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Old 05-04-2009, 02:17 PM   #240
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OK due to a numerous amount of PM's I'm going to break this down as simple as possible in this thread since I'm on this board atm and refer people to this post......

Getting a stable OC as simple as possible............

First off I like to start with ram......I start with ram because if the IMC is not happy and ram is not happy your OC will suffer and you will not be happy.......

So requirement 1 for me personally is passing Prime blend at stock cpu speeds/voltages with ram oced.............2 hours minimum.............

The Idea here is to seperate each individual part of the OC into categories.......and use as little voltage for the OC as possible while maintaining stability and balancing heat.......



To be continued.........

Now this is with me tossing the NB into the equasion and this is a Prime ( excuse the pun ) example Of why you run a mimimum of 2 hours.......Now personally this NB is useless performance wise even around 4gig cpu clocks.......but whatever doing it for the more is better crowd...



So I eventually decided that with the cpu cooler I was using 2800 was just not going to happen once I toss a core clock in........NB clocking is great but if it hinders your overall Cpu frequency then it defeats the purpose. Since I am looking for total system performance and 2800 actually hinder performance with ram clocks at 1600 I backed down to 2600........

Good idea to run this for 3 hours....it will fail rather easy on 512K ( memory/IMC related ) shortly after 2hour mark if your not 100% stable.



So now i added the cpu clock into the equasion and now we have a nice stable well performing OC............Enjoy.....



Bios settings used to do this........I kept this as simple as possible.......from here on out your on your own etc please don't ask for my bench settings as the answer will be NO.

As always your methods and voltages required will vary.......settings for ram will likely only work with OCZ animals.....

Ignore the CPU speed, supposed to be 3800....I think I screwed with bios, voltages are correct for 3800 prime stable.....







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Originally Posted by Sampsa View Post
1) Normal ES: Available to partners and press before the product actually launches. These are usually close to retail parts, maybe one stepping/node before retails. From my experience (I've had access to AMD & Intel ES CPUs before the official launch around 8 years) normal ES CPUs are actually usually worse than retails because manufacturing process develops all the time and retails keep getting better. Every Phenom II press sample (not even marked as ES but couple weeks earlier than retail parts) I've tested so far have been worse than normal retails.
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