*STABLE* Black Hole Benchmark

SmileMan said:
Doesn't help that much though. In my tests the Chill Factor III from thermalright came out as best TIM. I tried these: Arctic Silver 5, be quiet! DC, default scythe paste, default CM TIM (came out as worst with a 6c difference compared to chill factor III) and noctua's default.

Be aware that every paste needs up to a week regular use to run on its full potential. Especially the Arctic Silver 5
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So the worst one came out at a a 6oC drop... id call that a big help ;)
 
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for the moment enough, lol.
 
Will test an Intel Xeon E5450 (12M Cache, 3.00 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB, BOX : $969.00, LGA771, Q4'07) later today.
Got it working in my Gigabyte G31M-S2L (LGA775) with minimal modding! :D Only a $2 adapter, a bit of glue and a box cutter was needed.
Gonna attempt a dirty quick overclock as well, hoping for around 4GHz, but board is not overclocking friendly :D
 
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Here's the Xeon E5450 at stock speeds (2x2GB DDR2-667MHz if it matters):

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As I said, this chip has a small adapter to switch two pins, making it fit a 775 motherboard. But I've stress tested the crap out of it, rock solid.
Will be the base of my new LAN rig :D Only gets 50C on load with a $15 cpu cooler (mind you the 212 evo is $50 here).
 
My entry for the Black Hole Mayhem - i5 2500K @ 4.3GHz (currently the fastest thing I have in the house since the 24-threaded server I had in briefly went to it's buyer lately :( )

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Probably not going to win based on points because turbobooster has already owned me by about 4,000 points with a 4670K @ 4.8GHz in the 4-threaded cateogry but maybe I'll be randomly drawn for a prize... ;)
 
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spirit said:
My entry for the Black Hole Mayhem - i5 2500K @ 4.3GHz (currently the fastest thing I have in the house since the 24-threaded server I had in briefly went to it's buyer lately :( )

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Probably not going to win based on points because turbobooster has already owned me by about 4,000 points with a 4670K @ 4.8GHz in the 4-threaded cateogry but maybe I'll be randomly drawn for a prize... ;)
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Haha, I think most extreme overclockers will wait till the end to submit to be entirely sure. Overclockers like TopDog and MadGoat are in the game as well.
 
SmileMan said:
Haha, I think most extreme overclockers will wait till the end to submit to be entirely sure. Overclockers like TopDog and MadGoat are in the game as well.
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I would go beyond 4.5GHz but if I do that my board won't boot. I think I need better cooling or maybe my chip just is limited to 4.5GHz but it's still fast enough for me! :)
 
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