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E6420 BATCH L644's ; anyone else have one .
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 12:56 pm
by stereo55
Got a E6420 from the Egg the other day . My concern is (althogh info is very limited) , that the L644 chips are not oc'ing well . Before I attempt to open my package , I'd like to see if anyone else may have the same batch number and how the overcloking results are .
Please post any results .
TIA ;)
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 12:59 pm
by Apoptosis
none here... I'm having to downclock an X6800 to run 6420 benchmark tests as Intel didn't send us any of the new ones.
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:01 pm
by Bio-Hazard
I have looked at batch numbers, but there's a lot of folks on different forums that are getting great results (3.5 and higher) out of the chip on air. You might take a look at the [H] and mayne XS to see what they are getting out of theirs.
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:07 pm
by stereo55
Yeh , been looking alot at [H] and overclockers.com (ocforums) . Things seem to better than first thought . Peeps over at ocf are starting to trickle in with results on the 44G's .
Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 10:39 am
by Sula
Post your OC achievements
Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 11:11 am
by stereo55
Sula wrote:Post your OC achievements
Luv to give ya good oc'ing numbers but Iam having problems with an OEM purchased MSI P6N SLI-FI . Bios does not seem to run correctly (even with latest update) and after running the board for a week , as of yesterday Iam now getting a wierd loud static sound comming thru the pci bus ( a bad resistor or cap ??? )
I can tell ya , that my chip does 3gigs with stock voltage right out of the box , but due to problems with this OEM board Ive yet to do due any further testing or true overclocking as of yet .
Going to send the board back for a RETAIL boxed of the same and go from there .
Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 1:47 pm
by Sula
Sorry to hear that you have prob with your board ,but other than that nice you have good unit of E6420. So i'm impatiently waiting for more oc news from you as i'm considering buying this Cpu too( when i earn for it which may take a while
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 11:23 am
by stereo55
*UPDATE*
Well , new (retail) P6N SLI-FI board (w/beta bios 2.21) but not much change in the overclock department . 3050 @ stock volts , but going any higher requires some good voltages . Seems my chip kinda sucks except my temps are nice and low (28c/idle 44/load) . If I try for 3200 Ive gotta put 1.425+ to it , which is not bad but definitly not what I's hoped for . I guess Iam better off then others reporting not being able to go past 2800 or even geting close to 3000 at all with any type of voltage increase .
Ive not really tried to push this chip any further for now and probably wont till I invest in a better cooler . The system runs fine where its at , but being a true overclocker for 14+ years , I AM abit disappointed , but its all part of the game .
On a side note , this board (although very stable) , still has some bugs in the bios that really need to be addressed , so that too it probably is hindering my oc'ing . Since this is a new chipset (650i) , I can only hope bios and drivers will improve and then too my future overclocking with this 44 chip .
Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 2:44 pm
by Bio-Hazard
I've had great luck with the P6N series boards, I got a great suicide OC of 3.7 out of it with my little ole E4300.............
The guys over at the [H] seem to be getting fairly good results out of the E6420 chip, but I haven't been following the thread all that close.
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1183692
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1138241