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AMD® Athlon™ II Overclocking Thread
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ive just turned on ACC in bios hoping to get my x4 620 level 3 cache on but no luck,had it upto 3.2 but its in my htpc so dont really want to leave it clocked high for temps
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Depends entirely on your use Hamoodii... although £60 for that DFI looks a great deal, unless it's AM2+?
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I would go for the Tri-core.
Safer bet, the other one is more risky.
Safer bet, the other one is more risky.
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Went for the 5000+, couldn't resist 
Preliminary stages:
Updated BIOS and CPU booted fine @ stock clocks w/ all cores unlocked
Currently at 2.8GHz with about 1.4ish volts on the CPU, haven't benched with Prime yet.
Will spend some more time, in which case I'll post screenies, specs etc!
Preliminary stages:
Updated BIOS and CPU booted fine @ stock clocks w/ all cores unlocked
Currently at 2.8GHz with about 1.4ish volts on the CPU, haven't benched with Prime yet.
Will spend some more time, in which case I'll post screenies, specs etc!
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Went for the 5000+, couldn't resist
Preliminary stages:
Updated BIOS and CPU booted fine @ stock clocks w/ all cores unlocked
Currently at 2.8GHz with about 1.4ish volts on the CPU, haven't benched with Prime yet.
Will spend some more time, in which case I'll post screenies, specs etc!
Haha, the gambler inside you is strong eh? Not bad though, seems you were lucky. Do let us know how it fares!
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The X2s cannot unlock as they are native dual cores. You should try overclocking, though i have no idea how your motherboard will respond to higher base multiplier. Give it a try. The chip should be good to at least 3.6GHz if not helf back by the board.
Hello Hamoodii,
just to let you know your posting your results in the wrong thread, this is the AMD® Athlon™ II results only!
Would you be so kind to copy your results post over to the Phenom™ II thread and then edit/delete your posts in this one down to a smile please, thanks in advance for your co-operation!
just to let you know your posting your results in the wrong thread, this is the AMD® Athlon™ II results only!
- Sargas
- Regor
- Rana
- Propus
Would you be so kind to copy your results post over to the Phenom™ II thread and then edit/delete your posts in this one down to a smile please, thanks in advance for your co-operation!
Hamoodi - the following thread may also be of interest: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18068218
I managed to get my unlocked Athlon X2 5000+ stable (never at stock - only overclocked) but it took some work. Will happily relay my experience in a suitable thread (either the one I linked to or the one Big Wayne mentioned). If these chips are flawed (mine is) they can be expected to get different results.
I managed to get my unlocked Athlon X2 5000+ stable (never at stock - only overclocked) but it took some work. Will happily relay my experience in a suitable thread (either the one I linked to or the one Big Wayne mentioned). If these chips are flawed (mine is) they can be expected to get different results.
Ahhh happy days! 
After I composed a few "pleading"
emails AMD® have kindly sent me a Propus 630 for "review" purposes!
Hoping to get it installed later on after real-life chores are completed (priorities don't ya know!)
It will be interesting to see how this chip compares to it's contemporaries (Phenom™ II, Core™ i3 etc) and also how well it overclocks! . . . . My testbed is based on the AM2+ ASUS M4A785D-M PRO and 4GB(2x2GB) of Kingston HyperX DDR2-1066 . . . . As far as I know the testbed is good up to a HT Ref. of 266MHz/267MHz so along with the 14x multi of the Propus 630 that should get the processing frequency up to about 3724MHz- 3738MHz . . . at least if the chip is willing!
Unpacking pics to share the *buzz*
After I composed a few "pleading"
emails AMD® have kindly sent me a Propus 630 for "review" purposes!Hoping to get it installed later on after real-life chores are completed (priorities don't ya know!)
It will be interesting to see how this chip compares to it's contemporaries (Phenom™ II, Core™ i3 etc) and also how well it overclocks! . . . . My testbed is based on the AM2+ ASUS M4A785D-M PRO and 4GB(2x2GB) of Kingston HyperX DDR2-1066 . . . . As far as I know the testbed is good up to a HT Ref. of 266MHz/267MHz so along with the 14x multi of the Propus 630 that should get the processing frequency up to about 3724MHz- 3738MHz . . . at least if the chip is willing!
Unpacking pics to share the *buzz*
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Ahhh happy days!
Hoping to get it installed later on after real-life choirs are completed (priorities don't ya know!)
I didn't know that you were a singer Wayne
Nice work on the CPU front anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing how it clocks!Lol good one El Jimben!I didn't know that you were a singer Wayne
. . . I make no secret of my poor spelling and even running my posts through a spell-check cannot save me sometimes! . . . . fixed! Re: the Propus 630 I'm looking forward to seeing how it handles also, pretty decent quad core and priced very reasonably too! . . . . sadly I am GPU-less at present so I will just be concentrating on clocking/stability and synthetic benchmarks but hopefully the results will prove useful!
AMD® Athlon™ II X4 630
£83.99 inc
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Hi Pendu, I wasn't aware that AMD® Athlon™ II had a C3 stepping? . . . I know the AMD® Phenom™ II have that?
Just getting a few beers down me and running a few benchies with the Rana b4 ripping my machine part for the swap out . . . sorry for the delay guys I'm not the most speedy overclocker but I'll do my best to get some results (benches/stability tests) up soon!
Just getting a few beers down me and running a few benchies with the Rana b4 ripping my machine part for the swap out . . . sorry for the delay guys I'm not the most speedy overclocker but I'll do my best to get some results (benches/stability tests) up soon!