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s478 CPUs sold. Added two more CPUs. To mods: can you please change thread title to the title above the 1st post?

2.06V?

I don't think that you need to change anything with the current HW points. The distribution seems perfectly fair to me. You shouldn't be getting more than 30 points per sub unless you are in Top 3 of a really popular category, of which there are currently plenty (~500, I guess) for anyone to choose from. If you extend the number of categories to 5K++ then maxing (or close-to-maxing) out HW points will be very easy, the value of the points will go down and so will the quality of scores since you will no longer need to bin and/or mod the stuff.

In my opinion, the new distribution for hardware points is a really bad idea because the rewards will no longer be representative of the actual ability to bench legacy hardware. Just some examples: - Benching a totally obscure (or made-up) CPU/VGA at stock will now yield 10-20 hardware points. - A semi-obscure category, like Pentium 4 630 SuperPI 32M will now be a 50-pointer. An argument "the categories will become more difficult once people discover and fill them up with scores" is not valid here since there will be thousands of 50-pointer categories and, realistically, there will not be enough active overclockers to fill them all up. - Moving up a few spots in a really challenging category (like GeForce GTX780Ti Catzilla 720p) will yield zero-point-something points, unless you're talking about top 3 (getting where in the first place is an achievement of its own) in which case improving your score will give you a "generous" reward of 2-3 points. This means that getting a decent coverage of hardware points (say, 700+) that count towards a league rank will reduce from "getting 2nd or better in 20 categories with 250+ participants each" to "getting 20 decent scores in non-obscure hardware categories", the latter of which can be achieved by skill-free scatter benching. Also, for the HW masters league it will mean that two garbage scores will outweigh one "proper" score. So, the only way of becoming the HW king will now be by going through warehouse-like amounts of old and useless (non-resellable) hardware, benching which at any level (let alone properly) might take a decade of 100% free-time commitment. I can't see many people liking this since it is currently possible to become the HW king by benching family/wife-compatible amounts of relatively modern (and resellable) hardware and/or not benching 2D or 3D at all.

478 CPUs pending, 4x512MB OCZ sold.

Up for sale are some hardware leftovers. http://abload.de/img/l1090427rzonc.jpg First up, a lot of nine socket 478 processors. The top row are three mobile 1.4GHz Celerons with S-spec code SL6M4. This is the exact model that crotale used for his well-known 203% percentage OC record. It is quite rare - I have only seen three on ebay between 2007 and 2013, all of which I bought. One of these CPUs (I don't remember which one) was able to surpass crotale's feat and recorded a 206% overclock, which was the highest percentage retail overclock until a recent revamp of Geodes and 1.2GHz Celerons. Note that you need to increase VID via a pinmod in order to make these CPUs POST in desktop boards. Next up, we have three 1.6GHz Celerons with S-spec code SL7EZ. I bought these also chasing the percentage OC record since the Northwood D1 core, which these are based on, is often capable of hitting 5GHz on LN2. Two of these chips are binned out of a very big lot and do 230x16 and 228x16 on air, respectively. I tried the better one on LN2 and was barely able to do 250x16. I achieved my 200% goal before I got to retry these chips on LN2, so I haven't touched these for the last 6.5 years. Finally, we have some misc CPUs: a Pentium 4 1.8GHz Northwood SL6PQ, Pentium 4 2.4GHz "C" Northwood SL6Z3 (one with 30 caps on its belly) and Pentium 4-M 1.8GHz Northwood SL6V7. SOLD http://abload.de/img/l109042903pco.jpg The next item are four 512MB OCZ Gold modules rated DDR433 at 2-2-2-5. I bought them for my last year's BH5 binning frenzy, only for the kits to arrive a day too late thus having to wait for another year before I could have access to my DDR1 binning platform. They lose to the best pair of sticks I found a year ago, so I no longer have a need for them. SOLD The next item is a Celeron D 352 SL96P processor. I tested over 300 Cedarmills only to find three capable of 8GHz. This is one of them. It doesn't have CB or CBB nor is tricky to bench so getting it to its max should be pretty straight-forward. Asking 50 Euros. The price includes worldwide shipping. Next we have a Celeron E1200. This CPU does 485MHz FSB on air and 513MHz FSB on dry ice. Asking 12 Euros. The price includes worldwide shipping. Finally, here is a Xeon W3520. The only aircooled test that I did on this CPU is a POST at 4.5GHz (215x21) at 1.275V BIOS. On LN2 it does 263x21 with lots of VTT voltage. Asking 20 Euros. The price includes worldwide shipping.

B(ug)?

Did anyone manage to successfully validate anything in the last two days? I tried three different setups with the same outcome (error code 3) and the "latest validations" tab at the validator frontpage seems to be stuck at 23 December 11:43. Might be that the site/validation engine is broken.

Yes, I've never seen these use anything other than Samsung, but it doesn't mean that such kits don't exist. If the kit is dual-sided (which it is likely to be) then the best timings to use it with are 9-11-11 to 9-12-12 through the range of 1200-1400MHz with voltage of 1.65-2.20V, all depending on quality of a particular sample.

So, a 300MHz overclock on a 6700K will score more points (~#175 in 4x XTU hence ~50 globals) than any hardware gold. Awesome!

Will take the board as well.

I will take the CPUs. (no idea what to do with them, but price is too good to resist )

backups up to 320000?

bump

HyperX TridentZ?

Up for sale are two DDR4 review samples that I don't need. 1) 2x4GB Geil Dragon DDR4-3000 CL14 (GWW48GB3000C14DC). The kit needs around 1.67V for 32M at 1500 11-14-14 and around 1.62V for 32M at 1600 12-15-15. SOLD 2) 2x8GB Kingston HyperX Savage DDR4-2800 CL14 (HX428C14SBK2/16). The kit needs around 1.67V for 32M at 1500 11-14-14 and around 1.44V for 32M at 1600 13-15-15. I don't know if it's the kit or the board, but handling was not easy. Asking 110 Euros + shipping. Worldwide shipping costs between 6 and 16 Euros, depending on destination and insurance.

Actually, if you go as far as checking Floppy support with nLite, you might as well use nLite to inject the AHCI drivers so the only thing left to do will be selecting MPS Multiprocessor via F5/F6 prompt during install. http://www.mediafire.com/download/dac25nmhi0qir4h/ Here is an XP where this has already been done.

All sold, feel free to move.

bump.

3200C16 Ripjaws4 sold.

Up for sale are two 2x4GB G.Skill DDR4 memory kits that I purchased less than 24 hrs from now, purely for self-educational purposes. 1) First up, 3000 15-15-15 Ripjaws V. The kit is based on Samsung 4Gbit E-die and needs around 1.96V for 1800 CL11 and 1.60V for 1800 CL13 on my MSI Gaming M7 board. Comes with original packaging, can also include a copy of shop receipt if you like. Asking 65 Euros + shipping. 2) Then we have a set of 3200 16-16-16 Ripjaws 4. This kit is the second best out of six E-die kits that I tested so far, needs around 1.88V to do 32M at 1800 11-18-18 on my MSI Gaming M7 board (keeping the best one to myself, obviously). Comes with original packaging, can also include a copy of shop receipt if you like. SOLD Shipping price varies between 5 and 11 Euros worldwide.

Try an older BIOS version. I guess they changed something in September/October, 1T doesn't work for me either with all the new Gaming M7 BIOS versions.

Not anymore