barton, abit and ocz overclocking results

[c00z]

I have just finished my second barton 2800+ system here are the results for those of you wondering what to expect.

system #1
abit nf7-s rev. 2
ocz pc3200 el dual channel 2*256meg (dual sided modules)
thermalright sk-7
artic silver 2
thermaltake smartfan II with thermalprobe mounted under chip
320W powersupply

final overclock was
cpu went to 2343mhz with the ram at 426mhz(213mhz)
temps were at around 48deg C



system #2...I went with some changes hoping for a larger
overclock was hoping for 2400mhz

abit nf7-s revision 2
ocz pc3500 el dual channel 2*256 (single sided modules)
thermalright sk800a
artic silver 2
thermaltake smart fan II with thermal probe mounted under chip
kingwin 350W powersupply

final overclock is 2310mhz with ram at 440mhz(220mhz)
temps are 43deg C


Voltages are as follows (same for both) 1.825Vcore, 1.7V northbridge, 2.9Vdimm


These were the results from 2 different chips, those real geeks out there like myself are now wondering what were the steppings...here they are...


system #1 stepping was ...damn cant find it
system #2 stepping was aquca

now i have a question for those in this forum...
I had used the pc3500 from system 2 in system 1 for 2 days and found i could clock up to 462mhz out of it...now in system 2 i cannot get more than 442 out of it. I know the core will go about 20mhz faster but the ram wont get there, even at low timings...ideas since i am out of northbridge and dimm voltage....what is the difference in systems..i figured that system 2 was better and would get more out of it.....unfortunately it seemed to be a waste of money

[c00z]

no one can give me any help.....


what speeds did you guys get out of your bartons.....what did you get out of your ocz?


comon!

[PanzerKnight]

got 3200 using some winbond 5bh-5 stuf5f55

[acidrainy]

Have you tried the chip from #2 in system #1?
Only thing I can think of, atm, is that cpu #2 is limiting things....

Well that or the mem, or the PSU, or the RAM, or the.....

[fondie]

same motherboard? as in THE same one rather than the same model as you've already said.

[c00z]

I cannot put the chip from system 1 into system 2 since i have shipped it to my brother..

However, here is what i have found out, there seems to be some limit with system 2. I can only boot at a highest of 221 at 2-2-3-6 and when I even try 222 at 2.5-3-3-8 it isnt stable. Thus there seems to be a limit either with the motherboard or the ram. The motherboard is revision 2 so it is the same revision. However the bios is different. Has anyone found that the newest bios is worse than earlier editions?

[c00z]

no system 2 has the same revision motherboard as system 1 but it is a different motherboard