Add another
Northwood success story to the growing list:
* 1.6A from New Egg ($134, Costa Rica) @
2138MHz
* P4T-E from Atacom, ICS chips (came with bios 1005)
* 2x256 Samsung dbl-sided RIMMs from Googlegear.
Posting this from 2138MHz.
Pin-trick for 1.70v (pins 4 & 3)
http://www.hexus.net/review.php?review=278Intel hsf, removed pad & used mil-spec paste
Not sure if I needed the extra voltage, but once I mounted the board, I didn't want to have to yank it back out.
P4T-E bios says 1.70v
Both MBM & Sandra read 1.68v, drops to 1.65v when Prime95 is started.
Ran Prime95 torture test all night. Woke this morning: still running. MBM CPU temp = 125 F
Idle CPU temp = 92-96 F depending on ambient.
Been using the system all day. Not a single lock or crash.
Using Enermax 430-watt PSU (3 SCSI drives & 3 IDE drives).
Triple-booting WinME, W2K & WXP.
Surprising how easy it was. Pressed the button & booted straight to 2138 from the git-go; didn't stop at 1600. Haven't tried higher .. don't need more speed. Upgraded from P3-700 @938MHz, CUSL2.
Didn't have a problem with the temps, but checked other's, which seem downright chilly. So I mounted another fan to the side of the case (120mm?), pointing at the HSF. This dropped temps to 84F idle, 114F P95 torture equilibrium .. bringing extra cooling not only to the CPU HSF, but also to the mobo itself, the RIMMs & chipset heatsink.
Temps are only a problem if they contribute to instability. This thing is a tank. Not a single lock or crash. I threw a brick at it. Didn't phase it.
$600 performance for $134. Impressive benchmarks. Will post some soon.
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