howie b Posted September 26, 2003 Posted September 26, 2003 Between the two in my sig, which should I run? They both are stable, but the 2300 Mhz is a little hotter under load than i would like. The reason I am torn between the two is because i switched to Mother Board Monitor (MBM) for my temps from Asus probe (grrrrrrrr ) which was showing my temps way too low, and now im a bit concerned about the life of my processor if i run it at 56 idle, 62 load. Just to clear it up, i get a pretty big performance increase from the 200 x 11.5 setup (around 400/200 cpu score increase in Sandra) is it worth it though? Any opinions will be greatly welcome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
howie b Posted September 26, 2003 Posted September 26, 2003 anyone??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hades25 Posted September 26, 2003 Posted September 26, 2003 try lowering your multiplier and upping the fsb past 200....and get a nice NB heatsink...maybe that will lower your temp a bit Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
howie b Posted September 26, 2003 Posted September 26, 2003 Ive run it at 215 x 10, and 210 x 10.5 and it boot, but when I would run Sandra or Prime95 it locks up. Hmmm I'll consider the NB cooling....I've seen it talked about all over the place but I havent even touch tested mine to see how its running. I dont want to up my voltage anymore becauase at 1.7 V im running at 56 C load crap overrated TT Volcano 11+....btw off topic, but is that HSF crappy because of the Fan or HS? Does anyone know? If so, which should i swap out: the fan or HS? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayMeow Posted September 26, 2003 Posted September 26, 2003 try lowering your multiplier and upping the fsb past 200....and get a nice NB heatsink...maybe that will lower your temp a bit if not, go with the first one. 56 idle is way too high. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy54354 Posted September 26, 2003 Posted September 26, 2003 its the heatsink, i use the same fan on my slk-800 and its really nice. The new volcano 12 "extreme" (why is everything extreme now?) runs MUCH better than the volcano 11/+. It gets like 6C lower than V11 and is comparable to slk-800 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
howie b Posted September 26, 2003 Posted September 26, 2003 Okay...i was just looking at the Thermalright SK-7 on newegg, and its cheaper than my Xaser 11+, and from what im reading in the reviews, its pretty comparable to the Slk-800....if i dont want to drop the money (~$40) for the SLK-800, is this a pretty good alternative? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
howie b Posted September 26, 2003 Posted September 26, 2003 Forgot to mention....I would keep and use my ThermalTake Smartfan II with the Sk-7...how does that sound? Do youthink i would get a temp decrease of at least 5C ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hades25 Posted September 26, 2003 Posted September 26, 2003 yo i use a tt volcano 9 and it gives me 41 load oc'ed to 2.08 .. 185x11.5 ... not too serious overclock but not bad for a case with only two exaust fans...maybe you didnt apply your themal grease correctly...you did use something thermal right? maybe a volcano 7 would work best for you supposed to better than the 9.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
howie b Posted September 26, 2003 Posted September 26, 2003 Yeah, i applied AS3....correctly as far as i know. I lapped the HS, then applied it to the HS rubbed it off, covered the die and scraped it thin with a razor blade. I actually followed the HS lapping instructions from the guide here :-D I have 4 case fans (2 rear exhause, 1 side panel intake, 1 top exhaust above CPU), so I know i have good airflow (My mobo maxes out at 32C) I just can't figure anything else :-( At max RPM im getting like 49C idle, 56C load at only 1.70 Vcore, and 203 x 11. I should have lower temps and the only thing i can attribute it to is my HS. Does this make any sense? The reviews i got from Here are making me lean towards a SK-7, but my Volcano 11+ should be doing better than it is. BTW, im using MBM 5 for temp reporting. I was using ASUS Probe, but the temps reported were like 10C lower than MBM, leading me to believe it was WAY off....so all these figures im giving are using MBM. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasswalker Posted September 28, 2003 Posted September 28, 2003 I am currently running a barton 2500+ Oc at 2.2Gig even (11x200fsb) Vcore of 1.70 Stable as hell (just burning it in at this speed for a month or so before upping it more) I have a Volcano 9+ with coolmod from ThermalTake, and I am running at 45ish under HEAVY stress for hours on end... (with fan at full speed) I run at about 43-44 idle with fan at 60% speed... (speedfan) I am betting once I get better cooling, I can get my machine up to 2.4Ghz easy... (prolly nead a 1.8-1.85 vcore though) I am using the new Asus A7V600 board... I actually really like the new KT600 chipset... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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