The Phenom II List of Overclocks

[gallag]

Gotta say, Some lame excuses about stability in here, If you are scared to run prime because you believe your system might melt then its time to bring it back a notch. You cannot redefine stability because you don't want to melt a weak platform.

[Titan7171]

Gotta say, Some lame excuses about stability in here, If you are scared to run prime because you believe your system might melt then its time to bring it back a notch. You cannot redefine stability because you don't want to melt a weak platform.

My system is stable and I dont run prime..........I dont think theres anyone who can make me believe that its not.........the cpu and memory are not the only components in a system that get stressed to the limit running prime. Other components that route voltages on the mobo may be a weak link and heat is the killer.

Like the video above they ran Crysis at 5.6ghz stable.....I didnt see anyone yell out "hey thats not stable......you have to run prime95 for 8-12 hours"

So above you got AMDgeeks.net say you need to prime for your system to be stable then you got AMD saying a cpu is stable basically as long as it runs a game without shutting down. Obviously we have 2 different sides and it can go back and forth all day long. If you want to prime go prime If you dont want to prime then dont prime. Just dont try to convince the opposite side that you are right.

[Oldguy932]

2 hours of prime is final. I only shortened the time so that more people could find time to run it. Missing 2 hours of crunching is not the end of the world, you could run both at the same time as long as you make sure each one stays out of each other's way with memory.

I don't know how high ht speeds kill a system, my m3a32-mvp did 2700mhz with it on my first 9850. I'll be able to try again with my other one as soon as all the parts for my new system come in this week.

[KELL5]

prime is for perfectionists and folders. No-one in this world needs their cpu to NEVER ERROR. If they do, then they screwed cos they all do, even the PRIME STABLE machines. The only difference is they can fix their errors, while a machine that isn't prime stable is making too many errors to correct them all.

I'd like a prime guru to show me a cpu that NEVER makes ANY errors

Fritz chess bench on all cores, hyper-pi 32m on four cores to 32m then ice storm fighters (intel users) for 30mins and a machine is perfectly stable for most users.

[Zucker2k]

Gotta say, Some lame excuses about stability in here, If you are scared to run prime because you believe your system might melt then its time to bring it back a notch. You cannot redefine stability because you don't want to melt a weak platform.

I think it's a moot point why AMD mobos are so cheap; I mean how far back does one need to move back the goal post? With all the talk in here you'd think P95 is the return of godzilla.

Just run the standard 8hr stability standard for pete's sake. I'm very interested, but won't buy PII until I actually see many chips doing 3.8 - 4.0 Ghz air stable.

[rk7p5]

I think it's a moot point why AMD mobos are so cheap; I mean how far back does one need to move back the goal post? With all the talk in here you'd think P95 is the return of godzilla.

Just run the standard 8hr stability standard for pete's sake. I'm very interested, but won't buy PII until I actually see many chips doing 3.8 - 4.0 Ghz air stable.

None of the 790gx mobos cost more $170 and they all overclock well. I won't buy PII until the prices drop. As to how well they clock, well i think we have enough info to have a pretty good idea. I bet even the worst chips get to at least 3.4

[roofsniper]

zucker is only posting because hes trying to find a way to bash amd once again and this thread is a little hard to do it in. please don't quote him. and even though he says he might buy phenom II we all know its a load of . he obviously has never ran or even seen a 790fx so he knows nothing about it. but he can call everyone ignorant tho. im still baffled why he even posts.