Make sure to clock down your memory to 300, that will give you a little more temperature room for overclocking the graphics. Water cooling doesnt seem practical to me especially if you can stay under 80C.
Good Luck!
Topic: Newbie help with Sapphire 5830 Extreme overclocking - page 2. (Read 2479 times)
Hi guys Ive searched on this forum, and I dont think ive found the right firmware... I bought 2 sapphire extreme 5830s from newegg. the Max I was able to get was 900MHZ, now I wanted to go with 1,000MHZ but i couldnt it said it was locked. I tried every firmware I could find and ended up nuking the cards *ie they display nothing flashed wrong firmware* So I got my money back and bought the same cards else where for $40+ cheaper 
win win... So now im pushing stock and 2 cards is yielding 467 Hash... The cooling i have a stock fan a thermaltake case v4 and some fans for the gpu the coolest ive seen this thing if i remember is 60 - 65C during the day it runs a nice 70c - 74c some cases ive seen it go up to 84c.
Question is how can I get 300 Hash per card?.
I hear people talking about it, but I have yet to achieve even 288. Im running Ubuntu Linux on a usb drive using phoenix.. i can get the exact version and details later on this evening.
What firmware could I flash these 5830 Extremes to achieve a better hash?.
What kind of cooling do you guys use or suggest? I have some 90mm or 120mm fans but I dont think thats cutting it..
Does anyone use a corsair h50 or h60 watercooling setup?. I havent really gone this route but since the GPU is the hottest thing id figure a watercooled setup would bring down the temps / noise dramatically I assume?.
below is a pic of my rig in short this is what im running.
Thanks for your suggestions and feedback.
MainBoard: MSI 990FXA-GD65
CPU: Amd Sempron 130 Sargas 2.6Ghz AM3 45w cpu
PSU: OCZ 1250W Modular Bronze PSU OCZ-ZX1250W
Case: Thermaltake V4
RAM: 1GB Kingston DDR RAM
OS: Ubuntu 11.04 on a 8GB flashdrive
http://hphotos-sjc1.fbcdn.net/267309_10150281708728112_735338111_7570829_3662633_n.jpg
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Bitcoin-Barebone-System-2-66-AM3CPU-1GB-RAM-1250W-PS-/00/$(KGrHqMOKp!E3tTlFCYqBOGjCu8QJg~~_12.JPG
win win... So now im pushing stock and 2 cards is yielding 467 Hash... The cooling i have a stock fan a thermaltake case v4 and some fans for the gpu the coolest ive seen this thing if i remember is 60 - 65C during the day it runs a nice 70c - 74c some cases ive seen it go up to 84c. Question is how can I get 300 Hash per card?.
I hear people talking about it, but I have yet to achieve even 288. Im running Ubuntu Linux on a usb drive using phoenix.. i can get the exact version and details later on this evening.
What firmware could I flash these 5830 Extremes to achieve a better hash?.
What kind of cooling do you guys use or suggest? I have some 90mm or 120mm fans but I dont think thats cutting it..
Does anyone use a corsair h50 or h60 watercooling setup?. I havent really gone this route but since the GPU is the hottest thing id figure a watercooled setup would bring down the temps / noise dramatically I assume?.
below is a pic of my rig in short this is what im running.
Thanks for your suggestions and feedback.
MainBoard: MSI 990FXA-GD65
CPU: Amd Sempron 130 Sargas 2.6Ghz AM3 45w cpu
PSU: OCZ 1250W Modular Bronze PSU OCZ-ZX1250W
Case: Thermaltake V4
RAM: 1GB Kingston DDR RAM
OS: Ubuntu 11.04 on a 8GB flashdrive
http://hphotos-sjc1.fbcdn.net/267309_10150281708728112_735338111_7570829_3662633_n.jpg
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Bitcoin-Barebone-System-2-66-AM3CPU-1GB-RAM-1250W-PS-/00/$(KGrHqMOKp!E3tTlFCYqBOGjCu8QJg~~_12.JPG
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