AMD Phenom I Overclocking contest [Win a CPU]

Requirements

1 US resident in the local 48 ( sorry everyone else :( )

2 Phenom I cpu

3 Must be done on air / water with ambients 10C / 50F and higher for air. 15C / 60F and higher for water ( picture of system required )

4 Screenshot of max clock in windows ( cpu-z and temp monitoring software to verify temps ) Note pad open with your forum name and current date

5 Single core clocking allowed

6 Competition will run 2 weeks from post time, One submission per user please, if you get a better clock use that EDIT button and bump the thread with a link to original post.
*EDIT* Contest ends sunday 03/29/09 at 12 midnight eastern time.....we will announce winner that monday and tuesday cpu will be on its way to its new owner Priority mail with tracking. :up:

Highest clock wins

Winner to receive an OEM AM3 Phenom II 720BE cpu :eek:
http://members.cox.net/bostonreefer1/validentry3.jpg

Please resize your screenshots 1280x1024 is a good size to use :)

Have fun and good luck and spread the word, the more the merrier

Let the competition begin.

I removed the owning a phenom II exclusion for the sake of a larger competition however if somone that was more fortunate chose to pass his winnings on to somone less fortunate that is the runner up it would be :cool:

Any stability requirements or just enough to be able to take the screenshot? EDIT: Also does a 7750 BE count?

Any Phenom I cpu counts the stability test is the screenshot, its sometimes harder than a cpu-z validation suicide ;)

Use the Force *cough* 7750 *cough* Luke !! Use the force !! :D

Good luck to all participants :up:

Perkam

sounds interesting, will have to put my old 9850 beater to the test!

Bump....................Needs to be sticky till deadline.

stuck..:D

So I can enter if I have a pII I just have to give it to the runner up?

also odd yea kstat shows 12 and AOD shows 14?

but I can't enter at this time as I don't have a digital camera aval ATM....

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Originally Posted by jonspd

So I can enter if I have a pII I just have to give it to the runner up?

also odd yea kstat shows 12 and AOD shows 14?

but I can't enter at this time as I don't have a digital camera aval ATM....

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I was referring to the ambient temps versus aod reported temps, that was shot within 10 seconds of screenie. 24C ambients and cpu is reporting 20C.....;)

If you currently own a P II you can enter with your P I, Its not required that you give it up but it sure would be a nice gesture if the runner up can not afford a PH II :up:

aww crap I dont own a camera to take a picture of the rig, or a thermometer to take a pic of lol.

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Originally Posted by Tom128

aww crap I dont own a camera to take a picture of the rig, or a thermometer to take a pic of lol.

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camera phone any picture quality......as long as we can tell its a computer and what cooling you have......don't need a temp probe just bundled motherboard hardware monitor showing temps in screenshot.....

Surely you must know someone with a camera......this is common practice with alot of competitions.....

It is just a pity its US only :/ might as well make you guys work for it though;)
I'll do a few runs sometime soon, just to see if/what i could of won.

Yah sorry I'm poor shipping to UK is :shakes: looking forward to results though.

...if you can ship the CPU to an American address, will foreigners be able to join...?;)

I could use one of those 720's... and I have a decent B2 I think:p:

Edit: crap, I forgot about B3's being Phenom I as well. Oh well... hehe. I can still participate for fun, being the fastest B2 is still something to aim for.

Where's gotvoltage?? He has a Kick A$$ Phenom I. I don't believe he has a Phenom II yet either..

will be putting my 9850 back in my rig for this. Had to sell my 940 due to really needing the cash.

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Originally Posted by knopflerbruce

...if you can ship the CPU to an American address, will foreigners be able to join...?;)

I could use one of those 720's... and I have a decent B2 I think:p:

Edit: crap, I forgot about B3's being Phenom I as well. Oh well... hehe. I can still participate for fun, being the fastest B2 is still something to aim for.

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hmmm well if you submit a result and you give me a USA in the local 48 address as your address how am I to know any different ;)

Hey Chew*

Is chilled water allowed?

