The Official X2 Overclocking Thread (Please Post Your OC's)

[TEDY]

what can i expect from this one?

[GMX]

what can i expect from this one?

You tell me

[TEDY]

lol system aint booting

X2 3600+ AM2 BRISBANE
ASUS M2N SLI DLX
2X1GB CRUCIAL 667

LC 550W GP
7900GS

all fires up, no screen on LCD....ideas ?

CLEAR CMOS, move gfx to lower PCIEX16X ?

[SPQQKY]

Proven where? In this thread? Come off your pedestal already

My VID shows as 1.35 in coretemp no matter WHAT i set in bios, so it's kind of weird it's so proven

How would I look into avoiding SATA HD issues when overclocking on a 590 reference board?

This Brisbane 1.9ghz is a sweet one, it has no problem with orthos at 2.9ghz on stock voltage, but even with a lower HTT multi (3x) it still might currupt something on restart.

The confusing thing is that it doesn't seem to mind the DDR2 400 multiplier, but if I got to the 533 that's when I get a lot more instability, I don't see why my RAM would affect the SATA drive though.

The best way to avoid this is to find your best clock... the ultimate one, the one you want to run 24/7 on.... the install windows when using that clock... afterwards? DON'T TOUCH BIOS.... Don't even think about hitting delete on boot

That's the best way to avoid corrupting your windows install

And that goes for any board... hypertransport is a crummy corrupter if played with to much!

Here:
http://overclockingpin.com/bios%20vs...g%20resize.jpg
If you don't understand from this screenie, I have no clue how to help you.

look at the THREE VID controls/options in there.

VID Startup Value: EXACTLY what A64info reports as your VID, I changed mine to 1.1v(even with cnq disabled) and thats what it reports. If you leave it on Auto you will get either 1.4v or 1.35v -depends on chip.

VID Control and VID Special control I'm sure you already know.

Yeah, understand allright, but startup VID aint an option in my bios UNLESS I set C&Q active... since this actually is a C&Q option.... VID control I have and VID Special Control I have, understand them all perfectly... What I don't understand is why you want to let it start at 1.1V with C&Q disabled and an OC'ed cpu, that seems just loco... why?

Me doing that was to prove that VID in A64Info doesn't matter unless the person has it on auto, and yet it still doesn't matter. I have a CABYE 0543 Opteron 148, 1.4v VID (auto) and it did 3ghz stable with 1.45v. Many 1.35v VID (auto) Opterons can't do that.
So basically saying that that value really cannot be used to determine a better/worse chip. It's not concrete evidence.

what can i expect from this one?

You tell me

lol system aint booting

X2 3600+ AM2 BRISBANE
ASUS M2N SLI DLX
2X1GB CRUCIAL 667

LC 550W GP
7900GS

all fires up, no screen on LCD....ideas ?

CLEAR CMOS, move gfx to lower PCIEX16X ?

Please see first post!!!!!!!

Rules:

1-Please post at least a ss of 2x Super Pi 32m SS to show some type of stability.
2-Please post all your settings including your stepping.
3-Please save the Q & A's for other threads like This One just post oc's here

[TEDY]

sorry

[Calmatory]

I changed my Brisbane to Windsor.

I think I had the worst Brisbane EVER. It clocked max. 2.4GHz @ 1.4V, and didn't go much further with more VCore.

I decided to change it to brand new Windsor, and haven't regretted for a single second. Currently running @ 2.5GHz @ 1.23V. Haven't tested more. But I think this one will go around 2.8-3GHz.

Even this one has 256KB of L2, I think that 500MHz on CPU Frequency will be faster, + I got 5 euros from changing these chips.

[TEDY]

calmatory that weird really

mine with stock cooler so far




OCCT 30 min stable...doing S&M now....VCORE 1.2875V in BIOS

[Okda]

stay away from the 0.5 multi, it decreases the ram perfromance very much

use either 9x or 10x but not 9.5

EDIT:

ops this is AM2 not 939

forget about what i said above

[TEDY]

bad safrout

[Okda]

LOL

sorry but i posted in this thread LONG time ago before AM2 was out, so i never thought that this thread goes from 939 to AM2

[TEDY]

[GMX]

my first dual core till I hand this PC over to family.

X2 3800 Toledo-512k
LCB1E 0619 RPMW

2.920ghz 1.488v is stable (DMM)


Doesn't really scale well, and temps are misleading (core 0 reports 16C idle, whereas ambients are atleast 20+ and core1 is 30C idle) Needs better cooling anyway, I'm on ancient aftermarket cooling.

I think this will be a really good chip if I had better cooling and new DFI board (this one degraded a bit)

[TEDY]

any idea why is cpu-z reporting wrong vcore?

at 315x9.5
vcore up to 1.4v
keeps rebooting when running S&M

too little juice?

[SnipeR²]

AMD X2 4800 LCB9E 2955.77MHz Not bad for stock cooling. Ran prime for 2 hrs, will run prime again for longer tomorrow....

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=192349

[Shaz]

[Calmatory]

Hmm, I was able to do some suicide runs @ 2.96GHz. Stable @ 2.85GHz, if I keep the window open.

Need to do some 2.8GHz Priming today.

3600+ X2 Windsor @ ~1.55V

[SnipeR²]

Got a little more outa it, can go further with better cooling i think. remember, this is STOCK HSF.

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=194571

[GMX]

Got a little more outa it, can go further with better cooling i think. remember, this is STOCK HSF.

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=194571

What voltage? Looks like a really nice chip.

[MrRevhead]

GMX, I have the same stepping 3800+ x2 as you (LCBIE 0619RPMW). I am interested in knowing your batch no as well as your TCaseMax & TDP readings for comparison.

Please post back here or send me a PM

[gsan]

GMX, I have the same stepping 3800+ x2 as you (LCBIE 0619RPMW). I am interested in knowing your batch no as well as your TCaseMax & TDP readings for comparison.

Please post back here or send me a PM

I got X2 3800+ LCBIE 0621 VPMW, currently overclock to 2.5GHz @ stock vcore.

but I faced a problem, that's even at idle, temperature difference between both core at least 8'c or more.

by the way, I'm using noctua U12 heatsink with 120mm fan

[GMX]

GMX, I have the same stepping 3800+ x2 as you (LCBIE 0619RPMW). I am interested in knowing your batch no as well as your TCaseMax & TDP readings for comparison.

Please post back here or send me a PM

I dont remember the batch number, it was something around 120~

Tcasemax is 65C
TDP is 71.9W

[MrRevhead]

I dont remember the batch number, it was something around 120~

Tcasemax is 65C
TDP is 71.9W

Cheers

The reason I ask, is because from all the LCBIE 0618-0627 x2's I have seen, I had one of the lowest TCaseMax's & TDP's, so I concluded that it was a bit of a dud chip comparitive to the rest of the LCBIE batches. The LCBIE 0618EPMW's were doing 3.0-3.1Ghz @ ~1.44v, which was what I was ideally hoping for.

My TCaseMax is 63 & TDP is slightly lower than yours at 65 from memory. Based on your results so far, the scaling with voltage is pretty similar between the two chips. I have got 2.95Ghz @ 1.47v, haven't tried higher, but will within the next few weeks when I take the chip out of the cupboard

Will keep you posted.

[SnipeR²]

What voltage? Looks like a really nice chip.

stock voltage

[Okda]

3Ghz @ 1.35 wow that si nice

is it stable ??

[alpha0ne]

Just bought a X2 3600+ with an Anus M2A-VM HDMI for a little fun, first AMD since my old Opty 170 that I sold last Sept when I went to the dark side with an ES E6600


I'll post torture results when it arrives