Zardon

Id love to hear from anyone on DH who has pushed their 920 i7. How far have you managed to get it. what voltage, cooling, temperatures?

Just Learnin'

LN2 -100 Celsius, cold bug @ -112 Celsius





Daily driving with TRUE Copper, wound up having to boost VCORE to 1.2875

SeraphicSorcerer

Can I ask why people use LN2 Dry ice when they are obviously only temp solutions unless you have an unlimited supply?

Is it just the thrill of how high you can get the chip? Or something else

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Just Learnin'

Why do people game, drive fast cars, listen to music? Something I enjoyed doing is all. In the above case it was more about the 2 9800 GX2's than the CPU though. Dry ice and LN2 are not solutions at all, just a means to an end.

SeraphicSorcerer

Well, I don't believe that's a fair answer. People game cuz it's fun, and drive fast cars cuz it's fun, So just LN2'g is just what, fun? For the whole however long you can run a bench session? Not to mention 75% of the setups are done out of cases????

I guess after dealing with computers for 15 years, if I can't run it 24/7 a certain way, I really don't want to run it that way at all.... Yes, you get really high oc, and really good benchmarks, but it's really a lie isnt it? Are you going to be able to play the ENTIRETY of crysis on a Ln2 setup? Kinda pushing it, arent ya?

Anyhow, I don't want to hijack the thread, so I'll leave it alone, I just don't get why overclock it if it won't be perm.
GL with your setup

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Just Learnin'

My setup is now in a case and is used 24/7 at 4 GHz on air, I posted that and the temps as well. Of course it is a fair answer, people that snowboard, skydive or race don't do it 24/7 either. Just for fun, to see the limit of the hardware. A bench session for me costs $65.00 for LN2 and lasts over 14 hours. Pretty reasonable entertainment costs if that is what I enjoy.

Bolletje

Some people like benching, like me. It's sometimes even more attractive than gaming.

@ Just Learnin'
2nd pic is also w/ the 9800GX2? Since 41 degrees is quite low.

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Just Learnin'

No, that is with my GTX 295. I also have a GTX 280 for PhysX in the case. It is a very large custom made case with lots of flow.

I made it from aluminum diamondplate quite a while ago, an old pic with a Gigabyte mobo:

Lowfat

My currently 920 will do 4.4GHz on air w/ a Prolimatech Megahalem. On my single stage phase change I've had it up to ~4.65 stable. Couldn't take it higher w/ the mobo I was using. 222blck limit FTL.

Until I can find a used Classified for sale I'll be stuck with those clocks. Spending $500 on a motherboard is still something I can't consciously do.

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Q8200 @ 3GHz * P5Q Pro* 4GB @ 878MHz * 9500GT * Auzen Prelude * 30GB Vertex * 11.5TB * Seasonic 420 M12-II * Silverstone LC17B * LG GGC-H20L

[hobo]eclipse

nice cloks just learning, looks to be a treat of a time playn with the dry ice. i remember when u where building that case and had a thread goin along as u made progress, its really cool!/?

wish i could participate but kikn around a lowly C1 775 quad Xeon in mid case, not 100% stable yet, but 10 hrs blend x64 at 1.3125v @ 3.9/DDR2 1100 works for me!

*<- needs specs up dated*

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