965 c3 [Archive] - Overclockaholics Forums

Assassin48

12-02-2009, 04:03 PM

I wanted a new cpu so i'm leaning towards the 965 C3, i can get it for around $130 NIB

should i jump on it ?

it would be a nice break from i7, and it would be going in the CH3 thats in the closet :laughing:

Kal-EL

12-02-2009, 04:04 PM

Do it! :morpheus:

DrNip

12-02-2009, 04:11 PM

Nevermind. I see the egg has them. I would do it.

Assassin48

12-02-2009, 04:12 PM

do it! :morpheus:
i just did :d

Where you finding a C3 and how do you know its that? If you are for sure then I would do it.

I'm sure

you can get them on newegg.com

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727&Tpk=phenom%20965%20125w

DrNip

12-02-2009, 04:14 PM

Ha you beet me to changing my ignorant response.

Assassin48

12-02-2009, 04:16 PM

Its cool

Ill probably do:
Highest Validation on Air
Highest Validation on Dice

i would do a water validation but i have no AM3 block

DrNip

12-02-2009, 04:21 PM

AMD is a different ball game. That is what is fun about overclocking to me, the challenge. That's also my downfall as once I conquer the challenge I need another, and another, and another...

Buckeye

12-02-2009, 04:47 PM

C3 is a blast :)

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=4121792&postcount=116

Assassin48

12-02-2009, 04:54 PM

C3 is a blast :)

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=4121792&postcount=116

4ghz @ 1.5v is not bad

Your in Stockton?
I'm in Modesto, like 40mins away :)

Chicken Patty

12-02-2009, 06:13 PM

alright Juan, fun awaits ahead :)

I can't wait till I get this freakin' i7 running right. Get a couple of benches going. Then to build my AM3 rig :D

Keep me posted when you get the CPU, I'm interested in finding out how it does as I am getting one also.

Buckeye

12-02-2009, 07:55 PM

4ghz @ 1.5v is not bad

Your in Stockton?
I'm in Modesto, like 40mins away :)

No way !

Where the heck were you when I had the benching party over here.

I did that OC in like 5 minutes and rushed through all that to get a post up on Simons thread. This C3 is amazing really as I have played around with it more, so far only Air Tests.

Chicken Patty

12-02-2009, 07:58 PM

Assassin48

12-02-2009, 09:09 PM

No way !

Where the heck were you when I had the benching party over here.

I did that OC in like 5 minutes and rushed through all that to get a post up on Simons thread. This C3 is amazing really as I have played around with it more, so far only Air Tests.

I would of gone to yours if i knew

i went to this one
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=227690

a little far but for benching it didnt stop me :D

a few pics i took ( i'm the on in the white shirt with shorts )
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=4074741&postcount=464

Chicken Patty

12-02-2009, 09:11 PM

I would of gone to yours if i knew

i went to this one
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=227690

a little far but for benching it didnt stop me :D

a few pics i took ( i'm the on in the white shirt with shorts )
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=4074741&postcount=464

Damn dude, that looks like sooooo much fun! We need one down here in the MIA :(

Buckeye

12-03-2009, 04:52 AM

Nice pictures, looks like a lot of fun there. Huge garage, its like the bat cave LOL.

Neuromancer

12-03-2009, 05:36 AM

Sweet!

Assassin48

12-04-2009, 07:01 PM

quick update, the chip is getting here on Monday so no weekend benching with the AM3 rig :(

Assassin48

12-07-2009, 08:22 PM

I got my 965 C3 in today and i took down the i7 so i can torture the 965 now :)

running 4ghz @ 1.45v so far stable while running AM3, i did 193K

Chicken Patty

12-07-2009, 08:38 PM

I got my 965 C3 in today and i took down the i7 so i can torture the 965 now :)

running 4ghz @ 1.45v so far stable while running AM3, i did 193K

While running AM3? What benchmark is that?

Assassin48

12-07-2009, 08:44 PM

While running AM3? What benchmark is that?

