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HideOut   01-31-2006 at 10:38:00 PM

Mwave
Monarch
Newegg?
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Im wanting to H2O or high air cool and OC the piss out of it. Wheres the best place to get a good OC'in chip. Anyone hand bin them out for us OC'rs? Likely gonna get a retail package for the warrenty but will most likely never install the OEM HSF.

Also, kinda wanting to get this by this friday... :D

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RichPLS   01-31-2006 at 10:47:25 PM
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I got my 175 from newegg.
BTW, the 165 and 175 top out around 2700MHz, but the 170 tops out closer to 3.0 GHz, wish I would of knew that last month!!!

http://wiki.extremeoverclocking.co [...] pping_Info

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HideOut   01-31-2006 at 11:03:16 PM
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I heard rumors of that too. I wanna see some proof from people though, if so I'll get a 170 likely...

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handym3000   01-31-2006 at 11:17:45 PM
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if you are looking for a specific core then zipzoomfly.com would be the best place to buy from plus they are cheaper than newegg or monarch.

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HideOut   01-31-2006 at 11:31:40 PM
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but no where on there do I see any specific cores, IE "hand binning"

Only retail. BTW, Mwave, Newegg and Monarch are all 325, Zipzoom is 328 :D

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RichPLS   01-31-2006 at 11:40:23 PM
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I have proof that the 175 tops around 2700MHz...

Lian Li PC-60plus Black Aluminum Case (w/TR-3B Black Thermometer/Fan Controller 3.5” bay)
Opteron 175 (2x 2.2 GHz, 2MB cache, Socket 939, .09 micron, E6 stepping, OSA175DAA6CD)
ThermalTake BigWaterSE 12cm liquid cooling system complete kit
Asus A8R-MVP Motherboard (ATI Radeon Xpress 200 CrossFire, socket 939, SATA2)
HiS X1800XT Graphics Card (625 MHz/700 MHz OC core/1500 Mhz/1600 MHz OC mem, Dual DL-DVI VIVO 512 MB PCIe)
ATI TV Theater 550 PRO Tuner (PCI TV and FM Tuner)
2x 512MB Corsair Micro Xpert DDR RAM (2-3-2-7-2T (spd 2-2-2-5-1T) TwinXP 1024-3200XL)
2x 74gig Western Digital Raptor Hard Drives RAID-0 (WD740GD RAID0 150gig Boot Drive)
2x 250gig Western Digital Caviar SE16 Hard Drives (WD2500KS storage and data)
Plextor 716AL Black 16x DVD/CD Burner (IDE slot loading type)
Antec TP-II 550 Power Supply (550 Watt ATX12V v2.0 PSU)
Dell 2405FPW 24-inch LCD Monitor (UltraSharp Wide Aspect Flat Panel Display)
Logitech G-15 Gaming Keyboard
Logitech Cordless Optical TrackMan
Case Fans (SilenX 120mm intake, Adda 120mm exhaust blower, SilenX 92mm exhaust and SilenX 80mm Fan)

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RichPLS   01-31-2006 at 11:41:56 PM
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Anyway, the fastest stable overclock I can reach is 2680; I seem to hit a brick wall at around 2700 MHz.
Whether I use 11x250 or 10x270 or even 10.5x260 it fails to boot, but if I back it down just 5MHz things work pretty good, and it makes no difference at settings CAS 2.5 or 3, using 3, 3, 8, 3, or with just 2 stick or RAM; either way, around about 2680 is my overclock limit. But this system is quick and stable; I keep it normally at 2420 MHz (11x220 at 2, 2, 6, 2) 2.8 volts for now. I am pretty sure the overclock limit is the processor and not the memory, but would have liked to see top out well better than a 20% stable overclock with this system, considering the components.
It gets 4,578 marks in 3DMark06 and 9,652 marks in 3DMark05.
Overall, I recommend this system to anyone wanting a solid system for gaming, video, or design work.

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RocketChild   01-31-2006 at 11:45:43 PM
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Might not be what you are asking, but you can kill the prices of most vendors by going to Dell when they have coupons (software & accessories area). They already have a decent price, but you might still get lower if you are going for 'retail' and warranty.

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HideOut   01-31-2006 at 11:51:15 PM
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heh, yes i know some serious dell tricks actually, however they do NOT sell AMD Processors, at least not yet

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RocketChild   01-31-2006 at 11:56:37 PM
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heh, yes i know some serious dell tricks actually, however they do NOT sell AMD Processors, at least not yet

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http://search.dell.com/results.asp [...] a9&subcat=

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RocketChild   02-01-2006 at 12:00:02 AM
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had trouble with the link thing, but if you go into the Dell site and then go into the accessories area, you can do a search for them.

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HideOut   02-01-2006 at 12:05:01 AM
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Man their site sucks for proc searches but the active link you posted did work actually

They dont have opterons though, only the x2's

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RocketChild   02-01-2006 at 12:08:32 AM
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Opty's would only do good for Dell.

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HideOut   02-01-2006 at 02:43:52 AM
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well ya but they dont sell em though. Funny the sell the procs even though ya cant buy a dell with an AMD in it...

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HideOut   02-18-2006 at 04:43:00 AM
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Bump, bout to buy, any thoughts?

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