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mooneyham said:

Mr. Mooneyham, thanks for the update. So far I can see setting 1.49V vcore to get 3.6 is OK in my case. I was wondering if that Vcore wasn't too much... but you had reached 1.65V? oh boy, you're really brave!

you got really impressive NB and temperature values. I will look for your cooler review.
I am supposing you can get these high NB values because you're choose DDR3 instead DDR2, is that correct?

BTW don't you have a 3dmark06 score of your 3.6GHz setup to post us? or your WEI scores?

Do you think its ok to get 55ºC fully load on the hottest ambient temp - 32C?
Thanks a lot!

1.65 is average for suicide runs, and it takes 1.55volts to get 3.6ghz with 1.55volts but i can up it to 3.8ghz but not sure if stable. its about 19-18c ambient with the s1284 with a scythe ultra kaze but it is a med-high range cooler, if you want the best get the corsair h-50, megahalems, or venmous-x. not sure if i got the higher cpu-nb speeds because of ddr3. i have a 3dmark 06 score but what is WEI? 55c is the average wall where temperature becomes an issue with stability.

3dmark 06 score =
13890 3dmarks
sm2.0 score 5797
hdr/sm3.0 score 6929
cpu score3232

Thanks again Mr. Mooneyham, that´s quality information for me since your values are in sync with mine.

WEI is the windows experience index. you can check my on my system specs info. its a easy way to compare specs... not so reliable but I dont want to spend your time.



QUOTING Lens Pirate:

"ALL PC's should be able to run at 100 percent...100 percent of the time. Other wise they are not designed correctly.
"


Mr. Lens Pirate (or any other who wants to help),

When I run prime95 I do clock monitoring with everest´s overclock tab.

As prime95 runs I can see minimal clock variations from 2.700 - 3500GHZ, but after 10 or 15 minutes I can notice a DROP from 200x16 to 200x4 giving me 800MHz only. that DROP remains only for a few seconds and go back again to 3500GHZ. prime95 looks unawared for that drop... everything seems fine including processor usage... I mean if I dont really pay attention on the everest monitoring I cannot see that variation.

so... here goes the question... it looks I am NOT running 100% ALL THE TIME. is that variations only happens with me / my system? can you guys be 100% positive your CLOCKS are 100% ALL THE TIME? in every second during prime95 stress test?

I think this drop is NOT temperature related or cool and quite related. also happens with other overclock settings: 200x16.5 (stock V) - 200x17.5 or 212*16.5 (+150mV).

should I live with that expecting I will never stress my pc like that while in a game? or should I move on my mother board and PSU?

comments will be appreciated.

first screenshot: 15 minutes of prime95 - clock fluctuates from 2700 - 3492.3 MHz

second ss: 17 minutes of prime95 - clock drops down to 200 - 798.2 MHz just for 10-15 seconds.

the core temp log show the 15 sec clock variation. what can be causing that?

Wishmaster said:

This:
IntelBurnTest v2.3 download from Guru3D.com



Watch your temps!! -definitely with IBT

100% CPU use does NOT mean the CPU is being fully utilized.
Only that it is running at full speed. 2 different things.

Alot of people hat this app because there 12hr stable Prime OC fails IBT in 2 minutes, and produces MUCH MUCH more heat.

OCCT / Orthos (based on P95) P95, IBT, Memetest86+ are all tools which have their strengths and weakness's.


The sad fact of Overclocking is that, none of them will ever 'fully guarantee' that an OC is ever 100% stable.

The best they can offer is clues that you're heading in the right or wrong setting adjustment direction or getting youas close to 100% stable you are ever going to get

Every OC'er develops their own techniques / favourite apps. Like everything, it all becomes a matter off personal preference.

Wishmaster said:

This:
IntelBurnTest v2.3 download from Guru3D.com



Watch your temps!!

100% CPU use does NOT mean the CPU is being fully utilized.
Only that it is running at full speed. 2 different things.

Alot of people hat this app because there 12hr stable Prime OC fails IBT in 2 minutes, and produces MUCH MUCH more heat.

I love this app. So much better than Prime95 for digging out weakness and crushing it. LOL

This will do for now:





PS IBT is now at 2.4:
Download IntelBurnTest 2.4 - Stress your computer to find out how stable it is - Softpedia

No overclocking here, just posting my Super PI time of 24 minutes and 27 seconds for 32 million places. You can use that as a laptop basemark or something.