Vista - Post Your Overclock Results.

I have my CPU clocked at 3.8Ghz for everyday use but I normally have speed step and all that other junk disabled for overclocking but I wanted to see if it was stable at 3.8Ghz with it all on.

So I did a stability test with Orthos with CPU-Z running and I notice about every 5 seconds it started jumping up to that crazy speed for a couple of seconds, it has never done that before and my computer is totally stable and running 32c normal and 47c under load.

It would be great if it could do that sort of speed, maybe one day..... 14.36Ghz WOW, I will keep on dreaming. lol

That would be a fast computer at 14.36Ghz

Photoshop.. No, it can't be. lol

ya that sure would be nice.

I run 24/7 at 4.0 Ghz, but I'm going to try to push my Max a little farther then my current (4.205 Ghz). I will this week on days off.

Hey guys...

Was reading this thread today and you got me all inspired.

I'll put up screenies when I get a chance...but, its going something like this:

Core2Duo E8500 3.16Ghz. Overclocked to 4.009Ghz @ 1.296V
On a GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-DS3R LGA775 IP45
Thats 422.0MHz with a 9.5 Multiplier.

Does a 1M prime in 11.80 seconds....Flies...Absolutely flies.

Stable as anything. I am quite literally amazed at this cpu and how easily it clocks.

Temps are more than comfortable @ 33 deg idle and about 45-48 under 100% load. Thats under a Thermaltake Big Typ 120VX and a lot of case fans.

Dollar for dollar these 8500's are freakin crazy value if you have the guts to throw some voltage at it.

I'd go for 4.5G but I want watercooling to do it. I am freakin stoked to get something this fast.....STABLE....I multibox Warcraft.....if it can handle a couple of hours of that, its stable.

Cheers guys....keep em coming. Loving the discussion.

Just if I may, with your case cooling....

Having lots of fans is one thing, but using them to your advantage is another. If you have a usual tower case, the kind of airflow that you are after is from front to back.. (Generally) Side fans just create turbulance inside the case and provide an opportunity for the air to get warmer. I've found the best way to have the fans set up is to have a couple of 120mm at the front, and a couple at the back also...just get a slipstream straight through. All those extra fans may look good, but they may just be warming things up....

Other than that, if you get one of those massive hovercraft fans in the side of your case....then go for it !!! some of those things are crazy....Anyhoo..

As I promised I put some benchmark results of my config

Here they are:


All benchmarks were made in native resolution of my LCD panel, which is 1680x1050px PhysX on my GPU is enabled

Results with water block @4.5Ghz on 3D Mark Vantage on Entry settings and not stable on Orthos still. 40c idle and 60c under 100% load.

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Nice job Mr Grim. keep pushin

Nice Grim. I didn't know you were going water.. Not bad at all. I'd really like to water my CPU with a swifttech 220 or something. but not sure I'm ready to jump into the H2O game just yet.

and moirae not bad at all there sir. 4.0 Ghz with under 1.30v is pretty good. well under 1.3 in CPU-Z I'm assuming. with full load temps getting as high as only 48c you could for sure push that thing higher. if your only hitting maybe 48c you could easily push to 4.4 Ghz or so with that thing.. and farther for suicide runs. as long as the full load stays under 65c your ok. and sounds like your for sure under that. Well done.

That's OK I didn't know I was either, I went to local shop to see if they could get me some good chipset coolers and some how I got persuaded to buy the the Armour water cooled case instead lol. It's OK though I was looking at buying that case anyway, now I just need to find a good waterblock set-up for the chipset lol.

So you got the Thermaltake Armour Case with build in water.. what kind?

Not bad at all thre. I've been thinkin about the TT big Water kit. but idk