Temps for water must be kept in the range mentioned in rules post 1. ambients 15C / 60F temps in windows of actual cpu will have to be higher than ambient, 61F would be fine

Still have my 9850 but not in the US....

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/1568/cinebench35.png
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/2541/cinebinch3570.png

Ok I added a crappy picture of my system with my friends camera phone lol

http://3800z24.info/Phenom/9950/32bit/Sup_Pi_3.5ghz.JPG

TSK TSK charged, no cpu-z, no notepad in screenshot.

It's really cool of you to run this contest chew*!

I have a 9950be in my 2nd rig that I'm trying to sell, but it never was that good of a clocker and it's running on a Biostar TA790-GX that doesn't like high V's... 3.2 was the best I ever got out of it even on the Asus M3A79-T with water so I doubt I'd even have a chance... :(

Just wanted to give you props for your generosity! :up:

Oh well I originally got a Woody :Dbut I see its for Phenom 1 Overclocking:(

The Only Phenom 1 I have is a 9600 BE and the only way to get some OC out of this thing is to Pitch it Up In the Air and Smack across Center Field with a Louisville Slugger

Don't thank me thank AMD they made this possible :up:

Brother if you can get a home run on video of that I will come up with a runner up honorable mention :rofl:

Cool, time to dust off the old 9950:rocker:

is under clocking some of the cores cool?

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Originally Posted by satansangel114

Cool, time to dust off the old 9950:rocker:

is under clocking some of the cores cool?

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doesn't bother me....

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TSK TSK charged, no cpu-z, no notepad in screenshot.

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well, it wasn'y high enough anyways LOL... I new I forgot something.:p:

What's the current record btw?;)

PS: perhaps it would be a good idea to make a list of OC's in the first post...

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Originally Posted by knopflerbruce

What's the current record btw?;)

PS: perhaps it would be a good idea to make a list of OC's in the first post...

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No valid submissions yet...highest clock is 3624? I sense a ninja post and poker face strategy around the last few hours of the contest :D

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Originally Posted by chew*

No valid submissions yet...highest clock is 3624? I sense a ninja post and poker face strategy around the last few hours of the contest :D

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Damn, my poor 9900 ES is good for a B2, but I can't imagine that'll be a #1 chip against any decent 9850/9950:p:

You should make a similar contest for K8 on your next payday!:yepp:

OK this is my first shot, will try for more soon:D

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http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=529219
Guess it wont validate with onily 1 core:rolleyes:

Still pushin for 3.8-4ghz, hope it lives:shocked:

Ok I updated my post (#22) with a picture of my rig with a camera phone. Am I missing anything? I will see if I can break into 3.7Ghz territory now :)

Nice keep them coming.

Good job there satansangel...push that rig....:up:

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/103/phenom985037k.png

lol might have to throw the 9850 back in the rig

edit: got a pounding headache and its hot as hell in here right now so im not gonna push it tonight but heres something for you guys to push for ;) , i dont think this one will last too long :shrug: pics of rig are linked in sig, if you really want chew i can take a pic of it right now but i think the fact that harddrive has min. temp of 84f w/ a 120mm scythe 65cfm right over it should be proof enough my ambients are in check :D

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/457/screen04g.jpg

Man... if only you had two chips to give away. One for unlocked phenom 1 chips and one for locked phenom 1's. My best clocker is my regular 9600 that I got up to 3.18 with a single stick of ram. Its not quite enough to compete with any of the unlocked ones here, but I bet it could beat anyone's locked, especially since I can do 3ghz with 1.3v vid.

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Originally Posted by Oldguy932

Man... if only you had two chips to give away. One for unlocked phenom 1 chips and one for locked phenom 1's. My best clocker is my regular 9600 that I got up to 3.18 with a single stick of ram. Its not quite enough to compete with any of the unlocked ones here, but I bet it could beat anyone's locked, especially since I can do 3ghz with 1.3v vid.

