So I knocked the dust off of my old quad core setup. It's a Intel DP45SG Extreme motherboard (I know OC'ing a Intel branded board is not always the best idea) and it's one of the few P45 boards that runs DDR3 1333. And of course my Q8200 that I've had for a while now. I am running Patriot DDR3 1333 modules at 9-9-9-24 and have the voltage bumped up to 1.7V for stability's sake (When running at stock speeds, they tend to be unreliable.) Also, I am only running 2 GB (2x1 sticks) and it's got the regular affair one one single sata HDD and a Nvidia GTS 250. No optical drive installed (I use a USB one, that I also use a plug in power source as not to drain power from the PSU.) It's also worth noting this is running a Zalman 9900 series cooler (I admit it's not the best) and AS5 for the TIM.
I'll be honest and say all the parts I had laying around, with the exception of the memory. And previously I was running 4x1 GB sticks at the same speed, same type, brand all that. The highest I could muster was 2.91 Ghz and that was without adjusting voltage and by just modifying the FSB to 415 (or something around there) Also when I was OCing at that level I was using (IMHO a better cooler) a Coolermaster 212 Hyper+. But anyhow, pressing on.
At the moment I have the computer overclocked to 2.8 Ghz by changing the FSB to 408 and I was using RealTemp and P95 to test it and it seems I am getting temps in the area of 55 C at full load at this level. Now I know the case I am using frankly sucks for airflow. Only 1 120MM fan in the rear at 1400 RPM and 2 92MM fans in front to cool the hard drives. But is this an acceptable level of heat for adding NO voltage and using (IMHO) a 2nd rate cooler? I know it's better than a stock cooler, but not by a great deal.
Also I've been eying the Q8400 as they seem to run really ice cold at 44C overclocked to 3.4 Ghz. But that's probably with a much better cooler and a better motherboard and case anyhow. Also I will mention in order to get my 2.91 Ghz OC stable I had to slow my memory down from 1333 to 1066. And at those speeds I was running about a 1600 Mhz bus speed, so I think the X factor in not going faster may be my ram, or it may be my motherboard.
Thoughts? Comments? Ideas? This is just my "mess around" computer, but I would like to see it run faster than my Phenom II X3 at 3.4 Ghz.
I'll be honest and say all the parts I had laying around, with the exception of the memory. And previously I was running 4x1 GB sticks at the same speed, same type, brand all that. The highest I could muster was 2.91 Ghz and that was without adjusting voltage and by just modifying the FSB to 415 (or something around there) Also when I was OCing at that level I was using (IMHO a better cooler) a Coolermaster 212 Hyper+. But anyhow, pressing on.
At the moment I have the computer overclocked to 2.8 Ghz by changing the FSB to 408 and I was using RealTemp and P95 to test it and it seems I am getting temps in the area of 55 C at full load at this level. Now I know the case I am using frankly sucks for airflow. Only 1 120MM fan in the rear at 1400 RPM and 2 92MM fans in front to cool the hard drives. But is this an acceptable level of heat for adding NO voltage and using (IMHO) a 2nd rate cooler? I know it's better than a stock cooler, but not by a great deal.
Also I've been eying the Q8400 as they seem to run really ice cold at 44C overclocked to 3.4 Ghz. But that's probably with a much better cooler and a better motherboard and case anyhow. Also I will mention in order to get my 2.91 Ghz OC stable I had to slow my memory down from 1333 to 1066. And at those speeds I was running about a 1600 Mhz bus speed, so I think the X factor in not going faster may be my ram, or it may be my motherboard.
Thoughts? Comments? Ideas? This is just my "mess around" computer, but I would like to see it run faster than my Phenom II X3 at 3.4 Ghz.
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