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Originally Posted by ny_driver
Golds I doubt, but maybe a few more points with some LN2 are possible. Today the chip acts funny though......won't go up past 3.4ish. I think maybe my gpu swapping(ati to nvidia) without proper cleaning could have corrupted something. I cleaned and swapped back, but it acts the same.
I have little time to do anything more this weekend. I plan to reformat and try it again when I have time.
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I saw that CPU-Z run you posted and dude - 1.8v's+ ?
I hope you didn't damage it somehow because it is possible to do even with better cooling used.
You can ask Mr. Scott about that one sometime.
Basing the following on my HVAC experience - I could be wrong or at least not spot on with the following but here it is:
You might be running into a "Thermal Latency" problem with it.
Not the chip's fault and remember whatever materials your pot, heatsink or whatever is made from will only remove so much heat/BTU's within a given timeframe based on cooling used and what you've posted, the chip still has it's lid on that could be the thermal bottleneck causing it.
With the materals of the block or pot and lid plus the TIM, it all adds up to your thermal efficiency.
Good cooling temps are great but core temps themselves could be getting too high if the heat isn't passing through all the materials fast enough = Heat buildup in the core itself. That's a big factor in your results, esp in the longer benchies such as 32M Super PI or 1024M WPrime since those runs make your CPU run for a much longer time than the short runs will, giving more time for heat to buildup.
I know the guys here have experience with extreme cooling so maybe they can weigh in on this.