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i got a 9550 that can do 3-3.2 =] not even close to my 9850 though, hoping for 3.7 but its hot in florida now

May be more in the future, all depends on how this one pans out, not to many submissions as of yet but still early. Guys need to spread the word ;)

What if I pay postage to South Africa? :D

Enjoy my phenom :) 8 mhz over previous, done in 10-15 min :)

Keep the scores commin.

Still 0.5 V under 2nd highest score

I need something to measure ambient!.... its around 24 C since im not freezing.

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Originally Posted by knopflerbruce

Damn, my poor 9900 ES is good for a B2, but I can't imagine that'll be a #1 chip against any decent 9850/9950:p:

You should make a similar contest for K8 on your next payday!:yepp:

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WE all know who's winning that one :D

just snagged a 9750 just for this contest

and does single core count?!

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Originally Posted by cdawall

just snagged a 9750 just for this contest

and does single core count?!

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yes, its in the OP.

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Originally Posted by G0ldBr1ck

yes, its in the OP.

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oh well :banana::banana::banana::banana: time for me to have some fun :D

Nice work guys/gals...

Heres one with my little 140watt 9950:D All water NONCHILLED:yepp:

Ambiant is 18c ATM.. I think i can get 3.8ghz still,, is very hard with a NON 125watt CPU!

Hope is Extreme,, My 9950 is unreal:ROTF:

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...50_140watt.jpg

Thats the REAL voltage

Time to go 3.8 when i come home :D

I'm still at just 1.6 volts.

Well ,, Its a little better:D

The uber test Rig LOL,,

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...rrellpc004.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...ellpc005-1.jpg

The Almost Max result,, I think i can push more with just regular water cooling.

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...xExtremeOC.jpg

Update,,,Well im off to Bakerfield For a week,, So this means all you guys get a Extra week to tweak your Cpu's:D


I had to mod one Radiator to give me The cooling temps i needed to keep ((1.80volts))) Happy @3800+mhz with using water and 18c ambiant Room temp. To keep things happy it was a huge hurdle by all means since i did not want to use Chilled water internally . (inside the loop).. So i did next best thing:rofl:

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...rsonalBest.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...ra/mywr002.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...ra/mywr003.jpg

3856mhz ......... PHI B3 9950 (140watt) best run,,@ 3910 @1.8volts CPU //NB @1.69volts
I was so excited i took picture and then rebooted with out saving:mad:..

I will not be able to do any more runs before i leave to Bakersfield. I would have change the water loop and build a res for my Pump to keep going. I just didnt have the time to this.

Chew,, thank you for giveing all us the Extreme pleashure to fight over a CPU:D

gOtVolTage

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...ra/mywr005.jpg

Nice OC gOtVoltage, impressive for a 140w chip!

Teasing Warning! :)

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Originally Posted by G0ldBr1ck

Nice OC gOtVoltage, impressive for a 140w chip!

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I think i can Lower the Idle and load temp some for some More. I may be able to get 20c idle instead of 29c:D

Ohhh man that 3700 @ 1.4v has me thinking if i was about 9-10c cooler i could really push this baby.

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Originally Posted by gOtVoltage

I think i can Lower the Idle and load temp some for some More. I may be able to get 20c idle instead of 29c:D

Ohhh man that 3700 @ 1.4v has me thinking if i was about 9-10c cooler i could really push this baby.

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I got water, just testing the baby ;)

It's stable enough to take the printscreen, open paint, save, copy to this computer, and idle for 15 minutes without bsod. hope it doesnt have any damn walls, hoping it can do world record..

It runs @ -52 which is my max for it, tested it once, but not on that board, another bios. the new bios for the mobo is way better than what ive tested back then, but for now, following the rules, i might be posting the result in a thread @ dice :)

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Originally Posted by gOtVoltage

I think i can Lower the Idle and load temp some for some More. I may be able to get 20c idle instead of 29c:D

Ohhh man that 3700 @ 1.4v has me thinking if i was about 9-10c cooler i could really push this baby.

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If my chip clocked that well I was gonna post again, but it is nothing that impressive. I think you have a lil more left in it. Push it, you might end of with a nice 720BE;)

Great clocks everyone.. keep em coming:up:

awesome result gotvoltage! i believe that is a air/water WR for any phenom 1 according to hwbot!

