Build a custom PC???

[gonwk]

Hi folks,

@ MikeyBK ... dang dude ... what is that a "Stand-Up Freezer Chest" if I hadn't seen your 4th thumbnail I would have sworn that's what it was. Well enjoy it guy ... wish I had a toy like that!

@ jm1647 & Chewy ... guys after looking over your 2 URLs ... I now realize how green I am as far as computer and processors go ... oh well another project and lots of "wasted" time trying figure things out ... BUT, will it put "Food" on my table ... Noooop!!!

G!

[doctorhardware]

I am putting a new computer for the wife, guess I should post pictures once I am done with the project. I have already installed a new power supply in the case, I used a dynex 400 watt power supply. For the price it is an excellent choice.

[MikeyBK]

Well I got this baby cranked up to nearly 3.0 GHz and still cruizin' with the stock cooling..

I have had to make adjustments to some voltages including the VCore up to 1.4v, cranked up the memory voltage to 2.0v, and adjusted the FSB to Memory speed from 1:1.50 to 1:1.20...
Screenshot below...

[Chewy]

wonder if those temps will hold below 40 when you keep it maxed for a longer time, that case is probably helping a lot

looks like you did your homework!

[MikeyBK]

wonder if those temps will hold below 40 when you keep it maxed for a longer time, that case is probably helping a lot

looks like you did your homework!

It does go over 40C intermitently, but in general almost stays below throughout.

And yes, I did alot of homework and studied extremely hard...BTW, I'm still learning

[Chewy]

do you have an everest OC you could post

I am just now figuring out the fsb on those C2Duo's
266 quad pumped which makes 1066

E6600 running 9x266 2.4Ghz?

I wondered how in the heck they were getting fsb up to 330 and beyond but that's only a 25% overclock from 266

for some reason memory limits the OC?

[jm1647]

Well I got this baby cranked up to nearly 3.0 GHz and still cruizin' with the stock cooling..

I have had to make adjustments to some voltages including the VCore up to 1.4v, cranked up the memory voltage to 2.0v, and adjusted the FSB to Memory speed from 1:1.50 to 1:1.20...
Screenshot below...

Nice going Mikey, looks like ya got it humming!!!!

[MikeyBK]

do you have an everest OC you could post

I am just now figuring out the fsb on those C2Duo's
266 quad pumped which makes 1066

E6600 running 9x266 2.4Ghz?

I wondered how in the heck they were getting fsb up to 330 and beyond but that's only a 25% overclock from 266

for some reason memory limits the OC?

For some reason Everest Overclock reports the multiplier at 11.5 or 7.0 (while speedstepping) which is inaccurate. CPUz reports it at 9.0 and 6.0, which is what BIOS states. Everest does reprt the correct overall speed, but it seems to make up it's own multiplier & Bus speed??? Don't know why.

Nice going Mikey, looks like ya got it humming!!!!

Thanks John...It's my Baby!!...lol. I worked hard on getting this right and I'm surprised at myself that I actually was able to get this done...

[Chewy]

what does it report for memory values in overclock?

[MikeyBK]

what does it report for memory values in overclock?

Everest can't read the Patriot RAMs, but here's CPUz....

http://img480.imageshack.us/my.php?image=memoryyd9.png

[Chewy]

Timing 4-4-4-12

does spd report the stock timing

[MikeyBK]

Timing 4-4-4-12

does spd report the stock timing

Are you suggesting to change the timing to 4-4-4-12??

Spd under Eversest can't read any info off the Patriot RAMs ...

[Chewy]

I feel a cough coming on

[MikeyBK]

I feel a cough coming on

Sure at first glance...*cough* *cough*...lol...seems extremely fast timings,

However....(first taking into consideration that I'm still trying to learn about all this stuff and I may be misunderstanding)....If we were to take into consideration the clock speeds of the respective CPUs, then 2 cycles @ 133 or so clock speed compared to 4 or 5 cycles @ 334 clock, then it doesn't really compare at all, right??

My RAM cannot even be set to less than 4 cas latency, and less than 3 on the other two...and my limited understanding is that, if the RAM isn't fast enough itself, then trying to do the job in only 2 cycles when the CPU clock is soo fast, may cause errors because the the RAM just can't keep up.. Or am I misunderstanding everything...lol...I may very well be..

Anyways, I have taken your advice and have set the timing to 4-4-4-12 while I overclock from 2.7GHz to 2.9GHz @ 2.0v, and as well as at 3.0GHz and higher, but just increasing the RAM voltage to 2.2v....

This is sooo complex!!!....BUT, I'm havin' a BLAST!!!!

[Chewy]

now we are getting some where, I wasn't sure if you bought the ram you said you were going to(cas4/ddr2800)

it's meant to run at cas 4 not cas 5(performance hit)
looks like it's still slightly underclocked(-10%) tho, that's the problem with memory dividers

last steps are benching the cpu/ram combinations and finding the fastest safe settings balancing performance, stability and heat issues


spd should verify that you have 4-4-4-12 ram

breaking the 45-50ns mark with mem latency in everest bench is a good sign that your memory system is screaming