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AMD® Phenom™ II Overclocking Thread

thingemajib: An AMD® Phenom™ II X2 "unlocked" to an X4 and overclocked to 4GHz is great . . . looks like 11+ hours of Prime tested also . . . nice! :)

You mentioned "an old bios bug related to the cpu-nb multiplier has reared its ugly head again"? . . . what exactly is happening? . . . also that thing you mentioned about the images with the black lines? . . . I think that is a display issue at your end . . . I did some of my screenies as "interlaced" .gifs . . . not seen any black lines of any other computers like your screenie . . . just to test this I'll take the interlacing off the next stability screen to see if the black lines go away! :cool:
 
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mmj_uk: My personal experiences of overclocking these chips goes against your theory of what is and what is not good stability testing protocol . . . case in point being that I can run LinX in isolation and it passes fine, I can also run Prime Small FFTs in isolation and it passes fine . . . however I found that if I launched Prime Small FFTs and left in running for an hour or two and then lobbed the same LinX test into the mix it would produce and error . . . a slight nudge up of vCore removed this error and I therefore feel happier running a combination of torture tests all at the same time for my personal peace of mind! . . . it's a completely OTT form of torture testing that I could not reproduce in actual Real-World usage but I prefere to be as thorough as possible and give the overclock a rigorous workload . . . once I'm done with stability testing I know the system is "Bomb-Proof" and I can get onto actually enjoying the machine! :cool: . . . check your trust email please

thingemajib: Ah I can't say I've heard about a bOrked CPU-NB multi before? :confused: . . . I can see how that is a pain although as you have a Black Edition chip I'm not sure that is a showstopper as you don't really need to adjust the HT ref.clock to send the chip into orbit? :D . . . I would have though 200MHz-250MHz Ht ref.clock would be ample for a nice blended overclock? . . . apart from that I wonder if this is something to do with the processor being unlocked? . . . does this CPU-NB problem still happen when the chip is locked? . . .
 
buchtis,

dozens of people combined have contributed hundreds of hours of their time in building up this thread with the aim of creating an excellent technical resource for everything to do with AMD® Phenom™ II . . . when you say you "would rather be doing other things than reading though 2000+ posts" this implies that your not that bothered about putting in a little effort yourself . . . but you then say you "feel inadequate" :D

It's generally considered good form to read a thread before asking a question that may have been covered many time already . . . if everyone didn’t read a thread and just asked a question then this thread would be twice the size because of redundant posts answering the same questions again, and again, and again . . . this would diminish the thread as a useful resource and make it harder to read for everyone . . .

If you had read the first page you would have come across the "Welcome" post #9 which lays down a few basic protocols for helping make this thread better . . . one of these points was to avoid using quotations where at all possible, this helps reduce the amount of unneeded text down making the thread easier to read . . . it also helps me identify which people didn't even read the first few posts and just blasted right in with the questions! ;) . . . please check your OcUK Trust email please . . .

Your time is no more important than anyone else’s who has contributed so far, when you say you "Can't be ***** to run Prime" it means anyone looking at your technical screenies has no way or knowing if your work is good and solid or flakey and unstable so its not "contributing" very much really . . . it's been a huge team effort all round and this thread will benefit those people who are prepared to put in the hours and get some solid learning under their belt! :)

In the spirit of friendly co-operation I would urge you to read the thread through once you have time . . . pick up your free gifts and also the know-how to get the best possible performance from your AMD® Phenom™ II . . . The [C3] revision is a slightly reworked [C2] piece of silicon that appears to run a little cooler and overclock a bit better . . . your got a nice chip there and I hope you can pick up the knowledge from everyone else’s hard work to get the best from it! :cool:
 
Hey borgia :)

Kinda "overwhelmed" by screenies there! :D

Just a quick suggestion . . . obviously HardwareMonitor tracks "both" idle & Load temps so there is no need to publish separate images to reflect this! ;)

So is the TMPIN1 sensor showing your CPU temps then? . . . sorry I'm a bit confused in the myriad of screenies knowings whats what? . . . I'm seeing 65°C load temps with the X4 at 3.1GHz which seems quite high?

Any chance you could redo (cut down) the images in your last post please? . . . also don't forget to include your name somewhere in the screenies if at all possible . . . many thanks! :cool:
 
Hey borgia :)

I'm not sure how much of this thread you have read but can I direct you towards the "welcome" post please! ;)

If you check that over you will read I have been trying to avoid any undeed "quotations" :D . . . this no quotes policy is different to most other threads but its its done for a good reason which is to help make this "long" thread easier to read and eliminate as much redundant text as possible . . . with this is mind may I politely ask you to (yet again) redo your last post and remove the quotes . . . thanks in advance for your co-operation and look forward to your futher results! :cool:
 
Hi Muel . . . I'm not sure if I agree with your conclusion . . . its quite easy to know I am talking to you as I am using your name and you know what I'm talking about . . . if I was referring to one of your earlier posts it would be very easy for me to reference the post without needing to quote you for a snapback link :D

So what's this problem with your Gigabyte UD3H with a 965BE C2 with CnQ not working? :confused:

The only time I've had a problem with CnQ was either when I didn't have the drivers installed *or* I didn't have some Windows power saving option set correctly? . . . I didn't enounter this problem where CnQ stops working if the CPU multi is hiked too far?
 
Hey borgia,

I check your "reworked" post #2001 showing the difference between the stock cooler vs the Gelid Tranquillo! :)

AMD® Phenom™ II X4@ 3.1GHz

  • 36°C - 65°C
  • 25°C - 39°C
40% reduction in load temps! . . . very nice! :cool:
 
Hey Muel . . . I was just asking about your memory as I remember you having a grumble about it a few months back and I was trying to be helpful? :D

Having read what the "more experienced PhenomII overclockers" told you about DDR3 I'm not sure I agree? . . . the memory controller doesn't run at 1333MHz? :confused: . . . I think what you mean is that "officially" the chip support DDR3 memory up to 1333MHz but the multipliers are present for 1600MHz operation . . . I built an AMD® Phenom™ II X4 rig for a friend back in April that used DDR3-1600 and it worked fine? :)

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I was looking at a review which did some testing with different speed DDR3 along with a stock and overclocked AMD® Phenom™ II X6 . . . while the chip was at stock there was really not much difference between the different memory configs but once the chip was overclocked as well as the CPU-NB there were gains to be had? . . . I'm not sure if the gains were good enough to pay a large premium for but if I was personally buying DDR3 memory I would consider it a long term investment and certainly buy DDR3-1600 over DDR3-1333 for an extra £5.00 . . . If I already owned DDR3-1600 I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be running it at DDR3-1333 unless I could get some mega low timings?

Horses for courses I guess! :cool:

 
Hello griffy :)

Can I ask if your going to contribute to this thread you read the "welcome" post please . . .

After you read that may I politely ask you revist post #2023 and post #2025 click the [edit] button and delete the undeed quotes please . . many thanks! :cool:

Trust email sent . . .
 
GoogalyMoogaly, can you help me get your story right? :confused:

You originally bought a 95w AMD® Phenom™ II X6 & XYZ motherboard . . . you then had a problem with said motherboard so you sent it back to OcUK but also included your processor? . . .

Then OcUk either returned your original motherboard saying "No Fault Found" or they sent you a new motherboardboard saying "Fault Found" . . . can you confirm which of these scenarios is true please?

With either scenario you don't actually know what chip you have now because you didn't check the code on the IHS since it was returned? . . . you suspect it is your original chip because of some TIM on the CPU? :D
 
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