Extreme overclocking

After changing the stock TIM on Ivy Bridge CPUs we saw some impressive improvement for 24/7 setups using air- and watercooling. I could also improve my CPU for wPrime on LN2 and hit the 2nd best score in wPrime32m (meanwhile dropped down to position 3). Source: Thread http://forum.hwbot.org/showthread.php?t=47539 Unfortunately not everybody had the same improvements and also my CPU died few days later on air cooling. Even though I'm not sure whether the TIM change caused the malfunction. After the disappointing results of the TIM change I thought long about realy soldering the IHS back to the CPU like Intel did it in the past. This thread will be my…

RAPTOR3 is the result of over a half year of testing, optimization and development in cooperation with German engineers. We completely revised the structure to create the best GPU pot available. Thin arms allow a very fast cool-down while the structure in the middle reduces temperature ups and downs for the best temperature control. Additional slots at the bottom of the pot dispense the LN2 to all four chambers and reduce the bubbling significantly. A black anodized aluminium plate at the bottom in combination with the nickle-plated copper perfects the design. The new stainless steel mounting system will give you the maximum contact pressure and using the stainle…

Hey guys, I'm in the market for an LN2 pot and I've sort of come to the conclusion that I want to get either the KingPin Dragon F1 Dark Extreme or the Venom 6.66. It's going to be primarily for dry ice cooling but LN2 will be used too. I figured that the Venom would be the best out of the two but I need some advice on it as I'm literally torn between the two. Thanks in advanced!

hi guys, first time for me, running a single stage. it runs perfectly, but coretemp shows positive temperatures in Windows. ..it's more than positive! the evap has minus 50 degrees and the cpu at just 4.5 ghz and 1.26 volts 30 degrees plus through coretemp...this can't be true! the 3960x is pretested by hazzan and can do 5635@1.585! i was able to run 5400 under water...now under ss i have too much problems. coretemp shows positive temps. at 5500 load it shows 60 degrees plus, while the evap has minus 46 degrees! so i think it's a wrong readout...does anyone have that before, too? hazzan said...under 28 degrees minus it's too cold...so if i can believe the evap, I'…

Hi , Dominance was getting a little outdated and with the great mem OC on IVY and soon Haswell, I've made a new memory cooler. Should be available at the new year thru typical channels. Christian has it first and will help me get it just right for you guys. This will be the first "Pro" KPC model of containers. Who better to consult with on this project than one of the best memory OC'rs in the world... Main point of the cooler is to make it as easy as possible to mount and use on dimms with OR without spreaders. Removing spreaders is risky and in most cases not necessary, so this is your solution. Internals follow previous Dominance and I tried as much as possible to do s…

Hello. HWBOT Guys. I created a team to participate for the Pro OC Cup. My team littleboy and NAMEGT. littleboy MOA is my great partner, and NAMEGT AMD APU mania and is sub operator of Korea very famous PC Forum( http://www.playwares.com/xe/ ) . They are very good overclockers of my most precious friends. We meet last weekend was a challenge to the three stages -Single GPU 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme -Full Out 3DMark11 Performance -CineBench R11.5 playwares review http://www.playwares.com/xe/28882427 Test System Gears CPU : i7 3960X MEM : samsung 4GB * 4 M'B : ASUS RAMPAGE Ⅳ EXTREME VGA : HD7970 * 4EA & NVIDIA Titan *1E…

Everybody knows that gemini is a really good cpu pot.BUT I will show what can happen IF you use it under dice or just ice like I did ( ). My pot was insulated with armaflex and insulation tape,managed to ran many ln2 sessions without issues. One day I thought to prepare the system for the next day's dice session. Used some normal ice to test the contact between cpu and pot's base. Everything seemed to be ok but after 10minutes I saw some ml of water on the floor and turned off the pc immediately. Water was from pot of course,but did not care about this to say the truth. The only think which was important for me was the cpu and I removed it. here comes a photo of it:…

I made one more pot to my collection, but this time i want do something different I decide made my own impression PATCHPOT, made by Duniek and design by Patch. I want RESURRECT this project because Duniek don't made pots no more I decided do in my own way. I base on pictures and I made only one of this;) Dimensions: 70mm x 70mm Height: 145mm Weight: 2,25KG Coper max height: 100mm Still waiting for mounting made with foamed PCV 19 mm thick to test it:) and all my pots on one pics:) i only hope i have some time to do some proper testing all made on hand machines not CNC

So tonight I accidentally bought a couple 160L dewars. I already have a 150, so extra aren't really needed. Was there ever a decision made about if we are allowed, and how we should go about notifying other hwbot members about equipment we have for sale?

