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Foxconn MARS + Intel C2D E8500

15 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/foxconn-mars-intel-c2d-e8500.80689/

darklord
darklord Original post #1
Feb 20, 2008 at 5:19 PM
I received my MARS a few days back,so we decided to take it for a spin.So here it is, not a lot of results but still,

Test Bed -

Intel C2D E8400/ E8500
1GB*2 Team Xtreem PC2 5400 CL3
Seventeam ST 600EAD PSU
Foxconn MARS
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD3850 512MB

Some Pics from the benching session -

*www.thehardwarelabs.com/forums/imagehost/thumb_247bc0d9981068.jpg

*www.thehardwarelabs.com/forums/imagehost/thumb_247bc0d9a3f1ec.jpg

*www.thehardwarelabs.com/forums/imagehost/thumb_247bc0d9b307c8.jpg

*www.thehardwarelabs.com/forums/imagehost/thumb_247bc0d9bdb64a.jpg

*www.thehardwarelabs.com/forums/imagehost/thumb_247bc0e7ee7cea.jpg

Super Pi Scores -

5312MHz

*www.thehardwarelabs.com/forums/imagehost/thumb_247bc0e7fe07d5.jpg

5380MHz

*www.thehardwarelabs.com/forums/imagehost/thumb_247bc0e80ca876.jpg

Last and the best, 5410MHz :D

*www.thehardwarelabs.com/forums/imagehost/thumb_247bc0e81ad3e8.jpg

Everest Memory Bnechmark

555MHz @ 5-4-4-12 @ 2.5V

*www.thehardwarelabs.com/forums/imagehost/thumb_247bc0f81f25ba.jpg

*www.thehardwarelabs.com/forums/imagehost/thumb_247bc0f82b5554.jpg

*www.thehardwarelabs.com/forums/imagehost/thumb_247bc0f8375df8.jpg

*www.thehardwarelabs.com/forums/imagehost/thumb_247bc0f8436669.jpg​

Thats all for now,

Cheers !
Amey,Aditya,Harshal
TEAM THL
Choto Cheeta
Choto Cheeta #2
Feb 20, 2008 at 5:25 PM
Boy thats a hell of a OC :D and hell lot of money involved :lol:
darklord
darklord #3
Feb 20, 2008 at 5:27 PM
Thanks man :)
darklord
darklord #5
Feb 20, 2008 at 5:39 PM
hehe, good idea :p
nvidia
nvidia #6
Feb 20, 2008 at 5:39 PM
Awesome Ocing DarkLord..
5.5GHz!!!:shock:
Faun
Faun #7
Feb 20, 2008 at 5:43 PM
btw how much that graphics card costs, and are the apposite drivers available for linux
darklord
darklord #8
Feb 20, 2008 at 5:47 PM
That card costs ~ 11k in India, i got it from US.
Linux drivers should be available,donno for sure.
Faun
Faun #9
Feb 20, 2008 at 5:52 PM
darklord said:
That card costs ~ 11k in India, i got it from US.
Linux drivers should be available,donno for sure.
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thank u :), and which is the rival comparable to it from NVIDIA (tell me the cost too)
Pathik
Pathik #10
Feb 20, 2008 at 5:58 PM
^^ msi 8800gt 512mb. 13k..
btw darky awesome clock man.. :)
dOm1naTOr
dOm1naTOr #11
Feb 20, 2008 at 7:46 PM
hi amey,
why dont u work for some mags like digit or chip. They ll be happy to have experts like u...
gr8 work there dude..
H
hellgate #12
Feb 20, 2008 at 10:18 PM
another gr8 test bed and damn good oc by darklord.
ur just gr8 when it comes to oc.
keith_j_snyder2
keith_j_snyder2 #13
Feb 20, 2008 at 10:30 PM
Hey Darky boy!
U did it again!
Congrats man!
Great work!
I m glad that u used the same 600W PSU!
darklord
darklord #14
Feb 20, 2008 at 11:54 PM
dOm1naTOr said:
hi amey,
why dont u work for some mags like digit or chip. They ll be happy to have experts like u...
gr8 work there dude..
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Why would they hire me ? :D They must be having enough experts ;)

Hey Darky boy!
U did it again!
Congrats man!
Great work!
I m glad that u used the same 600W PSU!
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Told ya, that PSU is immensely underrated ;)