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On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 11:58:25 GMT, Morgan Ohlson wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 17:14:31 GMT, Wes Newell wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 09:09:29 +0000, Morgan Ohlson wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:37:17 GMT, Wes Newell wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:50:11 +0000, Morgan Ohlson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> What could be the safe max freq for the xp-m2400+ (heat, stability etc.) ?
>>>>> I don't have the need to push it to it's limits.
>>>>>
>>>> It will vary from one chip to another depending on PSU, cooler, etc., but
>>>> the fastest stable speed you can get at 1.70v with still low temps sounds
>>>> good to me for 24/7 operation. That might be 2400MHz or less or more.
>>>
>>> At which max speed would you _bet_ it could run stable at 1,7V ? ;o)
>>>
>>> ...so to know where to start.
>>>
>>> psu 250w (early athlon approved)
>>> basicly laso low consumsion (ati graphics)
>>> fan TR2-M3 ( => XP 3400+)
>>>
>>> Saw that my cpu is one of those that can take 100degC
>>>
>> I wouldn't trust that 250W cpu to keep it stable at any speed. The TR2-M3
>> is a good choice and should be ok even if you take the voltage up to
>> 1.85v. Any guess I made as to how fast you can run the cpu stable at 1.7v
>> with that PSU is about as good as a drop of rain on a hot sidewalk, but
>> since you insist, I'll throw out 2000MHz. Now, assuming a decent core and
>> a larger PSU, I'd guess close to 2400MHz. I'd consider myself lucky to
>> keep it stable at stock voltage and speed with that PSU. For under $20 you
>> can get a 600W PSU, and that's what I'd do first. Or even a 500W for less..
>
> So far it has started perfect both at cold start and restart from "hot" at
> 1,65V. Temp runs stady at 38-40degC.
>
> Either my psu doesn't deliver steady at >~1,75V
> or the cpu performes more steady <~44degC
I keep puting small notes here...
It hase proved to be problems with warm restart. Lock at desktop (icons
/start menue doesn't load).
From cold it seem to start good at all voltages, now started at 1,50V and
temp keeps below 38grC.
To improve warm restart I pulled down multiplier from 24 => 22. (still at
fsb 100). There seem to be some incompatibility with RAM (256+128) that
holds the max fsb down.
(In most SOHO work it's the HDD that produce process time anyway. Running
benchmarks it's obvious that HDD, M-board , fsb and RAM put limits and that
the cpu seldom get it's power out. Gaming is a different quest where cpu
probably is more directly essential.
Basicly the differens between a 2+GHz and a 3+GHz is likely of no matter
at all for SOHO-users. I run some technical stock analysis scan-calculations
(100 stocks) and at 2200Mhz hdd writes constantly)
The real issue seems to be that there is a permanent slight instability
(althoug KT7 was perhaps the best in it's early days). I had problems also
running the duron 700 on this board. It locked during start 50%.
Morgan O.
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