, did you get the goods today?

Looking forward to your results!

[Buddy J]

I've got it all here sitting next to me in my office. I can't wait to head home and install everything. This is gonna be EPIC!

[Komete]

I've got it all here sitting next to me in my office. I can't wait to head home and install everything. This is gonna be EPIC!

Post some pictures man. And screen shots alone don't count. :p

[Buddy J]

Spent last night installing Vanilla Forums on a website so I wasn't able to get my rig up and running. Everything is still in boxes :( Hopefully tonight. (fingers crossed)

[lemonlime]

4GHz will be a walk in the park, Pete. Set your sights higher :) I've got an older revision E8400 that does 4GHz without too much trouble. As mudd mentioned, most of the new ones are E0 revision that'll do quite a bit more (think 4.5GHz)

[Buddy J]

I'll probably be either RAM-limited or board-limited with this system. Just gonna have to see how things go.

Last night was an exercise in failure.
The case I was planning on using until I had the funds to get a cool new one wouldn't work with my OCZ 720W modular PSU. Mount holes didn't work.
I went to Best Buy and got an Antec 900 because it's all they had. Went home and installed everything. Went to connect the EPS12V connector and the cable was too short. Pulled out the PSU and installed my SiltentXStream 600W. It works but there's a mess of cables everywhere, I tried to tuck/bind/manage them but I'm still not pleased.

By 1 a.m. I had everything installed (I think) so I went to bed without powering it on. The booting/installing Windows heartache can begin tonight.

Photos are coming this evening. Victory comes with persistence.

[RyderOCZ]

The case I was planning on using until I had the funds to get a cool new one wouldn't work with my OCZ 720W modular PSU. Mount holes didn't work.This concerns me.. what case?

[Black Hawk]

FWIW, I also have an Antec 900 and my OCZ PSU's cable is too short. Had to buy an Antec PSU.

[DrLiam]

Gah, all this suspense is giving me blue balls. o_O

[Buddy J]

This concerns me.. what case?

It's an older Deer case. Doesn't appear on their website anymore. It's very similar to this (http://www.deer-group.com/pc_structure.htm) on the inside however. The two screws on the right side fit fine, but the holes on the left were too low compared to the threaded holes on the PSU. Probably 1/4" off center. With only two points attached to the flimsy metal, the PSU drooped due to the case's crappy PSU support bracket, causing it to sit on the fins of my heatsink.

[Komete]

It's an older Deer case. Doesn't appear on their website anymore. It's very similar to this (http://www.deer-group.com/pc_structure.htm) on the inside however. The two screws on the right side fit fine, but the holes on the left were too low compared to the threaded holes on the PSU. Probably 1/4" off center. With only two points attached to the flimsy metal, the PSU drooped due to the case's crappy PSU support bracket, causing it to sit on the fins of my heatsink.

Well Buddy, don't let two little wholes hold you back. Just man up and grab a drill and make some new ones. But it does sound like you upgraded to a much better case. Maybe you're better off after all. Then again, I couldn't imagine best buy's prices being anywhere near reasonable.

And do you know, last year, there wasn't a single SATA cable in that whole store. I wonder if they stock one now.

[Gargoyle]

Don't they make ATX cable extenders? I think I have one.

[Buddy J]

IT'S ALIVE!

[Leonardo]

Don't they make ATX cable extenders?Yes, but in other news....IT'S ALIVE!What, is that all we get? Did the monster eat poor BuddyJ just as he was preparing to tell us more? :hair:

[Buddy J]

I'm installing all the requisite programs. Next is a BIOS update, and then I can get to tweaking the settings and going for speed.

[Khaos]

IT'S ALIVE!
woot

[jared]

pics or gtfo

[Komete]

pics or gtfo

+1

[Thrax]

Too much talking, not enough pictures.

[garfield619]

Too much talking, not enough pictures.

Not enough? or none? O_O

[Komete]

Not enough? or none? O_O

Well Buddy J, looks like the public has spoken. And I still think expectations are rising by the moment. I'd show them something or else your home may get stormed.

Unveil man!

[lemonlime]

w00t.. hurry up and overclock that thing :D

[Buddy J]

Gotta make sure things are good first. Last night I got Folding running with GPU on one core and the regular F@H client on the second. So far so good. It sits stable at 41C at full load. I'm gonna give it 24 hours to see if it plays nice.

