ObscureParadox

Radeon 5450 is old but easily accessable and very cheap. It's also heaps of fun to overclock once you get some volt mods on it, those things absolutely fly.

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Now you just need Carlos or the likes to come back to repair your board

Woah the return of Jabski? You came back quicker than Jesus did anyway

We should be selling in euros instead for when our stock market crashes in a few months time

I probably wouldn't advise running hypers at that kinda voltage for too long, it's not going to do the longevity of them any good.

yeah please stop, the minor details such as accidently seleting liquid helium vs liquid nitrogen are not important in the slightest

You're on the right track I think. Maybe we limit the competition to biostar boards only?

It almost certainly a rampage 3 formula because 1. CPU-Z says so and 2. There isn't a Rampage II formula. Also no disrespect but is there any need to constantly necro bumb really old scores like this

even here in the UK, the supply has massively dried out, I'm going to have to try and have a look at pc recycling centers etc

2 x 24 pin also

There were some flying pigs last night, so I guess that means bench time for me

holy mother of efficiency batman, colour me inspired to give this a go myself.

don't mind 0+0 he has a particular sense of humour that very few people understand.

Hex core CPU benching before it was cool :D

Untouchable no, almost impossible to beat maybe...

Reference clock is based off the motherboard socket and all CPU benchmarks are based off the CPUs intended socket. As simple as that

No the L3014 counts as a 771 CPU as it's based off the socket of the CPU itself

Garrrhh Leeg you still didn't answer the question though, I understand we can only use one socket once, but is socket determined by the CPU itself or the motherboard itself for the reference frequency stage only. All others are really clear because they are either CPU or VGA benchmark. Reference is a motherboard benchmark and I trying to determine if we are basing it off motherboard or CPU

It's not a case of it being confusing to me, I literally couldn't give 2 about whether it was motherboard or CPU it's based off, only that I got an official answer as it would determine what I'll be benching.

Nope because that's totally unrelated because it's refering to a CPU benchmark and not a motherboard benchmark

But this is my point and where both myself and others get confused. The reference frequency is a motherboard category, so in essence surely it should be defined by what socket the motherboard is and not the CPU used? I really don't mind which way the competition is formatted, only that I get an official ruling on it as it will determine what board I need to run etc.

What about using a sempron 150 for AM2+ through to AM3+ for the ref clock? I didn't get a clarification on this

Yes he is

As above, get to testing different GTL levels, ram timings, performance levels and straps etc to find what effect it has on your board. This will be a chipset issue and not a ram one. Good luck