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AMD® Athlon™ II Overclocking Thread

Big.Wayne

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AMD® Athlon™ II overclocking results in this thread please . . .

  1. Sargas
  2. Regor
  3. Rana
  4. Propus
 
Athlon™ II X3 425 (stock 2.7GHz)


Click for stability . . . 18 hour "Blend"


Athlon™ II X4 630 (stock 2.8GHz)


Click for stability . . . 30 hour "Blend"
 
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Im keeping an eye on this thread:)
Big weenie is there a seperate thread where i could post my phenom II results, i got a new amd setup on the way. Check out my thread in general threads if you get the time, your input would be great:)
 
bakes0310 said:
is there a seperate thread where i could post my phenom II results
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Hello bakes0310,

I suggest once your hardware arrives if you can't find a suitable thread then get it started yourself! :)

Sadly as much as I would like to accommodate AMD® Phenom™ II owners this thread will be complex enough with just AMD® Athlon™ II series which itself is already spread across two seperate pieces of silicon . . . although they have enough in common with each other to merit sharing a single thread . . .

To anybody else that is reading . . . this thread is intended to be an educational resource where we can as as group learn & document how to overclock/tweak these chips to their maximum potential. I will be happy to provide what little knowledge I posses to help each and every one of you get the best from your Athlon™ II system . . . :)
 
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To overclock an Athlon II you can get away with a relatively cheap AM3 motherboard.

The first is the MSI 770-C45 which is available in both AM2+ and AM3 versions. This motherboard has the SB710 southbridge. It also has all solid capacitors for a longer lifespan and better stability at higher temperatures:

http://eu.msi.com/index.php?func=prodmbspec&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=171&cat3_no=&prod_no=1812

It has an excellent review from bit-tech:

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/motherboards/2009/09/17/msi-770-c45-motherboard-review/1

The motherboard can unlock processors too:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=227019

The next motherboard is an improved version of the C45-770 called the G45-770. This can do asymmetrical Crossfire and has an improved 6 phase VRM:

http://eu.msi.com/index.php?func=prodmbspec&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=171&cat3_no=&prod_no=1937

http://www.guru3d.com/news/msi-preps-770g45-msi-motherboard-/

The last motherboard is made by Asrock and also has all solid capacitors(the capacitors are made in Japan). It also has the SB710 southbridge. It is not very cheap as it is over £60 and is starting to enter mid-range territory for an AMD motherboard. However it has features only found in more expensive motherboards.

It is a 785G motherboard with integrated graphics(with 128MB of dedicated DDR3 RAM on the motherboard for the IGP) which can do symmetrical Crossfire at PCI-E 2.0 8X:

http://www.asrock.com/MB/overview.asp?Model=M3A785GXH/128M

The M3A785GXH/128M has got many excellent reviews:

http://ixbtlabs.com/articles3/mainboard/asrock-m3a785gxh-128m-785g-p1.html

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1068/1/

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/29...motherboard_mainstream_785g_tested/index.html
 
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*** waiting for easyrider to jump in with his i3 OC results and benchmarks ***
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Anyways I can't decide yet if I should pick the new x2 255, x3 440 or x2 555 for my new cheapo testbed.
 
PhoenixUK said:
Which mobo is this on?
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Hi PhoenixUK,

oops sorry I neglected to mention that! :o

The system is based around an ASUS M4A785D-M PRO which is an affordable (AM2+) AMD® 785G chipset that uses DDR2 memory . . . for the money I'm really suprised how nice it handles . . .

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PhoenixUK said:
Very good bus speed you got there considering it's one of them budget mobos ?
Most of them locked at 240-250fsb.
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Ah ok cool :) . . . I have not that much experience of AMD® chipsets and therefore don't really know how they stack-up/compare with each other, I basically just bought what I thought was a reasonably priced board and went with ASUS because they have always worked well for me personally! :cool:
 
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feeddagoat said:
Out of interest whats limiting the OC's? How far could one of these be pushed under home environment conditions?
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I'm at about 1.50vCore with 3.6GHz so didn't push it any further yet, may do soon though, the above clock is "home environment conditions" air cooled with a ThermoLab Baram . . . about 36°C - 37°C full load so no probs there! . . . not sure how much pure CPU clocking my board can handle as it says 125W TDP suppport?

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Uriel said:
Do unlocked athlons with l3 cache get a mention here or should they go in the Phenom II thread?
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Anything with Level-3 cache belongs in the Phenom™ II thread! :)
 
I'm thinking about getting a Propus, but i can't decide if i should sell my whole system and start afresh (well, i'll probably keep this watercooling loop) or use parts i already have... there's nothing like laying out all the shiny new parts and putting them together. Something i wouldn't know as i've not actually done it :p

May i ask when and why Fritz is now the bechmarking tool of choice? I'd quite like one that runs natively in Linux.
 
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