Phenom II X4 980 BE and 955 BE under LN2

Yesterday I was testing the new Phenom II 980 BE and my one month old Phenom II 955 BE. Mainboards were MSI 890FXA-GD70 and Gigabyte 890FXA-UD5 (revision 3.1 with AM3+ compatible socket). The other hardware were memory kit Super Talent Performance 2000 MHz CL8, power supplies Gigabyte ODIN GT 800W and Fortron (FSP) Everest 85Plus 800W, MSI R5870 Lightning, etc...I was trying my 955 BE first, because I had to wait for 890FXA-UD5 for 980 BE. We had 40 litres of LN2 and a few kilograms of dice for 2600K (very bad piece for overclocking, so we don't have any result). I used Otternase Extreme and Kingpincooling Venom pots.

Two 32l dewars, but with "only" 40l of LN2

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Precise work:D

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Gigabyte 890FXA-UD5 in new revision 3.1 with new AM3+ ready socket

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A little snowman in action:D

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955 BE is 1101BPM and 980 is 1041EPB

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Results aren't so bad, but I'm little dissatisfied, because I didn't achieved 7 GHz goal:(These results are on both MSI 890FXA-GD70...Giga 890FXA-UD5 wasn't bad, but did only 6,7 GHz with 980 BE:shrug:

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And some benchmarks with 955 BE...why not with 980 BE? unfortunately the mainboard was wet on some place and it started to do very strange things:shakes:I don't know why, but I had bad efficiency in Super PI and wPrime...in wPrime, it was quite interesting (strange?) that I was able to run 32M test with only 5,7 GHz:shrug:

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next try with 980 BE will be on FlanK3r's LN2 session soon and with Crosshair IV Formula or Crosshair IV Extreme...so I hope in 7 GHz:)

Nice results, sooo close, musta been pulling your hair out.

Slow pi down to the mainboard and low NB?

Good job tho, still waiting for my flanker party invite :shakes: :rolleyes:

Yeeee, its coming, 14 day to FlanK3rs party :)....Bluestorm will be with me at OC action. Hope, my x4 975 BE broked 7 GHz :). But congratulations, 6900+ is nice too. Are not bined chips.

so mr chew is wright ...the 955 should be able to catch that

nice work with 6.9g

nice oc n bench...so what the next one...

that 1.9v+ maybe to high for benching. as i realized, amd likes 1.75v -1.85v for benching, higher only for valids.

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Originally Posted by El Gappo

Nice results, sooo close, musta been pulling your hair out.

Slow pi down to the mainboard and low NB?

Good job tho, still waiting for my flanker party invite :shakes: :rolleyes:

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Thanks...yeah, so close to 7 GHz...but it will come once:)

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Originally Posted by FlanK3r

Yeeee, its coming, 14 day to FlanK3rs party :)....Bluestorm will be with me at OC action. Hope, my x4 975 BE broked 7 GHz :). But congratulations, 6900+ is nice too. Are not bined chips.

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I'm looking forward to your party bro...it will be legen....wait for it...dary weekend:D

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Originally Posted by Hondacity

so mr chew is wright ...the 955 should be able to catch that

nice work with 6.9g

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Thanks:)

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Originally Posted by subaruwrc

that 1.9v+ maybe to high for benching. as i realized, amd likes 1.75v -1.85v for benching, higher only for valids.

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I know, but maybe it depends on processor, because with lower voltage it froze at the beginning of 32M wPrime test...my issue was in wet mainboard I think:shrug:

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Originally Posted by Hondacity

so mr chew is wright ...the 955 should be able to catch that

nice work with 6.9g

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Lowest clock - same TDP makes sense, more leaky parts in 955 models ;)