The Phenom II List of Overclocks

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Cpu's not lapped, and i'm not using the high pressure mod, just the True is lapped, we are also taliking 65nm temps. small fft's to increase heat.
This is a push pull with a couple delta fans ( not the really insane ones )

Idle
http://members.cox.net/chewxs/8%20hours%20prime.jpg
Load
http://members.cox.net/chewxs/prime%209hours

Not bad. My current Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro has my 5000+ BE at 38C, but that is with the help of winter weather. It nevers goes above 53C at full load, but this is just with a dual core. I may take your advice, but I am going to see how the stock cooler and the Freezer Pro perform on my 940 before taking the leap. If the TRUE was like 30 bucks I would have jumped on it, but I am seeing modles ranging from 75 bucks to over 100 bucks. For the price of a TRUE I could get a used water setup. Thanks for your input though.


I just spent a nice chunk upgrading. I doubt "The Wife" will be happy with this price.....
http://www.avadirect.com/product_det...asp?PRID=12507

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Ouch at the copper version, this is a little more affordable.

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/75...?tl=g40c14s813

And the copper version which I would not reccomend except for a benching rig and mounted upright. more affordable.

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/83...?tl=g40c14s813

And a very affordable alternative, maybe 1C diff to TRUE BLACK

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/56...?tl=g40c14s813

[Titan7171]

Well, it's working is all I can say. I don't see anything new added like I did with the Bios I replaced. Eitherway I like to have the newest one available. My PII 940 will be here soon and don't want any problems.


@Chew.....The TRUE is VERY expensive for a heatsink. How's the performance? I don't want to waste 75+ bucks on a heatsink for nada.

Look at the Xigmatek HDT-S1283, costs less (40-50$) and performs almost as good. (Source: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article818-page5.html; http://www.frostytech.com/articlevie...id=2333&page=4)

In Sweden it's at about 3/4 of the price of a TRUE and that's including a decent fan (compared to the TRUE which is fanless).

I got the 1284ee and its excellent quality.....I havent tested it yet but no lapping required. I just want to say also I have only used Thermalright since I started overclocking in early 2001 with the sk-6 on a tbird 1000. But the prices are just rediculous now. There are some coolers out here now that can pretty much match thermalright if you set them up right. I will be testing out this hs as soon as I get my mobo so well see how it goes.

[marten_larsson]

I got the 1284ee and its excellent quality.....I havent tested it yet but no lapping required. I just want to say also I have only used Thermalright since I started overclocking in early 2001 with the sk-6 on a tbird 1000. But the prices are just rediculous now. There are some coolers out here now that can pretty much match thermalright if you set them up right. I will be testing out this hs as soon as I get my mobo so well see how it goes.

Yeah, the Xigmatek coolers are performing very nice and at a much more reasonable price than Thermalright. I've got the TRUE but my next build might include Thor's Hammer if it performs in line with my expectations (hopefully a bit better than TRUE) and is priced accordingly. Looks nice and should perform well too.

http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/17...iew/index.html

[charged3800z24]

here is 1hr Prime small fft's. This is on a artic cooler freezer 64 pro, of course with an added 80mm thermal take adjustable speed fan . The NB is @ 2600.

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Yah the xig is a very nice cooler but.......in my initial situation i needed it for 775, and they give you a crappy mounting system, so bad they made a new one.......then on top of it they want $15 for it....it should be bundled with all the new coolers, they know they suck....add the $15 into the cost and the true wasn't that much of a difference.

[merkk1]

Ok here 3.6 @1.45v this one using 2600 NB speed ,memory @1066, Now i'am going to try to see if i can get 3.7 so far not looking to good i think i mite need a 32 bit OS to move up from this point . I also flash back to the P05 bois try that for a bit but the cpu clock the same with the old or newer P06 bios.

[Throwed]

@Merkk1....Boss Wallpaper Dude. Hooters....the perfect fetish!

@Chew....The third recommendation seems OK, but still over priced. I really doubt I will pay over 40-50 for any air heatsink. ....Yeah, call me a cheapy.


My OCZ RAM finally popped up in my mail box from Newegg. (I really hate DHL Express/USPS)

....Now all I need is my PII 940 which has a ETA of the 20th. Bah, 3 more days!

[soundood]

@Merkk1....Boss Wallpaper Dude. Hooters....the perfect fetish!

you know i was looking at clocks and didnt even notice them until you mentioned it, lol im gettin old

My OCZ RAM finally popped up in my mail box from Newegg. (I really hate DHL Express/USPS)

....Now all I need is my PII 940 which has a ETA of the 20th. Bah, 3 more days!

is that the Platinum 8500 set? ive been using OCZ for a while now, and picked up the Platinum 8500's myself 2 x 2 gig, while i was RMA'ing my crucial ballistix 1066,

i got to say i am very impressed with them, ive got them running at 2.0v and no problems, not one BSOD with them (i was getting a few with the crucial)

i havent upped the HTT on them yet to saee how high they go, but i seen a review that had them @ 1250 mhz

[Particle]

Anyone think going DDR2-1066 this late in the game is worth it? I can do a full set for right under a hundred bucks, and I'd be going from vanilla DDR2-800 to OC'd 1066 most likely.

