3700+ sd , stock H+F 2.97 Ghz!

Blue Cypher · 27 Jan 2006 at 15:28

well i am a not very good at this so bare with me, i take it cpu-Z is a program?
and is it bad that my RAM is now at 2.85 volts? Also i dont want to take my heatsink and fan off to see the stepping as i am worried when i put it back on it may not do as well at cooling and bugger my overclock up. to get this high i got my bus to its highest speed stable first on a multiplier of 10, for me my last stable bus was just over 270 but i took it down a notch, i then put my multiplier up to 10.5 and then 11 without any trouble, but i get blue screen of death if i overclock anymore

still worried about RAM temps as i cannot monitor them.

i can run 3dmark05 with no probs and i play F.E.A.R on full graphics and Quake 4 on full graphics without crashes or instability and also prime 95 i did for half an hour with no probs

so i guess i am lucky, now how can i easily prove i have this to you because some dont believe me i gues this cpu-z has somethin i can prove it with.

thx for the encouragement by the way guys

sja360 · 27 Jan 2006 at 15:31

no i believe the overclock on the cpu, but i havent heard of geil valueram doing 70mhz more than its rated.
you can get cpu-z here, http://www.cpuid.com/download/cpu-z-131.zip
its just a file that your run and it shows cpu speeds bus speeds memory speed etc and some odd codes.

Blue Cypher · 27 Jan 2006 at 15:36

OH yeah forgot to mention i bought it on January the 20th! so quite new!

Blue Cypher · 27 Jan 2006 at 15:38

Thx sja360 i will download that as soon as i get home and post the screen shot on here. Another dumb question, does the screen shot i am going to post have to be on some webspace somewhere like an avatar or can i just paste it off my computer into this thread?

sja360 · 27 Jan 2006 at 16:12

Blue Cypher said:
Thx sja360 i will download that as soon as i get home and post the screen shot on here. Another dumb question, does the screen shot i am going to post have to be on some webspace somewhere like an avatar or can i just paste it off my computer into this thread?

has to be uploaded to webspace, try imageshack if you dont know any places.

I_Am_Vengeance · 27 Jan 2006 at 16:49

Blue cypher, what have you used to test the stability of this overclock. Prime ? occt ? super pi ? how long can you prime for ? an overclock doesnt mean much without these tests. My 3700+ will go past 3ghz and be stable in windows, but will fail every one of these tests.

Blue Cypher · 27 Jan 2006 at 17:09

runs prime fine, no probs, and benchmarking it on 3dmark 2005 its sound as a pound! and plays my games without a prob so i am guessing that means its stable

Blue Cypher · 27 Jan 2006 at 17:17

http://img66.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screen018dm.jpg
thats where my pic is on imageshack, not very clear even though on my comp it is, but you can make out, here is my RAM

http://img71.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screen021oo.jpg

sja360 · 28 Jan 2006 at 00:22

looks like its running a divider :confused:

212mhz for the memory and 270 for the HT/FSB.
as for that lovely mhz impressive stuff, hope i can get about 2700-2800 out of my 3700 sd :d

Legless · 28 Jan 2006 at 00:26

Now try for the magical 3ghz, and i'll really start to cry...

VaderDSL · 28 Jan 2006 at 07:55

get yourself a 24hour prime95 test

that should prove if it's stable which I don't doubt but it's always nice to know your CPU won't foul up on you.

Blue Cypher · 28 Jan 2006 at 14:58

yeah and i would cry as my process melts, its on the standard heatsink and fan so i have turned it down to 2.87Ghz now because i am teriefied its all gonna go up in smoke, i will overclock more when i get water colled

beaNN · 28 Jan 2006 at 18:30

Nice overclock you have there, i'm just doing my newly bought opteron from these very forums =D