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AMD Phenom II 955 BE + Asus M4A79T Deluxe go sub zero !

25 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/amd-phenom-ii-955-be-asus-m4a79t-deluxe-go-sub-zero.119527/

darklord
darklord Original post #1
Jul 21, 2009 at 3:37 PM
Hi,
Finally found a local source for LN2 so decided to put my new Phenom 955 to the test this weekend.

The participants :D

*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/41799_zpuif/cpu.JPG
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*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/41807_qmnkj/mobo.JPG
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*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/41800_uyqax/cryo.JPG

Test setup -
AMD Phenom II X4 955BE O913APBW
Asus M4A79T Deluxe Bios Ver.1303
Crucial Value DDR3 1333 2 x 1GB @ 1600 7-7-7-24
Corsair HX1000W PSU
Seagate 7200.12 500GB
Gigabyte 7200GS 256MB
:p

Results

Super Pi 1M
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/41794_umftm/1m.jpg

Super Pi 32M
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/41795_c2txq/32m.jpg

WPrime 1024M, 32M
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/41796_unz1a/1024m%2C%2032m.jpg

Pifast
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/41797_utbnk/pifast.jpg
darklord
Jul 21, 2009 at 3:38 PM
some random pics

*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/41801_bqsyc/IMG_0432.JPG

*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/41802_xmmap/IMG_0437.JPG

*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/41803_lsif9/IMG_0444.JPG

*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/41804_tarql/IMG_0445.JPG

*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/41805_t4c41/IMG_0451.JPG

*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/41806_l8nzm/IMG_0456.JPG

We need to make a new pot with more mass asap as our current one had a hard time handling the phenom and was guzzling ln2 at an insane rate :(
All in all it was awesome fun and considering it was our maiden ln2 run i was pretty satisfied with the results :)

Cheers !
Amey
furious_gamer
Jul 21, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Thats unbelievable dude. I am very much amazed to see what have you done. :shock:
darklord
Jul 21, 2009 at 11:11 PM
Haha thanks ;)
harryneopotter
Jul 22, 2009 at 12:15 AM
oh so its u darklord here .......... good going ... but i first saw this thread at E ....
darklord
Jul 22, 2009 at 12:32 AM
Darklord = Amey
Aditya = Appolyon

:wink:
harryneopotter
Jul 22, 2009 at 6:22 AM
ohhhhh... never knew it !!!!!!
H
Aug 2, 2009 at 11:36 PM
How long did one potful of LN2 last?
B
Aug 3, 2009 at 11:24 AM
hmmmm interesting
darklord
darklord #10
Aug 4, 2009 at 1:34 PM
Potful as in our CPU pot or the Cryocan are you talking about ?

If you are talking about the CPU pot then with Phenom II running at 1.8V Vcore it was literally guzzling LN2 :D

I need to make a new pot for myself,the current one is good for DICE, not LN2
hellknight
Aug 4, 2009 at 11:14 PM
I think that i'm looking at the first Indian Liquid Nitrogen overclocking.. hats off to you man.. that's amazing.. btw.. how much did that whole LN2 setup cost?
darklord
darklord #12
Aug 5, 2009 at 5:53 PM
Deposit for LN2 Cryocan = 40k
Cost of LN2 = 40/- per litre
LN2 consumed = ~ 30-35 Lts.
Copper Pot = custom made according to my requirements, locally.
topgear
topgear #13
Sep 6, 2009 at 5:59 AM
amazing work !! Those pics really looks great :p

Just a question - Is that speed is stable enough to pass several hours of prime95, orthos & OCCT test ?

Can you bench crysis with 1024*768 @ low details so that we can compare it with core i7 extreme 975's performance :twisted:

BTW, how far we can take phenom II X4 955BE with good water cooling ?
darklord
darklord #14
Sep 6, 2009 at 10:29 AM
amazing work !! Those pics really looks great :p

Just a question - Is that speed is stable enough to pass several hours of prime95, orthos & OCCT test ?

Can you bench crysis with 1024*768 @ low details so that we can compare it with core i7 extreme 975's performance :twisted:

BTW, how far we can take phenom II X4 955BE with good water cooling ?

With water maybe you can go upto 4.5 or so but anything above that is a bit hard. These Phenom II chips need cold, they love it. Its insane to see how they scale under cold,just love it :twisted:
topgear
topgear #15
Sep 7, 2009 at 4:54 AM
^^ Thanks buddy ! So it's like this :

Godd air cooling will take it to 3.8-4Ghz.

Good water cooling will take it to 4-4.5Ghz.

& eXtreme LN2 cooling will take it to 6050 MHz ! Great ! :twisted: :p
comp@ddict
Sep 7, 2009 at 10:37 AM
What's with the 7200GS?????
Cool G5
Cool G5 #18
Sep 7, 2009 at 11:42 AM
That's awesome. The pics are great.
L
Lucifer #19
Sep 7, 2009 at 11:47 AM
Darky, impressive man.

Minus LN2, I had some fun with a Core i7 975E. Fun chip, especially since it got to 4 GHz+ on air. Not allowed to post wprime benchies though (here)

^to the addict, he's benchmarking a CPU, not the graphics subsystem, all those benchmarks tax only the CPU. The GPU doesn't matter...
darklord
darklord #20
Sep 7, 2009 at 12:02 PM
Darky, impressive man.

Minus LN2, I had some fun with a Core i7 975E. Fun chip, especially since it got to 4 GHz+ on air. Not allowed to post wprime benchies though (here)

^to the addict, he's benchmarking a CPU, not the graphics subsystem, all those benchmarks tax only the CPU. The GPU doesn't matter...

975......Sweet !
Lovely chip :) Why not allowed to post ?
amitash
amitash #21
Sep 7, 2009 at 7:44 PM
N1 again darky...And again...please try an i7 965 or 975...:p
darklord
darklord #22
Sep 7, 2009 at 8:42 PM
N1 again darky...And again...please try an i7 965 or 975...:p

Would have loved to but unfortunately I cant afford one of those. :cry:
abhi_kashid
Apr 11, 2010 at 7:51 PM
Great Work Dude Pics are great
It Would have even better If The video is taken of this LN2 Project and Uploaded on youtube.
First indian overclocker to work with LN2 Pot.
Congratulations
prasath_digit
May 13, 2010 at 8:24 AM
Cool. :cool: Its really exciting to see activities like these. :smile:. I'd also like to indulge in activities like these but money bites me...... Anyway, darklord, its simply awesome man....

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Hey darklord, did u specifically choose the AMD Phenom II X4 955 CPU for this activity?. :-|

how is the AMD Phenom II X4 955 in ur opinion? Do u recommend it over an equally priced Intel CPU?. tell me coz i'm planning for an upgrade, and i'd really love to go the AMD way if its worth it. :razz:
The Sorcerer
Jun 2, 2010 at 8:36 AM
Those crucial value rams (specifically the ones who have)are crazy. I think one of the pic has the OCZ platinium rams installed on the system (judging by the silver mesh-ish type heatspreader). I also think they are coated with the goodness of vaseline.