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Originally Posted by imsochobo

Teasing Warning! :)

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That voltage in combination with clock is VERY impressive for old Agena :shocked:

I'm seeing some really impressive Phenom I results, keep up the good work :up:

any 1 got a cd-rom ? :P im one down, killed my windows. :(

and btw, dont attach too power hungry fans on the motherboard, one transistor on my motherboard poped into sparks, and hit the roof.

DFI still going strong ;)

Comming with more when i got a cd-rom or any method to install that damn windows again.

chewy, post date of creation, and post of ending.
Youve edited post, hard to know.

Thankya.

Well ,, i found my Third tripple Rad,, Its now in the loop:D I thought two would do it.

WELL my Idle is now 26c instead of 29-30c @1,74v...More to come..Fridaynight special..Beer Oclock ....Then Overclock:rofl:

:bows:gOtVoltage:bows:

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Originally Posted by gOtVoltage

Well ,, i found my Third tripple Rad,, Its now in the loop:D I thought two would do it.

WELL my Idle is now 26c instead of 29-30c @1,74v...More to come..Fridaynight special..Beer Oclock ....Then Overclock:rofl:

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lets see what she has left.:up:

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Originally Posted by chew*

I'm seeing some really impressive Phenom I results, keep up the good work :up:

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Chew* thanks for this thread, nice compitition going down. I never saw clocks on Phenom 1's like these :D. The 720BE will make someone a great chip. I know, I now have 2 :p:

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Originally Posted by imsochobo

any 1 got a cd-rom ? :P im one down, killed my windows. :(

and btw, dont attach too power hungry fans on the motherboard, one transistor on my motherboard poped into sparks, and hit the roof.

DFI still going strong ;)

Comming with more when i got a cd-rom or any method to install that damn windows again.

chewy, post date of creation, and post of ending.
Youve edited post, hard to know.

Thankya.

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Lets just call it as it ends not this sunday but the following sunday 03/29/09 at 12 midnight eastern time.....we will announce winner that monday and tuesday cpu will be on its way to its new owner Priority mail with tracking. :up:

Sounds nice :)

Wonder if we will see a new world record for 9850 or even overall PHI :D

lol, this is some good fun. I wish I had my PH I, I would give you guys a run for your money. That sucker would max out at 2.8ghz :rofl:

Nice clocks guys! Keep em coming!

L@@k line #50

Well thats all she wrote............I think i set a decent bar......


I m leaving to Bakersfield for a week,, So this means everone gets an Extra week to Pony up the Scores..

Have fun and trust me Clocking a 140watt chip is a battle you wouldnt believe,, but i tell ya ,,it did take Lots of Beer and some big Icecubes:ROTF:


I check back during the week While im @ my Bro's house in Socal.

have fun all .

gOtVolTage

Nice work man, spanking some PH II overclocks with that PH I of yours :up:

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Well ,, Its a little better:D

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That is some nice OCing there LOL... I knew you'd crank out the good stuff. When you get back, you might have a 720BE on your door step;)

Question, is Ice allowed for watercooling ?.

And is printscreen is required ?, if 3900 is stable enough to show, but screen isnt allowed, there is usually just 20 mhz between printscreen stable and show stable on PH1 though.

As long as the temps are within the limits of the contest anything goes.....so say you live on the center of the equator and ambients are 90F......Yes you could use Ice to cool the temps down.....as long as you do not exceed the limits on temps I imposed for water....etc if we see temps of cpu lower than ambients I have set.......it results in a disqualification....trying to keep it fair for those on air :up:

DI on an air cooler or on a water cooling radiator is not permitted....as this question was asked...:rofl:

I chose printscreen and MS paint because it requires some level of stability, sometimes more stability than is needed for a cpu-z capture.....a screen capture program defeats that level of stability i'm looking for. This way the playing field is 100% even etc everyone is printscreen/mspaint stable.

sounds nice, lets start the icemachine, i hope i dont have any issues with too much ice :P
My PH2 ran 7 hours at sub 20's :p

