HawMan

id get the antec fans this weekend.

TheMatt

If you do add in the LEDs just remember to do Ohms law so you get the proper resistance on the circuit with the LEDs. It might also be a hassle to split open the wire and solder in the LEDs, so just remember to take into considderation any extra wire you might need. Duct tape is a must for that though. And you do pay a premium for LEDs at radioshack BTW.

I'm with you hawman. Although I can solder in a resistor and some LEDs, I would prefer to spend the extra $2 and buy a fan that comes with lighting.

1 g0t 0wn3d

Hey i know its kind of off topic but oh well

I bought a zalman 9500 and would like to know a ~ before and after temps i should see right now with that small overclock i max out at 61c(thats an hour of orthos) and after 4 hours of call of duty 4 its 58c idles at 39c case temp is 20c

I would like to keep these temps but over clock it to my rams limit (cpu will be at 3724 mhz)

TheMatt

Are you using CPU-Z to overclock?

When you overclock the processor avoid unnecessary temperature increases by not bumping up the Vcore voltage until absolutely necessary. With my current overclock my processor survived a 14 hour Orthos test on stock voltages.

Redo your thermal paste using arctic silver if you used the stock stuff that comes with the cooler. Make sure to follow the arctic silver instructions exactly for the most effective cooling. Those are pretty good temps for a Smithfield core though which is really two Prescott cores (hot!) on one die, and for the fact that you have a 95W TDP processor based on the old 90nm transistor technology.

emosun

yea radishock is expensive. guess it would be easier to buy the fans as is. I think the leds on most led fans are 5v leds, course they could be 3v but i dont think there bright enough. But in order for me to do my dual color led fan idea in the future im going to have to make a whole new wireing system anyway so i might as well go with 12v leds. hopefully when im done with it i should have the ability to toggle red or blue or off.

TheMatt

0wn3d, I just checked and your processor temp shouldn't be exceeding about 63 degrees, so keep that in mind. You could probably get better temps with a new application of thermal paste and more case airflow. Make sure you at least have a rear fan blowing out and the Zalman 9500 fan blowing toward the rear.

1 g0t 0wn3d

THats my stock cooler i ordered a tube of as5 and the zalamn i was wondering what i should get with that.... And i calculated it should be at 167 watts when i am done (i didn't know you could overclock with cpu-z). It only went up about 1c with that 7% overclock....


Thanks for all input and any help you guys give in the future

I also might give that lapping a try

1 g0t 0wn3d

This is before the zalman (its still in the mail) and i played every game i have

TheMatt

LOL overclocking with CPU-Z. My bad, I meant ClockGen.

How did you calculate it having a TDP of 167W (what formula)? That seems a bit much. I got about 102W with the processor running at 3GHz (assuming no voltage increase).

Wait until you get the Zalman cooler in the mail, it has tamed plenty of Prescotts to be worthy of taking on your CPU.

1 g0t 0wn3d

Yes i had to use clockgen since it does not support bios overclocking i used the one on here http://www.extreme.outervision.com/index.jsp i did it with the 3.724 that i would like

1 g0t 0wn3d

Oh and yeah this is as far as i am going with it until i get the new heatsink and fan

I have been searching and people can get a stable 3.6 at 1.28 which is what i am running at

HawMan

You'll enjoy the zalman cooler. Im still trying out the Ocing, but since my BIOS doesnt have the unlocked multiplier section im having to use the FSB

although im sitting on 3Ghz just now at 29C. So hopefully you'll knock they temps down with the new cooler

magnethead

thats right in line with mine, also using FSB bumping.

HawMan

Im sitting on 3.2ghz just now, but when i run 3dmark06 i get a lower score on my video card and a higher score on my cpu.


CPU @ 3ghz i get 10500 or so
CPU @ 3.2ghz i get 9500 ish

TheMatt

Check your temps, it might actually be throttling back.

TheMatt

Overclock stability will all depend on your motherboard, RAM, and processor, as well as the cooling on each. Keep that in mind.

HawMan

Your probably right, i fail orthos too even though the temps are fine and the system is stable.

TheMatt

Loosen up the memory timings in the BIOS. See if it passes. Run Memtest to isolate if the memory is the cause of the instability.

HawMan

i had it at 4-4-4-12 but now its at auto in the bios


now at 456mhz @ 5-6-5-18.


It doesnt boot with the HT at anything 400mhz aswell

TheMatt

Really? I was going to suggest turning the HT down to 400MHz if not a little lower.