AquaMark 3

4ghz
wPrime - 9.23
SuperPi - 17.79

Chicken Patty

12-07-2009, 08:47 PM

AquaMark 3

4ghz
wPrime - 9.23
SuperPi - 17.79

Damn, why didn't I think of it :laugh:

I really need to get some benches in soon. I have a M3A79-T board coming to me soon. Then I can really bench the shit out of this i7 :D

Assassin48

12-08-2009, 04:37 AM

i managed to hit 4.1ghz but 4.2 wont load.
Going to look for an am3 block to push past it, but for now i'm going to put an ultra kazi on the true and see were it takes me

Chicken Patty

12-08-2009, 04:42 AM

i managed to hit 4.1ghz but 4.2 wont load.
Going to look for an am3 block to push past it, but for now i'm going to put an ultra kazi on the true and see were it takes me

Ultra kaze? WTF? Give it the cold man. Give it the cold!!!!

Assassin48

12-08-2009, 04:50 AM

Ultra kaze? WTF? Give it the cold man. Give it the cold!!!!

I'm sick right now and cant open the window or i would, its cold this morning.

I hope i get better soon so i can get some more runs in :D

Chicken Patty

12-08-2009, 05:24 AM

Health first man. I'm trying to decide if I should bench the i7 or the amd setup I'm getting. What you think?

Assassin48

12-08-2009, 05:28 AM

Health first man. I'm trying to decide if I should bench the i7 or the amd setup I'm getting. What you think?

i would go with the one you havent Overclocked in a while, for me it was AMD

Neuromancer

12-08-2009, 07:02 AM

Oh 965 C3 :clapping:

I need to get me some new AMD toys to play with, see what arctic air can do to one of them LOL

Chicken Patty

12-08-2009, 08:09 AM

I just like amd/ati for daily use. Feels snappier. Plus I'm a amd fan :)

Kal-EL

12-08-2009, 08:13 AM

Talk about cold this morning, it was in the low 60's this morning, almost froze my nads off :Dizzy:

2chesapeakes

12-08-2009, 08:55 AM

Talk about cold this morning, it was in the low 60's this morning, almost froze my nads off :Dizzy:

23 F this morning here.

69_Goat

12-08-2009, 09:40 AM

That's not f'n cold.
-32C here this mornimg. Damn cold for the last 4 days.
My truck wouldn't start, had to bring it into the shop to thaw out.

Neuromancer

12-08-2009, 09:56 AM

Been in the low 20s here a couple of times (-7C). Nothing a sweatshirt cant handle.

Kal-EL

12-08-2009, 10:11 AM

Awe yee poor bastards! :taunt:
Least you guys don't have to run an a/c unit to get some nice air clocks. :good:

Chicken Patty

12-08-2009, 11:27 AM

I love the cold!!

Neuromancer

12-08-2009, 12:42 PM

Hey Kal, Who is complaining? (I mean aside from you ;) ) lol

Kal-EL

12-08-2009, 05:00 PM

lol, it'd prolly be nice to have that monster a/c unit that Assassin posted running while doing some LN2 runs so theres less condensation.

Assassin48

12-09-2009, 04:54 AM

doing a little more tuning
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/9933/22980244.jpg

Rogue210

12-09-2009, 05:03 AM

Talk about cold this morning, it was in the low 60's this morning, almost froze my nads off :Dizzy:

:laughing: Your telling me I had to use the heater in my car to warm up!!!!!!!

Kal-EL

12-09-2009, 05:16 AM

:laughing: Your telling me I had to use the heater in my car to warm up!!!!!!!

Did you almost freeze ur nads off? :scared:

Wish I could help yah with that AMD stuff but alas I've never touched the stuff :sick:

Assassin48

12-09-2009, 05:41 AM

A little more volts and a bump in the multi = .2 off my time
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/7186/8718m.jpg

DrNip

12-09-2009, 06:49 AM

Talk about a tripped out wallpaper man!

Assassin48

12-09-2009, 02:00 PM

Talk about a tripped out wallpaper man!

