Mav's FX60 @ 3.67Ghz

maverik-sg1

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Pushing for more but this is where I am right now.

This is using the SLIx16 MSI DIAMOND PLUS mobo......... great board, naff release BIOS :( I can bench at 3.57Ghz but due to BIOS issues and memory (forced 2t, single channel and divider) the scores are not an improvement on my expert scores - but when the right BIOS is released..... ;)

Mav
 
That top dollar Mav, really quite impressive clocks. What temps are you getting under load? Didn't realise you use 2GB now.
 
maverik-sg1 said:
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=70775

Pushing for more but this is where I am right now.

This is using the SLIx16 MSI DIAMOND PLUS mobo......... great board, naff release BIOS :( I can bench at 3.57Ghz but due to BIOS issues and memory (forced 2t, single channel and divider) the scores are not an improvement on my expert scores - but when the right BIOS is released..... ;)

Mav

mav whats ya best fsb lower multy
 
name='bazx' said:
mav whats ya best fsb lower multy

If I 'warm' her up first she'll do 230Mhz benchable - but overall 227Mhz seems to be my limit under phase.

@ Nick - basically because of the FSB issue I can still run 2-2-2-5 at 227Mhz with 2GB so i thought I would give it a try.

Gonna pull the MSI and drop the EXPERT back in - see if 2GB at same timings/FSB as 1GB BH5 will gimme some improvments - then it's an assault on CPC, hopefully for some better scores before they finish their new BTO computer.

At that speed I could browse the net - might even pop a 1m superpi run,, but due to ram issue it's not as fast.

Bit of playing to go yet - but I am loving the MSI board just wanna get a new BIOS for it ASAP........ MSI seem to be behind ASUS and DFI when it comes to that side of things.

Mav
 
maverik-sg1 said:
Bit of playing to go yet - but I am loving the MSI board just wanna get a new BIOS for it ASAP........ MSI seem to be behind ASUS and DFI when it comes to that side of things.

Mav

At least there ahead of sapphire :( the bios i have now is crap and now my rig isnt even stable at 200htt stock volts and Ram @ 3-4-4-10 133mhz :S its completely FUBARed.

On a brighter note.. awesome speed on the FX. Highest ive seen so far, and its "only" on single stage.
 
name='bazx' said:
the expert should help some with fsb pos

He's blown the EXPERT again and it's actually worse than the MSI for clocking. Impressive clocks though but I'm still not conviced of these chips.
 
No mate feel free, I already had a rant about this elsewhere and this is why:

The SLI DR was not without it's problems (hot mosfets required active cooling, some issues with 4v rail on DIMMS, CPU position etc...) so the EXPERT BOARD was released and was supposed to clean up the short-comings of this board.

Lets get one thing straight here, the EXPERT is not a bad board, but when you are on the ragged edge, it's rather more twitchy than it's predecessor.

For people cooling on air or water looking for the best overclocking solution, I would hesitate in saying get this board (but choose other components wisely, as in stay away from TCCD and corair 1GB and go for UTT or Mushkin/OCZ/GSKill 1GB sticks).

People phase cooling on the edge, stick with the DR it's much more stable than the EXPERT (even though it has all japanese caps etc...).

So as for the Venus........... it may or may not resolve the issues the EXPERT board has (few cap changes and shiny box to not a great board make), I feel let down by DFI, the EXPERT feels like a BETA version of the Venus now and should never have been released - but in truth, for anyone not on phase or using the right RAM combination the EXPERT is a great board, layout is fantastic and it's solid (satisfying 90% of its market).

Knowing what this MSI board can do under phase and do it well, all I am waiting for is a better BIOS to resolve the RAM issues and I am away - like I said I can bench at 3.57Ghz with my FX60 on this board - how many can say that with any other board on single stage cooling?

'Ends Rant'

:)
 
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