Phenom 2 965 air testing

Well I got my cpu today and Im extremely happy with what Im seeing so far.

Previous cpu was 940BE running at 3.7ghz@1.53v.......3.8ghz was possible but during the cooler winter months.

Mobo is Asus M3A79T-Deluxe with newest bios.

Memory is G-skill 2x2gb DDr2 1066.

This info is not for setting extreme records or speeds but just testing out the cpu speed alone nb is 2000 and so is HT, memory is runnign at rated 1066mhz.

Put the cpu into the mobo but didnt clear the cmos before doing so so it kept my currenty oc for the 940 which was 3.7ghz@1.53v nb 2600/ht 2600. so I cleared the cmos and checked the settings all clear checked the voltage on cpu it was set to 1.44v stock so I booted into windows , everything is fine.

Reboot to the bios and decide to set the voltage to 1.4 nd start ocing the multi.....I set it to 18.5 for 3.7ghz and get to windows without a hitch so far so good I load up wprime and run 1024 its goes through no problem then into
3dm06 and it finishes both 3.7ghz 1.4v

I took the screenie at 99% for wprime just before it finished so yu could see it got to the end.

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...Wprime1024.jpg

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...n771/3dm06.jpg

So my 940 would never get through any of these at 3.7ghz 1.4v.

So Im like ok lets do 3.8ghz 1.4v

wprime

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...prime3814v.jpg

32m super pi

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...771/32mspi.jpg

So in essence this cpu is doing 3.8ghz@1.4v in the summer with 31c ambiant compared to my 940 that took 1.55v for 3.8ghz in the winter and had to drop to 3.7@1.53v.

Ill continue doing tests:)

http://valid.canardpc.com/cache/banner/677920.png

4ghz took 1.53v on the cpu it was unstable at first but .4v to the nb helped it stablize, I also upped the nb to 2800mhz. Heat was killing me today 31c in my house near the window with a fan blowing on the system, at 1.55v bios was showing 50c. Im putting in the ac tomorrow its sitting on the floor.

a shot right before it finished 62c

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...wprime4ghz.jpg

damn pic got cut off but you can see the score in there

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...inebench-1.jpg

Nice results, my 940 caps at 3.6 (stable, I can bench up to 3.85 but barely, and I partly blame the motherboard), so I'm getting excited about where these 965s are going. Gonna get one if prices drop soon.

Thx for the resultats.

Compairing abit with my 2x 940BE(first one did about 3.7ghz 1.47v). The one i use now is doing 3.81ghz with 1.53v. So the 965 is about 200mhz improve meant for me....i think i wait for C3.

Don't think your cpu is stable too early. Even though it might withstand every bench you throw at it, it's most likely not gonna survive 15 minutes of Prime 95 blend. (reboot)

So far what you showed is nice but not better than my 955BE. I hope you can get the desired 4.1GHz out of it though.

Keep pushing. ;)

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Originally Posted by Zeus

Don't think your cpu is stable too early. Even though it might withstand every bench you throw at it, it's most likely not gonna survive 15 minutes of Prime 95 blend. (reboot)

So far what you showed is nice but not better than my 955BE. I hope you can get the desired 4.1GHz out of it though.

Keep pushing. ;)

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If it does what I need it to do without prime 95 its fine......tepms is a main reason prime will fail and its summer no need for me to prove to myself that its hot by making my cpu reboot with prime. Im sure if I make it cold enough I can force prime to finish an hour run.

Its almost like that old joke... A guy goes to the doctor and says it hurts when I raise my arm like this.......doctors response..... stop doing that then.


getting there

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...n771/41ghz.jpg

3.8Ghz @ 1.4v :eek: There are some 9950 owners out there crying their eyes out right now.

That is a very nice gain for Phenom :)

Perkam

4100 with 1.552 that's very nice. I think you can push a little more when u install that AC :D
Nice chip Titan :yepp:

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Originally Posted by perkam

3.8Ghz @ 1.4v :eek: There are some 9950 owners out there crying their eyes out right now.

