Almost forgot..

When you make a change to MemSet and wish to boot the new change

1. Make settings change
2. Click APPLY
3. Click DEL SAVE
4. Accept the delete and then accept saving

that will make and save your change for boot

You should boot Windows, start memset and just verify you are on the tRD and tREF you saved.. from that point on its automatic


I bet you will now see a solid difference in FSX


Clocking your video card is last... Assuming you DO overclock your video card now.. when you get the new proc and run 450 FSB you may (or may not) need to back off the core and memory overclock on the video card if you see any instability. Raising FSB does increase the possibility of PCie instability with a high VC clock but you make up for that by setting the FSB and STRAP as listed

you are most welcome Vic

Just head back to this thread and use it as a reference when ever you need to in the future.

It pretty much covers the process for any clock

Remember.. if you end up with a intermittant lockup test with PL at 7 and if the lockups stop we can try and make a few other BIOS changes to stablize PL6 for you which will run FSX much better

delete any saved Memset in windows

yes, reset the BIOS back to a normal operation till you get the processor in and verified its working

Dont try clocking anything till you confirm you are good to go then start setting up the clock and testing just like you did in the beginning of this thread... except FSB will be 450... then check the CPU STRAP for the correct value which displays 1066-1080 memory speed... probably the 333 STRAP

more than likely vcore will be somewhere around 1.28-1.30, NB around 1.55

because you are going to 450MHz its possible you wont get to PL 6 on the memory.. but do it one step at a time... processor/FSB clock first, then work out memset

ok installed and beginning the procedure. One question comes up - I'm using Coretemp 0.99.3 and it shows TJM of 100C

Temps under load ( OCCT )
53
47
59
59

6C difference between Core0 & 2&3?

I removed, cleaned and reapplied arttic silver 5 according to layout on their site.

I noticed at idle the readings were
38
37
47
47

I realize the compound has to burn in but just haven't seen this difference before.

Vic

ok - at vCore 1.256 3.8G

Max temp under Occt 30 minutes -  54C on core 0 and 62C on core3

now going to try 450

at 450/333 strap mem speed options are 980 or 1081 - trying 1081.

At 450/400 strap its up around 1200

just checked the BIOS math... yep, you should also notice the base PL is higher too. According to the numbers you should not be running 8 by default

Remember you have made a major gear shift on the northbridge so running PL6 is not required however the lower that value the better


Based on the temps you are at the max now.. but you wont hit those numbers running FSX

I dont know what HSF you are using but the OCZ Vendetta2 would probably be a good investment and when you use thermal compound you only need a tiny drop spread as thin as an onion skin.. not a thick paste.


You should definitely be seeing a change in FSX even over what you were seeing before. The proc you are using now is 10% more efficient clock per clock even not overclocked and using the lower latency across the NB 12-15%+ on the same GHz is a reasonable estimate of the advantage.. in other words, even if you were only running 3.6GHz you would still be 12-15% faster than the Q6600. Because you are now at 4050... I dont have to tell you the rest

Welcome to the "Pro" club

Uh geeze...  brain fart

LOL

Sorry.. I forgot... lately I have been doing hit and runs on threads being busy with GEX

That’s right, you are on liquid. Yes, reduce the thermal compound. The AS site in my opinion is a bit off on their suggestion of application. I use AS Ceramique instead of the standard AS product. Ceramique holds up longer and does not require consistent replacement over time where their regular product has about a 4-6 month breakdown period and needs to be re-applied. Ceramique is much thicker and has a higher heat breakdown threshold. Its designed for hotter quads. Although its not the same formula as the standard AS product it does the job on a thin coat just as I described above and can go a year+ or longer before needing a change.

I personally spread the compound with a new razor blade and establish a nice thin even coat across the entire surface of the proc.. another thing I do is lap the processor too.. the process flattens the proc, removes any distortion in the cap plate and also exposes the copper face by removing the tin coating allowing better thermal conductivity

http://www.thetechrepository.com/showthread.php?t=71

you may need to raise NB to lower vcore.. you know the drill.. work it out

As for mirror finish.. it wont make the temp any better.. flat and clean is the key and mirror is not necessary however it doesnt hurt either