Less than a week to go, get those results in guys.......

relax relax m8 ;) its just a day before i can start again, found out there was benching results from a m8, who had some records and alike on the harddrive.
which i crashed :P
so recovered, in windows install, is @ 39 minutes remaining. and actually while writing, i got error on NTFS.sys, not good...

anyways. got drives at school, ready with ice, water and 9850, and a little 9900 B2 just for fun :D

gl imsochobo, i almost expected gotvoltage to hit 3.9 w/ his setup since he could run 3.6 stable but if you also get over 3.9 that will be impressive! i cant do it w/ my 9850 on weak air, i think water i could give it a run but i could only get screens barely over 3.8ghz w/ 1.73v,,, could maybe open the windows and try to get temps down a little bit but i really have no need for the 720 and would feel bad puttin it in a seller rig so i'll just let you guys have your fun ;)

Chew, Can I cool the mosfets with DI? this board dont like 140w chips over 1.55v, Im wondering if it will help any.

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Originally Posted by satansangel114

Chew, Can I cool the mosfets with DI? this board dont like 140w chips over 1.55v, Im wondering if it will help any.

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LOL might not want to put DI on the mosfets, I have a feeling to cold might hinder what your trying to acchieve ;)

I would get a nice clip on fan and blow some serious air at it.

what is safe max volts on these phenom I chips ,i can get 3.5ghz@1.55v

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what is safe max volts on these phenom I chips ,i can get 3.5ghz@1.55v

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keep it cool and use a mobo that has real good Mosphets with even asmall fan blowing on them.,,

I dont know of any SAFE VOLTS but a 140watt can be pushed to 1.8v if you have a good enuf Mobo and cooling:D

Im using M3N 79-T with stock heatpipe PWm/nb cooler and a small fan. thats it. Only the cpu is cooled when using 1.8v cpu 1.69v nb.

Its all a gamble volt wise,, Ive been running my 9950 @ 1.6v+ for over 9months.. then decided to [pump 1.8v for this contest.:shocked:

Keep the CPU cool and remeber to be above the Ambiant Temp of contest.

Trust me its a lot harder to do this with high volts.

Note;
The Mobo and Bios are a big factor in stability while pushing PHI.

well, is there any gigabyte user there.

DO NOT OVERCLOCK PHI.

Im serious, their pwm is weak, the 4 phase dfi pwm is very strong.

Max on PHI :
1.45 for air is somewhat absolute max(24/7 stable)
1.55-1.6 for water, absolute max(24/7)
1.75 for DI.

thats how i belive it is, and in fact, i rarely see higher voltages, ofcourse for suicide.
PHI is hot hot hot :p

i ran my 9850 @ 3.36 (14x240) w/ 2400nb with 1.49vcore & 1.42nbv rock stable, i think if you can keep load temps below 55c, 1.5v for air is A-OK

1.45 V NB 1.45V HT 207 mhz HT ref. 800 MHZ HT link 1800 mhz NB 1.425 V core 1,504

Dual Pc power & cooling 750 W total 1500 W dualrail.
Watercooling.

WATCH THIS POST FOR UPDATES ON SCORES, FINAL IS POSTED IN THIS ONE!
To keep amount of posts down, final score is due to 6-7 hours.

Question, cpu temp @ 15 C ? ambient means air temp ? :P or watertemp :P
Either way, think people is going to have an hard time!

Air ambient is 23 C watertemp ??? stock chipset cooling, LP JR 790GX M2RS from DFI.
Dual 4870 Crossfire 512 MB, just to have enough load on psu's, since too low isnt very healthy, and gives strange voltages.
Corsair XMS2 2GB 800 mhz 4-4-4-12 2.1 V ran at 5-6-6-28 of all things.

I dont got no thermomeeter, at all, do i gotta drive an hour just to buy one ?
GotVoltage got 1.776 votls and almost same temp, pic comming up tomorrow morning.(system) :) camera uses an strange cable, which i think is at my school. i can take one now, but swapped back to DFI m2r and no ice left.
Ambient was over 20 always. watertemp is something diffrent, but according to chew that was allowed.

