AMD® Phenom™ II Overclocking Thread

Martini1991 · 26 Dec 2010 at 19:26

Greg0986 said:
Yes, I changes it to the only other setting which is manual and I could only increase it by 0.070000 or something like that.

How do I change them?

I know they are meant to be 7-8-7-24 but I am not sure which setting in the BIOS to change because there are so many

Look at the above.
And you change the RAM timings in DRAM timing configuration.
But leave it at auto, and run RAM at 1280MHZ.
A none thuban IMC struggles with 1600MHZ.

Greg0986 · 26 Dec 2010 at 19:32

Cheers guys. Right I shall try it now

Greg0986 · 26 Dec 2010 at 19:45

Right, I just want to make sure these are correct because I don't really want to brick my motherboard and CPU

Martini1991 · 26 Dec 2010 at 19:50

Yes.
Have you set the LLC (Load line calibration) to enabled on both the CPU voltage and CPU NB voltage?

Greg0986 · 26 Dec 2010 at 19:53

Martini1991 said:
Yes.
Have you set the LLC (Load line calibration) to enabled on both the CPU voltage and CPU NB voltage?

Yes I have. I was just worried because those 3 settings are in different colours and anything a different colour to me is not good when. Am I correct in saying that it is just telling me that it is not default?

Martini1991 · 26 Dec 2010 at 20:08

Greg0986 said:
Yes I have. I was just worried because those 3 settings are in different colours and anything a different colour to me is not good when. Am I correct in saying that it is just telling me that it is not default?

Red = Danger
Yellow = Caution
Green = Safe

Although it's a moot point as on my 1055T it goes red at less than stock volts

Greg0986 · 26 Dec 2010 at 20:12

Martini1991 said:
Red = Danger
Yellow = Caution
Green = Safe

Although it's a moot point as on my 1055T it goes red at less than stock volts

Ok good to know

Gonna save it now and boot it hopefully

.

Garee · 26 Dec 2010 at 20:17

I currently have an 550 Unlocked to 4 core at stock speeds. Would I gain much perfomance if I upgraded to a 1055/1090 and bought a better cooler to overclock?

Greg0986 · 26 Dec 2010 at 20:35

"Overclock Failed"

Saved the settings and restarted were it just hung. Didn't even post so I had to reset it myself

Martini1991 · 26 Dec 2010 at 20:40

Set the multiplier to 16
Bus to 250

DRAM to 1500.
CPU NB to 2750MHZ
Hyper transport link to 2000MHZ
See if that boots?

Greg0986 · 26 Dec 2010 at 20:47

Martini1991 said:
Set the multiplier to 16
Bus to 250

DRAM to 1500.
CPU NB to 2750MHZ
Hyper transport link to 2000MHZ
See if that boots?

With the rest of the setting that you posted before?

Martini1991 · 26 Dec 2010 at 20:47

Greg0986 said:
With the rest of the setting that you posted before?

Indeed.
Use a CPU NB of 1.45v though.

Greg0986 · 26 Dec 2010 at 20:54

I can't change the DRAM to 1500. It only has the options: 1333, 1667 (i think) and then 2000

Martini1991 · 26 Dec 2010 at 20:55

Pick 1333MHZ then. That's the better choice.

Greg0986 · 26 Dec 2010 at 21:02

Right I have booted up fine

All I have to do now is stress test? I will not have enough time tonight to do a 12 hour one tonight so I will do it tomorrow. Prime95 small FFT's? Is there any test I can do now that will tell me it is stable?

Martini1991 · 26 Dec 2010 at 21:03

I use Prime blend for 8 hours personally.

Greg0986 · 26 Dec 2010 at 21:06

Ok I will do that tomorrow. I will just keep of the heavy tasks for tonight

Cheers for all the help

Martini1991 · 26 Dec 2010 at 21:12

Check CPUZ, is it bang on 250 bus?
The Formula is notorious for setting it 1 higher than BIOS.
So you may be better off going into BIOS and setting it to 249 if that's the case.

Greg0986 · 26 Dec 2010 at 21:17

it is 250.8/9. Should I alter it?

Martini1991 · 26 Dec 2010 at 21:19

I'd alter it due to being annoyed