480's work again, but just couldn't dial it in on vantage, so I got frustrated and tried to bang out a 3d06 run.  But that proved harder than I thought and I'm almost out of LN2.
 
I don't know if any of you guys notice the # of frames at the end of each test, but I was getting for example 11,500's on 06 test 1.  Frames I've never even come close to before.  And the best part of it was the single 480 was only at 1700/2000@1.15v.  CPU was at 5.38ghz.  But a lot more finesse has to be done, and like I said, LN2 is a runnin' out.
 
Everything is real wet right now.  Cold even seeped into the ram slots, as the shop towels in the dimm slots are damp.  To say the least, I don't think I'm turning it on until everything dries out.  Till tomorrow.

Looks like my DICE session in the middle of summer with 85f temps lol.
What was ambient temp? Maybe next time stuff your board with tissue paper.  Also I've heard of people baking boards in the oven @ 100f sure to dry them out, not sure I'd try it lol. Perhaps better contact with the cpu will help with overall OC.

Hay Q not to sure if your doing this or not but its also a good idea when combating bad condensation, to vasilne the PCI and Dimm slots as well.......it normaly saves a lot of issues!!!
 
Good luck mate

Yeap don that it works a treat

well after seeing that i know ima have to do some sweet insulation >< im in the northern part of aus and its comming into summer. humidity is gunna be a ****

the event is not completely wasted, think of it this way you now have a 5.4ghz OC stable on your 980 and you have found out that there is a possibility for mostier in you PCI slots

push it higher lol you need at lease 6ghz to be anygood :P

yeah, that eraser would be just as cold as the pip...lol. and about just as frosty.

Any recommendations on an SSD to run XP on?

yeah, messing with the pci can make the ssd off at times...i did run across that once in a great while.
 
but xp runs great from and ssd though.
just install the achi drivers and reboot achi mode.

xxrabid93

Just an fyi, if you are upping the pci-e clock to be able to up the qpi more, don't use an ssd. IIRC high pci/pci-e freq. screws with ssds.

Humm.  I never knew that.  I use a 118 pci-e all the time on my ocz ssd with out a hiccup for 4 months now.  I'll have to keep an eye out, so thanks for the tip
 
So John, install xp in IDE mode, then install ahci drivers, then reboot and change mode to ahci in BIOS?

Q56_Monster
Yea, that's the bad thing about LN2...once you just start figuring things out, you run out of the stuff,lol!

Ohhhh yeaaa.  Dice/LN2 ALWAYS runs out just when you figure things out.  Even 50L will go.  I can't understand it for the life of me. 
 
btw, found some extra foam for ya.  Getting some lathe parts in this week.  Progress & pics to follow when they arrive.

arnt the P45 chipsets DDR3?

Okay guys... Newegg has a %10 off code for all motherboards right now.... Should I get a Rampage 3 Extreme Open box for $287 - %10 = $258.30
 
or a Classified 3 and use my EVGA bucks on it to make it... $379.99 - 68 - 20(MIR) = $299.99
 
What to do what to do.. I'm leaning toward the R3E to be honest but if the Classy 3 will clock as well I'll get it.
 
Edit: last option, I like this best. Classy 3 from newegg: $369 - $20 MIR - %10... = $313 and save my 68 EVGA bucks for a 580 or something.

threedhero

I would wait and to see how the new 1155 boards come out, too late in the game for x58's at this point. If the 1155 socket doesn't go well you could get a x58 cheaper down the road...

Out with 480's and in with the 580's 30k vantage on air, marks are already on bot!

 
Currently I'm not planning on moving to 1155, I'll end up staying with 1366 for a long while. It just has to last long until summer after this coming one. If the 970 ever comes down to around $600ish I'll probably pick up one, and that'll be my last motherboard/CPU/RAM change for a long long time.