Yes, I went from 3.666 to 4.666 for about $15 .. BTW, you paid $20 too much, but still a good deal.
Yes, I went from 3.666 to 4.666 for about $15 .. BTW, you paid $20 too much, but still a good deal.
I bought the $135 one too, so you're not alone lol
lol, for me it's will 170$. No one ship to my country.Hahahah
Does anybody have drivers, or even a manual so I can at least power this thing on ? I just got it, and its got an F1 connector that I am pretty sure is where all the connectors go, but its not marked on the motherboard.
Wonder why it got pounded on combined? Your physics score is similar to my i5 @ 5GHz, very nice.
If you haven't figured it out yet Mark, this may help..
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/265735-30-gateway-fx6800
"Enhanced Intel® SpeedStep® Technology has revolutionized thermal and power management by giving
application software greater control over the processor’s operating frequency and input voltage. Systems
can easily manage power consumption dynamically."
Saves electricity when idling at 12X, and steps it up to 23 on single thread loads. Chip's a work horse, and not bad for gaming either..
I actually can't figure out what's going on with combined, even with 1 gpu running it's much lower than expected, otherwise I should be seeing 780 ti scores
Thanks, I ad figured out power on, but still the power LED and HD LED are not even in that link ! I for drivers for sata from generic , and realtek sound generic. Still working on chupset.
I've haven't posted here in a while, but I have changed CPUs. The L5639 [check previous pages for my post] is a awesome chip for the price with my board.
I recently purchased a X5660 a little over a month ago and it's much better. Mostly due to the unlocked ratios great speeds I can hit with low Vcore and high OCs without going over Intels MAX recommended settings [1.35v].
The max multiplier is x24 with C-state and x23 without C-state enabled. I was able to hit 4.8Ghz-[x24] - [4.6Ghz x23] @ 1.36 vCore. 4.8Ghz on my MB takes 1.45v. I can run 5Ghz @ 1.5v. I'm afraid I might kill the chip so I rarely run 5Ghz. Usually 4.8Ghz or 4.6Ghz is my max for benchmarking. 4.8Ghz with 1600Mhz RAM nets me 12.38 pts in Cinebench R11.5.
I've ran a ton of benchmarks and compared my X5660 to the L5639 and Intel latest and greatest CPUs overclocked [3930K - 4960K - 3970X and other high end CPUs etc]. I haven't had the time to type up everything, but when I do I'll be sure to post all of my benchmarks here. It's going to be a big review and benchmark. I haven't had a lot of time to finish everything, but I should be done soon. So far I'm LOVING MY X5660! High end gaming like Crysis 3 maxed and Metro: LL maxed perform much better. Even Tomb Raider @ 1440p and 1600p is smoother with better frames. I'll get around to posting my X58 results. I definitely have no reason to upgrade now.
As best as it gets so far. Anything over 180bus i get blue screens and crash. I raised v to .170 over and still had crashes. Didn't feel comfortable going higher.
I think is my memory that's holding me back.
CPUz vcore reads 1.080v.. and at, lets say, 22x 180 that's 3.96GHz..
This is worrying you?
Sorry, not an OC guy. I did some back in the 775 socket era.
That's with just +.100 that my mobo lets me add on top of auto for voltage.
Here is under load.
Your bus speed says 180 = you are overclocking the CPU. I'd say you are an overclocker
Can you read the voltage off the motherboard with a mulit-meter?
Intel states a limit to the vcore and I think it's around 1.365v.. you are WELL within the limit.
Can you raise the multi or is that as high as it goes?
I have turbo on because i dont want it to idle at such a high speed. Single threaded it goes to 22.