Quantum Reality

I get very similar statistics.

My CPU-Z validation.

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TheGameMen

I see in your validation that you are still running your RAM at DDR2 667 speeds.. Doesn't that slow down your system ?

Alright, my system arrived, assembled it and am now overclocking it

My RAM seems to be the bottleneck at the moment. I would like to keep everything at stock voltages, but my RAM doesn't keep up around 240-245 FSB at DDR2 800 Speeds..
My stock RAM voltage is 1.8V and I don't know how much I can 'safely' overvolt it... I'll try the smallest possible increasement.

Currently I have it running stable at 3.0Ghz (231*13) with all stock voltages (ram at DDR2 667 speed: 462Mhz*2). HyperLink and Transport is 9x so it's around 2GHZ

TheGameMen

Same here, but not on stock cooling. 45C under load, ~35C idle

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=802620

hermitmaster

Aftermarket cooler? I'm planning on buying a Scythe Big Shuriken when the Egg gets them back in stock. I'm limited on options as I want to stay in a mATX case.

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TheGameMen

Yes, the Coolermaster Hyper TX3... Nice temps, but wouldn't recommand it to anyone. Installing it was a real pain in the... took me almost 1 hour to get it right ! Thermalpaste sucks big time, looked like gum, and applying it to your mobo is real rocket science... the illustrations were so damn small I almost needed to take out my magnifing glasses.

It's real quiet though. Can't hear it running at idle at all, at full load just a little bit louder than my casefan...

hermitmaster

I decided to buy a generic Rocketfish cooler at Best Buy this morning. I am now running at 3.4Ghz 262 x13.0 and temps are 32C idle, 51C load.

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stetsonaw

Got everything below yesterday, starting the OC session tonight! Thanks for the info in here man!

Quantum Reality

I actually am using DDR3 not DDR2. So my RAM is running at 1333, CAS 7. Translated to DDR2 this would be like CAS 3-ish DDR2-667, which would be a smidge faster than the usual. *shrug* I'm not complaining.

Good luck y'all with your Athlon II X4 overclocks!

ETA:

Oh, I bought a Scythe Ninja Mini LP. Came with a fan and the works, so I'll be installing it this weekend to see how temperatures fare compared to the stock TIM + HSF.

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Quantum Reality

Update:

Scythe Ninja Mini is on. What an adventure! I had to move the clips up by one notch because I was worried that the pressure would break off the AM3 plastic retention notches.

Then clipping the fan on turned out to be v. amusing. The fan WOULD fit over the RAM modules but no way am I putting a plastic fan over memory modules that are gonna get warm. Maybe when I move to 2 x 4 gig or something.

As it is the fan is clipped on nice and snugly, and I'm Prime95ing away. After ~10 minutes to reach steady-state my new temps are 39 C at the cores and 46 C in the BIOS.

Not bad for a 5-7 degree C drop, I'd say, especially as I'm pants at putting the right amount of heatsink compound on the CPU every time and I had a devil of a time getting the clips on while the mobo was still inside the case.

Pics attached!

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stetsonaw

hmm, doesn't look like the best place to put a fan, is that rear fan an intake or exhaust? if it's an intake, put the fan on the back side of the heatsink (bad news since it's kinda a pain), then the air will pull from outside the case instead of through that 3mm it has between the fan and your video card. just a thought.

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