Yea i made it real quick like last month,

If you want it the dl link is at the bottom
its made for 1680x1050
http://rapidshare.com/files/318693923/wallpaper.jpg.html

Chicken Patty

12-09-2009, 03:54 PM

Yea i made it real quick like last month,

If you want it you can put the dl link at the bottom, its made for 1680x1050
http://rapidshare.com/files/318693923/wallpaper.jpg.html

badass wallpaper Juan, :thumbsup:

Assassin48

12-10-2009, 02:17 AM

thanks, i want to see what if ruffus wanted to trade me a few things for a phase so i can put this cpu under cold more often :)

Chicken Patty

12-10-2009, 03:08 AM

thanks, i want to see what if ruffus wanted to trade me a few things for a phase so i can put this cpu under cold more often :)

That would be sweet. I would love to get me a phase :D

Assassin48

12-10-2009, 03:36 AM

That would be sweet. I would love to get me a phase :D

A phase would be good for me so i can bench the cpus i get really fast and not have to wait to till the weekend. I need to get my sempron under cold so i can get my #1 spots back :happy2:

Chicken Patty

12-10-2009, 03:37 AM

A phase would be good for me so i can bench the cpus i get really fast and not have to wait to till the weekend. I need to get my sempron under cold so i can get my #1 spots back :happy2:

We should do a phase group buy LOL

DrNip

12-10-2009, 04:06 AM

Yea i made it real quick like last month,

If you want it the dl link is at the bottom
its made for 1680x1050
http://rapidshare.com/files/318693923/wallpaper.jpg.html

Here's one I made awhile back. If you like just click it, then right click and save. It fits Windows 7 rather nicely.

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj55/travisjcottrell/th_OCA.jpg (http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj55/travisjcottrell/OCA.jpg)

Assassin48

12-10-2009, 04:19 AM

Here's one I made awhile back. If you like just click it, then right click and save. It fits Windows 7 rather nicely.

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj55/travisjcottrell/th_OCA.jpg (http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj55/travisjcottrell/OCA.jpg)

i like it, it will make it easier for hwbot submissions. They can see our team name better :good:

Since you know we will start breaking WR's :morpheus:

Chicken Patty

12-10-2009, 06:28 AM

Dr nip, I like that one too! :)

Kal-EL

12-10-2009, 06:45 AM

If you wanted to, you could use GIMP (free) to add a layer to your bench pic and change the opacity to overlap the two images (watermark essentially). Just throwing two images together real quick looks like this:

1009

I'm sure if you play with it enough, you could come up with a standard.

Chicken Patty

12-10-2009, 07:43 AM

You mean to overlap the two wallpapers posted? If so that would be badass.

Neuromancer

12-10-2009, 11:13 AM

Buckeye

12-10-2009, 03:40 PM

grrr.. Assassin and his evil wPrime ways. I will get you !!

http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/3849/42ghzcc.jpg (http://img704.imageshack.us/i/42ghzcc.jpg/)

Assassin48

12-10-2009, 08:20 PM

It was a fresh install of Xp 32-bit

also my Nb was @ 2800,

Buckeye

12-11-2009, 05:05 AM

Yes I just started in with this new kit yesterday so it still needs more tunning and that was on Win 7 64 full stock Air Cooled setup.

Gonna have to give XP a try, as much as I hate XP I think I will need to use it.

After being on Core I5/I7 ES setups for awhile its really nice to be back on AMD again, I love this Gigabyte board :)

Neuromancer

12-11-2009, 05:12 AM

Dunno if much has changed or you NEED high HT Links now to get sick OCs on AMD, but in my testing, lower HTLink improves CPU performance.

Buckeye

12-11-2009, 05:17 AM

Dunno if much has changed or you NEED high HT Links now to get sick OCs on AMD, but in my testing, lower HTLink improves CPU performance.

Yeah I have been trying different ways to clock this, but I await for my Ninja Memory Tuning Trainer to get back home to give me some tips, many RAM settings I am not sure how they effects things.

Buckeye

12-16-2009, 06:42 PM

Ok Assassin, back at ya :)

Neuromancer

12-16-2009, 07:40 PM

You talking about Brian? HE is a good with memory :)

I never got into the drive strength settings, played with skew a bit on my one rig, that helped quiet a bit.

Anywho from my experiments.

Low HT increases CPU score, for 3d obviously higher HT, although with 1 and 2 4850s anything over I think 1400 yielded no improvement. Higher HT improves GPU more than it hurts CPU.

For those 5000 series stuff.. I have no clue what would be necessary HT link wise but its pretty easy to figure out only take an hour or two :)

Buckeye

12-16-2009, 08:15 PM

Neuromancer

12-16-2009, 09:28 PM

LMAO I sure hope that was sarcasm...

