Could B3 Phenom be the rebirth of AMD....+1000MHZ OC done!

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Looks like the 9850 has a pretty wide spread on what they are reaching. My initial testing indicated that 2.9 was probably solid but 3.0 would take some work. After fighting with 3.0 for a day, I re-targeted on verifying 2.9 to make sure it was solid. After extended loads, 2.9 would cause the machine to reboot. Even the max voltage I was willing to use (1.50) wasn't enough to ensure stability. I fell back to 2.8 and reset to stock voltage. It apparently isn't stable either. So now I'm stair-stepping the voltage to see if I can get 2.8 to play along, but either way it's a bit disappointing to be fighting for a 300MHz OC when other people can do 3.0 or 3.1 at stock voltage and others 3.4 or 3.5 at voltages under 1.5.

I have to wonder if I just have one really gimpy core. If I can find a stable voltage at 2.8, I'll start boosting cores individually and see if any will do 2.9 by themselves.

@ eleeter: How long have you ran prime loops at 3.1? I've had mine be stable for up to four hours before showing its instability via BSOD.