The official GIGABYTE H55 miniITX contest thread.

[George_o/c]

Much appreciated Brian

[Massman]

What kind of Maxmem are you guys running?

 

I have the feeling that I'm not running a really good C-W ... avail/sys is still 480/518 :-/

[trans am]

What kind of Maxmem are you guys running?

 

I have the feeling that I'm not running a really good C-W ... avail/sys is still 480/518 :-/

 

massman what the hell is that aircooler doing on that board? Its cool that you got the massive thing to contact. but what about the 1stage cooler? I want to see you get in the 2nd stage with the better cooling.

 

on another note, I took the burned mitx board off and the 655k is in the graveyard so last night I took my i3 540 and insulated the mitx big brother (h55m-ud2h) I had about 1/16 of 35L of ln2 to work with and no settings saved and started from scratch after I got home from work. I wish I was a little more ballsy but I think I got a decent score considering i was only at 5.3ghz

 

http://hwbot.org/community/submission/1041807_trans_am_superpi_32m_core_i3_540_7min_43sec_157ms

 

I downloaded this ocx tweak thing and I have no idea. what the hell I was doing. I basically plugged in a raptor so that could be waza drive. bench disk /os was on a 64gb c300 using the entire drive as the partition since its ssd.

Then I open spi and selected 32m and before hitting start I opened task manager and set task manager to lowest priority then set spi at realtime and minimized task window. Then I open the ocx thing and dialed in spi partion as c (c300) and 2nd partition to the raptor. heres the ss.

 

 

I hit clean then burn then run. and the thing counts down for 35seconds and closes then I run the 32m bench. I have no idea if it helped. i think I have the settings totally wrong but I'm reluctant to ask for help because of Chews thread on xs. I'm not asking for anything specific. i just need to know what the hell I'm doing. for example. what is the check box for CDT and IV mean? is there a thread somewhere that has the basics for this thing?

 

Chew what are you doing this weekend?

Edited August 20, 2010 by trans am

[chew*]

Chew what are you doing this weekend?

 

reviews and overclocking.

 

My board is 95% waterproof now + modded and ready to rip but i have 2 sets of ram that quakecon put me behind on so thats prioity 1 atm, doesn't mean someone can't bench on one of the stations while i work though.

[trans am]

I don't want to push my luck but is it you cool with you if I bring 2 of my buddies? ones a black guy and the other dude is a robot. They are really nice and will throw down on the Ln2. The robot can do beer runs or go to Radio Shack if we run into trouble. because he's a robot and alcohol doesn't really slow him down. We go bar hopping all the time in nyc and no matter how many drinks he's had he always insists the he drives to the next spot.

the black guy is the head engineer on a space ship so bios settings are like 2nd nature to him.

 

 

 

seriously chew, I think it would be better if we planned for next weekend when the contest ends tues night. so if I drive up friday night and we bench all day saturday or something like that. I think if you are doing tedious data collection for a review and you have this total stranger with a star trek uniform on pouring ln2 in your living room you will drop everything and want to bench too and then you have someone that gave you the product to review asking for your results. And you tell him "oh man i'm sorry I invited trans am over to bench and he just started asking all these dumb questions and I felt obligated to help him out because he drove all the way to Rhode Island from new york with a full 35L taylor wharton dewar in the back seat of his car and ln2 was splashing all over because he blew his money on german racing suspension on a 10 year old volvo but he can't afford to buy a 2nd mitx board for the contest. ....so he finally gets to my house in the middle of the night and im already in bed and he's tapping my doorbell button like its a F10 key! I open the door and he has about a 1/3rd left of ln2 and he's already asking me whats for breakfast?

 

chew. email or pm me so we can make a plan. I think we should do this. I'm just joking earlier. I'm actually pretty mellow and respectful/professional. the oc forums make me want to do the comedy routine.

