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- Jul 27, 2003
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Hi all
Since my old fcpga2 system's slowness was no longer tolerable, I've decided to upgrade. I'll start with the specs:
P4 2.4C
Asus P4P800
2×256MB Corsair value PC3200
This is my first P4 rig, so go easy on me
Right now I'm running my chip @ 3.06GHz with 5:4 mem dividers (hey, stability testing takes time ).
1) OK. So first off: ASUS probe reports my IDLE temp to be 23°C (73F). But if I restart and go to BIOS hardware monitor, the temp is 30°C. What's the deal? Is the proble lying to me? I'm using stock cooler without any thermal compound (i'll get some arctic silver ASAP ) @ ambient temp 15°C.
Probe reports my LOAD temperature to be 41°C. It's hard to check this with bios, since the cpu will cool down a bit before I'm able to restart, but it pretty much checks out. The heatsink is barely warm to the touch after a few hours of load, though.
2) I'm using default vcore (1.525v), but CPU-Z says my vcore is 1.616v (sometime [very rarely] it drops to 1.568 and goes back to 1.616). The probe confirms this. Is this normal?
3) I'm running my memory @ 204MHz, 2.5-3-3-6, default vdimm (so far, hee hee ). My Sandra 2004 Standard memory scores are:
Isn't this a little low? I've heard that good scores start at 6000, which would make my scores pretty crappy. Is this true?
Thanks for your input!
Freelancer
PS: My PSU is 400W with 220W max. 3.3&5V output.
Since my old fcpga2 system's slowness was no longer tolerable, I've decided to upgrade. I'll start with the specs:
P4 2.4C
Asus P4P800
2×256MB Corsair value PC3200
This is my first P4 rig, so go easy on me
Right now I'm running my chip @ 3.06GHz with 5:4 mem dividers (hey, stability testing takes time ).
1) OK. So first off: ASUS probe reports my IDLE temp to be 23°C (73F). But if I restart and go to BIOS hardware monitor, the temp is 30°C. What's the deal? Is the proble lying to me? I'm using stock cooler without any thermal compound (i'll get some arctic silver ASAP ) @ ambient temp 15°C.
Probe reports my LOAD temperature to be 41°C. It's hard to check this with bios, since the cpu will cool down a bit before I'm able to restart, but it pretty much checks out. The heatsink is barely warm to the touch after a few hours of load, though.
2) I'm using default vcore (1.525v), but CPU-Z says my vcore is 1.616v (sometime [very rarely] it drops to 1.568 and goes back to 1.616). The probe confirms this. Is this normal?
3) I'm running my memory @ 204MHz, 2.5-3-3-6, default vdimm (so far, hee hee ). My Sandra 2004 Standard memory scores are:
Isn't this a little low? I've heard that good scores start at 6000, which would make my scores pretty crappy. Is this true?
Thanks for your input!
Freelancer
PS: My PSU is 400W with 220W max. 3.3&5V output.