inevitab1e Posted February 28, 2007 Posted February 28, 2007 Hi all, been a while.. Just ordered an Opty 170 to replace the 'ol 148. Will be keeping the GSkill for the meantime. Bout to OC the hell out of this 170 on air once it arrives. Been running 2.9 all year and it's time to move dual-core . I should have the chip Thurs or Friday from newegg. Prepare for overclocking adventures. I'm gonna break some dual core records on air Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted February 28, 2007 Posted February 28, 2007 congrats, I dunno bout the newer steppings, but there are some 170 steppings out there that OC like mad! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeseMan42 Posted February 28, 2007 Posted February 28, 2007 Hopefully you'll get a stepping that will allow you to break records on air. A stepping like mine would certainly allow for some serious OCing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celcius Posted February 28, 2007 Posted February 28, 2007 Congrats Just be aware that your chipset will run hotter with a dual core Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
inevitab1e Posted March 1, 2007 Posted March 1, 2007 It shipped today, might get tomorrow or friday. I'm getting nervous about the stepping. I wonder what Newegg's return policy is? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
inevitab1e Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 Just got the chip: Heres the stepping... Â LCB9E 0652 WPMW Â Opinions on this stepping? Â I'm thinkin of returning it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark106 Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 u just got itand already gonna return it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
inevitab1e Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 well, i was hoping for a CCBBE stepping, but I hear this isn't that bad of a stepping. I was going to try to find a Local store like Frys, or compusa. But everyone is out of these. I think if I ship it back and have them send me another, it might be worse than this one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccokeman Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 Try it and see what it does. You may have a gem there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
inevitab1e Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 I'm thinking off trying it over the weekend, and if it isn't hitting 2.8 its getting returned and refunded. I'm not going to try to have them send me another junk stepping. What's funny is, I just ordered the same chip from Zipzoomfly and it should be here Monday or Tuesday. they have a 30 day return policy, which is better than neweggs 7 day. Either way, I'm gonna find the best one, and push it. Anything I need to know about overclocking a dual core? I've been out of the OC world for a year after this last chip, and I've never OC'd a Dual. I'm assuming it's just drop in, open bios, and start clocking. Then something about running stability on each core individually? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 its like pushing your 148, just the same, but you need to use dual Prime95 or dual SuperPI to test it. google the stepping if you want some info Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
inevitab1e Posted March 24, 2007 Posted March 24, 2007 After a week or so of troubleshooting a boot problem, I have got this chip stable at 2.8 w/ 1.43v. I had a major problem and it took over a week to discover that the problem was the PSU. The Fortron 500w was not enough power to run my system. I now have the OCZ 700w and it's been running fine for a couple days. With the previous PSU i was able to reach 2.75 stable with the same voltage. And that was tested to the limit for that voltage, 2.8 needed about 1.48 to be stable. Now with the new PSU I'm stable at 2.8 with 1.43v Who knows, I might be able to back off the voltage for this speed now! So that other PSU was limiting my OC. I will be testing this weekend to see what this chip will do for real now. Load is around 50c avg currently. Who knows, I may be able to get 2.9 with same voltage. It's like OC'n all over again for the max. This new OCZ psu is awesome. Will keep you posted on my OC adventure, I guess this LCB9E stepping isn't all that bad after all! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now