- Joined
- Sep 5, 2002
- Location
- Ballston Spa, NY
Well, my PII 940 arrived a couple hours ago and I had to install it of course immediately. I went a little on upgrades and basically built myself a new computer over the last month... but hell I hadn't upgraded anything in my system for about 2 and a half years and the old 4000+ @ 2.7GHz just wasn't up to snuff anymore.
So, todays upgrades included a new 20x SATA DVD burner, to replace the archaic 8x IDE burner, 750 Gb WD "Green Power" hard drive, and my precious... my Phenom II. Ahem.
Of course the first two upgrades are not interesting, so let me get down to the meat of it. I popped the CPU in with the stock cooler and took some readings, it should be noted that the processor idles at 800 MHz with the stock settings. All temp readings were after 6 minutes of prime, until the temp stabilized and I took the maximum temp it saw at that point.
Stock HSF, Stock Voltage:
3000 MHz CPU
1800 HT
15x Multi
Idle: 22C
Load: 48C
3400 MHz CPU
1800 MHz HT
17x Multi
Idle: 28C
Load: 49C
3DMark06: 16,100
Lapped Thermalright SI-128SE, 80CFM 120mm Fan, Arctic Silver 5, Stock Voltage:
3400 MHz CPU
1800 MHz HT
17x Multi
Idle: 25C
Load: 39C
3400 MHz is now 10 min prime stable... seems to be running Windows 7 just fine, I will follow up with more stability testing to see whether it continues to be stable or needs a voltage bump. I got into Windows at 3500 MHz, but core #4 failed prime after about 30 seconds.
I'll add more to my results when I've played around with the voltages a bit, I think 3600 is a fairly realistic goal, maybe even 3700, it all depends how the voltage effects the temp... I try to keep load under 55C, which seems to be the sweet spot for most AMD chips.
So, todays upgrades included a new 20x SATA DVD burner, to replace the archaic 8x IDE burner, 750 Gb WD "Green Power" hard drive, and my precious... my Phenom II. Ahem.
Of course the first two upgrades are not interesting, so let me get down to the meat of it. I popped the CPU in with the stock cooler and took some readings, it should be noted that the processor idles at 800 MHz with the stock settings. All temp readings were after 6 minutes of prime, until the temp stabilized and I took the maximum temp it saw at that point.
Stock HSF, Stock Voltage:
3000 MHz CPU
1800 HT
15x Multi
Idle: 22C
Load: 48C
3400 MHz CPU
1800 MHz HT
17x Multi
Idle: 28C
Load: 49C
3DMark06: 16,100
Lapped Thermalright SI-128SE, 80CFM 120mm Fan, Arctic Silver 5, Stock Voltage:
3400 MHz CPU
1800 MHz HT
17x Multi
Idle: 25C
Load: 39C
3400 MHz is now 10 min prime stable... seems to be running Windows 7 just fine, I will follow up with more stability testing to see whether it continues to be stable or needs a voltage bump. I got into Windows at 3500 MHz, but core #4 failed prime after about 30 seconds.
I'll add more to my results when I've played around with the voltages a bit, I think 3600 is a fairly realistic goal, maybe even 3700, it all depends how the voltage effects the temp... I try to keep load under 55C, which seems to be the sweet spot for most AMD chips.
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