[soundood]

Anyone think going DDR2-1066 this late in the game is worth it? I can do a full set for right under a hundred bucks, and I'd be going from vanilla DDR2-800 to OC'd 1066 most likely.

i think if you have a AM2+ board and a Phenom or Phenom II, then yes.

the price at the moment as you said is peanuts, i got my 2 x 2 gig OCZ 1066 mhz for £50, not cheap, but for 4 gig of ram, you cant grumble.

and as i said earlier, these OCZ sticks are reported to hit 1250 easy on 2.2v, so if you want to OC from HTT, your have a bargain.

although going from 800 to 1066 i was disapointed in the 'real feel' of differance, although crysis did seem much smoother, other than that i wouldnt have noticed

[Titan7171]

Yah the xig is a very nice cooler but.......in my initial situation i needed it for 775, and they give you a crappy mounting system, so bad they made a new one.......then on top of it they want $15 for it....it should be bundled with all the new coolers, they know they suck....add the $15 into the cost and the true wasn't that much of a difference.

I figured a way to use the mounting system from my Thermalright SI-128SE with the xigmatek......so no additional cost for me.....but even so Thermalright will cost $67 with no fan....add a fan and you talking another $12 plus shipping......you talking minum of $85.

compared to $39.99 for xig which comes with a fan plus $15 for the bracket plus the same $6 shipping and you got $61 $24 difference.

But im my case my Xig cost me $39.99 I'm using my bracket and I got free shipping from Newegg and I got a 125cfm 120mm fan from the SI that I can throw on..A fan Ive had since 2003..... thats a $45 difference in my case thats a lot of extra cash for something else

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I figured a way to use the mounting system from my Thermalright SI-128SE with the xigmatek......so no additional cost for me.....but even so Thermalright will cost $67 with no fan....add a fan and you talking another $12 plus shipping......you talking minum of $85.

compared to $39.99 for xig which comes with a fan plus $15 for the bracket plus the same $6 shipping and you got $61 $24 difference.

But im my case my Xig cost me $39.99 I'm using my bracket and I got free shipping from Newegg and I got a 125cfm 120mm fan from the SI that I can throw on..A fan Ive had since 2003..... thats a $45 difference in my case thats a lot of extra cash for something else

Good point, didn't think of that but i got 2 8ft APC network servers here ( got for free ) with plenty of delta fans in them

[MagnumMan]

I have 4x2gb memory as stated in my signature (work in progress). It looks like I hit a wall at 3.6GHz on the CPU. I tried bumping the CPU voltage to 1.6V but when I get to 3.7GHz on the CPU, Vista will blue screen during boot. I suspect this has something to do with the fact that I am using 4x2gb memory. I tried ganged and unganged... I really expected to hit 4GHz with this system considering the water cooling and all. I had the 9850BE running on this rig at a clean 3.0GHz, any attempt to go higher would fail even with ACC enabled. Any suggestions other than go down to 4GB memory and see what happens? Still, happy with the CPU, would like to push it some more...

[Throwed]

is that the Platinum 8500 set? ive been using OCZ for a while now, and picked up the Platinum 8500's myself 2 x 2 gig, while i was RMA'ing my crucial ballistix 1066,

i got to say i am very impressed with them, ive got them running at 2.0v and no problems, not one BSOD with them (i was getting a few with the crucial)

i havent upped the HTT on them yet to saee how high they go, but i seen a review that had them @ 1250 mhz

Nah, it's not the Platnum series. It's the Gold series. I have it running at 4-4-4 with my 5000+ BE right now though.(See Updated Sig) I won't be able to put them to the test just yet until I get my 940..BTW, how could you miss the bobbies? LOL

Anyone think going DDR2-1066 this late in the game is worth it? I can do a full set for right under a hundred bucks, and I'd be going from vanilla DDR2-800 to OC'd 1066 most likely.

Not sure about worth. I had to buy my set. I am passing my 4GB of DDRII 800 to my wife. I am also giving her my 5000+ BE. I am going to move the Biostar TA770 to her machine too. I bought a ECS Black Edition SB750 mobo with onboard 3200 that I am going to use as the HTPC. Bought a 100 foot VGA cable to run to my Epson Projector. I figured DDRII 1066 is just as cheap as 800 so why not. Besides I want 2X2GB over 4X1GB. NTM, this RAM was only 50 bucks for 4GB.

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sound, how long ago did you pick up that set of plats? I know the more recent max out around 1120, diff IC's i think. I'm using them as well.

[roofsniper]

yea ocz platinums are pretty good im using the 1066 2x2gb ones as well and i got them on stock right now running fully stable at 1.98V.

[Dumo]

06 cpu test...

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Nice, I finally just broke 6k last night lol

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Nice, I finally just broke 6k last night lol

....CPU Z/Screen Shot?

[Daveburt714]

Doesn't matter. Blend or small ffts, it BSOD before it gets the chance to fail them. If it's not BSODing, it will churn away at Prime no problem.

Man, you seem to be having alot of problems... Did you try stressing your chip at stock? I know it's an outside shot, but you may have actually gotten a bad chip. In that case I wouldn't hesitate to RMA it....

Mine is no OC monster, but I haven't had the problems you've been experiencing..

[Cybercat]

Well I repositioned the CPU cooler to better cool the power regulator heatsink (as described here). My CPU temp benefited the most. Anyway, finally got 3.6 stable.

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=487023

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....CPU Z/Screen Shot?

Should clarify, 6k CPU Score lol It's in the 3dmark thread

[2m*]

I'm still stuck at this clock, still tuning also -_-'' http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=486147

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I'm still stuck at this clock, still tuning also -_-'' http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=486147

I've found my chip doesn't clock well at all unless its under the Vapo Right now I'm trying to find a top speed on my water setup, we'll see what I hit.