That is a very nice gain for Phenom :)

Perkam

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thats what I was thinking.......3.9ghz takes 1.475 still decent:)

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Originally Posted by chinook

4100 with 1.552 that's very nice. I think you can push a little more when u install that AC :D
Nice chip Titan :yepp:

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Thanks!

4ghz is benchable with all benches at 1.53v

also remember this is the older M3A79-T Deluxe (DDR2 version).......Im wondering what a newer mobo might be able to do with this cpu.....MSI 790FX GD70. This is a 6 month old OS install also

Yea im going to put the AC up today.......12,000 btu:up:

nice titan :)

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Originally Posted by Titan7171

If it does what I need it to do without prime 95 its fine......tepms is a main reason prime will fail and its summer no need for me to prove to myself that its hot by making my cpu reboot with prime. Im sure if I make it cold enough I can force prime to finish an hour run.

Its almost like that old joke... A guy goes to the doctor and says it hurts when I raise my arm like this.......doctors response..... stop doing that then.

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I don't know if it's just heat mate.

I can run 3d mark 06 at 4.1GHz, cinebench in 64 bit at 4080MHz, 1M at even 4320MHz but i'm struggling to run Prime at 4GHz when the load temp never exceed 46ºC.

I know Prime is not the holy grail but i want to run as stable as possible for 24/7 usage.

Still looking forward what your cpu can do in lower ambient.

How high does the NB go?

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Originally Posted by Zeus

I don't know if it's just heat mate.

I can run 3d mark 06 at 4.1GHz, cinebench in 64 bit at 4080MHz, 1M at even 4320MHz but i'm struggling to run Prime at 4GHz when the load temp never exceed 46ºC.

I know Prime is not the holy grail but i want to run as stable as possible for 24/7 usage.

Still looking forward what your cpu can do in lower ambient.

How high does the NB go?

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I hear you but like my 940 was 2 hours prime stable during the winter 3.8ghz 1.55v 2800nb but wasnt prime stable at 3.7ghz 1.53v 2.6 in the summer.

All I do is game, overclock and surf the net its its been said a million times theres nothing certain people do that can possibly put 100% load on all 4 cores for 12 hours, 2 hours or even 15 minutes for that matter. Ive been overclocking since 01 and the only time Ive seen 100% usage on a cpu is when I use prime 95 or similar stress test on it. I like overclocking and messing around but I dont have unlimited funds and I dont want to kill something just for the hell of it, to me its just not worth it.

havent really messed with the nb, I just set it to 2.8 but Ill see what it can do

I think what Zues is trying to say is chips have "electrical" limits....

Its cool, Im gonna keep pushing Ill see if prime will run with 32c full load at 4ghz or better? thats 12 degrees cooler than what zues was trying to run it. 46c at a certain voltage (what voltage was he running?) might not work but lowering the temp at a similar voltage will increase success, this is a common fact.


Temps is a big factor

A little taste.... ac cooled
12.9c idle
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...1/idletemp.jpg

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...ghzsuperpi.jpg
32c full load @1.53v
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...hzaccooled.jpg

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...771/41ghz1.jpg

cinebench and 3dm06 and superpi32m to come later tonight got some stuff to do today.

with the cooler temp Im able to now run benches at 4.1ghz 1.53v where yesterday 4ghz was as much as I could get benchable.......hopefully 4.2-4.3 is on the horizon for me:yepp::clap:

cooling is AIR in signature? xigmatec 1284?

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cooling is AIR in signature? xigmatec 1284?

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With those temps more like AC shoved in computer case :ROTF:

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cooling is AIR in signature? xigmatec 1284?

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yes the same.:up:

Chew:heh, now i seen it :)...

4.1ghz 3dm06

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...41ghz3dm06.jpg

4.1ghz cinebench 32bit

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...zcinebench.jpg

4.2ghz 1m 1.53v.........moving along:)

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...2superpi1m.jpg

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Originally Posted by Titan7171

Its cool, Im gonna keep pushing Ill see if prime will run with 32c full load at 4ghz or better? thats 12 degrees cooler than what zues was trying to run it. 46c at a certain voltage (what voltage was he running?) might not work but lowering the temp at a similar voltage will increase success, this is a common fact.


