Shadowfactor Posted February 21, 2008 Posted February 21, 2008 Well guys I got a brand new E8400 from Micro center a couple days ago. I exchanged my last chip because originally I thought the CPU was the reason the motherboard wouldn't post. But really the memory controller took a poop. Hopefully this chip is a better overclocker than the last chip I had. Chip is a E8400 , C0 revision and week 1/15/08. I'm not taking this chip past 1.35 V until all this stuff about degradation settles down. I'll start posting OC's pretty soon, after I mess with some new settings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queenz Posted February 21, 2008 Posted February 21, 2008 Nice got mine there too. Cheapest place to get an E8400 right now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted February 21, 2008 Posted February 21, 2008 Micro Center has Q6600 for 199.00 in store only right now.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowfactor Posted February 22, 2008 Posted February 22, 2008 Damn... I wish that it would have been that price when I went in there to buy this E8400. I would have walked right out with a Q6600. Oh well.. This chip seems to be better. 3.9 ghz. Vcore set at 1.385V in the bios... Lowered the Vcore a little bit to 1.375 in the bios More to come. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowfactor Posted February 22, 2008 Posted February 22, 2008 3.9 ghz @ 1.375V with timings of 4-4-4-12-1T @ 875 mhz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted February 22, 2008 Posted February 22, 2008 Is it that the SLI do not OC worth a damn or you are just not pushing it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowfactor Posted February 22, 2008 Posted February 22, 2008 Is it that the SLI do not OC worth a damn or you are just not pushing it? Not sure what you mean ? There's only one video card in the computer currently because the other one is being annoying and the fan won't run at less than 100% no matter what I do. The motherboard is a DFI 680i SLI-T2R. Ram is G.skill pc-6400 2X 1gb. I'm running the ram at a 1:1 divider with 1T timings until i reach a speed where I can't do that anymore, then i'm going for <1000 mhz ram speeds. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celcius Posted February 22, 2008 Posted February 22, 2008 Nice chip Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted February 22, 2008 Posted February 22, 2008 Not sure what you mean ?There's only one video card in the computer currently because the other one is being annoying and the fan won't run at less than 100% no matter what I do. The motherboard is a DFI 680i SLI-T2R. Ram is G.skill pc-6400 2X 1gb. I'm running the ram at a 1:1 divider with 1T timings until i reach a speed where I can't do that anymore, then i'm going for <1000 mhz ram speeds. What I meant was the SLI MBs do not seem to OC to well... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowfactor Posted February 22, 2008 Posted February 22, 2008 ya I haven't taken it very far yet. It doesn't like any clocks speeds below 3.8 ghz, so hopefully I got a good chip.. the thing that still is weird is that the MB won't post if the NB voltage is above 1.62V and I have it water cooled. The other motherboard I had didn't like above 1.62V set in bios ether. Is there any way that I can get the motherboard to post at voltages above 1.62V ?? Temps are 38C idle on the NB at idle Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted February 22, 2008 Posted February 22, 2008 ya I haven't taken it very far yet. It doesn't like any clocks speeds below 3.8 ghz, so hopefully I got a good chip.. the thing that still is weird is that the MB won't post if the NB voltage is above 1.62V and I have it water cooled. The other motherboard I had didn't like above 1.62V set in bios ether. Is there any way that I can get the motherboard to post at voltages above 1.62V ?? Temps are 38C idle on the NB at idle I do not know, I have never owned or even used an SLI MB... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowfactor Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 the board is really wierd. I think it's more of a Bios issue than the acutual board itself. I can now Post with NB: 1.65V. Currently testing at 4.0 ghz @ 1.3875V Will post a screen shot later if stable. Edit: ran OCCT 30 minutes. Passed. I thought I got a screen shot but appearntly when I hit Alt + printscreen it decided it didnt want to take a SS. Well going to run Orthos tonight which is a lot better than OCCT anyway. Will report in the morning. Failed Orthos @ 4.0 ghz @ 3.8125. Bumped up Vcore to 1.395 Will run Orthos later today Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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