Buckeye

12-17-2009, 09:34 AM

Last bit of tweaking and ready to move on and expand benches

And 1 last tweak, not to bad :)

Neuromancer

12-17-2009, 09:52 AM

Very nice mem clocks :)

Buckeye

12-17-2009, 09:58 AM

I added that last one I think after you posted.

Not much more I can get out of this, its like splitting hairs one way or another.

Neuromancer

12-17-2009, 10:29 AM

Interesting. You using the .5 multi on purpose? I heard something about that a while back, never experimented with it myself.

Buckeye

12-17-2009, 11:09 AM

Interesting. You using the .5 multi on purpose? I heard something about that a while back, never experimented with it myself.

yeah i used the .5 multi so i could push up the fsb and ram speed.

here is 3Dmark06

Assassin48

12-17-2009, 11:26 AM

Ill give it another shot this weekend with better ram

Ill do a fresh OS install too

Buckeye

12-17-2009, 03:28 PM

Fighting every step of the way, just walking it up here to see how well it goes.

4.6ghz I am still working on but got side tracked and may be awhile

Assassin48

12-17-2009, 04:17 PM

is that on your Phase ?

Buckeye

12-17-2009, 04:41 PM

is that on your Phase ?

Yes, trying to see just how far I can go with the phase before I go Cascade.

Gutterz

12-20-2009, 09:12 AM

Is their a way to tell if the chip is C3 on the box?

Assassin48

12-20-2009, 09:16 AM

Yes
Model # HDZ965FBGMBOX

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727&cm_re=965-_-19-103-727-_-Product

Gutterz

12-20-2009, 09:23 AM

k sweet Im going to microcenter an wanted to make sure their was a way to tell.

Got another question Should I go AM3 955BE or P55 I7 860? Its only $50 more to go P55 at microcenter. Im bored with my I7 920. And it seems all the newer 920's are high voltage to clock. Ive been threw 8 chips in 2 months.

Assassin48

12-20-2009, 09:27 AM

Gutterz

12-20-2009, 09:29 AM

Thats what I was thinkin. I just want a new toy to play with my Classy 920 setup is just boring me

Assassin48

12-20-2009, 09:32 AM

Thats what I was thinkin. I just want a new toy to play with my Classy 920 setup is just boring me

which classy is it ?

Yea thats why i have to rigs, i just go back and forth when ever i get board.

Have you considered the dual core i7 ?

Gutterz

12-20-2009, 09:37 AM

759 Edition the first ones. No I havent considered the dualys. Micro center only has the i5 750 - 17 860 870. http://microcenter.com/search/search_results.phtml?subcategory=HB3C&sortby=match&category=HB3&web_group=byopc_proc&

Im just lookin for some fun like I had with the late 775 socket models.

Assassin48

12-20-2009, 09:43 AM

759 Edition the first ones. No I havent considered the dualys. Micro center only has the i5 750 - 17 860 870. http://microcenter.com/search/search...up=byopc_proc& (http://microcenter.com/search/search_results.phtml?subcategory=HB3C&sortby=match&category=HB3&web_group=byopc_proc&)

Im just lookin for some fun like I had with the late 775 socket models.

you can also go with the xeons on the 1366 platform or get some new gpus

Kal-EL

12-20-2009, 01:30 PM

The xeons tend to clock much better on air too, just cost a tad more.

Buckeye

12-21-2009, 03:34 PM

Managed to sneak this one in while waiting for dinner.

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/3549/965c348ghz1600mhz665.jpg (http://img691.imageshack.us/i/965c348ghz1600mhz665.jpg/)

Assassin48

12-21-2009, 04:29 PM

Cant wait for friday, i will try to beat your scores with some dice

Buckeye

12-21-2009, 04:45 PM

Assassin48

12-21-2009, 05:03 PM

I am getting close to the limits of Phase. Having a real hard time getting wPrime to finish now.

Also I have to boot in at a lower OC because XP booting really puts the hurt on the Phase.

So once I get this 4.8ghz nailed down good I will move over to Cascade and see what that will do.

Maybe you can help me out with these problems.

1. 4.1ghz is stable @ 1.5v with Prime95 for a few hours, when i try too boot 4.2 nothing even with 1.55v nothing

2. Same goes with my Northbridge , 2800 is stable but 3K wont load the OS

Chicken Patty

12-21-2009, 05:43 PM

4.8 GHz, good job :toast:

Juan, looking forward to what you can do with that chip on DICE bro :)

Neuromancer

12-21-2009, 05:47 PM

Maybe you can help me out with these problems.

