Caporegime
Thought so, i'm not advising anyone, Number_25 asked me how i found Intel boring, that is my answer to him.
I also started with this
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AMD OWNERS ONLY what cpu do you have
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Thought so, i'm not advising anyone, Number_25 asked me how i found Intel boring, that is my answer to him.
I also started with this
Caporegime
I don't know Intel/AMD to have a cult, I found convert a rather weird operative word.
Soldato
I have a phenom II x3 720 @ 3.3GHz as backup.
Soldato
had my rig set up to take bulldozer on release, so sat here with the Asus M5A99X EVO AMD 990X board, waiting to see if piledriver is any better 
in saying that i am a loyal AMD fan, from Barton/T-bred days
here is my 'baby' right now,
in saying that i am a loyal AMD fan, from Barton/T-bred days
here is my 'baby' right now,
Caporegime
That's a weird overclock 
Wish I'd been around for the Barton/T-Bred days to be honest.
Wish I'd been around for the Barton/T-Bred days to be honest.
Soldato
That's a weird overclock
Wish I'd been around for the Barton/T-Bred days to be honest.
yeah sqeezing every mhz out of that FSB
I have an ASUS motherboard that unlocks any socket A chip placed into it. Had an XP 2400 running at 2400 MHz.
Soldato
Just let the motherboard do its thing & did not overclock nor change or play around with other settings but will try that. Thanks
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Phenom 965 BE @ 3.6GHZ and an Akasa Nero-S Cooler
Over 2 years old and still going strong
Over 2 years old and still going strong
Caporegime
Just because yours can do that doesn't mean everyone else's can.
1.4V at 3.8GHZ used to be the norm stable.
1.3v at stock speeds has always been perfectly fine.
Soldato
Yeah but he's on 1.4v at stock clocks, which is too high.
Caporegime
You could have been less vague by "Drop volts" and not gave a screenshot that the majority of Phenom II's will never achieve (Which, he may think is the norm, sets his Phenom II up like that and no POST/BSOD)
Although IIRC 1.4v was some Phenom II's stock volts ; Phenom II 965 C3's (My 1.4 VID couldn't do 4GHZ, but my 1.375 VID could)
EDIT : With the maturity of the process, I concur it's "high", but don't be vague
, I'd settle for 1.35v then work my way overclocking it.
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Soldato
Is it not possible that the extra juice is required to make the unlocked cores stable?
Caporegime
Why? 1.4v is absolutely fine as long as its not running to warm.
Edit, my mistake, yes... for stock that's way to high... drop your volts
Soldato
Its always going to be best to have your voltage at the minimum required to run. Just because 1.4 is okay, if its possible to run it at less, You generally should.
But like I said before, its possible its requiring the extra due to it being unlocked now.
Just spotted your edit
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