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Anybody else seen a 30-cap 'B' Northwood?

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I bought this 3.06B about 8 months ago for my RDRAM rig. It's the latest SL6PG D1 step, an L336Bxxx Malay. Was I surprised to find it's a 30-capper. The thing runs awesome, how about 158 fsb or 3.63 gig at 1.49 VCORE??? As my RDRAM board maxes out at 158 fsb I did not test higher. Walzes through Sandra Arith, Multimedia, PCMark2002, and the Marks.

Hell, a 2.40C would be running 302 fsb at 3.63 gig, and NO WAY any of them can do it at 1.49 actual VCORE. The two I have that do 307 fsb needs 1.675.

Anybody seen other 30-cap 'B' CPUs? Perhaps the 2.8B?
 
slashpract said:
ive got that cpu i dk if its a 30 cap but i dk it wouldn't run prime95 at the oc in my sig :confused:
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this may seem silly, but you may be giving it too much voltage. that seems high for that oc.

not saying that's why you fail prime, but i'd try lowering it.
 
hUMANbEATbOX said:
this may seem silly, but you may be giving it too much voltage. that seems high for that oc.

not saying that's why you fail prime, but i'd try lowering it.
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I know the 3.06Bs don't need much volts, but 1.616 isn't high :). The earlier 'B' CPUs needed 1.70-1.75 for decent overclocks.

The older 12-cap 3.06Bs only needed 1.55 volts too, and those maxed out around 152-154 or so on air.
 
yea i got mine like a year ago and well i cant lower my vcore my mobo goes down to 1.55 but it doesn't stay there
 
Heh, nice find Clevor. I thought that the 3.06's were all older cores, but apparently Intel has continued their production and taken them to the newer steppings. Not a bad OC at all you got there!
 
Clevor said:
I know the 3.06Bs don't need much volts, but 1.616 isn't high :). The earlier 'B' CPUs needed 1.70-1.75 for decent overclocks.

The older 12-cap 3.06Bs only needed 1.55 volts too, and those maxed out around 152-154 or so on air.
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i know its not high, but i would think a 3.06 should do 3.2 on stock volts. and the fact that its failing prime for him. he only oc 140mhz, but raised the vcore .5+ i've never seen a chip be that voltage hungry.
 
Hey Fizz, I notice you have a pretty good 3.06B too, on a P4T533-R.

I have my P4T533-R RDRAM board up now. I have a 6800 Ultra on the way and I plan on this rig as my gaming rig, even though I have monster 800 fsb systems running 3.9 gig and 3600 unbuffered.

This is confirmed: before I hooked up my RDRAM rig, I was testing the overclock on my X800XT PE, running get this: 545/590 core/mem, on a 2.40C at 292, 5:4, 2.5-2-2-5. Hell, 3DMark2001 is smoother on the RDRAM board. I ain't saying it's faster (as I got 24,664 versus 16,575 on the P4T533-R), but the 3D movements are smoother. The ATI card actually stammered a bit and teared through Dragothic.

There is something about RDRAM memory that makes it excel at 3D and video editing :confused:. All the board needs is a monster vid card and the latest SB Live card. While CPU power is important on the Ultras and PEs, a 3.06B @ 3.63 gig fits the bill :clap:.

I play all my games at 1600x1200x32 anyway.
 
my cpu might be hurt or soemthing cause i had it running on a bad psu and ive hit some insane temps before so haha yea maybe it like got hurt
 
Clevor said:
Hey Fizz, I notice you have a pretty good 3.06B too, on a P4T533-R.

I have my P4T533-R RDRAM board up now. I have a 6800 Ultra on the way and I plan on this rig as my gaming rig, even though I have monster 800 fsb systems running 3.9 gig and 3600 unbuffered.

This is confirmed: before I hooked up my RDRAM rig, I was testing the overclock on my X800XT PE, running get this: 545/590 core/mem, on a 2.40C at 292, 5:4, 2.5-2-2-5. Hell, 3DMark2001 is smoother on the RDRAM board. I ain't saying it's faster (as I got 24,664 versus 16,575 on the P4T533-R), but the 3D movements are smoother. The ATI card actually stammered a bit and teared through Dragothic.

There is something about RDRAM memory that makes it excel at 3D and video editing :confused:. All the board needs is a monster vid card and the latest SB Live card. While CPU power is important on the Ultras and PEs, a 3.06B @ 3.63 gig fits the bill :clap:.

I play all my games at 1600x1200x32 anyway.
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My 3.06 is an oldie though; a C1 stepping. I've got it cooled down tightly... anything over 3Ghz tends to get quite hot and this one is no exception.

Interesting you should mention high-end gaming. I'm getting either an Ultra or a PE real soon now as a 1-step upgrade to the RDRAM system. I'm currently in favor of the PE for heat and power reasons. I have the system in a rather tight case and I don't want to make things worse with an unsuitable videocard. If the Ati disappoints I might get a GT and a new case instead though hehe.

Hey and 1280x1024 is all I ask. :)
 
The 30 cappers are just extreme edition downgrades, so its quite likely you'll see another.
 
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