BURR Overclocking Team

i7 Waterblock Roundup

Vinas — Fri, 28 May 2010 14:28:56 +0000

Courtesy of Skinnee Labs

GTX480, GTX470 (fermi) released

Vinas — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:02:00 +0000

The new nVIDIA GTX480 and GTX470 bring some pretty impressive performance possiblities.

Here’s what you need to know:

This is a paper launch, release date is expected to be April 16th 2010
GTX480 price is suggested by nVIDIA at $500 USD, retail may be higher
$500 is about 16% higher cost than the lowest priced ATi 5870
Both GTX480 and GTX470 cards load at about 91c, card max is 105c
Both GTX480 and GTX470 cards idle around 55c to 60c @ 55% fan
nVIDIA GTX480 usually out performs ATi 5870 by about 5 to 15%
the ATi 5870 needs about 75MHz core OC to match stock GTX480

Some full reviews @ xtremesystems

Core i5-670 breaks 7 GHz barrier

Vinas — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:11:59 +0000

Reports of the new Dual core, Hyperthreaded i5 670 CPU indicate they are very OC friendly. Reaching extreme speeds of 4.7GHz on air, andÂ 7GHz with LN2, this could be the new OC king and gamer friendly CPU that we’ve all been waiting for! Looks like intel has another winner on their hands…

1st HWBOT Country Cup Awarded

Vinas — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:45:52 +0000

Seven weeks have passed, seven stages have been finished, One winner is the result: Romania.Â Russia was capable of following the strong lead of Romania for a very long time, but had to let go in the last stages. Poland finished third after an impressive benching spree trying to overcome the non-participating first stages.

Winners

Since Romania won this competition, their three most contributing members can choose a prize. The two most contributing Russian overclockers can choose after that, and the best Polish overclocker wins the last of the 6 customized KingpinCooling LN2 containers. The winners are:

The full press release with event pictures can be found here.

New Core i7 Build & Vantage Run

Vinas — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:04:49 +0000

Vinas Built up a new rig (the ‘Rooster’ build):
mATX water cooled ThermalTake LANBox
Intel i7 860 @ 4.1GHz, 1.40vcore Linx Stable
HIS AMD/ATi 5870 @ 966/1250
Intel SSD raid 0
Asus Maximus III GENE
Corsair Dominator 1600 CL7’s
Koolance 340WB & XSPC Bay res/pump
DangerDen GTS240 with 2x Delta 120×25mm
Sunbeam Rheobus Extreme – Red LED Modded
2x Delta 60mm, 60×38mm Sunon, 92mm Vantec Tornado
PPC 1200 TurboCool | Case Total CFM rating: 552.2

Rooster Build by Vinas

Vantage Results: 20588

New Asus P7P55 uses over 32 power phases!

Vinas — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:38:59 +0000

A lot of people are saying Asus has outdone themselves with no less than a 32 + 3 phase design on their upcoming P55 based P7P55 Premium board. A response to Gigabytes 24 phase design? Maybe. In theory more phases deliver better, cleaner, more stable power to the CPU; while reducing or spreading out heat between pulse-width modulation devices (PWMs). Some critics insist that more PWMs are indicative of a design flaw or poor engineering. They go on to mention that a better phase design could use stronger PWMs or even better yet: digital PWMs.

What do you think? Sound off below the picture.

32 Phase P55 Asus P7P55 Premium

MOA 2009 Interview with Jason Lee

Vinas — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:56:58 +0000

MOA = Master Overclocking Arena

[EN] Interview with Jason Lee at MSI headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan. In this interview you’ll discover a lot of details about the MOA 2009 edition.

[FR] Interview avec Jason Lee dans les quartiers gÃ©nÃ©raux de MSI Ã Taipei, Taiwan. Dans cette interview, apprenez tout les details sur l’Ã©dition 2009 du MOA.

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Music by Silence
Song : an extract of the track called “EffacÃ©”
Name of the album : L’autre endroit.
Download the complete song and Album for free from here : http://www.jamendo.com/fr/album/830

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Interview realised and produced by Overclocking-tv.com.
Interviewer : Trouffman
Producer : Xyala

Â© Overclocking-TV.com 2008-2009

Gigabyte Open OC 2009 Interview

Vinas — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:10:31 +0000

Hi Cookie works for Gigabyte as an OverClocking consultant. He was interviewed after the 2009 GOOC event by Trouffman of Overclocking-TV.

lab501 tests 38 Thermal Pastes (TIM)

Vinas — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:16:55 +0000

Our own ChaosRainz pointed out that this isn’t exactly scientific because mounting methods always come into play.

The Romanian site lab501.com personally recommends the following TIM (thermal interface material):

Arctic Cooling MX-2
Gelid GC-1
OCZ Freeze
Noctua NT-H1
ZEROtherm ZT100

And the full chart (edited by team BURR for readability)

Quoted from the Romanian article below:
http://lab501.ro/racire/38-de-paste-termice-testate-iulie-2009

E8500 @ 4.722

New Pants — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:52:21 +0000

Got a new best for my E8500 at 4722Mhz, my previous best was 4306Mhz. I was able to break the 20K mark on 3DMark06 with a single 4850×2.

- NewPants

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=10045953

Parts:
E8500 @ 4.722
2GB Crucial Balistix @ 994 5-5-5-18 2T @ 2.25v
DFI LP TR2 X38 (1.36vtt, 1.52vid, 1.56mch)
4850×2 @ 700/1150
Apogee GTZ, MCP 655, Thermochill PA120.3