[pauldovi]

What is the highest Vcore for the Preslers? Is it the same as for the Prescott's?

Prescott is about 1.525
Presler - ??

 

[Nasgul]

AFAIK, all 65nm CPUs require less Vc than 90nm.

I think I've seen most 920s do 4.0ghz with less than 1.5v.

 

[Manco]

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Originally Posted by Nasgul AFAIK, all 65nm CPUs require less Vc than 90nm. I think I've seen most 920s do 4.0ghz with less than 1.5v.

I'm doing 4.266Ghz with 1.34v core. I think it needs higher than 1.4 but probably less than 1.5v to run at 4.5Ghz though and I didn't want to push it because of the heat.

 

[Adeoliver]

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Originally Posted by pauldovi What is the highest Vcore for the Preslers? Is it the same as for the Prescott's? Prescott is about 1.525 Presler - ??

Already running into issues with it? Id say stay under 1.4, your board will go alot higher the that(1.7vcore) but you shouldnt have to go much over stock iif its true what everyone has said.

 

[pauldovi]

I am at 1.375, but I was wondering how much farther I could push it. Temps do seem to be a problem because it is at 37C idle and 44 load.

I have not had time to do full stress test on this though.

 

[Thumper]

What's your OC at that Vcore paul?

Just curious, I didn't want to take mine over 1.35 tying to get 4.1 stable.

 

[Adeoliver]

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Originally Posted by pauldovi I am at 1.375, but I was wondering how much farther I could push it. Temps do seem to be a problem because it is at 37C idle and 44 load. I have not had time to do full stress test on this though.

Your temps seem pretty good to me, @ 4.193 Im running a dual Prime95 @ 47c and thats with alot of Vcore. Your load temps are only 7c over your idle which means your cooling is doing a good job. BTW what kinda clock have you hit so far?

I guess this CPU doesnt run much cooler then mine!!

BTW I might have to get 1 just to see what the breaking point is.

 

[pauldovi]

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Originally Posted by Adeoliver Your temps seem pretty good to me, @ 4.193 Im running a dual Prime95 @ 47c and thats with alot of Vcore. Your load temps are only 7c over your idle which means your cooling is doing a good job. BTW what kinda clock have you hit so far? I guess this CPU doesnt run much cooler then mine!! BTW I might have to get 1 just to see what the breaking point is.

I am running at 4.55Ghz (325*14). My goal is for 4.76 (340*14) as I think my memory and motherboard can easily hit that (DDR2-800, P5WD2-E Premium). I think my temps are safe upto about 55-60C Load.

 

[uberjon]

what did your system cost you paul? i was recently lookin into buying one of those chips and the rest of the setup. but im wondering on if the prices will drop with conroe coming out or if conroe will be just as cheap???

could you like get me a list of everything u bought and where and how much?

id rly apreciate it as my pc sucks and idk if i can afford to even buy one within the next 6 months!!!

 

[pauldovi]

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Originally Posted by uberjon what did your system cost you paul? i was recently lookin into buying one of those chips and the rest of the setup. but im wondering on if the prices will drop with conroe coming out or if conroe will be just as cheap??? could you like get me a list of everything u bought and where and how much? id rly apreciate it as my pc sucks and idk if i can afford to even buy one within the next 6 months!!!

Sure man, rumor is the 9XX will see a price drop March 24th (thanks Wowza). I am not sure how much of a price drop, but Wowza said that the 930 will be around current 920 prices. I bought the 920 to hold me over until Conroe. Intel is going to stop producing these 9XX chips by the end of April. Conroe will be priced from $180 to $500 with the XE model around $800. The OCer's dream (2.66Ghz model) will be around $350.

I didnt get all my parts at the same time. So I will list the part, date of purchase, and location of purchase.

P5WD2-E Premium $220 www.newegg.com March06
Intel PD 920 $255 www.newegg.com March06
EVGA 7900GT $300 www.newegg.com March06
WD Raptor 74GB 10K RPM $130 www.newegg.com DEC05
Patriot Extreme 1GB DDR2-800 $120 www.newegg.com MAR06
Antec SmartPower 2.0 500W $80 CompUSA DEC05
Sony DVD Burner $38.99 www.newegg.com DEC05
Watercooling Parts were about $250 (MCP655, Apogee, MCW60, Heatercore, 4x 120mm 96CFM Fans, custom Resivoir, PrimoFlex tubing)

If you want to build a system like mine on a budget, and you want it to be Conroe proof, this is what I recommend:

P5WD2-E Premium $222

Pentium D 920 $252

Patriot DDR2-800 1GB $120

7900GT $300

SunBeam NUUO 550W SLI $79

Total for core components: $973

Pick and choose case, cooling, and optical drives. I recommend a Big Typoon for $50.

