Thanks, me too. Too bad most of the gold trophies will disappear as soon as the Bot gets its shit straight. I got a few 1st out of 1, when it really was like 2nd out of 4. I'll be losing a few half points, but I shall be adding to the total again today.;)

If they do take some points away, just take them back - You can do it!

Good to see you got those NY-No-Drivin gremlins sorted out. :goofy:

I'd get the DICE and see what's left in those chips but if it looks like you'll do even better, I'd wait until the crap settles, then stir it up again on your own terms, not theirs.

Well Bones, I have some good news for you. This chip is awesome, you're going to love it. I managed to pull down nearly 20 points with the 146 so far without DICE. It's just as strong as the day I got it.(yesterday) ;) Gonna pop the 2nd one in tomorrow and see if I can beat 3716MHz.

I just picked up a 3200+ Venice for $12, and 2 x 3500+ Venice for $9 each. You have one of those right?

UPDATE: I have been benching PCMark05 with my GPU @ 2x instead of 16x for past 4 chips. Hopefully that makes a pretty good difference.

:thumbdown: DFI and there 2x "16x" slots where 1 is 16x when solo, but the other is 2x when solo and when in SLI both only 8x. I don't like using the top slot it makes everything too crowded. Oh well I got it straightened out and the chipset block is mounted even better now.

oh sheet ..chipset is watercooled :D

umm is that the northbridge?

i need your address btw... :D

I think the chipset is like NB......I'm certainly no expert though. I took an old GPU block I had and it fits in there perfectly, well actually much larger than the chipset but there is JUST enough room for it. :)

PMing you now.

well if thats the nb for the amd...you'll surely push the fsb higher...awesome work..looks clean too..

i only use 3/8ID tubes now..they're smaller and cheaper...and easier to route..

Thanks alot. I pride myself in my rig looking pretty neat and unique....the bench definitely needs a paint job though. I tie up all the cables with waxed nylon lacing cord. The stuff rules if you know how to tiie a knot or two. It's how I attached the chipset block too. I'm just re-using a blue garden hose that I drove over the threads on.

I'm going to figure out how to untint my camera today dammit!

FSB seems to be limited to about 370ish on this board no matter what I adjust. I have seen some very high FSB on other DFI LP NF4 boards, but haven't tested the FSB on the others yet. It's on my list though.

No Venice chips (Yet) but hoping I get the one from the contest. That was my first choice of prizes so I could at least have one, even if it's not a newer chip or the best stepping.

Well I have an extra 3500 coming in a few days.......glad someone needs it.

what is max vnb? maybe we can ask our mod specialists to have a look at your board and recommend mods...

If by vnb you mean chipset voltage it goes up to 1.96v, and the LDT voltage goes up to 1.5v.......and the memory and vcore go as high as you could want.

The board is DFI LP UT NF4 SLI-DR Expert. I also have a regular SLI-DR and an Ultra-D I'd be glad to have modded.

EDIT/UPDATE: I gained 500 points in PCMark05 with the gpu @ 16x, not enough for the next spot on any of the 4 chips so screw it.

The cpu is cooled by the coolant in the chiller directly flowing through the water-block. And the chipset/gpu loop is also cooled by the chiller but to a lesser degree by having the loop just pass through the chiller bath. I get no condensation that way.
The gpu stays a little below ambient and the chipset right @ ambient which is 21.5C right now.

Pretty smart eh?;)

Are you forcing 3D clocks? Not sure how to do it on ATI and it seems like all the top pc05ers are running ATI....

Nope not forcing anything other than Ocing the core and voltage with afterburner.

Quick search shows using profiles. Create and save a profile, and then open up the XML file and change all want_0 settings to 3D values.

I will have to try that today and see if my score goes up. I need a better card to reach the next spot up on the list. There is no doubt. I'm sure there are PCM05 tweaks to learn.

.....................and the craziness continues. :ohcrap:

---So far I've benched Optys 154,152,146, and on the way for $10 is a 144, and the 170 dual-core that I won using the 154 that was way too expensive(now deceased-RIP).

---Benched Athlon 64 3200+ Venice, 3500+ Venice, 3500+ New Castle(938-pin...lol), 3700+ San Diego, and I have on the way 2 x 3000+ Venice along with another 3200+ Venice, and a Sempron 3200 of some sort.

---Benched 64x2 4200+ Manchester.

---Benched FX-53 and FX-55.

Opty 146 rules so far imho with the 86% overclock I got with just my chiller(91% is #1).:cool3: It looks like there is potential for a 100% overclock on the 144:taunt:

THEN>>>>>>>>>>>it's time to fire up the new Intel Rig and try it out on the chiller bench. I got an MSI Big Bang with a 920DO for starters. I'm pretty excited. :D

Benching Rules :thumbsup:........well, next to snowmobiling and sex.

EDIT: Nothing left to bench today except this old 462 stuff...I have 4 chips........but I must modify trhe socket to fit the chiller block. Got to grind down the part that says socket 462 on it to the height of the core.

just hold down the chiller block...lol

lol.....it would be crooked and not touching at all.

Got it all hooked up, but I think all my IDE drives are bad. Maybe some day I'll bench those chips, but back to socket 939 tomorrow......and then on to more modern stuff.

Dying to hook up this X-power!

EDIT: I decided to give it another try with TinyXP instead of 7 and it worked, now I must bench and my back hurts from shoveling.

Claimed the Venice chip as you've probrably noticed by now. Good thing I had a decent DC run too since I also won something there.