Temps is a big factor

A little taste.... ac cooled
12.9c idle
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...1/idletemp.jpg

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...ghzsuperpi.jpg
32c full load @1.53v
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...hzaccooled.jpg

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...771/41ghz1.jpg

cinebench and 3dm06 and superpi32m to come later tonight got some stuff to do today.

with the cooler temp Im able to now run benches at 4.1ghz 1.53v where yesterday 4ghz was as much as I could get benchable.......hopefully 4.2-4.3 is on the horizon for me:yepp::clap:

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Those temps are really good mate, what are you using to cool this chip??

Have you tried running LinX to test your o/c to see if it's stable?

I used to always build my systems using AMD processors, and had originally intended on using a PII 955 for my current build, but I fancied a change, and built an i7 system, and I am extremely happy with it tbh..

But I am still really temped to build another rig using a PII chip..

Can I ask, why do these processors require these high voltages for 4GHz?

Nice chip. What's the cooler?

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Those temps are really good mate, what are you using to cool this chip??

Have you tried running LinX to test your o/c to see if it's stable?

I used to always build my systems using AMD processors, and had originally intended on using a PII 955 for my current build, but I fancied a change, and built an i7 system, and I am extremely happy with it tbh..

But I am still really temped to build another rig using a PII chip..

Can I ask, why do these processors require these high voltages for 4GHz?

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Apparently AMD builds the cpu to function at these voltages. Intel builds theirs to function at lower voltages, 2 different architectures, 2 different ways of accomplishing similar tasks.

bios was showing 1.44v as stock but that might be wrong. Chew had his showing at 1.42 and 1.39v I believe

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Originally Posted by Zeus

I don't know if it's just heat mate.

I can run 3d mark 06 at 4.1GHz, cinebench in 64 bit at 4080MHz, 1M at even 4320MHz but i'm struggling to run Prime at 4GHz when the load temp never exceed 46ºC.

I know Prime is not the holy grail but i want to run as stable as possible for 24/7 usage.

Still looking forward what your cpu can do in lower ambient.

How high does the NB go?

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well heres 1hour+ minutes of prime not much but its still running as I type this ......Ill let it go for 1-2 hours....maybe, I really dont like stressing for no reason:shrug: pretty boring.

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Originally Posted by EnJoY

Nice chip. What's the cooler?

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same as sig 1284 xigmatec but I installed my air conditioner today finally and the computer is right beside it. After hitting 62c yesterday I had to.


http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...ime951hour.jpg

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Originally Posted by Titan7171

4.1ghz 3dm06

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...41ghz3dm06.jpg

4.1ghz cinebench 32bit

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...zcinebench.jpg

4.2ghz 1m 1.53v.........moving along:)

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...2superpi1m.jpg

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heres 4.3ghz cpuz validation

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=677920

4.1ghz 32m

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...1/41ghz32m.jpg

So the final tally for this cpu is

3.95ghz@1.475v with hot ambiant temps (32c and up)

4.1ghz@1.55v if I run the ac in the room (case is right next to the ac)

and 4.3ghz suicide and superpi 1m, 1.6v

Im happy with the upgrade and it only cost me $95 as I sold my 940 for $150

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Originally Posted by Titan7171

So the final tally for this cpu is

3.95ghz@1.475v with hot ambiant temps (32c and up)

4.1ghz@1.55v if I run the ac in the room (case is right next to the ac)

and 4.3ghz suicide and superpi 1m, 1.6v

Im happy with the upgrade and it only cost me $95 as I sold my 940 for $150

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You should pick up a small phase change unit, i think you will get even happier really really quick :)

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You should pick up a small phase change unit, i think you will get even happier really really quick :)

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Ive looked many times at phase change but they run $1000.....to much money http://www.frozencpu.com/products/73...66.html?tl=g49:shakes:
unless you have a suggestion for something cheaper??

heres 3dm03 and 05 at 4.16ghz

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...n771/3dm03.jpg

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...n771/3dm05.jpg

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Ive looked many times at phase change but they run $1000.....to much money http://www.frozencpu.com/products/73...66.html?tl=g49:shakes:
unless you have a suggestion for something cheaper??