 

[uberjon]

xe model are you sure? they said they was done with ht and that price aint an ocer dream its an ocer wet dream

and man im glad that price is that low!!!!!!!!!!!! i was thining like 1200 lol ty much

 

[pauldovi]

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Originally Posted by uberjon xe model are you sure? they said they was done with ht and that price aint an ocer dream its an ocer wet dream and man im glad that price is that low!!!!!!!!!!!! i was thining like 1200 lol ty much

Intel is pricing the Conroe VERY aggresively because they have had disapointing Q4 2005 and Q1 2006. They hope to take back the performance, mainstream, price, and performance/watt crown with Conroe.

Conroe Models:

E6900 XE 3.33Ghz 1333FSB 4MB l2 $825
E6800 2.93Ghz 1066FSB 4MB l2 ???
E6700 2.66Ghz 1066FSB 4MB l2 $489
E6600 2.40Ghz 1066FSB 4MB l2 $315
E6400 2.13Ghz 1066FSB 2MB l2 $230
E6300 1.86Ghz 1066FSB 2MB l2 $190

The E6700 is definately the best option, as it easily beats a Overclocked FX60 at stock settings. The E6600 is probably the equal to a FX60.

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xe model are you sure? they said they was done with ht and that price aint an ocer dream its an ocer wet dream and man im glad that price is that low!!!!!!!!!!!! i was thining like 1200 lol ty much

uberjon please use proper grammer. It is much harder to read your post, and they look less professional that way. Do yourself a favor, and take the time to use proper grammer.

 

[Adeoliver]

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Originally Posted by pauldovi I am running at 4.55Ghz (325*14). My goal is for 4.76 (340*14) as I think my memory and motherboard can easily hit that (DDR2-800, P5WD2-E Premium). I think my temps are safe upto about 55-60C Load.

I wanna see

 

[pauldovi]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adeoliver I wanna see

I am in NY (death in family) I will be home around the 22nd, and I will give you your

then.

 

[Adeoliver]

Well if you got a validated Dump you can just sign in HERE and get every dump youve made

BTW sorry about your family member.

 

[pauldovi]

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Originally Posted by Adeoliver Well if you got a validated Dump you can just sign in HERE and get every dump youve made BTW sorry about your family member.

I will, I promise, just as soon as I have access to my beloved computer. (I am using my IBM T23 right now, while up north).

 

[uberjon]

ok. sorry for the bad grammer.

by the way what kind of mobos are the conroe going to use?

paul when your computer is stock about how much more faster is your computer than mine?

like 1.5x 2x 3x?

im thinking of going for a system like yours if i can get the money. but i want it to be compadible with vista/vista gfx card/conroe all 100% compadible.

 

[Adeoliver]

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Originally Posted by uberjon ok. sorry for the bad grammer. by the way what kind of mobos are the conroe going to use? paul when your computer is stock about how much more faster is your computer than mine? like 1.5x 2x 3x? im thinking of going for a system like yours if i can get the money. but i want it to be compadible with vista/vista gfx card/conroe all 100% compadible.

A stock PD 2.8 is just about twice as fast, on a 3dMark06 CPU test a stock PD 2.8 hit around 1358 marks, while the Sempron 3000+ scored around 685 marks.

 

[pauldovi]

Quote:

Originally Posted by uberjon ok. sorry for the bad grammer. by the way what kind of mobos are the conroe going to use? paul when your computer is stock about how much more faster is your computer than mine? like 1.5x 2x 3x? im thinking of going for a system like yours if i can get the money. but i want it to be compadible with vista/vista gfx card/conroe all 100% compadible.

Stock about 2x, overclocked 3-4X, but IDK

My motherboard will work with Conroe, vista, and DX10 cards. It is a safe and pretty affordable upgrade.

 

[ninjagordy]

hey lads...im at 4.5ghz but havnt went anyfurther yet...i willl take y pressler to 1.5vcore max and see where i get....

will keep you informed.....

regards

gordy!