BETTER IS JUST BETTER!

[caddi daddi]

had a little time today so I dug some stuff out of the junk pile.
I got out my ch5-f-z board, my 2 gtx760's, my fx8350, and the normal support staff.
the only change i made was the power supply, i left out the ultra 1050 that i have used for a couple of years with this kit and slipped in an evga 850g2 that i got from oklahoma wolf a week or two ago.
why am i typing all of this you might ask, because it's better.
not one thing in a big way mind you but just a number of little ways.
A little less vcore to allow a little higher clock, a little less cpu/nb voltage with a little higher cpu/nb speed, and being able to tighten the ram timmings just a little.
what have I learned from this????
bigger is not better, better is better

 

[Bobnova]

Smoooother Vooooltage. This is why low ripple is nice.

 

[caddi daddi]

without tweaking around I got from @5.4 to 5.45 om the cpu, gained about 30 on the cpu/nb and lowered the read to read and write to write by one, so some nice little gains without trying any demon tweaks!

 

[caddi daddi]

kind of strange thing, at modest clocks, 5.0-5.2 with the 2 760's clocked up I have to set cpu, ram and cpu/nb clocks back to where i have been running them but, when i go ahead and turn the cpu on up to 5.45 with the cards clocked up i can tighen the ram back up and raise the cpu/nb back up.

 

[caddi daddi]

this was caused by running 2 unmatched kits of ram for a total of 16 gigs, with 2x4gig sticks i can tighten it up, drop the ram voltage 3 clicks and run it right up from 4.8 to 5.5, that gives me a full 100 mhz on the cpu here in my 76f room along with the ram and cpu/nb bumps thats a pretty well spent $100!!!

 

[Mandrake4565]

Smoooother Vooooltage. This is why low ripple is nice.

Interesting, I never realized that a quality power supply could also change the voltages needed for an OC. Thanks Bob and C/D for posting this!

 

[caddi daddi]

when you consider what i have been useing!!!!

 

[caddi daddi]

Manny, this is the exact psu i bought, the reveiw sample.


http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=377

 

[Witchdoctor]

 

[Mandrake4565]

Manny, this is the exact psu i bought, the reveiw sample.


http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=377

Yeah I saw that in the classies, I don't need a Psu otherwise I would have grabbed it.

Funny stuff witch.

 

[caddi daddi]

manny, you tend to forget that what we take as ho, hum, everyday stuff is bleeding edge to the rest of the world.

I do know that the ultra had 250mv-300mv ac on the dc rails and that is very, very dirty.

 

[Bobnova]

That's 2x to 2.5x the allowed ripple on 12v. Enough to cause serious problems.
If that was on the 5v/3.3v, that's 5x-6x the allowed ripple, enough to kill.


Generally speaking going from a PSU with high-but-allowed ripple to a PSU with OMG-awesomely-low ripple won't give you much unless you're at the bitter edge of things.
If however you're on a PSU with illegal ripple, things may improve a good bit. They also stand a better chance of not destroying things, of course.

 

[caddi daddi]

12v rails.

whats r3eally neat is that i can now p 95 at 5.5 on all 8 and keep to my temp limits!!!

 

[Mandrake4565]

12v rails.

whats r3eally neat is that i can now p 95 at 5.5 on all 8 and keep to my temp limits!!!

What are you cooling it with C/D?

 

[caddi daddi]

mo-ra, 4x180, fans on 7 volts.

with ai suite installed i can ease it up some, the big shock when when it first loads is the limiting factor so i will try easing the clock up under load when i get some more time.

 

[Johan45]

mo-ra, 4x180, fans on 7 volts.

with ai suite installed i can ease it up some, the big shock when when it first loads is the limiting factor so i will try easing the clock up under load when i get some more time.

Good for you C_D, that's a decent clock, a bit overkill just for surfing isn't it
I learned my lesson with a Raidmax and trying to run an SLI set-up. According to specs it should have been more than enough but random crashing was driving me over the edge. Swapped it out for a Corsair and all my trouble went away.

 

[Mandrake4565]

Good for you C_D, that's a decent clock, a bit overkill just for surfing isn't it

^^^^^^

 

[caddi daddi]

what else would we want other than over kill???

around here we like to lead, not follow!!!

 

[Johan45]

what else would we want other than over kill???

around here we like to lead, not follow!!!

That's why we're the RC gang

 

[caddi daddi]

we are the rc gang but, that thread is getting so deep a lot of info in it is being missed.