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Sdumper has one for sale for $300 shipped in the For sale section ;)

It's a hell of a lot better than mine, my model went the way of the dodo bird a long time ago.

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Sdumper has one for sale for $300 shipped in the For sale section ;)

It's a hell of a lot better than mine, my model went the way of the dodo bird a long time ago.

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I want it but I got lots of bills coming up in a couple days......no extra money:(

in winter with this good job :) I want only try in winter get my PC out of window and hope for 4300 MHz superpi :)

lool, some to a bit laugh

http://translate.google.com/translat...state0=&swap=1

its last 2 posts :)

Hey Folks,

I have a 955BE with 4GB of DDR1800 (Actually it's 2 of DDR1600 and 2 of DDR1800 but they are the same Micron chips from SuperTalent). I'm running a kinda weak water system that I just threw into it. I'm actually using an MCW60 to cool the cpu since I could make a quick bracket for it. My temps under load at 3.8 are in the mid 50s. I cannot even think of getting anywhere near 4GHZ. My VCORE is 1.475 and my NB is high at 1.525... it seems to be happy there. Any advice on getting to 4.0 would be helpful. I've tried higher voltages, 1.5 1.55... 1.585... does really seem to help much. NB is running at 2.4 something and the memory is at 1500 7 7 7 21. Board is an Asus M4A79-T Deluxe.

Any info would be helpful, critiquing would not be helpful, any anything you might want to bag on I've already bagged on ;)

1.525v NB @ 2400 seems a bit (?) high to me...

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1.525v NB @ 2400 seems a bit (?) high to me...

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Should be able to do that on stock volts tbh, so seems a bit over the top, yea.

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lool, some to a bit laugh

http://translate.google.com/translat...state0=&swap=1

its last 2 posts :)

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Its you I see.........my temps are not wrong

new high scores in

3dm06 22,636 http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=11837942

3dm05 30,142 http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=4978076

3dm03 90,485 http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=6177649

I'm temped to buy this 965.

I see much more 4.0ghz then 955 and 940.

new score

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=11847900

new low voltages for 4.2ghz:yepp:

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j.../3dm06best.jpg

whau, nice! whats your max validation? Can u hit more than 4300MHz for validation (set lower NB-uncore for better and higher validation)?

btw, what means this in superpi?:confused:

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/4067/cotoje.jpg

It means you need a better cpu, lol. :D

Most of the time that is a memory related error.

strange, in x86 with the same setings as screen up was OK, in x64 not :(. I wanted x64 run, because its in superpi 32M better , this was with 4070MHz (i tried it with 3998 MHz in x64 and x86 and diferent was very big- 17s !!! )

i want better CPU, but where is K11 ;)?

That's not due to the 64 bit OS, that is most likely due to Large System Cache being disabled in your 32 bit OS.

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whau, nice! whats your max validation? Can u hit more than 4300MHz for validation (set lower NB-uncore for better and higher validation)?

btw, what means this in superpi?:confused:

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You restart Super Pi, again and again and again and again until you pass!:up:

Ok :)

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whau, nice! whats your max validation? Can u hit more than 4300MHz for validation (set lower NB-uncore for better and higher validation)?

btw, what means this in superpi?:confused:

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/4067/cotoje.jpg

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I have never seen that before?

no, only yesterday and today in x64 system, in x86 was it OK (maybe really limit bussped 206 and my RAMs OC, but in x86 was ok....)

Seen it thousand times, just like the "not exact in round " error.

Just plain instability.

From experience the error above showed up with an instable memory subsystem, not exact in round is most often an instable cpu.

that problem was noted on here somewhere. there are two programs causing this in vista disabling them will make it pass fine.

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Originally Posted by FlanK3r

no, only yesterday and today in x64 system, in x86 was it OK (maybe really limit bussped 206 and my RAMs OC, but in x86 was ok....)

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64bit is putting more pressure on everything......more voltage may be needed but watch the temps.

I never run super pi first its always my last test. I do Wprime 1024 then cinebench, if those 2 pass then I know all 3dm06,05,03 and superpi will pass.

