I.nfraR.ed

Nice, eliminated the competition, haha. Try it, it was long time ago and I want to try it myself again.

XP was slow for me, because of no ACPI.

Have you slipstreamed the needed controller drivers? For my external pci-e controllers I have to integrate the drivers in order to get the SSD detected.

Yes, my CPUs (1090T and 960T) CPU-NB tops at about 3600 (or a little higher) and chiller doesn't help much compared to normal water. So I'm already on the limit there. The other option would be frozen RAM. Think I've done 2000+ 6-6-6-18 with just cold air before, might try. Or maybe see how high could go with 6-7-6.

BTW, there was a similar competition long time ago: https://hwbot.org/competition/hwb_ddr3_hcc/stage/142_thuban_-_superpi_32m Already beat the top score and I think 14.2x is possible.

There's definitely room for improvement. I'm sure you will easily beat it :D. Hypers got me 5 sec off compared to basic 2000 6-9-6 PSC. Not sure why, but the board doesn't like PSC much, BBSE is tragedy and Hypers are not really stable above 2000 regardless timings and voltage. Maybe it's the IMC, but it did 2200 air with PCS on Crosshair V Formula, so...I don't know.

Is VIN1 the DIMM voltage? I've noticed it shows vDIMM on my board. Good score, now push that CPU clock up!

So I have found the last saved screenshot from my tests on the bench ssd. According to my posts in this thread I got it even faster on the CH6, but can't find screenshots. And that board had been dead for a long time. Still in warranty, so I should get it replaced soon and maybe try again. It's about 10 seconds faster than the result I have on the bot: https://hwbot.org/submission/3511369_i.nfrar.ed_superpi___32m_ryzen_7_1800x_8min_28sec_857ms

Thanks! That's a nice option, hate that NF7 does not support it and have to always switch boards. So it's a very nice alternative, but requires more modding. You can't easily find socket A boards and CPUs anymore. 3-4 years ago ebay was full with s.A parts, mostly from Chinese sellers. I regret not buying more CPU models that are now gone. Not that it's a big problem - I have CPU models for months of benching, but still my collection is very far from complete... PS: Here in Bulgaria most of these CPUs (and many more vintage parts) went through gold diggers

Does this board have "boot from USB drive" option in bios? That's the only thing I miss on NF7 and always use AN7 to install windows, then bench on it or transfer the ssd to NF7. To me, most of the NF2 board are very close in terms of performance when modded (voltmod and bios). I don't find a big difference between AN7, NF7 v2, DFI Ultra-B, Soltek FRN-2/3, Epox 8RDA3+. Haven't tested any Asus, MSI or Gigabyte boards, though.

Nice! I haven't really found a big difference in efficiency between boards or bioses. I've also tried different tables. It's all about high fsb and tight timings. Never tested the Asus though. Suddenly got the urge to run 32M on socket A

Any other mods than vNB, CPU power rail and I guess vDIMM?

Very nice! Currently ranked #18 K7 Pi 32M on the bot.

Modded the F4 bios for 890FXA-UD5 rev2.x and 2200 now works, but it's unstable. Can't solve the CPU-NB issue. Will try to fix the HtRef issue of F7e beta bios.

I'm a 775 noob, but bought my first decent board this year and with the help of this thread I could get close to Noxinite without much work https://hwbot.org/submission/3991700_i.nfrar.ed_superpi___32m_core_2_duo_e6400_11min_39sec_110ms Should be possible to improve further. And it's interesting how much faster is DDR3. I only have Conroe chips though. < 4200MHz E6400 rankings PS: Some of the important addresses can be edited from OCX SPI Tweaker.

Yes, same settings, same temperature (chiller set at 18°C water temp). On Gigabyte 3600 1.45V CPU-NB doesn't post, while it is stable on the Crosshair V. Real volts can't be that different. PS: Can't find the chart I did when Thuban launched. I tested CPU-NB scaling with voltage on my sample. It's still the same CPU - a very good one for water, but doesn't scale too well with LN2. Has a great IMC and CPU-NB though. It was running 24/7 stable 4270MHz 1.44V/ 3230MHz 1.33V CPU-NB for a couple of years as my daily driver. I have another 1090T that's untested on LN2, but has weaker cores and cpu-nb on water. PS2: Here's DDR3-2400 single channel validation with this CPU: https://valid.x86.fr/show_oc.php?id=2171728 https://d1ebmxcfh8bf9c.cloudfront.net/u36113/image_id_703725.jpeg

Yes, PSC@1100 and tight timings should be faster than Hyper@970C6. Can't get Hypers much above 1000 with this platform. Meanwhile, I got the "new" 890FXA-UD5, but it is rev2.1 and it's not different than the rev2.0 I have, apart from the slightly different layout (alternating mem slots). Still can't boot 2200 RAM with Thuban, still can't do high HTRef (for Sempron benching). Installed the beta bios for FX CPUs and HTRef is stuck at 209MHz no matter what I set above that. Core control also does not work. Have to find a 3.x revision to try. Should have the 990FXA-UD5 rev 1.1 this week, though. Hopefully works much better. Also noticed these 890FX Gigabyte boards can't clock NB (uncore) as high as the Crosshair IV and V. Maybe some problem with straps or too tight/wrong max read latency. If it's a bios problem, then it's valid for both 2.0 and 2.1 since they use the same bios versions.

Few more tweaks or raw frequency and sub 6 will be broken. Great job.

Report says he submitted the stage 6 result and probably in every other stage. So when his account was suspended all scores disappear. I don't really remember what was the case with him (or never knew), but at that time Greece was a winner. Anyway, congrats to winners. You were lucky I didn't bench AMD ?

True: http://oc-esports.io/#!/article/4179/greece_win_hwbot_country_cup_2016

Free bump for the "trup"

I've benched every single stage myself. Currently distributing the scores and will drop the bomb in the morning.

Nice! Wish I knew what are these adjustments ? I have tuned timings as well as I could (bios + software) and don't know what else to do to get some seconds off. Still no "new" boards, hopefully will get at least one in the next couple of days.

I'll get the PIs and the F3-17000CL8 blue ripjaws.

Killing it! Great job!