Edited August 20, 2010 by trans am

[chew*]

I don't want to push my luck but is it you cool with you if I bring 2 of my buddies? ones a black guy and the other dude is a robot. They are really nice and will throw down on the Ln2. The robot can do beer runs or go to Radio Shack if we run into trouble. because he's a robot and alcohol doesn't really slow him down. We go bar hopping all the time in nyc and no matter how many drinks he's had he always insists the he drives to the next spot.

the black guy is the head engineer on a space ship so bios settings are like 2nd nature to him.

 

 

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Best to bring one guy or find a way to tag along with msimax if he's coming. Black dudes are cool, I'm a minority here, most of my buds are black.

[Hondacity]

..what happend with Sam's 4Ghz score.. It's gone ??

 

+1

 

its gone? is it hidden?

[trans am]

wheres msi max live? whats you ln2 situation? when do they close? can we get it on the weekend? PM me on xs or here. and what is with sams submissions? is he out? I figured he just took them down and hes clocking like crazy so everyone else thinks they have a chance then tuesday night he puts up 2 runs that make everyone run the other way.

Edited August 20, 2010 by trans am

[chew*]

think sams runs were suspect for speeds, is the time possible sure, at that uncore? I doubt it.

 

msimax live in ummmm the city? I forget where to be truthfull even though I have been there in person.

 

Ln2 situation is rental dewar is 50c a day and cost me with tax like 36 to fill one ( 30L ), my dewar is in shipping atm.

 

Has to be filled by 12 noon saturday or your bumming.

[Hondacity]

dang... thanks...

[Massman]

For those who want to see how well they are doing while running the benchmark, or need comparisons: I'm uploading all my runs to Photobucket for reference. Most of them are with copy-waza (maybe the slow ones not - unsure), but you can use these runs for reference without waza as well. I'm gaining approx 5-6sec with Waza.

 

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s261/Massman-/HWBOT/GIGABYTE%20H55N-USB3%20SPI%2032M%20runs/9m5s141.png

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s261/Massman-/HWBOT/GIGABYTE%20H55N-USB3%20SPI%2032M%20runs/9m4s641.png

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s261/Massman-/HWBOT/GIGABYTE%20H55N-USB3%20SPI%2032M%20runs/8m59s781.png

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s261/Massman-/HWBOT/GIGABYTE%20H55N-USB3%20SPI%2032M%20runs/8m59s391.png

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s261/Massman-/HWBOT/GIGABYTE%20H55N-USB3%20SPI%2032M%20runs/8m58s110.png

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s261/Massman-/HWBOT/GIGABYTE%20H55N-USB3%20SPI%2032M%20runs/8m57s812.png

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s261/Massman-/HWBOT/GIGABYTE%20H55N-USB3%20SPI%2032M%20runs/8m55s750.png

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s261/Massman-/HWBOT/GIGABYTE%20H55N-USB3%20SPI%2032M%20runs/8m55s234.png

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s261/Massman-/HWBOT/GIGABYTE%20H55N-USB3%20SPI%2032M%20runs/8m54s610.png

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s261/Massman-/HWBOT/GIGABYTE%20H55N-USB3%20SPI%2032M%20runs/8m54s359.png

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s261/Massman-/HWBOT/GIGABYTE%20H55N-USB3%20SPI%2032M%20runs/8m53s875.png

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s261/Massman-/HWBOT/GIGABYTE%20H55N-USB3%20SPI%2032M%20runs/8m53s719.png

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s261/Massman-/HWBOT/GIGABYTE%20H55N-USB3%20SPI%2032M%20runs/8m52s781.png

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s261/Massman-/HWBOT/GIGABYTE%20H55N-USB3%20SPI%2032M%20runs/8m52s609.png

 

 

 

 

[pro]

ah massman you have a kind heart

[George_o/c]

You are the man Pieter Whenever we meet I'll buy you dozens of beers

Edited August 20, 2010 by George_o/c

[trans am]

wow 5-6 seconds? I didnt think it would make that big of a difference. I need to go back and mess around more.