Couldn't find the memory card today to upload pix. I'll have to take some tonight with my other camera.

[Komete]

Gotta make sure things are good first. Last night I got Folding running with GPU on one core and the regular F@H client on the second. So far so good. It sits stable at 41C at full load. I'm gonna give it 24 hours to see if it plays nice.

Couldn't find the memory card today to upload pix. I'll have to take some tonight with my other camera.

You must be getting some good results if your saving the actual numbers. Can't wait. ;D

[Khaos]

Couldn't find the memory card today to upload pix. I'll have to take some tonight with my other camera.
Don't tease.

[Buddy J]

Fine. Here ya go!

Original ghetto case
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/BuddyJ/4GHz/DSCN1499.jpg
It's a tight fit
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/BuddyJ/4GHz/DSCN1500.jpg
New hotness
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/BuddyJ/4GHz/DSCN1502.jpg
Oh hi!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/BuddyJ/4GHz/DSCN1510.jpg
I'm in yr case, Foldin yr WUs
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/BuddyJ/4GHz/DSCN1507.jpg
My rig in its natural habitat
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/BuddyJ/4GHz/DSCN1503.jpg

[Komete]

Man, that's some serious air cooling. You're going to have to do a writeup once your done. Looking forward to some CPUZ screen shots next :)

[DrLiam]

Heat-sinks galore. I love it xD

[Leonardo]

Heat-sinks galore.

++

I'm getting teary eyed.

[Khaos]

woohoo, case p0rn. Lookin' good Pete! Now get that thing cookin'!

[Gargoyle]

I think you've exceeded your quota of heat pipes, sir.

[Buddy J]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/BuddyJ/cos.jpg

[PurplezArctic]

Heat-sinks galore. I love it xD

[Komete]

Any more updates on the big 4.0?

[Leonardo]

He's staring at the heatsinks, as if in a trance. Someone snap him out of it!

[Buddy J]

So far so good. I used Praz's settings and it booted right up. No lock-ups so far or any niggles. I'm gonna start up Folding and see what she does.

Also, still idles at 41C. ;)

[Komete]

Shweet! Are you gunna push it further?

[Buddy J]

Not yet. The room I'm in is kinda warm and at 100 percent load, one of the cores of the CPU hit 56C. Also, the NB is getting really warm. I'm gonna get an 80mm fan on it and try and figure out how to get the CPU to run a bit cooler. But for now, I'll cautiously say so far so good.

[Gargoyle]

Kickass! ^5 Peter.

Are you running FAHMon? I was wondering what your PPD looks like on a 4GHz dual core.

[Komete]

Not yet. The room I'm in is kinda warm and at 100 percent load, one of the cores of the CPU hit 56C. Also, the NB is getting really warm. I'm gonna get an 80mm fan on it and try and figure out how to get the CPU to run a bit cooler. But for now, I'll cautiously say so far so good.

You could angle your cpu heatsink downwards to blow on the Nothbridge heatsink you have.

[Buddy J]

Kickass! ^5 Peter.
Are you running FAHMon? I was wondering what your PPD looks like on a 4GHz dual core.

I'm not, but I'll try it later and see how it goes.

You could angle your cpu heatsink downwards to blow on the Nothbridge heatsink you have.

I can't rotate it. :( The ReaperX ramsinks are in the way. I've got the side panel off the case right now, so I wedged an 80mm fan in sitting on top of the NB heatsink. It's helped a bit.

I just dropped the CPU voltage down from 1.36350 to 1.3V. It's still stable. I'm gonna fiddle with lowering the voltages. Seems some people can do 4GHz at stock voltage, so that's a good sign.

[Buddy J]

FAHmon says 2555ppd right now.

HD 3870
E8400 @ 4GHz
Process Lasso keeping things each on a respective core.

[Gargoyle]

Is that with GPU2 and one regular client? I was curious how the OC'd E8400 would do at SMP, but don't switch things around for my curiosity.

[Buddy J]

Jah. That's with GPU2 and a regular client.

