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OK, i've just finished running a 8 hour Prime95 Blend Torture Test - the max tempurature my CPU reached was 49 degrees - is this result good or bad?
Plus, i ordered my Freezer 64, so it should be arriving today or tomorrow hopefully! Are these new fans relatively easy to fit?
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Ah ok, that's cool then (well, actually it's quite hot :p lol)
Is 8 hours enough to run the Blend Torture test? Or do I need to run it for much longer?
 
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I've just read the guide at the top and done some stuff, but need you guys to tell me if im on the right track... :)

I set the FSB to 240, and tried it, but the system was unstable, so i raised the DDR voltage by 0.1v and everything seems to be fine... so i run a Prime95 stress test, and the dreaded blue screen of death comes up :eek: :( :mad:

Why?
 
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Sorry dude, it's changed :)

I have a problem (yep, another problem lol) I can't find the option in my BIOS to change the RAM freq and even my easytune app won't let me lower it :confused:

Where would i be able to do it?
 

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do this;

drop your RAM from DDR400 aka 200

to DDR333 aka 166

then put the cpu @ 240

the multiplier keep @ 10x

the HTT @ 4x

put the cpu voltage @ 1.5v

put the ram voltage @ 2.7v

keep the same ram timings for the moment
 
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Townlea said:
That is why then, that is your max fsb for that RAM with current timings...

EDIT: What Ram are you using?

i've got 2x 1Gb Corsair DDR400/PC3200 sticks

there isn't an option in my BIOS to change the RAM frequency :(

All there is is:
> CPU Freq
> PCIE Clock
> K8 CPU Clock Ratio
> RG Booster
> CPU Voltage
> Chipset core PCI-E Voltage
> HT-Link Voltage Control
> DDR Voltage Control
 
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OK, tried 245 FSB, 1.45v CPU, 166 RAM - Prime95 failed after a few minutes :(
Tried 240 FSB, 1.45v CPU, 166 RAM - Prime95 seems to be ok! :)

My Arctic Freezer 64 Pro arrived today as well, so temps are steady at 35oC at full load!

Cheers to Townlea & the rest of you for helping a n00b out!

It seems my mobo is the only thing holding me back from serious overclockage! (or maybe a dodgy chip as well, i hope not though :eek: )
So my next purchase will be a DFI mobo, as recommend to me by Townlea himself :D
 
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just got one.. i can get 2.7ghz no problem on air.

1.45v... 166mem divider.

270mhz fsb thingymajig.

been running for 2days without a problem... 39C on average idle... around mid 40s on load... not bad

EDIT: Ill push further, but dont want to do too much too fast... should get 2.8, then who knows
 
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lemonkettaz said:
asus sli deluxe mobo

gskill hz pc4000 ram

i literally went from 2ghz to 2.7ghz straight off... i know it shouldnt be done this way, but i dont care

u running a stock cooler as well?

i think my mobo is holding me back, i tried the FSB at 265, 260, 255, even 250 and it wouldn't boot up - it would freeze at the first boot screen, you know, where it tests the memory and all that...
 
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Drifta said:
u running a stock cooler as well?

i think my mobo is holding me back, i tried the FSB at 265, 260, 255, even 250 and it wouldn't boot up - it would freeze at the first boot screen, you know, where it tests the memory and all that...

Have you tried lowering the multi to 9x mine is running at 2.53ghz @ 281x9
 
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Drifta said:
u running a stock cooler as well?

i think my mobo is holding me back, i tried the FSB at 265, 260, 255, even 250 and it wouldn't boot up - it would freeze at the first boot screen, you know, where it tests the memory and all that...

gigabyte g power cooler.

i have to change my ldt link from 5x to about 3x to 600mhz too.

it normally is around 1000mhz... that can be a factor
 
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