Muel Posted November 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 I overclocked my computer earlier, and it wouldn't be stable, so I put it back to stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 (edited) I fiddled with mine, pushed my 1600mhz ram up to 1800mhz stable in memtest86 and cpu up to 4.72ghz but couldn't keep it stable, need to do more tweaking on the qpi voltage I think. Clocked back to 4.62 abd completely stable The memory controller on the clarkdale chips aren't as strong as the lynnfield so I may have reached the limit Edited November 2, 2014 by forteh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted November 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 (edited) I pushed from 3.4ghz stock up to 3.7ghz, and the NB from 2ghz to 2.6ghz and couldn't get it stable with the max recommended volts.My CPU is royally f**ked. 4.6ghz is pretty impressive mate! Edited November 2, 2014 by Muel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 (edited) I think with a touch more qpi voltage the 4.72 might be doable. That's running a bclk of 225mhz, I've tested it stable to 222mhz with the multi dropped right off so as to isolate the qpi link. I chucked it up to 225 for shits and giggles The i3 530 has been taken to 5ghz on air edit: the 225Mhz bclk is stable as you like, pushed vcore right up to 1.4v (I was on 1.35v for 4.62Ghz) and it's currently running a quick prime95 @ 4.725Ghz, stable 5 mins now and counting - it was BSODing within 30 seconds before pumping the voltage up. Peak core temp is 84°C so far, 21°C from Tjmax throttle point. I will leave it running till 10 mins then reboot, drop the vcore a bit and see if it stabilises Edited November 2, 2014 by forteh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrialsIsHard Posted November 6, 2014 Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 Not a completely nerdy question, but I've just acquired a copy of Office for mac 2011 and using it on a retina mbp- and it looks absolutely terrible. Is anyone else using tis software with a retina display and can shed some light onto whether it's the copy I've got or simply that the software is not made with retina displays in mind- as it looks completely normal on a 2011 mbp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted November 6, 2014 Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 http://bit.ly/1y9M5qm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippY Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 does anyone here have a working DisplayPort Cable? I got one from Ebay but it seems fcuked up, so I am looking that works 100% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted November 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 I've got a DP to DVI adapter, bought it from OCUK for about £15 I think... Seems to work.No you can't have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 Not got a cable but I think I have a couple of display port-DVI adaptors at work? On another note I accidentally an i5 750, bring on 4 cores @ 4.7Ghz* *hopefully assuming it doesn't catch fire! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippY Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 I have a Displayport on my monitor, so there is no need for an adapter I just do not want to blow another £10 on a cable lol In other words, I love designing PCB-s. They are just so nerdy and complicated that I love them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted November 11, 2014 Report Share Posted November 11, 2014 i5 750 just turned up at work, will report back later when it has melted from the overclock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted November 11, 2014 Report Share Posted November 11, 2014 The i5 is DOA Put it into my machine, won't post, no warning beeps, fans spin up momentarily and then it cuts the power. Put the i3 back in boots up happy as you like with the overclock reset from bios memory. Buggerit! Have asked the seller for a refund/replacement, hopefully shouldn't be any issue as they accept 14 day returns and it was sold as working Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted November 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 That's a bit shit. Was it tested before they put it up for sale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted November 12, 2014 Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 It was listed as working, the only thing that it might be is psu because the i5 takes 20w more but I can't see that being an issue seeing as its been running the i3 at such silly overclock for ages. It is an old psu though and perhaps it just isn't supplying enough oomph on the cpu voltage on startup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted November 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 Possibly... What PSU is it? Old doesn't necessarily mean weak/bad. Mine is 5 years old and I used to run it pretty close to the rated limit when benchmarking. Corsair quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted November 12, 2014 Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 OCZ modstream 520, was pretty expensive when I got it, admitted a long time ago now, got to be 6+ years old but has always been solid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted November 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 Hmmmm, personally wouldn't rule