Best way to OC the 630i

Hey Ruski,

 

you got PART of that post right;  i USED TO HAVE the moola but then i GOT the 6850, hehehehehehehe.

 

can't do the get both and test thing on these, i think the 4 hsf units i tested 'bout did it for the wife:)

 

DOH!

 

 

m$

Hahaha. lol. Oh well, I guess someone else is going to have to test the 2nd option for me then... ;) lol jk :)

Hey M$, sounds you have the money for it all! lol, so just get them both (Mwuahahaha);) and try them both out. Then you could tell us which one is better! :) (You obviously have the moolaa, if you've got yourself a Q X6 850 lol :) )

LOL!  bummer bro, it won't be that way for ya forever hang in there!

 

i was gonna say, i'll split the diff with ya;

 

U test the Nautilus 500  & i'll test the bigwater 760i..??..    guess not!  tell dad it's for science, hehehehe.

 

no that isn't the latest 3DMk score with the current oc.  i'll put it in sli tonight and run and post the results.

 

 

m$

 

 

 

Hahaha. Yeah, I don't think that the "science" thing will Ever fly in my family, especially w/ all of this Evolution garbage being Forced everywhere nowadays. lol. That would've been nice though...I'd LOVE to test out that Nautilus 500 :smileysad: .....sigh..... lol

Ruski - you've got a pretty decent 3DMark score, can I ask how you have your BIOS setup for CPU, FSB and associated voltages?

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@Rambler358 wrote:
Ruski - you've got a pretty decent 3DMark score, can I ask how you have your BIOS setup for CPU, FSB and associated voltages?

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Sure:

 

CPU Feature:

-C1E Function: Disabled

-Speedstep: Disabled

 

OverVoltage Configuration:

-CPU Core: 1.5v

-CPU FSB: 1.4v

-VDimm(mem voltage): 2.1v

 

OverClock Configuration:

-Mode: Unlinked

-FSB QDR: 1480

-DDR: 800

-PCI BUS Slots: 102 for both 

Memory Timings:

@4-4-4-12-2T, and rest is on auto for now, but will prob try setting tRC manually to 15 or 18 (on auto it's at 22) (I had tried having the RAM running @ 1066 w/ 5-5-5-15-2T-22tRC and 2.2v, but I got slightly(like 200ish points) lower on 3DMark06 score than at this 4 timing setting)

 

GPU settings: factory default frequencies

 

Results:

CPU: running at 3.33GHz

RAM: running at 800MHz(currently, will try fooling w/ it tonight, like going to 900, or lowering timings even more)

3DMark06: 16,720 - this is w/out OC'ing the GPUs (17,156 is the highest I had gotten b4 by OC'ing GPUs, but that was on a totally different configuration. I'm gonna try OC'ing them tonight, and see what I can get. I know that it'll be a lot higher than 17,156 though)(that is just for the fun of it. I prob won't have the GPUs OC'ed for plain use though later on)

 

Please tell me if I missed anything, or if anyone has any suggestions

Oh, yes, sorry.

Chipset: Auto

You guessed it! lol :) 

Thanks!  You didn't mention your Chipset (SPP) voltage, so I assume you've set that to Auto?

m$ - if you got the Thermaltake Bigwater, where would you install the main unit?  I see you've already got a DVD drive installed, so it would have to be externally right?

 

I'm seriously thinking about checking out the Corsair Nautilus 500 unit.  Though it's really too bad most of the mainstream cooling units won't fit inside the 630 case. :smileysad:  I really like that thermo-electric solution.

i don't have anything else below the optical cd drive.  there looks to be enough room for it in slots 2&3.  the opening in the front were bay #3/bottom would be is for a floppy diskette.  the front is small but the actual size is the same.  i think that's 5.25.  if i test the bigwater, you gonna test the nautilus 500?????   :)

 

 

m$

 

 

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@Mr. Scary wrote:

i don't have anything else below the optical cd drive.  there looks to be enough room for it in slots 2&3.  the opening in the front were bay #3/bottom would be is for a floppy diskette.  the front is small but the actual size is the same.  i think that's 5.25.  if i test the bigwater, you gonna test the nautilus 500?????   :)

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I liked the idea of the bigwater being internal to the case, but being that I don't have the space available and I don't want to give up my current components I was about to bite the bullet on the Nautilus - then I decided to do a little research on other exteral liquid cooling systems available.  I was thinking that if I start this water cooling project, options are available on other systems to include chipset and GPU cooling as well.  Then I came across this Koolance Exos-2 unit, with the capability to add chipset/GPU cooling in the future if I wanted - but it's about $100 more than the Nautilus CPU only setup.

 

So I just need to do a little more research.  I do believe I'm defintately going to go the water cooling route though, as OCCT keeps erroring out saying my CPU is too hot! :smileysurprised:  I'll post back soon and let you know what I decide on...

I just found a nice little article on Tomshardware called " A Beginner's Guide For WaterCooling Your PC", which also just happens to use the Exos model I linked to above.

i believe both the big water and the nautilus can add other cooling blocks chipset etc without performance degredation.  it states it on both.  i'll read tom's article now.  i done oc'n tonight.  very frustrated.

 

I CAN NOT EVEN MOVE THE FSB FROM 1333 TO 1334 WITHOUT A CRASH.

 

i've tried everything.

 

volts up

volts down

on both fsb and chipset

cpu volts up and down

multiplier down with fsb bumped up

i've loosened up the timings on the ram

i've reduce ram speed

i've tried the 'linked' setting for the clock that brought the ram down to 800 automatically

 

 

i either can't boot, can't post, or get into windows and then crash, take yer pick.

i must be missin' something here, but for the life of me i can't figure it out.  i can't believe that 3.67 is tops for this rig!

 

heck dave even said with next to no effort a 720 can get the qx6850 up to 3.7.

 

what the          am i missin'

 

right now don't need to worry about the cooling if i can't get it to post, right??

 

 

any help or suggs???

 

 

m$