Recent content by VanH

strange that I still haven't read an independent review yet. shouldn't the engineering samples be out by now?

Thought prices might fall a little if I waited and now it's gone the other way instead, can't find any at directron or mwave. Is this chip really that popular??

AMD looks to be a gonner this time round. 2.0ghz Barcelona was a joke and Intel doesn't seem to want to let up (major change from just a few years ago when they were so complacent); Penryn looks awesome from everything I've read, nice to see it in action.

I thought about this, but I wonder who's going to benefit from the result (looked like they're pretty close with big pharma, and if I'm going to donate my time I sure as heck want a guarantee that the info be under a public use license or some such) seti is cool but it doesn't seem they need...

Your heatsink isn't fully seated would be my guess (The push pin design is just lousy); check the back of the MB to visually confirm that the pins are fully through and secure. Are you using the stock cooler? Are these the core temps (using coretemp or tat?) You shouldn't be getting temps...

prasvt, guess it's not the ventilation then, those are pretty good idle temps (I switched out a sealed plexiglass side panel for one with a mesh and my temps dropped 10C (both idle and orthos), unbelievable, and this was with 3 120mm case fans and a couple more in the psu). The only other thing...

Those orthos core temps are a bit warm? I think 60 should be max under orthos load. BTW have you tried overclocking with the side panel off? If you get considerably cooler temps it might well be lack of ventilation that's limiting your OC.

Thanks for the feedback unclewebb. I am sure you're right, it just seem to be reaching a point of diminishing return, though. I can't really tell the difference between 3.4 and 3.5 for daily use and stepping back from 1.5 volts does make me feel more comfortable. I think I'd be willing to...

User Name: VanH Stability: 6hours Orthos (ran a bit longer than the picture below) CPU: E6420 OC: 3504Mhz Stepping: 6 B2 Week: L649 Code: G593 Vcore: 1.5375 (1.5 idle/1.48 load actual) Cooling: Air Cooler brand/model: Scythe Mine rev.B Motherboard: Asus P5B-Deluxe Rev.1.10g...

Thanks for the reply, Terc. So voltage by itself does have a negative effect? 3.5 is really sweet for me; will be sad to lose it since the temps are still so benign, but if your experience pans out I think I may head back to 3.4, I can get that for just a little over 1.47 cpu volts in bios...

Hi everyone, I'm new here (both to this board and to C2D), previous system was a 939 x2. Here's my E6420 L649G593 pack date 04/03/07 using a Asus P5B-Deluxe Rev.1.10g, Scythe Mine B, and Crucial Ballistix ddr2-800 c4 with Ultra Xfinity 600W PSU. Managed to get it 6 hours Orthos stable (ran...