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[qbackin]

 

[Duvie]

Yep that is fine...Remember the ASbits are notoriously high temp readers......

What HSF are you running??? On my Abit mobo IC-7 (very similar) I would get 39-40c with 2.4c@3.5ghz and I was using a very nice (at the time) swiftech with 92mm panaflo.....Loads still got to 58-66c depending on time of the season and dust buildup on fans....Never throttled even once when I let it heat t o 70c which made me believe this thing was not reporting temp correctly...

Also check newer bioses as I think on my board at the end of myslef having it there was a bios update for correction of temps...I never tried it so I dont know.....

In the end I wouldn't worry....just try to keep load in the low 60's or under and you should be fine....stability is more aof a key then temps being reported with the Abit boards....

 

[AkumaX]

my 2.8C -> 3.3Ghz is 32C idle, 49C load

 

[Duvie]

Originally posted by: AkumaX
my 2.8C -> 3.3Ghz is 32C idle, 49C load

What board??? An Asus??? The other side of the temps...the unbelievably low side!!! MOst believe the truth is somwhere between the Abit and the Asus....

 

[qbackin]

Originally posted by: Duvie
Yep that is fine...Remember the ASbits are notoriously high temp readers......

What HSF are you running??? On my Abit mobo IC-7 (very similar) I would get 39-40c with 2.4c@3.5ghz and I was using a very nice (at the time) swiftech with 92mm panaflo.....Loads still got to 58-66c depending on time of the season and dust buildup on fans....Never throttled even once when I let it heat t o 70c which made me believe this thing was not reporting temp correctly...

Also check newer bioses as I think on my board at the end of myslef having it there was a bios update for correction of temps...I never tried it so I dont know.....

In the end I wouldn't worry....just try to keep load in the low 60's or under and you should be fine....stability is more aof a key then temps being reported with the Abit boards....

Well currently im using the stock hs/f.
But I have a Alpha PAL8942 on the way...
WOW how did you get it to 3.5!

 

[Duvie]

Lucky I guess...I only used 1.58v actual....I couldn't really gget much past that stable no matter the vcore...However I was at a whopping 292fsb and that may have been reaching a mobo limit....

I had a PAL8942 and I replaced it with a Swiftech...See if you can get a an adapter and use a 92mm fan...The alpha was probably as good as the swiftech when it came to actual heatsink core...the fan size of 80mm wasn't cutting it for me....The Pal 8942 was actually holding me back on my 2.6c@3.25ghz....I got my swiftech and 92m,m panaflo and it helped my load temps 6-8c...that ultimately was able to handle my 2.4c...teh alpha with the 80mm would have never been able to handle that system....

Those temps with stock are pretty good then, though your load swing is probably pretty big...It is likley if you ran 2 instances of prime95 you would be well into 60c now.....The alpha will help the idle temps probably down into the upper 30's and the load temps will fall short of 60c in my guess...

 

[qbackin]

You used PC3500! I must be doing something wrong

 

[Duvie]

I pmd you that info.....I dont want to write it all again....

Geil Ultra Plat. PC3500 cas 2,3,3,6 stuff...board only allowed me a 3:2 ratio after 255fsb....still near PC3200 ram and cas 2,3,2,5 in its hayday....

 

[AkumaX]

Originally posted by: Duvie

Originally posted by: AkumaX
my 2.8C -> 3.3Ghz is 32C idle, 49C load

What board??? An Asus??? The other side of the temps...the unbelievably low side!!! MOst believe the truth is somwhere between the Abit and the Asus....

i've got an IS7, SLK-900U w/ 120mm
but i wish i could o/c more...
i'm at 1.62v, but on load it drops to 1.58v
is there a way to stop that from happening?

 

[Duvie]

Originally posted by: AkumaX

Originally posted by: Duvie

Originally posted by: AkumaX
my 2.8C -> 3.3Ghz is 32C idle, 49C load

What board??? An Asus??? The other side of the temps...the unbelievably low side!!! MOst believe the truth is somwhere between the Abit and the Asus....

i've got an IS7, SLK-900U w/ 120mm
but i wish i could o/c more...
i'm at 1.62v, but on load it drops to 1.58v
is there a way to stop that from happening?

yeah there is probably a vmod you can do to it, but it is a bit technical and requires some electrical knowledge and soldering....

I wouldn't be too concerned about that...0.04 is not as bad as the Asus mobos and quite common and 1.62v is not bad for a P4 that is default 1.525v.....I think mine was in the range of .03v droop as they call it....

I would say you can safely with yours temps go up to 1.675v or 10% and be safe....I never seen one kill a chip using a 10% net....


yep that 120mm fan is great..I thought about getting a 92mm to 120mm dapater at SVC and trying that t get my temps down...never bought it though....

 

[qbackin]

Originally posted by: Duvie
I pmd you that info.....I dont want to write it all again....

Geil Ultra Plat. PC3500 cas 2,3,3,6 stuff...board only allowed me a 3:2 ratio after 255fsb....still near PC3200 ram and cas 2,3,2,5 in its hayday....

Well I havent touched anything else, still stock vcore...so maybe I should play around w/ it...
Any sug on some settings??

 

[TooRude]

my 2.8 is at 3.8 at 39c 44 load but im using water also keep in mind thermal read outs can vary as much as 10c just depending on bios version and mobos. my ABIT IC7 G max 2 reads temps high I think. Ive formated before and flashed bios and got like a 5 degree difference. I really dont pay much attention to temps anymore, if i pass prime then obviously my temps are fine, if temps are too hot prime will crash ur comp. Ive heard that with Abit boards as long as ur under 60c at full load your fine.

 

[Duvie]

I cant remember all of the est bios settings.....

I would wait until you get the new heatsink and then clock the cpu as high as you can go while keeping the temp just at 60c or under...then once cpu is set then start tightening the memory....Run a divider that keep s the speed below rated specs...isolate the memory out of the equation...

IN the end as it is with both Intel and AMD cpu speed scales well and clock speed is better then ram speed, so dont limit an oc cause want to hold a 1:1 or a 5:4 ratio....lower divider is fine with tighter timings especially if you can get 50-100 more cpu mhz out of it....