it out totally as I'm a bit distrustful of OCZ power supplies. I've got a few mates who've had nightmare stories with them. What GPU do you run? GTX280 right? I'd try removing it and using the on board to leave more power available for the CPU. If it still won't boot then I think it's safe to assume the CPU is duff, given that the GPU can power an i3 and the GPU happily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted November 12, 2014 Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 GTX660 these days, about 40w less than the 260 I had, but that is maximum load so not really applicable at boot load. I tried it with and without the gpu (there is no onboard on the i5 750) but it should still boot or error without a gpu, cpu alone, cpu with ram and cpu with ram and gpu. All other peripherals disconnected so no drives or usb devices. Plug it all back in for the i3 and robert is your aunties live in lover One curious thing about it that I forgot to mention, with the i5 installed (in any configuration) the fans/leds would pulse then go dead, a couple of seconds later it would try again and repeat indefinitely (well till I got bored of sitting there). If it fails to post normally due to OC failure then it does auto retry until it resets the bios to default at which point it works. As the bios was defaulted before I started I guess it would just keep retrying because it hasn't posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevinfor Posted November 12, 2014 Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 I'm not sure if this is allowed or not.. If it isnt then I'm sorry! Just thought I would share my twitch stream with you guys! http://www.twitch.tv/guperslue I mostly stream F1 2010 but some other games aswell. Currently streaming a 100% race of Spa drivng a Renault! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted November 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 GTX660 these days, about 40w less than the 260 I had, but that is maximum load so not really applicable at boot load. I tried it with and without the gpu (there is no onboard on the i5 750) but it should still boot or error without a gpu, cpu alone, cpu with ram and cpu with ram and gpu. All other peripherals disconnected so no drives or usb devices. Plug it all back in for the i3 and robert is your aunties live in lover One curious thing about it that I forgot to mention, with the i5 installed (in any configuration) the fans/leds would pulse then go dead, a couple of seconds later it would try again and repeat indefinitely (well till I got bored of sitting there). If it fails to post normally due to OC failure then it does auto retry until it resets the bios to default at which point it works. As the bios was defaulted before I started I guess it would just keep retrying because it hasn't posted.I think it's safe to assume that it's a dead chip. It's failing to post so just trying over and over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted November 12, 2014 Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 (edited) The chip is in the post, got a couple of i5s and xeons watching as well All being well I should get the refund tomorrow and I'll grab something. Still really tempted with a xeon x3430, locked 18 multi but it's basically an i5 750 with a lower clock speed, run the bclk at 225 and that's cracked 4ghz with the ram at 1800mhz. The lynnfield memory controller is much faster than the clarkdale so I may not even need to run the ram so fast, but hey if I can why not edit: oh and the x3430 can be had for less than 30 quid! Edited November 12, 2014 by forteh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted November 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 Good times, in other news, oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my godThat is the new Asus Z10PE-D8 WS motherboard, which takes 2 cpus and upto 512gb of RAM.If you look at the CPU list here, you can see that you have the option of running 2x 2.3ghz 18 core CPUs (so 36 cores/72 threads total)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdoku Posted November 12, 2014 Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 I remember wanting a Skulltrail board just cos you can have 2 CPUs. I had absolutely no use for such monstrosity back then and still don't lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted November 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 If I come across the sort of money that one of those boards and a pair of CPUs to go in it, I'll buy a house instead. Still, £415 for the motherboard and £375 each for the CPUs I would get is a lot more "affordable" than the previous dual cpu boards. They're not the cheapest CPUs in the line up either, I'd get 2x E5-1650 which essentially 5930K specs from what I can see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroMatt Posted November 12, 2014 Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 Think there's been a bit of an issue with bios on those so far, only 40 pcie lanes are showing not the full 80. Kind of makes it useless for multi gpu stuff. Unique BIOS for Dual CPU O.C. –Boost CPU’s overclocking performance up to 10% Hadn't noticed that bit before. Interesting feature for a WS board considering lots of 2011 stuff has locked multipliers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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