9500 running in M2N-SLi deluxe

[bananax]

really interested in seeing the higher NB speed with phenom, I have a feeling thats whats keeping the CPU behind the Q6600, and terrible scaling @ 3ghz vs 2.2ghz

[Kasparz]

Huuuuu... And since when flashing a bios and killing the board in the process is supposed to void your warranty unless it's a beta bios???

He flashed older bios, he overclocked (with) the board, and from hundreds and hundreds of bios flashes i never killed a board, ever.

[tux08902]

Phenom is really crap, my max OC is 2450MHz ... poor AMD in end of their life ... performance is flaky ... and stupid MOFO with new nick can say anything ... Phenom is totall crap ...

Yeah, fine, I saw your avatar. I think it tells enough about you and your credibility. And, if that list in your signature is up to date, then you haven't tried any motherboards that fully support Phenom.

Keep it up, bro! I want to see some more. Is there anyway you could test Linux or BSD performance.

[Boschwanza]

Sure thing bud......gimme an hour or so to re-run some benches and i'll post back.

Still waiting . Did you consider the weak memory frequency when running NB at 2.7 GHz .

[knightwolf654]

Phenom is really crap, my max OC is 2450MHz ... poor AMD in end of their life ... performance is flaky ... and stupid MOFO with new nick can say anything ... Phenom is totall crap ...

and i get 4.2Ghz with phenom, which is sitting in a warehouse in calafornia
phenom is not crap it just has a few problems with it, if ur scoring that low u need to go back to "intro to computers"

[Nazu]

Huuuuu... And since when flashing a bios and killing the board in the process is supposed to void your warranty unless it's a beta bios???

I dunno where you live and what kind of warranty you have there but atleast here if you kill the mobo by flashing the bios it's definite no no for RMA.

[xVeinx]

and i get 4.2Ghz with phenom, which is sitting in a warehouse in calafornia
phenom is not crap it just has a few problems with it, if ur scoring that low u need to go back to "intro to computers"

I don't think OBR needs an "intro" into computers... more likely a working bios

[knightwolf654]

I don't think OBR needs an "intro" into computers... more likely a working bios

yeah i shouldent be talking i'm in one of those clases
jeez all i can say people are dumb, the dell logo is not the power button people stop smashing it in!
anyone trying it with a 790 bored yet?

[GunnerMan]

Has anyone put one under phase or LN2 yet? I am wondering if this cpu suffers from a "cold bug"

[freeloader]

Has anyone put one under phase or LN2 yet? I am wondering if this cpu suffers from a "cold bug"

This is merely my opinion as I have not seen anyone put a Phenom under phase or LN2. I'm assuming that because the Phenom is made on the same process as the 65nm Brisbane, it's going to have the same coldbug attributes. Let's wait and see. I'm waiting for a B3 revision and a Cryo-Z!

[grunge100]

Nice post OBR

What happened to AMD-PHENOM.

[Sparky]

He got banned?

Right when we were seeing something too

[knightwolf654]

wtf how and why?!?!?!?

[grunge100]

Yea, but why. He had a nice thread going here...

[DaMulta]

I will have a 9500, MSI 790x motherboard in the matter of days. It will be ocing on water day 1, and will have CF 29xx 1GB cards in it.

I will share my findings after my play time(By this weekend hopefully).


On my last setup I either fried my FX-62 or my DDR2. I think I toasted the FX-62. but you never know.........So if I have to RMA my memory it will not be untill next week.

[flippin_waffles]

Banned? Are you serious?? What in the hell for? I looked back over his posts and there was absolutely nothing wrong with them. That's crazy! Something smells.... hmm

[kite7]

Maybe he was in disguise of being a person that is already banned

[flippin_waffles]

Maybe. I guess that's the only logical explanation. Anyone know who he was? Maybe we can track him down on another forum. I'd love to see how much, if any, that NB increase sped things up.

[Morais]

this was one of the most useful thread about am2 compatibility...damn for that ban!

[Chaos-Storm]

Been doing some overclocking on my phenom 9500/m2n-sli deluxe

Reduced the NB multiplier to 6 (thanks TicTac)

Memory speed has been severely reduced to stop if from having effect on overclock

I have an Arctic Cooler Freezer pro 64 (or whatever its called)

At 1.4 v ( according to AI-booster)
I have reached 247*11 -> 2717 Mhz
1.45 v -> 253*11 -> 2783 Mhz
(Stability was tested just for 1 minute on AMD overdrive stablility tool)

I feel I'm quickly running into a wall here. Not sure how many volts I can feed it before it overheats. AI booster seems to fluctuate wildly in temps, probably running at more than 55 degrees celcius.

I don't wish to destroy this cpu, but I would like to see how far I can take it. Can I push further safely?

[Chaos-Storm]

At 1.5v, the highest i can get is 257x11 = 2827.

It looks like I would require about 1.7v to reach 3 Ghz, which seems kind of extreme, and something i'm not willing to attempt on air cooling. Since i don't intended on getting better cooling, this is probably as far as I will push it.

[Lostfaith]

argh I vote for an "unban" in light of this constructive/informative thread

[Chaos-Storm]

For some reason I seem to have hit a brick wall at 262 FSB as well. I lowered every multiplier I know of, but I can't seem to get anything stable at 262 FSB, even at a cpu multiplier of 5 and my vcore maxed to 1.5625v.

I would guess i could probably get 260x11 stable @ 1.5625, which would result in 2860 mhz, and probably still managable cpu temps. I'm not going to test that right now. I don't see how I could get any higher, as the MB tops out at 1.5625V and I can't hit 262 FSB anyway.

I will be back at about 5 PM tomorrow (Mountain Time).
If you have any benchmark requests, please list them.

[mAJORD]

you won't need 1.7v just better cooling!

I can achieve a stable 2.67Ghz @ 1.35V , these board/NB clock/ whatever issues are what's preventing 3Ghz + on the right cooling

[STEvil]

might be a hole, tried jumping 5-10mhz up from there?