Man, I'm happy to see you got the 170 - It's a good stepping and date too, very close to what my 175 is. My 175 is an excellent chip and this one should be about the same.
Have fun with it and show us what it can do but please don't kill it.

Sweet, my Venice 3200(E6 like yours)was pretty nice. :) I hope yours is just as good. I got 3375Mhz out of mine.......but am really looking forward to receiving the Venice 3000+(boint collector) chips I bought.

Did you find the 4000+ yet.....why do you need more than 1 of them anyways? Just give me the good 1;). I have 3 chips for you now....152, 146, and 3000+Venice(E3). :taunt:

I haven't found it yet but it's here as stated somewhere. As to why I need more than one it's simple, One is delidded and the other two aren't. I have to keep one with a lid just in case and the delidded one is the best of the bunch :) I've been using for the most part since I got these chips - It's a true keeper.
The one I'm referring to hasn't been used much at all since new and don't worry, I'll find it this weekend or I'll just send you the one I used for the comp and be done with it. It's the one I got validated at 3394MHz on H2O during my comp runs so it should be a nice one but the one I'm looking for is of the same stepping and date with similar tendencies - In fact it should perform identical to it or so close you coudn't tell the difference.

Either way, you'll be pleased.

I think I have another dead board.

Tha Expert that I repaired the traces on had been working perfectly. I benched a bunch on it since the repair.

I was testing a $15 set of 2x512 Ballistix pc4000 on it....and surprisingly the memory works very well.

But all of a sudden when I was rebooting one time I got no video...nothing to the screen, so sign of signal. I tried the other 16x slot and got the same thing.

I'm thinking my 2nd 4890 is now dead, but I put it back in the Intel and it works perfectly.

The board starts up and goes through the sequence all the way to the last light and that stays on. Retested after overnight CMOS clear and same results.

Any ideas? I admit I haven't even tried to search for an answer yet.

I better try a different cpu, memory, and HD all 1 at a time first.

1 led on = vid card not detected

Thank you for that info.:thumbsup:

The video card works fine in other systems.......tested and retested. Something wrong with the board apparently if it's not detecting a card in either slot after several tries.

Any suggestions.

Try a different vid card, and try a PCI vid card. If you don't have one, you need one, just to diagnose problems like this. If it doesn't work with different vid card, and it works with a PCI card, the PCI-E slots are history.

OK.......the only other PCI-E card I have is a 4890 I'm about to RMA....but, it does show the splash screen with artifacts so that shuld be good enough for this test.

Don't know what a pci vid card is so I doubt I have one.

Well I tested some more and when I put my set of OCZ in I get display....Ballistix = no display, but they worked initially on this board and then on another Expert in between then and now. I tried orange and yellow slots.

Strange, I guess this calls for a few more rounds of testing and another board swap or two. :keeporder:

Could be a simple matter of cleaning needed.
If you have some, a can of circuit board cleaner may fix things for you. Be sure you get everything cleaned, esp down in the slots where your RAM, GPU's and all else would go.

Looks like cleaning the pci/dimm slots and the gpu/memory with QD electronic cleaner, some paper towels & a toothbrush fixed it, for now anyways.

Thanks alot Bones :thumbsup:

Now I just wonder if I'll do better benching with 2x512 @ 270ishMHz 2.5-4-4-10, or if my other stuff...2x512 @ ~250MHz 2-2-2-5 will be better?

Good deal NY.

That's something any board could benefit from with occasional use.

Well I got a few more cpus in :). Currently I am benching a 3000+E3....I managed to squeeze 3303MHz out of which is over 100MHz more than the 1st one and benching better.:thumbsup: I have an E6 on the way to try.

The next victim though, is the Opteron 144 with a 9x multi same as the 3000+. Should be fun........ohh and 1 more Opty 146, this one is CAB2E.

I'm highly addicted, what else can I say? I'm not buying any more........in the near future.

:laughing:

i got a 8800gts 512mb its also my last card unless i hit the jackpot or something

NY, you should be getting the one I sent sometime next week.
It's the one I used for the comp and it ran really well, you should get at least 3.4+ NO PROB since it did go almost to 3.4 on H2O.

I'm betting you'll pop the top and go at least 3.5+ with this one.

I don't like doing that.
I didn't see any improvements on the last one I did before it died of the ailments it already had. Although that chip just ran so hot it was unreal when I added any volts to it. It was reporting stupid temps like 30-40C when every other chip would have been -10 at the hottest. These single cores stay below zero even with 1.85v on the chiller unless you were benching, but I wouldn't bench with those volts.........maybe 1m:D

Got those chips today and I'll test them when I get a 939 setup again.

Glad they arrived safely.:)

..........here's a funny little quote from only 7 days ago.


7 days ago:
Today:
I just bought a 148..........this chip has to be a good one, hopefully. The last 2 chips I got were duds.
:D

I can promise you the one you're getting from me isn't a dud - The one you're getting is the very one I pulled off these runs with:

http://hwbot.org/community/submissio...go_48sec_656ms

http://hwbot.org/community/submissio...in_50sec_156ms

I'm not worried about showing these to you since I know you'll beat them anyway with your better cooling setup and this should let you know what kind of chip you're getting.
This chip is fairly strong and will thrive in your capable hands.

Enjoy the chip! ;)

I knew you were sending me a good one. Wasn't worried about that at all, but I paid $30 for the 148 so it better be good like the 146s and 152s we have. ;)