Show Us Your WEI (2)

[linnemeyerhere]

Wakeboarder,
How are you doing all this and a 425watt PSU ? Any BSOD or reboots ?

 

[wakeboardr116]

Nope no BSOD's or other problems at all. I've stress tested it and run prime95 and other benchmarking apps several times and never had a problem. I've always read the Dell PSU's are under rated, I guess it is so.

I was planning on upgrading to a bigger PSU after getting the 4850 if need be, but everything is running fine so I'll just stick with the one I've got.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Man that's fantastic, my system is getting BSOD's and rebooting and I'm running a Ultra X3 @ 600 watts.

 

[A Guy]

I changed my RAM frequency and it went from 7.5 to 7.8 . I still need to overclock my CPU and GPU.

Nice, did you post in the Memory Assessment thread?

A Guy

 

[A Guy]

I overclocked my processor a bit but i think the temperatures are a little much. around 45 idle at 3.52. but it went up a point. I'm aiming for a 7.8 score. EDIT: It's settling at around 83 on the first core after 30 minutes of prime 95 I guess that's an ok overclock. You think I can go further?

83 is too toasty. Not worth it just for a WEI number that is of dubious accuracy at best.

A Guy

 

[A Guy]

OC'd my graphics card just a bit with ATI Overdrive and bumped it up by .1. Pretty happy with everything I've got now. Should last me for another year or two.

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Good numbers, congrats

A Guy

 

[wakeboardr116]

Man that's fantastic, my system is getting BSOD's and rebooting and I'm running a Ultra X3 @ 600 watts.

Thanks. Thats surprising that a 600watt isn't cutting it. I noticed in your system specs though that you are running a lot more add on devices and cooling fans. Do you really need 11 case fans for cooling? I'm just using the stock cooling on my XPS plus a small exhaust fan to help pull out the heat and my temps idle around 37-38 and don't get over 55-57 under load.

 

[wakeboardr116]

OC'd my graphics card just a bit with ATI Overdrive and bumped it up by .1. Pretty happy with everything I've got now. Should last me for another year or two.

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Good numbers, congrats

A Guy

Thanks!

 

[KMoore4318]

I overclocked my processor a bit but i think the temperatures are a little much. around 45 idle at 3.52. but it went up a point. I'm aiming for a 7.8 score. EDIT: It's settling at around 83 on the first core after 30 minutes of prime 95 I guess that's an ok overclock. You think I can go further?

83 is too toasty. Not worth it just for a WEI number that is of dubious accuracy at best.

A Guy

I Hit 85 in LinX ( more demanding than prime 95) and have been running a 920 at a 4.3 OC for over a year.

My second system is at 4.0 with a 980, but one 295 is in RMA land, looks like it's giong to be stuck at 7.8.When the 295 comes back.9 When it comes back I may try to push a little more ) on the 980, but do not expect to make it to the 7.9 mark without Phase change, or a true watter cooling system. (I've heard a 5.0 is required for a 980 to hit 7.9 not sure if true )

I do not think 83 is too toasty for a Stress run, but do not think a system could handle it day in and day out. With a H-70 in one and a NH-U12P-SE in the other, my temps stay in the low 40's while folding 24/7. ( the 980 with the H-70 never goes over 61 on a stress test run, but I am already at 1.4 Vtt, ( Intels warning limit ) so I havent decided whither to push higher, although I have seen others that have )

 

[Dave76]

I overclocked my processor a bit but i think the temperatures are a little much. around 45 idle at 3.52. but it went up a point. I'm aiming for a 7.8 score. EDIT: It's settling at around 83 on the first core after 30 minutes of prime 95 I guess that's an ok overclock. You think I can go further?

You should check the max temp for your CPU, I think it's around 75-80, I wouldn't run it very long at that temp. Not woth it.

 

[Orli155]

I'm pretty sure they said the max temp was a little over 100. I know the GPU starts to clockdown at 100. But that's only on the stress test. Ive never seen the processor go over 30%. Its stays at 20% and under when playing games so I see no point in overclocking it too much. I was just running Heaven Benchmark in a 800 by 600 window and the GPU got to like 67 degrees and the fan speed just stood at 27% the whole time, Is there something wrong?

 

[Dave76]

The CPU will throttle down at 100 degC, this is to prevent it from melting.

Have a look at this site, about half way down there is a long post that explains it very well, with good reference links.

All Core i7 9xx variants: ​

Vcore Max 1.375v

Tcase Max (CPU temperature) 68c
Tjunction (Core temperature) 73c ​

...any i7 9xx Core temperatures which exceed 73c should be considered "overtemp"

Your Intel spec sheet:
Intel® Core™ i7-930 Processor
This is the max temp from Intel, if your monitoring core temps it's 73 degC.​

TCASE ...................67.9°C

​

You can permantently damage your CPU by running at high temps, this can also degrade the life of the CPU.​

 

[Orli155]

Thanks. I was way off. Well I'm not going to overclock it anymore so I guess its ok. If I see those temperatues again, I'll go back to stock.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Orli155,
Smart idea to look for much better cooling solution before you push harder. Bring it down to safe temps and research your next cooling mod.

 

[Dave76]

Good decision.

The key to overclocking is knowing your equipment limits, temps are very important.

Upgrade your CPU and case cooling if you want to OC higher.

 

[Hopalong X]

Orli

A good place to start for a CPU cooler upgrade.
Good info and testing comparisons.

Best CPU Cooler Performance Q2-2010 | Best CPU Cooler,Best Heatsink,Best Cooler,Review,Best CPU Cooler Performance,Intel LGA1366,Core-i7,ProlimaTech Super Mega, Cooler Master V6-GT,SilenX Effizio, Sythe Yasya, and Zaward Vapor-120, Best CPU Cooler Pe

Scroll down a couple paragraphs on that page it also has links to earlier tests not in the new one.
I read through almost all their testing over the past year and went with the Scythe Mugen. Best value for price and cooling.
Prolimatech Megahalems was best all around but a lot more money. The fans are extra.

Read through and get some good info before jumping on one that just looks good.
Performance even if ugly is the goal.
Mike

 

[Orli155]

I should get a Scythe Mugen 2. Everyone says those are really good. The Megahalems look good too. those are not until later though since I just bought my computer. Looks always come second.

 

[Benjamin Hall]

"Rating not available" lol

It's okay, I only got an i3 and 3GB ram... nothing special

 

[gzt7d8]

Had to rerun the WEI assessment since I just added a new SSD drive. The new drive took me from a 5.9 to 7.6 rating.


Greg

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Had to rerun the WEI assessment since I just added a new SSD drive. The new drive took me from a 5.9 to 7.6 rating.


Greg

Nice jump eh mate!