INC -----> New hardware for 6 boxing. (OC progress update)

[moosejaw]

HTPC problems are solved. There actually wasn't a problem at all. It seems that in the time between my disassembling the old HTPC and setting up the new one a contractor put a deep wood screw through the roof antenna coax. I pulled out my rabbit ears and got a good signal on a few channels. Then I checked the building coax with my Fluke and it was shorted. I am going to help the maintenance guy to fix the coax in the morning. I need all my channels back!!! :wacko:

[moosejaw]

Current system condition.

Using the Windows 7 RC and things are very stable.

Processor speed- 3.1 ghz. Simply bumped the base clock up didn't touch voltages (see ram). Hyperthreading is off due to funky core assignments. Using a Zalman 9900 heat sink on the cpu with all fans bios controll for silencing. I must say there is a lot of cooling surface area on these next generation of coolers.

Ram- 8 gb. The 6gb wasn't going to cut it so I dropped in a fourth 2 gb module (I bought two 6 gb sets). My board supports a 4th module at 1600 ram speed (wierd huh?). Not running at 1600 mhz yet, I have the ram down clocked to 1200 ish for now. I am using the XMP 1600 profile for the ram which inserts known good settings for the ram including the voltages(works great so far).

Ran a prime95 stress test for 8 hours while I slept last night. Temps held below 60C with about 70F ambient in the room.

Next is bumping the clock up to achieve 3.5-3.6. Once cpu speed is set, raise the memory clock up as close to 1600 as possible while keeping a stable memtest. Then a final prime95 to validate the cooling/OC.

Edit: My I7 920 is the slow stepping, so I will stick to a lower/safer OC.

[Frosty]

I just threw mine together and started playing. :whistling:

[moosejaw]

I have played a little bit this last week. Just not very much.

Media pc is giving me fits. I updated the bios when troubleshooting the tuner cards and I forgot to write down the OC numbers (which it really needs to run) so I have been fighting that machine to get it stable again. Can't have it crash in the middle of a video encoding process.

I think I am going to unlock all my exp and just level like crazy. I see how Ellay's progress is going while I am eating dust lol.

[Frosty]

I unlocked and got 3 levels last night. :thumbup:

Aggro'd the kids tonight though.

[waterval]

I upgraded from AMD 3.2Ghz and 8Gig's of ram to:

I7 920 @ 3.2Ghz, 12Gig, 2x vertex 30G in raid. The system can now handle 6 boxes with ease. 5 on ultra low settings and one on medium but without shadows and flora.

Graphics card is 8800GT 512MB. gonna upgrade it as soon as the dx11 candy hits the stores.

[Owltoid]

I upgraded from AMD 3.2Ghz and 8Gig's of ram to:

I7 920 @ 3.2Ghz, 12Gig, 2x vertex 30G in raid. The system can now handle 6 boxes with ease. 5 on ultra low settings and one on medium but without shadows and flora.

Graphics card is 8800GT 512MB. gonna upgrade it as soon as the dx11 candy hits the stores.

an i7 920 at 3.2Ghz? Are you sure it's a 920?

[waterval]

yes, i overclocked it, theyre sturdy processors that aint running hot.