1. 4.1ghz is stable @ 1.5v with Prime95 for a few hours, when i try too boot 4.2 nothing even with 1.55v nothing

2. Same goes with my Northbridge , 2800 is stable but 3K wont load the OS

More volts help zilch if you are reaching 55C load temps.

Assassin48

12-21-2009, 05:51 PM

load temps are 47C

you think that's are it ?

Neuromancer

12-21-2009, 05:54 PM

I don't know, it is possible. I have heard people say as little as 45C but that was not my experience. (but I also never ran anywhere near that high of a NB speed).

Assassin48

12-21-2009, 06:00 PM

Your Probably right, i need to lower my temps. Might need to go with water and throw the rad out the window

Buckeye

12-21-2009, 06:21 PM

These are the settings I used for my 4.2ghz benches. Very stable and works great with the Mega Shadow.

As all kits of RAM/MB/CPU's are different these setting may not work for you.

My Memory is the Dominator GT 2000mhz 8-8-8-24 kit for X58. So I binned 2 of the best sticks out of the 3.

This was several days of tunning to get everything just right. I became good friends with MemTest LOL.

There is still a little bit more speed in here I can feel it :)

Plus I have done more tweaking as I moved up in OC, some of the voltage settins have changed also.

Gotta work on my watermarks :)

Assassin48

12-21-2009, 06:38 PM

Thanks will try out more bus and lower Mutli on the cpu

Your using the UD5P right ?
I have one in my closet , might have to bring it out and see what it could do.

Using a crosshair 3 right now

Buckeye

12-21-2009, 06:41 PM

Thanks will try out more bus and lower Mutli on the cpu

Your using the UD5P right ?
I have one in my closet , might have to bring it out and see what it could do.

Using a crosshair 3 right now

Yup thats the board I am using. This puppy has been through a lot of extreme cold and frozen many times LOL.

Yeah thats what I do is lower multi and up the buss to get the RAM speed up.

Assassin48

12-21-2009, 06:43 PM

Yup thats the board I am using. This puppy has been through a lot of extreme cold and frozen many times LOL

Have you tried a Crosshair 3 yet ?

I tried to give you some rep but it wont let me :Dizzy:

Buckeye

12-21-2009, 06:45 PM

Have you tried a Crosshair 3 yet ?

I tried to give you some rep but it wont let me :Dizzy:

No I havent tried that one yet. This is the only AMD board I have atm.
I love this board, it shows no cold bugging at all, even at -196c and recovers very nice from bad OC's.

Assassin48

12-21-2009, 06:48 PM

No I havent tried that one yet. This is the only AMD board I have atm.
I love this board, it shows no cold bugging at all, even at -196c and recovers very nice from bad OC's.

i might have to lend you my board to see what you can do with it.

Its been on dice a few times but no ln2

Buckeye

12-23-2009, 11:05 AM

Has a little bit of time today and ran these. Need to work on getting faster.

Chicken Patty

12-23-2009, 01:01 PM

Has a little bit of time today and ran these. Need to work on getting faster.
Bro, RAM timings/speed looks good. Unless you can clock RAM or CPU higher, I don't see how you will get faster. Those runs look mighty well dialed in. :toast:

Buckeye

12-23-2009, 01:11 PM

Bro, RAM timings/speed looks good. Unless you can clock RAM or CPU higher, I don't see how you will get faster. Those runs look mighty well dialed in. :toast:

Thanks :)

I slipped up on the last OC's, I was working on 5.4ghz and went nahhh and dialed in 5.2ghz and forgot the adjust the NB, DOH :)

I think I can get a 5.6ghz out of this still, so some more tweaking to do.

Then to go back and get 3D stuff stable.

Chicken Patty

12-23-2009, 01:19 PM

Thanks :)

I slipped up on the last OC's, I was working on 5.4ghz and went nahhh and dialed in 5.2ghz and forgot the adjust the NB, DOH :)

I think I can get a 5.6ghz out of this still, so some more tweaking to do.

Then to go back and get 3D stuff stable.

Awesome. yeah I think you should just work on the CPU/NB speed, everything else seems pretty good.