Well, after a little messin, I found that in order to go faster than 4.114 GHz, the voltage starts increasing rapidly, and I didn't like where 4.28 got me (1.68+V!! AAAAHHHHH!!!! Bios limits it to 1.75 with an "irreversible damage" warning) The temps weren't bad, only 58*, but it was by no means stable there, as it couldn't even
start 3DMark 06 without exploding! So, I throttled back to 4.114, and that's the best I did with 1.512V. That's reasonable, and I can be ok with that. Afterall, that i7 950 (I think that's what Idaho got) is $370 more. I imagine it will go considerably faster. So, I digress. I throttled back to 4.1 GHz, and am going to stay there.
I will say IdahoSurge has, by far, theee fastest stable OC I have ever seen on an Air-cooled box. Great work, and I bet you could probably hit 4.4, just to brush off any
future attempts by anyone other than an i7 975 xtreme user. I know that if I were you, I would be laughing (although under my breath) at some Speed-Of-Flight guy trying to crank up his li'l Phenom II to get me. Good work. I have found my limit, and ain't going to try any harder than I have.
I think, though the AMD folks had us enthusiasts in mind when they built the PhII 965. They had to have known that this chip would yield a stable 4.0 GHz. That's what
I'm talkin' about! That's as fast as I need to go. I'm glad, though, that I made the attempt. They, however, need to get on the ball. Intel's i7's are KILLIN 'em, and they need to make something to
really shake things up.
So, without any further adeu, I say:
CONGRATULATIONS, IDAHOSURGE!You've won the OC competition before you even knew there was a race! There are no prizes, or bikini girls, but you get to tell all your friends that this is why to spend more on an Intel!
Now, I'm going to play some well-deserved FSX on this thing. It's been so long, I don't even remember my password!