San Diego Core
Asus A8N5X
this fan:
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?Sku=S457-1088
Antec Neo Power 430 HE (I heard seasonic built it) with 384 watts on the 12v rail
I changed the voltage from auto to manual and set it at 1.4v in the BIOS, and it peaks in cpu-z at 1.46v Oddly enough the auto mode for voltage control of the BIOS sometimes has my cpu-z voltage at 1.47 if I recall correctly
I was about to stop the stress test and call the OC a success then a few minutes after 10 hours passed the error happened.
Temps are under full load of Prime95 with open side-case (I don't mind leaving my case open when I use the PC)
60-62 degrees for the core
50 degrees for the next highest temp of speedfan
264 mhz FSB
RAM is at 2.5-3-3-7 2.5 GB (3 sticks total) of Kingston RAM DDR400, it says 2.6v on the sticker on the RAM, voltage for RAM is on auto
4x multiplier on the HT Link for 1056 mhz (max for the HT Link was 1225 mhz on a previous test)
I removed 512 MB of Xerox RAM rated at ddr333 to allow for a higher FSB use, it used to crash in memtest very early at 261 mhz bus.
Would you guy say that the system is stable enough for gaming (which isn't nearly as stressful for the PC as Prime95) or would you either:
-Up the voltage to 1.425 volt in the BIOS and try again? The problem with this is that the BIOS says 1.425 but cpu-z can sometimes show it at 1.52, which I over the 1.5v another thread in this forum said was the limit for socket 939 cpu.
-I only ran the memtest86+ for 30 mins, test 5 and test 8 one pass, should I run the memtest86 for like 4 hours? How long should you run Memtest anyway?
-Or give up and drop down to a lower OC? Yesterday, at 2.809 ghz I ran Prime95 for 8h30 hours successfully (at the lower 1.375 v bios voltage), however, who knows if it would have failed too after 10 hours.
The duration of the stress-test on Prime95 was a tough choice to make, what went on in my mind was 10 hours of test, then 1 more test, but that last test was the one to fail.
If I only aimed for 9 hours for example the OC would have looked like a complete success.
I was planning on buying a new PC in November anyway, so I don't mind trying new stuff and OCing even if it breaks, cuz OCing is fun. But if I can get my OC stable then I'll delay buying the new PC until Starcraft 2 comes out.
Asus A8N5X
this fan:
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?Sku=S457-1088
Antec Neo Power 430 HE (I heard seasonic built it) with 384 watts on the 12v rail
I changed the voltage from auto to manual and set it at 1.4v in the BIOS, and it peaks in cpu-z at 1.46v Oddly enough the auto mode for voltage control of the BIOS sometimes has my cpu-z voltage at 1.47 if I recall correctly
I was about to stop the stress test and call the OC a success then a few minutes after 10 hours passed the error happened.
Temps are under full load of Prime95 with open side-case (I don't mind leaving my case open when I use the PC)
60-62 degrees for the core
50 degrees for the next highest temp of speedfan
264 mhz FSB
RAM is at 2.5-3-3-7 2.5 GB (3 sticks total) of Kingston RAM DDR400, it says 2.6v on the sticker on the RAM, voltage for RAM is on auto
4x multiplier on the HT Link for 1056 mhz (max for the HT Link was 1225 mhz on a previous test)
I removed 512 MB of Xerox RAM rated at ddr333 to allow for a higher FSB use, it used to crash in memtest very early at 261 mhz bus.
Would you guy say that the system is stable enough for gaming (which isn't nearly as stressful for the PC as Prime95) or would you either:
-Up the voltage to 1.425 volt in the BIOS and try again? The problem with this is that the BIOS says 1.425 but cpu-z can sometimes show it at 1.52, which I over the 1.5v another thread in this forum said was the limit for socket 939 cpu.
-I only ran the memtest86+ for 30 mins, test 5 and test 8 one pass, should I run the memtest86 for like 4 hours? How long should you run Memtest anyway?
-Or give up and drop down to a lower OC? Yesterday, at 2.809 ghz I ran Prime95 for 8h30 hours successfully (at the lower 1.375 v bios voltage), however, who knows if it would have failed too after 10 hours.
The duration of the stress-test on Prime95 was a tough choice to make, what went on in my mind was 10 hours of test, then 1 more test, but that last test was the one to fail.
If I only aimed for 9 hours for example the OC would have looked like a complete success.
I was planning on buying a new PC in November anyway, so I don't mind trying new stuff and OCing even if it breaks, cuz OCing is fun. But if I can get my OC stable then I'll delay buying the new PC until Starcraft 2 comes out.