Since I installed I was getting weird temps for my voltages while running with ambiant always a bit higher than my 940 at any given voltage, most recently......45c with 1.45v checked my heatsink and noticed about 1/3 of the cpu wasnt touching the HS. I guess since I installed it while the mobo was in the case I didnt notice, I repositioned it and lost 7 degrees from 45c to 38c.

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Since I installed I was getting weird temps for my voltages while running with ambiant always a bit higher than my 940 at any given voltage, most recently......45c with 1.45v checked my heatsink and noticed about 1/3 of the cpu wasnt touching the HS. I guess since I installed it while the mobo was in the case I didnt notice, I repositioned it and lost 7 degrees from 45c to 38c.

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lol I just did the same thing today I didn't get enough thremal paste on the cpu at all. it was idling at 38C. Added a few lines and bame left it for a 5 minutes came back idle was down to 29C.

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lol I just did the same thing today I didn't get enough thremal paste on the cpu at all. it was idling at 38C. Added a few lines and bame left it for a 5 minutes came back idle was down to 29C.

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now that I think of it I think I was really cheap with the AC5.....I may have to apply more. when I adjusted the heatsink all I did was slide it a bit to center it on the cpu but I didnt take the clamp or lift the hs:shakes:

let me check it out:shakes:

hey I got $20 cash back from Newegg after purchasing this 965, that means it only cost $229

nice Titan. But 1.6V, do u not fear with so high voltage?:) In my chip was the max 1.52V for all times :)

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nice Titan. But 1.6V, do u not fear with so high voltage?:) In my chip was the max 1.52V for all times :)

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3dm06 4.2ghz was run at 1.53v

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j.../3dm06best.jpg

I only fear heat....not voltage!:p:

http://valid.canardpc.com/cache/banner/683512.png

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...an771/4444.jpg

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...1/4444cpuz.jpg

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that problem was noted on here somewhere. there are two programs causing this in vista disabling them will make it pass fine.

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It happens in XP too. It is 99% related to unstable RAM

whau, 4444 Mhz, impressive !!! How much help it form 1.5V for validation? Can u try max validation with 1.5V? thx.

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whau, 4444 Mhz, impressive !!! How much help it form 1.5V for validation? Can u try max validation with 1.5V? thx.

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yes I will do it tomorrow.......I run 3dm06 4.2 @ 1.53v

For validation only I can prolly get it at 4.2ghz @ 1.47v but I will test tomorrow.

Its similar,my max validation with 1.485V was 4263 MHz (help me 1.55V for higher clock?I dont know to time...)

And try too winrar bench with 4100+ and NB about 3000 MHz, u can broken 3 000 KB/s :)

Thank you so much everyone. i have been struggling getting my 965 stable and it was running sooo hot. i am no where near capable at overclocking and i have been progressing slowly. i spent 2 days overclocking and i only increase it to 3.6 stable and i was convinced i had the worst dud (it was running at 65degrees celcius and load with a great heatsink). I started realising it was my own fault when amd overclock did a half stable (2hours) overclock at 3.9ghz.

I was convinced i had to work out why i was so incapable of overclocking and i finally found this thread. THANK YOU to all

btw - all i did differently was bump all my voltages up by the smallest increment, put vcore at 1.55/1.6 (havent decided yet, its stable at 1.6 havent tried 1.55 yet). and increase my ht link to 2200, and my nb to 2600 and slack of my timings a little bit and everything is great.

p.s. i did all that in one attempt and its running stable... i dont know whether i should be greedy and try to push it further.

here are my details

cpu multiplier - 19.5
FSB 205
HT link 2255
NB - 2459

ram .1v up, nb .1 up and sb .1 up, cpu nb VID @1.3 volts

Im glad this thread helped you out:)

Hi there, im not use to have decent parts because ive always been a budget person (student - broke), now i have finished uni i have spare cash and upgraded my system to all decent parts. so i dont really know where to stop

should i try to push it further? considering this is my first attempt and it was stable and i always read that people have to keep pushing so that it crashes and then go down a bit so its stable. while all i did was guess what would be good and it worked perfectly. so should i push it further, and if so what should i be pushing, my multiplier, my fsb? and should i try to push my nb and ht frequencies further if i notice any instability. also is it imperative to keep my ram timings loosened. i memtested (2passes) it perfect at 8-8-8-21 but it is running at 9-9-9-24 atm.

