rising_suns
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Re: Ebay seller offering custom builds...what do you think of this build? (no flames
After much research, I discovered that the XP installation CD is lacking certain SATA drivers required to do a proper install. I attempt the workaround by compiling a new installation with the drivers, but that did not work. So I just went ahead and upgraded to Windows 7 instead (I have been delaying upgrading as much as possible, but now I am forced to).
In any case, the install went very well, and the i5 is quite capable. However, I did observe that I needed to overclock it more than expected to get the performance I was hoping for. At 3.9 Ghz, I am about 39*C at idle, and 67*C under load with Prime95. At 4.0 Ghz, I am running stable at 41*C at idle and 74*C under load (however my software never pushes it past 65*C), without having to adjust any of my voltages (all set to auto).
I do have a question about these values. Does this seem ok? Would you suggest that I change anything? All I did to OC was drop my multplier down to 9x, and increase my Bsclk as much as possbile without losing stability (made it to about 195 before the system became unstable (probably due to my RAM limits?), and so I dropped it down to 191). Then I increased my multiplier to 21x, but for some reason, I cannot increase it to 22x (when I do, it automatically adjust back to 21x after restart.
In any case, do these numbers seem ok to you for my purposes? I am not expecting this computer to last forever, and so I do not mind pushing it a little bit.
After much research, I discovered that the XP installation CD is lacking certain SATA drivers required to do a proper install. I attempt the workaround by compiling a new installation with the drivers, but that did not work. So I just went ahead and upgraded to Windows 7 instead (I have been delaying upgrading as much as possible, but now I am forced to).
In any case, the install went very well, and the i5 is quite capable. However, I did observe that I needed to overclock it more than expected to get the performance I was hoping for. At 3.9 Ghz, I am about 39*C at idle, and 67*C under load with Prime95. At 4.0 Ghz, I am running stable at 41*C at idle and 74*C under load (however my software never pushes it past 65*C), without having to adjust any of my voltages (all set to auto).
I do have a question about these values. Does this seem ok? Would you suggest that I change anything? All I did to OC was drop my multplier down to 9x, and increase my Bsclk as much as possbile without losing stability (made it to about 195 before the system became unstable (probably due to my RAM limits?), and so I dropped it down to 191). Then I increased my multiplier to 21x, but for some reason, I cannot increase it to 22x (when I do, it automatically adjust back to 21x after restart.
In any case, do these numbers seem ok to you for my purposes? I am not expecting this computer to last forever, and so I do not mind pushing it a little bit.