I decided to post some more "lost & found" photos from Taipei. After MOA there was also Asrock OC Seminar which lasted 5 days :up: Participants: NickShih Splave Romdominance ViVi dRweEz Perica_barii Quake Smoke 12 Hazzan Massman Piwor Xtreme Addict During the 3rd day there was Trinity launch day, so we were benching some AMD for press and reviewers This meet up was great fun, we had so much laugh, some of us did great results, we had possibility to get familiar with Asrock hardware, to see how things really go. We had learned and saw with our own eyes which hard work Nick does with his "magic" on Asrock boards. Nothing strang…

ATI New Driver 12.11 Test.... I Fought for two days with black screen.... hahahah system #1 CPU : 3770K M'b : MSI Mpower VGA : MSI 7970 Lightning MEM : Gskill PI 2000 CL6 http://www.hwbot.org/submission/2323855_ http://www.hwbot.org/submission/2324393_ system #2 CPU : 3960X M'b : MSI X79 BigBang VGA : MSI 7970 Lightning MEM : AVEXIR 4GB x4 DDR3-2666C11 1.65V Memory(AVD3U26661104G-4CM) http://www.hwbot.org/submission/2324398_

Hello, Does anyone know how to make a rheostat (to change Vcore up to 1.825vcore) on ABIT ST6-RAID?

Can't seem to get past 1.216v on this card. Enabled the dip switches but to no avail. Tried several ABX editions but voltage is always stuck at +0.200. Ideas? Drivers, skill?

So, I've been breaking my head over the PCIe on/off feature implementations on the various boards. As far as I know, the PCIe on/off switch is implementated on three boards/series: - Rampage III Extreme BE - Evga X58 Classified 4-Way - Evga Classified SR2 - Rampage IV Extreme (and later ROG boards) - ASRock Z77 OC Formula - MSI Z77 Mpower Now, if I understand the ROG marketing about the PCIe debug correctly the purpose of the switches is two-fold: - debug graphics cards - prevent condensation from killing multi-vga setup In very simple terms, there are two parts of the PCIe lane: the first (smallest) part is power, the other is data signal (see image…

so today i got an old dewar, i want to give it a lick of paint can you do this or may i not ? (safety regulations and others) thanks

Hi all! Long time no see, but it was time to come back for a while. I try to make long story short, so some users won't get annoyed by this thread. I have been gathering these parts long time and doing some pretesting. Then I got opportunity to be home alone 2 weeks and that was my moment of truth. Can I still make it and do I have enough motivation to spend sick amount of time with my setup. I did find some motivation and nice hardware gave me lovely moments I need to say, that benching just for yourself without the need of pleasing someone is really good. I have bought this CPU with my own money and I have bought this memory kit from my friend, …

Geil evo veloce 2400 cl11 GEV38GB2400C11ADC geil seems that has been the batteries Use hard: Msi Gd-80 z77 i7 3770k Msi 7970 oc Ssd corsair CHIP MFR Testing 2600 cl10 1,64vt Testing 2666 cl 11 1,68vt Testing 2800 cl 12 1,80vt

TaPaKaH did drink the whole dewar of Liquid Nitrogen, wtf you mad bro? Even belch LN2 smoke actually. Check out the video, deja vu HiCookie?

How do you guys see it? I can not understand. Me http://hwbot.org/submission/2328939_namegt_superpi_a10_5800k_14sec_188ms http://hwbot.org/image/866128.jpg No.2 Record http://hwbot.org/image/865690.jpg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hello, One of your submissions has been reported as incorrect by an HWBOT member.Please check whether the problem is valid and can be resolved. This was the reason the user gave: reported by user due to lack of validation The reporting user also noted: 6993 MHz, DDR-2368, CL9.0 14-15-39 1T run than 6696MHz DDR-2645 10.0 11-10-29 2T fa…

