--AMD Athlon II X4 620--

BigBruiserAl · 2 Oct 2009 at 21:47

Well it arrived at last, just had a very quick play dont forgot the board is a 590i chipset Mobo is older then me so will limit the CPU bargin for a x4

BigBruiserAl · 18 Oct 2009 at 21:07

Have mine Rock solid at 3.5Ghz and have ripped and encoded 700 DVD's on to my HDD (All owned by me legal i might add

) and this chip is awsome. load temps never above 45c but 24/7 Vcore seems to 1.5Max for now

BigBruiserAl · 19 Oct 2009 at 09:00

rxmac said:
So 1.5v is considered safe for these then?

I did have a quick search but couldn't find anything so assumed a similar "safe" voltage as the 45nm Intel chips ie 1.45v?

Yes mate so far some i have seen people using 1.55vcore with no problems so most of are calling 1.5max safe for now. mind you to get 3.5 im only using 1.425 so no problems anyway

BigBruiserAl · 19 Oct 2009 at 22:40

SMAndy said:
I agree with the 1.5v safe point. 1.55v should be ok, but its best to err on the side of caution. From what i've read, that 0.05v difference doesn't add much headroom. Just keep an eye on temps. 55°C is the highest i'd let an AMD chip go, ever. They say its safe to go to 65 ish, but how do you know all the sensors in your PC are accurate?

Can't remember what my vcore is... I'm at work, so my cpuz validator page is currently blocked. I'll see if i remember to edit this post tonight when i get home to add it in.

As long as its he propus chip its max temp is 71c i did do stress test at 65c making sure it ok and no problems. your are right though how accurate at the sensors i would say 65 while benching should be ok as daily apps should be no where near