940be / Ma790gp-ud4h

[phsinc1]

Hello

I was able to OC the CPU to 3.6GHz using 1.47v .... is this voltage ok for 24/7?
I didn't change any other voltage, I only changed the CPU Voltage

Also I see ppl talking about raising the HT Link from 1800 to 2600 help to get more OC. but once I tried to change 1800 to 2000, system didn't boot

please someone using this mobo or the DS4H, can share his bios settings

[sideeffect]

Raising the HT Link frequency doesn't help a great deal with performance as long as it wasn't really low to begin with.

The NB frequency is what provides performance increases. Raising that to 2.4ghz or more can help speed up the level 3 cache performance of the CPU.

The NB frequency has to be higher or equal to the HT frequency that might have caused your computer not to boot after you made the change.

For example if you changed HT multiplier to 10x 200 = 2000Mhz but left the NB multiplier at 9x 200 = 1800Mhz the computer probably won't boot. Sometimes the BIOS tries to correct this problem though.

Try keeping the HT link frequency around 1800 - 2Ghz and raise the NB to 2.4Ghz and see if it is stable. Raising the NB frequency can reduce the CPU overclock though.

The Phenom 2 is relatively new and people havn't run them for a long period of time on above stock voltages but AMD did state that up to around 1.5v is safe on air cooling. Be mindful of the temperatures at full load and it should be fine for 24/7 use. Many of the phenom 2 processors will run at 3.5 Ghz with stock volts and this is often preferable for 24/7 usage as an extra 10% voltage and all that extra heat and power usage isn't always worth the small overclock gains.