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Originally posted by: richierich1212
so much for those "bum core" excuses
Some of them do have bum cores... they've been unlocked, but won't function w/o errors even at 1 Ghz.
Originally posted by: richierich1212
so much for those "bum core" excuses
Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle
Originally posted by: jmanny
Some new discoveries.
I am running occt at 3.5ghz as I type. Here's what I did:
I disabled ACC in the bios and lost the fourth core. OC to 3.00 was stable. Then I enabled acc to the ALL Cores setting. Sure enough my fourth core came back, and it has given me the ability to OC through the bios. I tried at 3.6 (figured why not go all the way to start) Windows booted up no problem, but occt crashed after maybe 10 seconds. I dropped down to 17.5 multi 3.5ghz. OCCT has been running for 15 minutes now.
I think there is more than one way to enable the fourth core on these chips.
Me thinks AMD is selling quads as triple cores.
Great news!
What voltage are you using?
I wonder if AMD is deliberately not selling premium AM3 quads in order to not undercut AM2+ 920/940 sales.
On a side note, I've noticed that my system with the unlocked X3 710 @ 3.3 Ghz is drawing at least 50w less from the wall than my 9850 @ 3.0 Ghz did.
Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle
Originally posted by: richierich1212
so much for those "bum core" excuses
Some of them do have bum cores... they've been unlocked, but won't function w/o errors even at 1 Ghz.
Originally posted by: jmanny
Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle
Originally posted by: jmanny
Some new discoveries.
I am running occt at 3.5ghz as I type. Here's what I did:
I disabled ACC in the bios and lost the fourth core. OC to 3.00 was stable. Then I enabled acc to the ALL Cores setting. Sure enough my fourth core came back, and it has given me the ability to OC through the bios. I tried at 3.6 (figured why not go all the way to start) Windows booted up no problem, but occt crashed after maybe 10 seconds. I dropped down to 17.5 multi 3.5ghz. OCCT has been running for 15 minutes now.
I think there is more than one way to enable the fourth core on these chips.
Me thinks AMD is selling quads as triple cores.
Great news!
What voltage are you using?
I wonder if AMD is deliberately not selling premium AM3 quads in order to not undercut AM2+ 920/940 sales.
On a side note, I've noticed that my system with the unlocked X3 710 @ 3.3 Ghz is drawing at least 50w less from the wall than my 9850 @ 3.0 Ghz did.
I have run 2 hours of occt at 3.5 with all four cores running. My voltage is 1.43, while testing I had speed fan running and it showed 51c at load, it is a little hot for my liking, so I may back it down some. I believe speed fan and cpuz are not listing correct voltages. It is set at 1.4375 in the bios. That is the correct voltage, speed fan and cpuz show the voltages at 1.46. Which number should I trust?
Originally posted by: nerp
Crap. I want to try this now.
Originally posted by: blackpanther26
If you are at 60c Tcase then you are at 65Tjunction. Have you picked out a good CPU cooler?
Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle
Originally posted by: blackpanther26
If you are at 60c Tcase then you are at 65Tjunction. Have you picked out a good CPU cooler?
Considering the Sigmatek S1283. I'm more interested in quiet than absolute OC potential. Do you have a recommendation?
Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle
4th core unlocks! 5th core too with proper motherboard! YMMV
Originally posted by: Markfw900
Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle
Originally posted by: blackpanther26
If you are at 60c Tcase then you are at 65Tjunction. Have you picked out a good CPU cooler?
Considering the Sigmatek S1283. I'm more interested in quiet than absolute OC potential. Do you have a recommendation?
I still say.... Thermalright 120 extreme....And you can pick your fan.
Originally posted by: blackpanther26
What are you looking for at Price point? here is mine for $61. It keeps my Q9650 cool at 4GHz. http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16835702007
Originally posted by: blackpanther26
What are you looking for at Price point? here is mine for $61. It keeps my Q9650 cool at 4GHz. http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16835702007
Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle
Originally posted by: blackpanther26
What are you looking for at Price point? here is mine for $61. It keeps my Q9650 cool at 4GHz. http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16835702007
I'd like to keep the cost $30 or lower. Buying a HSF for ~ 50% the cost of my CPU doesn't do it for me from a value standpoint.
Originally posted by: geokilla
OCZ Vendetta 2. Nuff said. It's one of the best bang for buck HSF out there.
Hey, thanks for that.Originally posted by: Idontcare
http://www.frostytech.com/arti...?articleid=2363&page=5
Frostytech shows the Core Contact Freezer as performing just ever slightly better than the HDT-S1283, both appear to be good quality coolers.
The ZEROtherm FZ120 is markedly lower performing compared to these other two in the frostytech testing (2°C warmer on the 150W test) but it is also markedly quieter when achieving those results (47.6 dBA versus ~51 dBA for the other two).