[Team.AU] Corsair Dominators 2000GT C7 retail kit + EVGA Classified = magic

dinos22 · #1 07-17-2009

Hey fellas

I seem to be in this perpetual "testing" mode but i tell you what, I love it. Getting the end results is nice and all but getting to it is even more fun.
Always great to talk(&pick his brains) to my mate youngpro during these sessions :up: who is about to unleash a storm from downunder so watch out for that.
Good to always catch up with the usual suspects during benching you know who you are :p:

So in my preparation i've battling with the following components in intial stages

Test Configuration:

EVGA CLASSIFIED E760 (S610 bios)
Intel Core i7
6GB 2000GT Corsair Dominators CAS7 DDR3 > Week 22, 2009
Asus 4870X2 Graphics Cards
1000W HX1000 Corsair PSU
1hp C-BuZz Single Stage (kayl evap)
160GB IDE Hard Drive
Windows XP Pro 32bit SP3

excuse my non-fancy photochop skillz :p:

The purpose of all this testing i guess it to be able to at least get a rough idea what sort of settings i will have a chance to try on LN2 before i start going cold.
I like to pretest on SS to not waste LN2 i guess and i get to concentrate on what i'm doing a lot better than having to pour LN2 all the time.
Wasting money also makes no sense heheh :p:

My first concern was 2:10 RAM ratio. This ratio sucks on my Gigabyte X58-UD5.
I just couldn't get any decent clocks out of RAM past 1GHz with this ratio.
Why this ratio? Well i'm working with 25xmulti so i've got a couple of options here, to go to 2:8 CAS6 which is fine or 2:10 CAS7 which is better as i can max out the RAM as well at top clocks.
There is always the 23x multi as well which i will explore but i'll be battling BCLK here so why not start with easier setup first heheh

I'm hoping to be able to stabilise 32M SuperPi at 5.5GHz so I'll need to be able to run 220MHz bus stable right

OK so lets start there

220MHz bus stable with CAS7 2:10 RAM ratio running at 1100MHz 7-8-7-21-1T

Always start with the good old 32M SuperPi

What about 3DMARK01 >> some of the tests in 01 can be pretty taxing on system itself
can it handle , cars, lobbies, dragos >> YES IT CAN
(starting to sound like Obama )

what about 3DMARK06
no dramas sorry i'm just laughing at myself now :

If i needed say 5GHz + NB speed
can it handle that
hell yeah

Let's bump it up (for insurance puporses only) hehehe
224.4MHz bus stable with CAS7 2:10 RAM ratio running at 1122MHz 7-8-7-21-1T

hmmm 224.4 * 25 = 5610mhz grrrrrrrrrr fingers crossed hehehe

32M SuperPi = Done

AM3 can sometimes be a biatch with RAM going too hard
not here

3DMARK06 ... looks good

will it do 1132MHz 7-8-7-21-1T.........hell yeah but now i'm just getting greedy . i dont want to push more cause i'd be devastated if these modules died

This is all nice and dandy at -50C. Now i have to repeat this at -130C with 25x multi heheheh

Anyways i've still got plenty more testing ("fun") to do so i'll pop in if any updates occur

If you'd like to try my settings i've got the bios template attached
Let me know if it works for ya or if you have any suggestions i'm all ears

Mother Board Template( EVGA X58 Classified E-760 )

Code:

Frequency Control 
CPU Clock Ratio ( 21X ) 
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ( 204 ) to boot
MCH Strap ( Auto ) 
CPU Uncore Frequency (Mhz) ( 4080Mhz { 20X } ) 
CPU Clock Skew ( 0 ps ) 
Spread Spectrum ( Disabled ) 
PCIE Frequency (Mhz) ( 107 ) 


Memory Feature         
Memory Speed ( Default ) 
Memory Control Setting ( Enabled ) 
Memory Frequency ( 1020Mhz / 2:10 ) 
Channel Interleave Setting ( 6 Way ) 
Rank Interleave Setting ( 4 Way ) 
Memory Low Gap ( Auto ) 
tCL Setting ( 7 ) 
tRCD Setting ( 8 ) 
tRP Setting ( 7 ) 
tRAS Setting ( 21 ) 
tRFC Setting ( 72 ) 
Command Rate ( 1t ) 
RTL 57-59-61 
(Leave at Auto & tune a little)


Voltage Control 
Extreme mode 2
EVGA VDroop Control ( With VDroop ) 
CPU VCore ( 1.5 ) 
CPU VTT Voltage ( +325 ) 1.512v DMM measured
CPU PLL VCore ( Auto ) > 1.335v DMM measured
IOH PLL VCore ( 1.65 )  
DIMM Voltage ( 1.76 ) DMM measured 1.761v
DIMM DQ Vref ( +0mV ) 
QPI PLL VCore ( 1.5 ) 
IOH VCore ( 1.5 ) 
IOH/ICH I/O Voltage ( Auto ) ~ 1.5v
**VTT PWM Frequency ( 610 KHZ ) 
**CPU PWM Frequency ( 1333 KHZ ) 
**CPU Impedance ( Less ) 
**QPI Signal Compensation ( Less or Auto ) 
ICH VCore ( Auto ) ~ 1.05v


CPU Feature 
Intel SpeedStep ( Disabled ) 
Turbo Mode Function ( Disabled ) 
CxE Function ( Disabled ) 
Execute Disable Bit ( Disabled ) 
Virtualization Technology ( Disabled ) 
Intel HT Technology ( Disabled ) 
Active Processor Cores ( All ) 
QPI Control Settings ( Enabled ) 
QPI Link Fast Mode ( Enabled ) 
QPI Frequency Selection ( Auto ) 
OC Recorvery ( Default )

many thanks to EVGA for the board and a quick RAM replacement for my dead kit of Eplida based Corsair Dominators

HITandRUN · #2 07-17-2009

Very nice mate! I'll have a look at my Classified next week so this will for sure help! I have done some testing on air so its time for LN2!

Thanks for posting this!

RomDominance · #3 07-17-2009

Good luck with the oc there Dino....are the GT's you have now still Elpida based?
If so, mine will happily run a tRFC of 59 or lower at those clocks, might help a bit to get your refresh rate up.

Kal-EL · #4 07-17-2009

Very nice dinoBro. Amazing ddr3 improvements these days.

dinos22 · #5 07-17-2009

thanks fellas

Quote:

Originally Posted by RomDominance

Good luck with the oc there Dino....are the GT's you have now still Elpida based?
If so, mine will happily run a tRFC of 59 or lower at those clocks, might help a bit to get your refresh rate up.

hi mate

yeah usually at lower clocks you can get them running down to 56 maybe even 54 but from what i've been told by some TRFC might need a bump. i guess this will vary from set to set

what would the refresh rate do and which RR do you suggest

i havent really touched RR since wolfdale and even that wasnt really making a heck of a lot of difference but i am definitely interested

i am actually hitting a strong bus wall at around 228 with these settings
my bclk can go to 235/240 but this is what i am experiencing with these particualr settings no matter if i boot at 204 or 220
refuses to boot at 225