Got the chip today...havent had time todo stability testing....only 3 hours of prime at 4.3ghz
my ram 3700EB is getting tested by ocz so i am using my mates sticks which i borrowed...
Max screen using clocgen...
and my copy-paste-paint skills
crashed later on...
only testing so far...look at the CPU temps lol 1C
upping the Vcore didnt help....
the chip is running hot...-8C @ 4.3ghz 1.5V whereas my 3.4C at 1.7V @ 4.3ghz was running -22C...under prime
the board is about to explode the mosfets are burning hot...the back of the mach 2 CPU kit where the heater is has never ever been so hot before...i can barely touch it hehe...One of the heatsinks in the mosfets fell off...it had dodgy thermaltape that one anyways and fell off another time too....ehhe
getting some OCZ heatsinks to treat my mosfets anyways...the clockgen isnt hot at all but the mosfets ouch...
Its an OEM chip so no box came from the US even though they are available in Europe
I got warranty with it from the guy i bought it with though so its a +
compressor temps have reached 72C on the back at the mo from 68 and 55C on the front from arround 48C hehe evap tem -44C priming at 4.3ghz as i said.
priming temps