Thanks man.

 

@chew. thanks I cant believe your ln2 is so cheap. I pay $70 plus tax in the city to fill the 35L.

I brought it to work.

 

I just found a guide to work that ocx thing.

man.... I was way off!

Edited August 20, 2010 by trans am

[1Day]

Hey trans am post that guide to teh OCX tweak thing dude.

[trans am]

ME4ME posted the link for us back in the 70s in the middle of the thread. the link and the instructions are there I just never read it. *******edit here it is****

 

http://www.ocxtreme.org/forumenus/showthread.php?t=3469

 

 

the only thing that baffles me is the countdown thing.

 

Changelog :

- add another spincontrol for Sleep Period. This is the time in seconds the application wait between single copy process from one to another partition.

default sleep time is 35 seconds. :ocx2008s04:

 

35 seconds is so long and i'm pouring ln2 and wasting it to keep the temp stable. then if that box is checked its going C/ to D/ to /C: to / D with 35s in between each drive so so its almost 3min has gone by and you're just blowing through ln2. does it matter if i set it lower so Its like 15 sec?

 

On another note I went to get my dewar filled after work. I just got home. I got a huge scare! I was taking the dewar out of the back seat and got it on my skateboard. so I could roll it into my building. I get it on the skateboard but its not my usual board. its my friend petes. He has a 7.75 and I usually have 8in wide deck so there is better support. So i leave it on the sidewalk and I go to lock the door to the car with my key because I havent bothered to change the battery in the keychain remote. As im locking the door I hear a "SLAM" and see vapor everywhere. (Take note this is on a new york city sidewalk but lucky there werent many pedestrians. ) im also wearing sunglasses and gloves and a snowboarding jacket to protect myself when Im squeezing it out of the rear seat. the most dangerous part of the whole mission. Anyway I run around the car and get the dewar upright again. I check for any damage. the only thing i noticed is the plastic rim at the top is slightly bent but there is no leakage or dents. I had the withdrawal unit attached and that didnt get bent or snapped off. it couldve been much worse. This is a massive $1600.00 35L taylor wharton xt. The same one I roll in at the begging of the oc music video.

Edited August 20, 2010 by trans am

[1Day]

That is seriously crazy stuff dude in the middle of NY.

 

Thanks for the link.

[chew*]

wow 5-6 seconds? I didnt think it would make that big of a difference. I need to go back and mess around more.

Thanks man.

 

@chew. thanks I cant believe your ln2 is so cheap. I pay $70 plus tax in the city to fill the 35L.

I brought it to work.

 

I just found a guide to work that ocx thing.

man.... I was way off!

 

Yah it's my frequent flyer price. Comes with time. Took me a year of non stop benching to get that price, I use to pay what you pay.

[trans am]

Yah it's my frequent flyer price. Comes with time. Took me a year of non stop benching to get that price, I use to pay what you pay.

 

I just paid the price BIG TIME!

had the 32M clarkdale WR and lost it all!

 

@ Massman I know its friday night and you are probably with the lady or getting your swerve on at the bar. When you get online again maybe you can help me and my buddies out. We got a 4min 32m run with my i3 540, Geordi was able to fix the mitx board by submerging the whole board in a mixture of Worf's Klingon blood wine and some experimental concoction Guinan had had been working on after hours in ten forward. Basically she was making moonshine in her ships quarters and trading it illegally to the Ferengi's. Star fleet command started to get suspicious so freaked out and flushed it all down the toilet but kept one bottle.

 

we didnt manage to get a screen shot because Data had his emotion chip installed and got so excited we got that 4 min run he knocked over Picard's beer and spilled all over the bench drive and then I saw some sparks and it all went south. it ended up killing the mitx board that we spent 2 days fixing, the i3 540, the best elpida hyper kit I had and my 5850!! Can you please see if you can make an exception for me?