Hey I have just found pictures and movies from this great event :up: And I decided to upload them. For sure we are better overclockers than photographers (the quality of pictures and movies) but I hope you like it Participants: Team Russia: Smoke & 12 ASUS ROG Team: Andre Yang & Shamino ASUS R&D department Team Indonesia: Hazzan Brazilian press: OverBR - Aramys T. Ortolani Campos Xtreme Team: Xtreme Addict & Piwor Videos: Pictures: Asus HQ in Taipei "MOBO Lisa"? "The round table" El toro electrónico ASUS R&D ASUS HQ r…

Hi all, after make some test last week with MSI N680GTX under LN2, now i put the CPU under LN2 on X79 and make some runs again, and with SLI too. Hardware used: 1GPU: Msi N680GTX Lightning @ LN2 SeaSonic 860W Platinum Gskill 2000MHz c6 (2x4GB) Corsair SSD Neutron GTX 240GB Asus Rampage 4 Extreme I7 3930K @ LN2 2GPU´s (SLI): 2 x Msi N680GTX Lightning @ LN2 SeaSonic 860W Platinum (placa base + 1 VGA) SeaSonic 1050W Gold (1VGA) Gskill 2000MHz c6 (2x4GB) Corsair SSD Neutron GTX 240GB Asus Rampage 4 Extreme I7 3930K @ LN2 1GPU: 3Dmark Vantage 2nd with NVIDIA GTX680 3Dmark 2011 4th with NVIDIA GTX680 26th on globa…

Hey,this is my guide for insulating a motherboard. I thought it would be a nice idea to make one for new users. The ginny pig will be my favourite Evga Z77 Ftw What you will need to insulate a motherboard: Plastik Spray for PCBs.I am using the following: http://www.conrad-uk.com/medias/global/ce/8000_8999/8200/8200/8205/820560_BB_00_FB.EPS_400.jpg Some packs of "Art Eraser" (around 8 packets): http://zindy-zone.dk/images/drawings/tutorial/materials/art_eraser.jpg Insulation Tape: http://www.tapes-direct.co.uk/images/s026.jpg and Vaseline: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Vaseline.jpg/220px-Vaseline.jpg So lets start: F…

Days ago i tested a MSI N680GTX LIGHTNING under LN2, and i think shoot good clock, only use LN2 on VGA cause i do not have to much and i prefer use it on VGA. Hardware: Msi N680GTX Lightning @ LN2 SeasSonic 1050W Gold Corsair 2x4GB Platinum 2400 C9 → 2666MHz c10 Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB Asus Maximus V Extreme I7 3770K @ RL of PCMODD Argentina → 4800MHz I use 3Dmark 2011 and with the last LN2 run one Vantage. Scores: http://hwbot.org/submission/2321368_nacho_arroyo_3dmark11___performance_geforce_gtx_680_14635_marks?recalculate=true http://www.hwbot.org/submission/2321367_nacho_arroyo_3dmark_vantage___performance_geforce_gtx_680_4373…

As Massman requested few days ago I will show here, how I prepare a MATRIX for LN2... First I use an organic rubber to isolate the PCB. This material is easy to release from the VGA, much easier compared to ARMAFLEX... In the next step I heat up the container to arround 50°C for easy application of the GOX, normaly to stripes like shown... ...and then equal out the paste: For backplate I use a 6 mm hard platic coverd with two layers of 3 mm ARMAFLEX: Fixed with springs, needs some space, but works, add some plasticine to isolate: Board is isolated with ARMAFLEX: In addition I add a CORASIR mouse pad (any will wo…

Weeks ago I received the board KING from ASROCK, the ASROCK Z77 OC FORMULA and i do some test with it. HARDWARE USED: ASROCK Z77 OC FORMULA SEASONIC 850W PLATINUM CORSAIR PLATINUM GTX 2400 C9-11-11-31 1.65V (2X4GB) CORSAIR GT 180GB SSD ASUS HD7970 @ REFRIGERACION LIQUIDA PCMODD ARGENTINA I7 3770K @ LN2 (BATCH 3926B979) 24/7: For this run I do not use any extra fan for the PWM board, just the CPU block and go! CPU: 4800MHz 1.375V BIOS @ Liquide cooling by PCMODD ARG. RAMS: 2666MHz C10-12-12-25 1T 1.75V BIOS STOCK LN2: 3DMARK 2006: 6418MHz CPU / 2652MHz RAMS / 110.7MHz BCLK SuperPI 1MB: 6571MHz CPU / 2674MHz RAMS / 110.4M…