hokiealumnus

FWIW, for 24/7 use I've found the PLL override hurts stability. I have 4.8 GHz LinX stable at 1.344 Vcore (loaded) with it turned off. I left it on one time and it crashed while browsing of all things. Don't leave the option on for 24/7 operation unless you're really in need of over 5.0 GHz for 24/7 use. At some point though, that high of a clock for 24/7 operation (even my 4.8 GHz) is just silly.

This is what has struck me about SB overclocking. It's either relatively stable or just nothing. There is no middle ground (though I have managed to crash loading the OS a couple times). I have yet to need to reset CMOS with this board, because it will always boot so you can get back into UEFI, it just won't get past the evil, impassable blinking cursor. Of course, I'm still feeling out the platform, as we all are. Maybe we'll find a way around it.

That's is how this P67 Extreme 6 acts with a multi of 56. It shows a cursor in the upper left. It will do 55 pretty well with reasonable voltages, but it really doesn't want to go past that. Heh, guess that's better than the 50 it topped out at before the internal PLL voltage fix.

+1...could really use the extra voltage. My chip seems happy to clock but needs moar volts! If they happen to make one for the Extreme 6, please let us know, and thanks for posting the updates! As far as the PLL override BIOS for the p67 extreme 6 that massman posted, add another confirming it works.

It was about 1.5v. My sample wasn't as good as some of the others I've seen out there. I've seen 5.1 stable out of 1.45v'ish.

BZ, you are way out of line with your attacks man. I did nothing but post my opinion and you attack by implying my IQ is in the range of mentally retarded. I'm not going to clutter up yet another page with bickering so I'll just respond to your points and begone. Yes, you are talking generally because you're talking about introducing a rule that affects the whole of HWBot, not just those chips. Sure, ES samples might be better than retail for those two chips...ok. Why eliminate ES as a whole because of that? How about finding an ES i7 920 from when they came out that beats a good retail D0? Top ten SuperPi 1M runs with a 920 are all D0. ES != better than retail all the time. Really? Just because someone disagrees with your premise doesn't mean they are less intelligent than you. I fully understand what you're saying, but disagree with you. If everyone agreed, the world would be a boring place. Why can't we disagree without devolving into such vitriol. Yes, retail binning is harder but not impossible or even improbable. It will replace ES binning if ES are disallowed, guaranteed. It will just take a little more time to get there. I'm not excluding anyone and there are lots of overclockers that are far from noobs that aren't in the top ten or the top 100 or 1,000. Perhaps the top three may not win at live events because they need more time to do what they do best - tweak the crap out of their OS / hardware. For some it takes days to get the top overclock, which is not possible at live events. Not to mention there's no binning at live events - you compete with what you get, which might be less than stellar. But you know all of this, or at least you should. It's a slippery slope you're sliding down, that's all I'm saying.

Wow. I got to page ten and my eyes were starting to bleed from the bickering. Since everyone else is sharing their $.02, I'll do the same. I like bullet points, so here's my list: *ES hardware is generally not any better than binned retails. *Take ES away and you'll get binned retail in its place, whether it's the same individuals or different ones with access to retail binning that might not have access to ES chips. *The top players are there because of their skill. The hardware might help, but most likely, those up top now will be up top regardless - because they're damn good overclockers. *What happens when binned retail replaces ES at the top? Will there be a new poll to eliminate them? *Say you eliminate the people that manufacturers help bin the hardware. Next up will be those that have enough money to buy a bunch of hardware and bin it themselves. So let's keep people with money out of the competition too. *Person X has access to inexpensive / free LN2, but person Y can't get it for under $10/litre. Let's find the former and ban them...it's not fair! *Where does it stop? How would you even enforce any of this? This is a game. For most, it's a fun hobby. People will use the tools available to them to reach the top. I'd posit the ES chips are up top right now simply because the best benchers in the world used them. If you get rid of ES, the best benchers in the world will be right back there with retail hardware...because they're the best benchers in the world. Quit going on a witch hunt for perceived hardware advantage. There will always be someone, somewhere with an advantage that someone else perceives to be unfair. Life is unfair. Get over it and go back to having fun benching!

Well, that was extremely fast. Thank you very much!

Ticket ID: 907 Priority: Medium If you would be so kind, could this CPU be added? Here\'s a stock CPUz validation and below is a screenshot, if it\'s more convenient:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThanks much!

Thanks very much!

Seems the time zones are off folks. The competition shouldn't be closed until 11:59pm (23:59) EST, which is Monday at 2:59am (02:59) GMT. I PMed mbot @ OCF and Massman here, should be straightened when they get around to it. Sorry for the inconvenience!