"World Record" overclocks

[Zap]

I was looking at this list of record overclocks and discovered that I have a chip which beats one of them by almost 200MHz, a Manila Sempron 2800+ (actually got two of them like that).

Also, people may laugh at me, but I just ordered a Celeron D 347, which is a Cedar Mill chip (65nm, 512k cache). The Cedar Mill chips on the list are hitting 6GHz+ which sounds like a bit of fun in my freezing garage with a Scythe Ninja heatsink and a fan on it. Also, no 347 on the list, so I'm a shoe-in for the "world record" for that chip, haha.

Any comments? Thoughts? Want to make fun of me and my "budget" chips? Bring it!

 

[myocardia]

You'll burn up any chip you try to run in cold weather, with a heatpipe heatsink. They work backward from the way you're used to them working, if the ambient is cold, instead of warm. There's actually a thread about that at XS. You'll want a solid heatsink, along the lines of a Zalman 7700, or a Thermaltake Volcano or Blue Orb, etc, at least according to that thread.

edit: And what speed do you have your Manila Semprons running at?

 

[DrMrLordX]

Originally posted by: Zap

Any comments? Thoughts? Want to make fun of me and my "budget" chips? Bring it!

Got to respect the OCed Sempr0n man . . . I would go for another one, but I have another project of my own in the works.

Have fun in the garage!

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: myocardia
You'll burn up any chip you try to run in cold weather, with a heatpipe heatsink.

Hmmm, that's a good point. I have a GorbII that uses a 100mm fan and a heavy copper chunk as the base - maybe go with that.

My Manila 2800+ chips can run stable at around 2.9GHz last I checked (with a heatpipe HSF ).

 

[RichUK]

I'll be interested in the results with your Cedar Mill chip, Zap.

That would be cool to hit 6Ghz, I?d be interested in doing it just for the crack. I can't see any other processors in the near future with the capability of overclocking anywhere near 6Ghz.

You definitely sure they will OC anywhere near this speed?

 

[RichUK]

:shocked: They're only £30! I'm going to get one and use it with my Asus Commando.

 

[Avalon]

No making fun of your budget chips here, Zap. <3 your work, and <3 those budget chips myself. Good luck!

 

[Shimmishim]

double check that record database... it hasn't been updated since 8/2006.

try hwbot.org to see if there are any records with that chip

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: RichUK
I'll be interested in the results with your Cedar Mill chip, Zap.

That would be cool to hit 6Ghz, I?d be interested in doing it just for the crack. I can't see any other processors in the near future with the capability of overclocking anywhere near 6Ghz.

You definitely sure they will OC anywhere near this speed?

Absolutely.... NOT. However, some have been known to hit over 6GHz, so I know it is not out of reach (however likely or unlikely).

Originally posted by: Shimmishim
try hwbot.org to see if there are any records with that chip

DOH, a Celeron D 347 at 6.35GHz. However, that was for CPU-Z only. Some of the other applications was at lower clocks, my guess due to stability issues. Anyways, kinda tough to find stuff on specific CPUs over there as they just seem to list what people put in, so multiple listings of everything all just sorted by MHz. I'll take another look at that site some other time.

Maybe I'll just "have fun" and forget about chasing numbers. Besides, I guess any site can have their own list that's separate from other lists.

 

[SickBeast]

Sounds interesting but impractical.

Don't these chips need *more* cache at higher clockspeeds?

 

[Hyperlite]

Originally posted by: SickBeast
Sounds interesting but impractical.

Don't these chips need *more* cache at higher clockspeeds?

well of course its impractical, i don't think we are debating practicality. Its just good, cheap, fun.

 

[duffman1]

nice

 

[trOver]

53 bucks? im in

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: trOver
53 bucks? im in

Newegg has it (Celeron D 347) retail box for $53.99 with free shipping. eWiz has it (using Froogle link) for $42 OEM or $46 retail box, plus shipping. If you're ordering anything else at the time, then it'll end up cheaper since shipping gets somewhat combined. Also, there's a $5 off coupon code in some computer magazine that you may be able to find.

 

[myocardia]

Zap, make sure that you only use one hard drive, and that you insulate that hard drive. The people at XS, in their cold weather overclocking thread, said that HD's don't live very long when exposed to cold, it seems.

 

[Zap]

Thanks for the tip. I'm not gonna be outside sitting on the snow, haha. My garage is the one on the far right. I can get by with a light coat in there if I'm just sitting on my ass. If I'm walking around doing stuff or hands-on working on a computer, I can be in a long sleeve shirt. My guess is that it hovers in the 40-50ºF range.

Something else I've considered is to use a Windows "live CD" and not worry about a hard drive at all.

 

[DrMrLordX]

So any results yet Zap?

 

[A554SS1N]

To get 6Ghz, you might need specialist cooling equipment, like liquid nitrogen!

 

[Zap]

Eh, my Sempron results are still in the 2.9GHz range. My Celeron D 347 results are just over 4GHz. I think it may be a motherboard issue (Biostar 965PT) because certain settings will cause it to not POST, but I'm not sure. Nevertheless, 6GHz+ is a no go for me.

 

[DrMrLordX]

Damn. Well, good show for trying anyway.

You tried any of these Brisbane chips yet? I'm looking for ways to get them past 3.1 ghz without pouring on the volts. It seems like mine actually gets less stable past 1.5v sometimes . . . it's odd.

 

[Zap]

That stability issue may be from the smaller process. No, I've not purchased any Brisbanes yet.

 

[DrMrLordX]

You may be right . . . it seems like a lot of leakage occurs at those higher voltage levels as well.