 

I've basically lost the majority of my best hardware from participating in this contest and came close to breaking my 35L dewar.

 

I dont have anything to show for it other than this crappy jpg counselor Troi took with her iphone.

 

Edited August 20, 2010 by trans am

[trans am]

I'm going back and looking at everyones submissions. my mem is crap. massman wtf? is that just lynnfield or a really good kit? All of you are kicking my rams ass. is everyone pretty much using a elpida hyper kit and all of my kits are garbage? im seeing george is doing 1880mhz at 6-7-5-18 with gtx2. arent those like 200 bux for single stick? and massman is at 2100 at 7-7-6 also with the gtx2. damn! a few months ago I was at the corsair site and ordered them then benchzoner told me I paid $200bux for a single 2gb stick. I canceled the order because I thought it was for 2 sticks. now I can finally see why they were 200 bux a stick. i have 4x2gb hyperx 2000 cas 8 kits and 2x2 gskill pi blk 2200 7-10-10-28 kits.

I still havent really taken the time to max them out. I think the highest vdimm ive gone is 1.7v with air. may I ask you guys what your vdimm is at on those gtx2 kits on air?

Edited August 21, 2010 by trans am

[chew*]

I'm going back and looking at everyones submissions. my mem is crap. massman wtf? is that just lynnfield or a really good kit? All of you are kicking my rams ass. is everyone pretty much using a elpida hyper kit and all of my kits are garbage? im seeing george is doing 1880mhz at 6-7-5-18 with gtx2. arent those like 200 bux for single stick? and massman is at 2100 at 7-7-6 also with the gtx2. damn! a few months ago I was at the corsair site and ordered them then benchzoner told me I paid $200bux for a single 2gb stick. I canceled the order because I thought it was for 2 sticks. now I can finally see why they were 200 bux a stick. i have 4x2gb hyperx 2000 cas 8 kits and 2x2 gskill pi blk 2200 7-10-10-28 kits.

I still havent really taken the time to max them out. I think the highest vdimm ive gone is 1.7v with air. may I ask you guys what your vdimm is at on those gtx2 kits on air?

 

I have plenty of hypers here, and after we are done we can go to skatepark, see if i can crack a few more ribs and shatter a wrist perfecting my 180 ollie to 50/50 grind on the bench to ollie 180, that is if they fixed the bench since my ribs broke it.

[Massman]

Been over my settings a million times now, but still can't find a way to get the other 3 seconds Sam's telling me about . I guess I won't be doing much better than this:

 

 

I'm going back and looking at everyones submissions. my mem is crap. massman wtf? is that just lynnfield or a really good kit? All of you are kicking my rams ass. is everyone pretty much using a elpida hyper kit and all of my kits are garbage? im seeing george is doing 1880mhz at 6-7-5-18 with gtx2. arent those like 200 bux for single stick? and massman is at 2100 at 7-7-6 also with the gtx2. damn! a few months ago I was at the corsair site and ordered them then benchzoner told me I paid $200bux for a single 2gb stick. I canceled the order because I thought it was for 2 sticks. now I can finally see why they were 200 bux a stick. i have 4x2gb hyperx 2000 cas 8 kits and 2x2 gskill pi blk 2200 7-10-10-28 kits.

I still havent really taken the time to max them out. I think the highest vdimm ive gone is 1.7v with air. may I ask you guys what your vdimm is at on those gtx2 kits on air?

 

The Lynnfield IMC is a lot better than the Clarkdale IMC, so you probably won't be seeing these clocks on Clarkdale.

 

Since Leeghoofd is pressuring me not to kill the GTX2 ... I only run 1.74V on the memory.

[1Day]

I thought that ES chips are not to be used?

[Massman]

I thought so to ... untill Dino said it's all alright

[1Day]

Did not realise that ES was allowed. Gosh need to read the rules better.

Edited August 21, 2010 by 1Day