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Hi there, im not use to have decent parts because ive always been a budget person (student - broke), now i have finished uni i have spare cash and upgraded my system to all decent parts. so i dont really know where to stop

should i try to push it further? considering this is my first attempt and it was stable and i always read that people have to keep pushing so that it crashes and then go down a bit so its stable. while all i did was guess what would be good and it worked perfectly. so should i push it further, and if so what should i be pushing, my multiplier, my fsb? and should i try to push my nb and ht frequencies further if i notice any instability. also is it imperative to keep my ram timings loosened. i memtested (2passes) it perfect at 8-8-8-21 but it is running at 9-9-9-24 atm.

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I say put fsb at 200 and up the cpu multi to20.5 and see how it does??......your voltage is already high enought to run 4.1-4.3ghz.......depending how good the cpu is. leave memory like that till you find the sweet spot for the cpu and nb.

One thing I see you did not move cpu voltage at small increments......you jumped all the way to max safe voltage for the cpu.

Small increments looks lkike this

1.4
1.425
1.45
1.475
1.5
1.525
1.55
1.575 (what I use for 4.2ghz) watercooled

you already at high voltage what is the temperature of the cpu? keep it under 50c for best results.

I've read you can squeeze more out of the cpu by not relying on the multiplier. but i will try your suggestion. i am not 100 percent sure how i am supposed to find the sweet spot of my cpu and nb.

i've got prime95 running at the moment and its running at 58 degrees. the max is 65 so thats pretty good right? do you mean less then 50c on load or idle. because there is no chance of having it less then 50c because (if i can remember correctly), it sits at 48 degrees at stock load.

edit - do i leave the HT Link at 2200?

i put fsb to 200, left ht at 2200, nb at 2600 and multiplier at 20.5 and it loaded but failed after a minute of prime95

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I've read you can squeeze more out of the cpu by not relying on the multiplier. but i will try your suggestion. i am not 100 percent sure how i am supposed to find the sweet spot of my cpu and nb.

i've got prime95 running at the moment and its running at 58 degrees. the max is 65 so thats pretty good right? do you mean less then 50c on load or idle. because there is no chance of having it less then 50c because (if i can remember correctly), it sits at 48 degrees at stock load.

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I mean load......it all depends on how high you going to try to go. Im watercooled and my cpu does not go higher than 50c at 1.57v.......once it starts to go higher then I get instability.......but I speak from my system......yours may be different. All you can do is test and see not everybody will get the same results.

What I usually do is find the sweet spot for the cpu with the multi then start raising the NB multi to find the highest you can go (2.6ghz-2.8ghz NB) and try to get it stable both together.

Once you know that info you can always lower the multi and use the fsb to reach the same speeds. Im not a fsb overclocker I use multi for everything and it hasnt steer me wrong but you do what you feel more comfortable with.

thing is raising the fsb you have to watch everything at once memory, nb, cpu, htt, unless you go in and lower the multis on all those settings.

More easy to raise the multi on the cpu then raise the multi on the nb then tweak your memry speed and timings!

well i think i have reached the limit. 20 is my highest multiplier, and 210 fsb crashes, 205 seems to be working good. so mine may only be able to get to 4.1

p.s. if i have the voltage too high will it cause instability or just heat?

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Originally Posted by patriotaus

well i think i have reached the limit. 20 is my highest multiplier, and 210 fsb crashes, 205 seems to be working good. so mine may only be able to get to 4.1

p.s. if i have the voltage too high will it cause instability or just heat?

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it will cause both..........did you see how high you could go with stock voltage? look at how I started this thread.......go as high as a could with stock until I needed to raise it up.

ive got it at 4ghz stable (so far) at 1.55v so i am happy. if it keeps stable that is. going to run prime95 over night

Think I'm going to grab one of these and do a major upgrade from my current system. Currently running an Opteron 165 on a DFI NF4, 1GB of OCZ RAM, etc.
Will my OCZ Powerstream 520W still hold up with this bad boy?

its 140w, so it really depends on what graphics cards you are running