Hardware Athlon X2 7750 vs. Intel E5200 OC & Value

Cheers for the reply & thanks for the articles bit-tech is a great site!

 

Meh, I tried raising all the voltages. Only raising the CPU voltage helps.

Tried with lower multipliers = the same or worse.
For example, at 3300Mhz and 12.5 multi = prime95 stable for 12 hours.
3300Mhz and 12 multi = prime95 error after 15 minutes. (at even lower mem speed)
Also tried 333x10, but again errors in prime95 after 10 minutes.


BTW, I found a better program for testing stability: IntelBurnTest.
It found an error in that 12hour prime95 stable 3300MHz after 5 minutes. (Raised voltage just a little bit and it's ok now.)
It does stress the CPU more, it heats it up more than prime95 (by at least 5 degrees).
Some discussions about this program:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=197835
http://forums.techarp.com/overclocking-cooling-modding/24559-intelburntest-new-stress-testing-utility-your-overcooked-cpu.html
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/1034786.html
(Maybe it's old news to you guys, but I just found it so I have to share.)

 

Nice find!

 

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=492200
Prime stable @ 8HRs, chip will bench at 3.4, but fails Prime -working on that. (cpu voltage is 1.4V, don't know why that never shows up.)
To the reviewers : Something was wrong with your AMD board methinks, I broke 2000HTT easily, and I'm nowhere near the professionals you are. The fact that a component failed is telling. Should have used another board.
Bottom line, for around a $100.00cdn, you can't go wrong with either chip. I just find AMD more fun.

 

Sure thing I've got a DFI 790FX on at the moment but I'm having some serious overheating problems with it. To be honest, the MSI DK 790GX we have is not very good, but it's either that, a dead M3A79-T, a 4/10 Foxconn 790FX or this DFI I'm reviewing

 

RMA the ASUS (and the DFI too for that matter). That way you can 'review' the whole process. If they're smart, they will be tripping over themselves to get you a confirmed and tested board.
Everybody runs into issues every now and then. If you look at the sheer complexity of today's technology, I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often.
Oh well, I'm just a green spec in this sea of blue.