Highest air clock achieved will be awarded a Legit key for windows XP from me :)

they are worth enough, not as much as a 720 BE, but enough. so there is a 2nd place price now :)

Nice ,,very nice...

You make me want to be back from Bakersfield early.



My Room ambiant 18c and water temp after CPU was 23c @3rads... Now ive only tested this CPU down to 18-20c core temps with 1.78-1.79v @3910mhz with 230+ram . .

I can still go lower to go higher;)

I cheaply rigged the xtra cooling and was melting two blocks in 40minutes over 1 1/2 hours of clocking :rofl: Wish i had this week to play,,since this CPU has more left,, just not at home untill Sunday :ROTF:,,talk about preshure.

Well ,, 4cores works up to 3682mhz with 2000Nb.

I Dont want to push with Four core to high since this one does like to eat up the Volts and the IMC goes Non convergant after 3700mhz with x4cores.

With three Cores i Can reach 4.0ghz with higher Nb and less volts and heat.

Either way Im very very pleased with this 720. Thanks and its like better than the California Lotto, this 720 already payed out :ROTF:

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...ore3680mhz.jpg

Note: I had CPU-Z open to show Bios version 0030.. When i took screen i accideently had both CPU-Z reading same...was late night.:D

Awsome glad your enjoying it....

720BE tweaked for 24/7

Ive decided to keep my new 720 a tripple core.

After many tweaks at 3.7ghz x4core and then x3 @4ghz ive settled for a 3.9ghz OC with a nice NB clock too.

17's with wicked fast desktop and gaming action is what my 9950 lacked:D.
Using two tripple rads and just water. Sig .

Note: funny thing @Ganged Mode is 17.634's for 1m.....Below is Unganged:up:

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...720nbbest2.jpg

Hi guys;

My new cpu Phenom II X3 720 BE Test on Air cooling :)

Systems;

Phenom II X3 720 BE (Stock cooling)

Asus M4A79T Deluxe

Corsair 1866 Cl9 mem

Silverstone 1KW Psu

Win XP


Cpu Frequency 260
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/9400/260fsb.jpg


3900Mhz.
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/6639/3900mhz.jpg


Stock cooling Max.Mhz.
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/6065/4000mhz.jpg


i run Air cooling Sunbeam Core-Contact Freezer :D

4000Mhz. stability
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/1492/4000fritz.jpg

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/930/4000stabil.jpg


4100Mhz. Pİ
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/2649/4100pi.jpg


Max.Mhz. Validate
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=554018

http://valid.canardpc.com/cache/banner/554018.png

Coming soon on Ln2 test to night :D

Nice results...:up:

The 720 BE is a Nice chip for AM2+ DDR2/ AM3 DDR3 mobos for people on a buget and want to save $50bucks over a Simalar AM3 x4core.

Even if you dont unlock it,, the Performance this tripple brings is as good as any 940 PH!! for overclockability . It even gets better ,because you can Upgrade to DDR3 Mobo for more Fun. Cant do that with the 940's since its AM2 only:yepp:

Im playing around with Bioses for Mine M3A79-T and couldnt be happier while running DDR2 for now.

Nice chip,
Have one on my way, just got to decide on a motherboard.

I have Last night test on Ln2 but coold -155'C coold boot -150'C my cpu..:brick: I see max.mhz.5550 :mad: break down my dreams..:shakes:

Why is this a sticky still,I always forget about the date and get excited about
winning this cpu :shocked:

I handed down the 9950 to my bro,, its still going strong....

720 HTPC @ 3700 X3.....24/7 @1.36v watercooled.




I dont think i ever Posted the Final Run...I was going for 4gig..but the Mobo wouldnt budge for more...


http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...50superrun.jpg

Chew*

It was fun and i always look forward to your results...
You can remove thread if ya wish Bro,,
It will elimanate Mass confusion.:ROTF:

Can't delete it, my delete thread superpowers are not working due to the sticky :rofl:

Hahahaa...any how i guess its an oldie but a goody B3 thread now lol..