[Leonardo]

I am completely unfamiliar with the ATI drivers other than they are called Catalyst. Until very recently, the Nvidia GPU2 required a sizable chunk of a CPU core's power for running. With the newest driver, the GPU itself does nearly 100% of the work - less than 1% load on a CPU core. What is the CPU load required for the ATI GPU client currently? When ATI gets this straightened out eventually, you will be able to run an SMP client on the multi-core CPU and a GPU client for each GPU core.

[Buddy J]

I updated the Catalyst driver to 8.12 today and it seems GPU2 still uses the core quite heavily. SMP isn't viable here, sadly.

[Leonardo]

The Catalyst drivers aren't weak, and ATI GPUs definitely hold their own, but due to the architectural differences, Nvidia GPUs at the moment are better suited for the type of calculations required by Folding@Home. Who knows, give it another year and the opposite might be the case.

[bullzisnipr]

Sweet man, I got my E8400 to 3.999 Ghz and literally one more .001 Ghz would throw it WAAAY out of whack, I think it was my abit mobo though..

Anyway, congrats!

[Buddy J]

Thanks! I'm pretty well chuffed

[lemonlime]

Nice E0 you've got there, Pete! My older revision E8400 needs almost 1.4V for 4GHz.

[Khaos]

Morbus! MORBUS!!!!

Nice clock, Pete. Is it tapped? What the hell does chuffed mean? What is the question of the answer?

[Buddy J]

Thanks. I don't think it's at the limit yet, but it'll take some fiddling with to see just how far it'll go. I've got no idea how far I can push the memory, or how much faster the CPU will go. I think it's more of a matter of getting adequate cooling on the chip. I've heard of E8400s doing 4.4GHz at 1.4v, but when I was running at 1.36v, my temps were already edging in on 60C at load. That's too hot for me.

[Leonardo]

What the hell does chuffed mean?The effects of using bathroom tissue that's abrasive.

[Snarkasm]

You mean chafed? ;)

Context says chuffed is excited or proud.

[Komete]

Thanks. I don't think it's at the limit yet, but it'll take some fiddling with to see just how far it'll go. I've got no idea how far I can push the memory, or how much faster the CPU will go. I think it's more of a matter of getting adequate cooling on the chip. I've heard of E8400s doing 4.4GHz at 1.4v, but when I was running at 1.36v, my temps were already edging in on 60C at load. That's too hot for me.

I see water cooling in your future.

[Buddy J]

Funny you mention it. A Swiftech H20-220 kit is on my Christmas list. Hope I get it. ;)

[Khaos]

Nice. Welcome to the wet side.

Er.

[Komete]

Newegg shows that kit for 139 but out of stock :( I hate it when Newegg does that. They drop the price of an out of stock item and then raise it after they get it back in. I wonder if there is a way to get it at the out of stock price when it comes in...hrmmm

[bullzisnipr]

Newegg shows that kit for 139 but out of stock :( I hate it when Newegg does that. They drop the price of an out of stock item and then raise it after they get it back in. I wonder if there is a way to get it at the out of stock price when it comes in...hrmmm

Does Newegg have any sort of raincheck?? I doubt it.. but jw.

[lemonlime]

Stay tuned for a review of the Swiftech H20-120 kit ;)

[Khaos]

Newegg shows that kit for 139 but out of stock :( I hate it when Newegg does that. They drop the price of an out of stock item and then raise it after they get it back in. I wonder if there is a way to get it at the out of stock price when it comes in...hrmmm

Does Newegg have any sort of raincheck?? I doubt it.. but jw.
Sadly, nope. You can only place orders for items when they're in-stock. Calling them does no good, either. They are wicked strict about that rule.

So, what's the good word, Pete? Did you hit 5Ghz yet?

[Buddy J]

I need MOAR COOLING still.

[Khaos]

MOAR HEATTOOBS.

[Buddy J]

It's funny. My dad looked at my system, saw all the heatpipes and then the case with all the giant fans and commented "Looks like somebody is a little obsessed with cooling." I :tim:'d

[Khaos]

Next thing you know, your family will be staging a HEATTOOB INTARVENSHIN.

[Winga]

What GPU cooler you using Pete? The things a moster. Never seen two case fans together like that on a retail model. You build it yourself?

[Winga]

What the hell does chuffed mean?

