Phenom 9950 Overclocking

[Titan7171]

Am I in the danger zone with 1.55v?

Now is that 1.55v for cpu and NB?

My NB is not WC, so it will get toasty hot I am sure...and worries I should have?

No only raise the cpu voltage to 1.55v, Only raise nb voltage if you are going past 2300-2400 maybe just a little for stability ...you need to try it out and see if it helps. If you raise the nb voltage and it doesnt help lower it dont leave it and keep adding volts.

Did you figure out what is your highest overclock on just the cpu?? You need to leave everything at stock and keep raising the multi till you need to add voltage to the cpu, add voltage, then up the multi again till you need to add voltage. At around 3.2ghz start testing using games 3dm06 and super PI if they pass without reboot try a little higher 3.3ghz then again try games 3dm06 and super PI. stop when you dont want to add more voltage to the cpu. Watch temps......try it out

[cdnbum88]

No only raise the cpu voltage to 1.55v, Only raise nb voltage if you are going past 2300-2400 maybe just a little for stability ...you need to try it out and see if it helps. If you raise the nb voltage and it doesnt help lower it dont leave it and keep adding volts.

Did you figure out what is your highest overclock on just the cpu?? You need to leave everything at stock and keep raising the multi till you need to add voltage to the cpu, add voltage, then up the multi again till you need to add voltage. At around 3.2ghz start testing using games 3dm06 and super PI if they pass without reboot try a little higher 3.3ghz then again try games 3dm06 and super PI. stop when you dont want to add more voltage to the cpu. Watch temps......try it out

Ok will give that a try tonight.

Base was around low 3.something if I remember correctly.

[cdnbum88]

Ok I got to 3.5 on 1.55v. 250x14 DDR 2v.

Ran 3dMark06 - 18428 and left the 4870x2 stock.

Thoughts? Next steps to push higher?

[informal]

Ok I got to 3.5 on 1.55v. 250x14 DDR 2v.

Ran 3dMark06 - 18428 and left the 4870x2 stock.

Thoughts? Next steps to push higher?

3.5Ghz is just great man.Congrats!
What CPU score in 3dmark06 are you getting at these clocks?Are you on Vista or XP?

As for the next steps question,i would hold out a month or so and get Deneb (Phenom II 940).By the looks of things ,it should be a monster OCer,4+Ghz on water,higher on more extreme cooling.It is socket comp. so it's a drop in upgrade.

[Chicken Patty]

3.5Ghz is just great man.Congrats!
What CPU score in 3dmark06 are you getting at these clocks?Are you on Vista or XP?

As for the next steps question,i would hold out a month or so and get Deneb (Phenom II 940).By the looks of things ,it should be a monster OCer,4+Ghz on water,higher on more extreme cooling.It is socket comp. so it's a drop in upgrade.

Did you see where it hit 5.0 Ghz at 1.6v on DICE? They reported it did well over 5.0 GHz on LN2 at 1.9v. Heres the article:

http://www.pcper.com/comments.php?nid=6455

[gOtVoltage]

,, Phenom !! is gonna be wicked........

Im glad i decided to push my 9950 for three months @ VID 1.55 with 1.65+volts ... hahhaa i even Now maxed the ASUS 79-T@ 1.72volts with the 140watt monster... This means i can now say phenom can take the Volts if tweaked right..

My only complaint ( We need more powerfull Mobos or Digiatal PWM)

AKA Dragon seems like a good name for fire breathing Phenom !! platform(AMD)

P.S. Keep NB volts low keeps CPU cooler....Give it just what it needs not what you want... Low HT is key to 3.6ghz with loose ram.

I use high Volts cause i can,,
I recomend you raise the Volts slow and pay close attention to temps..
gOtVolTage

[Chicken Patty]

,, Phenom !! is gonna be wicked........

Im glad i decided to push my 9950 for three months @ VID 1.55 with 1.65+volts ... hahhaa i even Now maxed the ASUS 79-T@ 1.72volts with the 140watt monster... This means i can now say phenom can take the Volts if tweaked right..

My only complaint ( We need more powerfull Mobos or Digiatal PWM)

AKA Dragon seems like a good name for fire breathing Phenom !! platform(AMD)

P.S. Keep NB volts low keeps CPU cooler....Give it just what it needs not what you want... Low HT is key to 3.6ghz with loose ram.

I use high Volts cause i can,,
I recomend you raise the Volts slow and pay close attention to temps..
gOtVolTage

Thanks for this useful post, but when you say low HT, how low do you mean?

[Titan7171]

Ok I got to 3.5 on 1.55v. 250x14 DDR 2v.

Ran 3dMark06 - 18428 and left the 4870x2 stock.

Thoughts? Next steps to push higher?

there ya go, congrats, glad it worked out.........see if you can play games and do regular things long term thorughout the day and not get reboots or lockups then you should be fine. 3.5ghz is above average so you are good if not try for 3.6ghz using the same process