AMD 64 3000+ OC

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I too had a Venice 3000+ using a Thermalright XP120 cooler and got it up to 298x9 (2.66Ghz) rock stable :) The voltage was quite high tho (can't remember exactly what) but the temps were reasonable (<60 degrees). It flew tbh, and for the money it was an absolute steal :D

Be warned tho that any increase in frequency or voltage WILL result in a temp increase. I mention this because one post on here said that overclocking without increasing voltage will not result in a temperature increase. This is incorrect.

The heat energy produced by a component will increase linearly with an increase in frequency. The heat energy produced by a component will increase exponentially with an increase in voltage. Hence the temperature will be more susceptible to change from voltage, but will still increase from frequency as well. A combined increase of voltage and frequency is obviously going to increase the temperature significantly, but so long as you monitor this and think about your cooling then I doubt you'll have problems :)
 
Thanks for the warning Nami.

As I still have C&Q enabled the idle speed is 1220 (244 x 5) and the temp is as it was before I overclocked i.e 4 above room.

When running under full load for around 5mins the temp goes up to 10 above room.

Before I overclocked the load temp peaked at 12 above room (that was during the high Summer temps).

As you suggest I am monitoring temps (I use Sensors View and Everest) and so far it all appears to be ok and well within max temps.

I don't game so I'm not looking for max OC speed at any cost.

My current OC provides a worthwhile 'free' increase in speed and I don't want to be greedy and push it too far.

Thanks everyone for your help.
 
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rjd said:
Thanks for the warning Nami.

As I still have C&Q enabled the idle speed is 1220 (244 x 5) and the temp is as it was before I overclocked i.e 4 above room.

When running under full load for around 5mins the temp goes up to 10 above room.

Before I overclocked the load temp peaked at 12 above room (that was during the high Summer temps).

As you suggest I am monitoring temps (I use Sensors View and Everest) and so far it all appears to be ok and well within max temps.

I don't game so I'm not looking for max OC speed at any cost.

My current OC provides a worthwhile 'free' increase in speed and I don't want to be greedy and push it too far.

Thanks everyone for your help.
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Good to hear :)

If you did want more out of the chip, it'd be advisable to disable cool n quiet as there can be issues.
 
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