I'm so chuffed to see a few 'ole fashioned South African expressions creeping in. :saflag:
It means Pleased or proud or can mean both.

Nice OC Pete :respect: I, like the others are hoping you going to take it a bit higher. Looks like you got to 4Ghz without breaking a sweat.

[Buddy J]

The GPU cooler is the Thermalright TRad2 (http://icrontic.com/articles//thermalright-t-rad2-review). It's pretty awesome.

I'll push things higher in due time.

[Leonardo]

Looks like you got to 4Ghz without breaking a sweat. He puts thermal paste on his forehead - prevents sweat and allows for ease of chuffing.

[Komete]

The effects of using bathroom tissue that's abrasive.

Nah, I think it is what happens when you drop the soap in prison. You get chuffed. :p


Buddy J, did you get the water cooling setup for Christmas?

[Buddy J]

Nope. I didn't get a water cooling set for Christmas. Oh well. Guess it'll have to wait a while. I've gotta save my cash for CES next week.

[Khaos]

WAT NO LIKWIDS???????

For shame. I think it's time to file for emancipation from your family and supposed friends.

[morfeu]

Good job dude.

[primesuspect]

Welcome back, Morfeu!

[siruspernot]

Buddy, I had a similar issue with my plug. I solvedit by routing it under the video card near the slot entrace. There's enough gap there for me on my rig to get the wire under there and avoid draping it over the video card and thus in the way of cooling equipment. Thought I'd give a heads up so you could possibly enjoy your other PSU.

[Buddy J]

I wish that would have worked, but in my case, even if I tried to go in a straight line from the PSU to the plug, I'd still have been just a hair short. It's all good though. My rig is rocking despite the lower wattage PSU. When the time comes that I need the bigger unit, I'll break down and extend the cable.

[siruspernot]

bummer. So what have you got running for your 24/7 OC right now? What are temps like?

[Buddy J]

Still here:
http://icrontic.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=26454&d=1229283619

4GHz - 480 x 8.5

vCore is at 1.3v
vRAM is at 1.874v
NB is at 1.63v

Idles in the high 30s C. Loads are in the low 50s.

I've found some new settings (http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=330566&postcount=3) I'd like to try one of these days when I have time to mess with the system more.

This X48 board is amazing, but the BIOS is not for the feint of heart. There's so much stuff in there that's foreign to me still. I've got a lot to learn.

[siruspernot]

That's very good. Did you post a 1M super Pi time yet?

[Buddy J]

Yes. 11.453. I have the fastest SuperPi score in our listing for an air cooled processor. Ryder smashed it, but he was using phase change.

[siruspernot]

Has Google Earth indexed your ePenis yet? It must be visible from space XD

[RyderOCZ]

Yes. 11.453. I have the fastest SuperPi score in our listing for an air cooled processor. Ryder smashed it, but he was using phase change.Oooo a challenge.. hmmmmm.

[Buddy J]

Google Earth tried to, but they needed a satellite that was higher up to really get everything in the frame. They're working on a lunar observation station now. That just might work. Just. ;)

Actually, there are a lot of folks here with rigs that'd blow mine away. I hope they'll join in on the SuperPi game. It'd give me more motivation to overclock everything further.

[siruspernot]

lol touche. We started saying ePenis about a year ago around here. It's the metric measurement of a mans technical bad-assery. Said to be immortalized in large statues in the shape of a penis to symbolize male technical dominance. The larger the feat, more mass gets added to the ePenis which is a a direct result of all your combined feats.

Mine accidentally knocked a solar panel off the Hubble satellite one day while playing CoD4 on the xbox 360.

[Thrax]

I hate to break it to you, but ePenis is officially classified as old.

Like, it was being said in EverQuest 8 years ago old.

[siruspernot]

Well there again I thought I was on to something special. haha. Although everquest players... I dunno MMO types seem lower on the Tanaka scale of people who matter. I therefore discard your reality and substitute my own. Al Gore invented teh interwebs and I invented ePenis. lol

[Thrax]

Al Gore ran DARPA/XEROX/DEC. DISCUSS!

[siruspernot]

Don't forget he also discovered Global Warming and Herpes Simplex 3 while vacationing with Chuck Norris in Borneo.