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AMD® Phenom™ II Overclocking Thread

Skillmister
If your getting 40°C load with X2 and you reckon you would reach 50°C load with X4 then I imagine the Baram would knock 15°C-20°C off that *if* used with a fan. You can also use the Baram passive but it won't let you knock out the really big clocks . . . I started iff using mine passive (as seen in the pic above) but eventually hit some stability issues past about 3.4GHz . . .slapped a basic Akasa 4-pin smart-fan and knocked 20°C off the load temps! . . . I think the Baram is easy to fit but it does need the motherboard to be removed, no problem for you as you know the little effort will be worth it! :D

timmy222
Ok, what pants cpu cooler did you get then? :o

Uriel
I didn't know you could monitor CPU-NB voltage? . . .cool! :) . . . I wonder is that motherboard dependant? . . . and what board are you using again?

Si Lad
That's a great result, good to see you making small adjustments that lead to improved stability, I'm impressed, I wonder if you will be the first to publish a prime stable 4GHz quad, I'd love to have a go on that system I bet it must really fly. Gaming is a great stability test too for those that hate blending. I am wondering how your load temps are?

ran_out
Welcome and great first result and great screenie! :) . . . don't forget to include your name in your images please, keep clocking! :cool:
 
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Skillmister

If you settle on a lesser overclock for day to day runnings then I think the *passive* Baram will suffice! . . . It's one of the best heatsinks I've used and reminds me a lot of the Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme but with a smooth/flat mirrored base! . . . it's total overkill on a AMD® Athlon™ II even when overclocked (3.6GHz @ 34°C) but the Deneb cores L3 cache seems to kick out big heat, I think the level 3 cache just needs proper cooling and the Baram will do just that . . . I agree £30 is a big chunk of change but you should get a fair bit of use out of it and should last years! :D
 
timmy222
Good to see you making some progress . . . remember there is no rush so just find a pace that works best for you . . . slowly but surely works well for me . . . look forward to some sceenies and good luck! . . . p.s any chance you can [edit] the swear word out your post here please! :D

lemzip
How do you feel! :D . . . my goodness you certainly got lucky there, the AMD® Phenom™ II 550 BE does seem like a really great option for *lucky* people . . . good to see 1:29mins of Prime there, is that Blend test or Small FFTs? . . . I wondered if it possible to make your screenies just a little bigger or clump the windows together a bit more as the details on the screen are a bit hard to read, also don't forget to include your name in the screenshots somewhere . . .happy clocking you lucky so and so! :)

Elfmeister
CPU Over Voltage control on your board = Petrol for the CPU, HT Config is a multi for HT, default is 2000 (10x200) but you can go as low as 1200 (6x200), the first figure in those examples is the HT muti, the second figure is your HT Ref.Clock . . . at the moment you don't need to worry about the HT multi and can leave it at default x10 but once you overclock gets a bit more advanced and you begin to raise the HT Ref.Clock above default 200MHz you may find you need to drop the HT multi . . . i.e if you raised your HT Ref.Clock to 250MHz with the HT link at default x10 then your HT link is running at 2.5GHz (10x250) which may or may not cause a problem but dropping the HT multi to x8 would take the strain from it as it would now be running at 2GHz (8x250) . . . .don't worry too much about it and the Width, Overvolt for the moment! :) . . . . AMD Overdrive is a really neat tool and highly recommended for the learner, I used it for nearly a month to do some basic clocking but found eventually I got better results using the BIOS. Give yourself plenty of time and do things at your own speed, don;t try to follow the pace of some of the other guys here as they have probably been doing it longer than you . . . . the speed will come, consider yourself a juggernaut just slowly starting but given enough time will build up speed and become an unstoppable force! :cool:

Martini1991
I followed Gareth's thread which you contributed too, I'm dying to see an 8-hour Prime Blend at 4GHz from the people who have been clocking these chips for a couple of months, IBT is good still and that nice to see also but an 8-hour Prime would be *special*, look forward to your results and any pictures you have of your watercooled system!! :)
 
Just reposting the Welcome Post in case any slackers didn't read this thread through from the beginning :D


Please note:

Hello my Brothers (& Sisters), I would just like to inform you there is every possibility that this thread will be viewed by a lot of people around the world including maybe representatives from AMD® etc . . . I am hoping we can demonstrate what fantastic, friendly and capable bunch of overclockers the crew @ OcUK are . . . I'm gonna do my level best to make this a fun thread and I hope you guys (& girls ) enjoy!

If any of you have Photoshop installed it would be great if you added your name and a little bling to the screeny, if not then try to make sure your name is in the image somewhere (even a .txt document)

Can I also suggest that in an effort to make the thread easier to read that we use quotes as little as possible, especially if your answering a post directly above yours! (CAT-THE-FIFTH:p) . . . if you do need to quote then I would love you to death if you edited them down a bit (selective quote!) . . . I'm so sorry if this seems like nit-picking but you would be surprised how much easier a thread is too read without excessive quoting . . .

I'm also gonna be *lifting* some peoples screenshots out and using them to fill the "Screen Of The Day!" section in post #2 . . . Also don't forget some people will be *viewing* using a laptop so keep the image dimensions reasonable and fill the space with as much useful stuff as possible (temps, stability, Memory timings etc) . . .

Apart from that do your best to produce nicer results than the other OcUk guys working down the hall in the Intel® Core™ i3 lab! :D

May The *Force* Be With You! :cool:
 
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Elfmeister
Your welcome! :) . . . I don't have AMD Overdrive but I would say the vCore figure you are seeing in CPU-z is a good figure to work with . . . I am amazed at the speed you are working, from a standing start your at 3.8GHz already! (19x200) 1.525vCore 60°C full load :D . . . I would get a Prime95 Blend test running on that for as many hours as you can (maybe while you sleep?) and see just how robust that clock is . . . I'd say your temps are fairly high now for continued overclocking but we can test that theory out soon enough, look forward to your stabilty screens! :cool:

lemzip
Ah I see, you bought a pre-unlocked chip, nice! . . . you have clocked your CPU-NB to 2.6GHz as well with no increased voltage?, excellent! . . . looking forward to your stability screens! :)

eddyc
Your moving pretty fast too . . . grease lightning! :p . . . thanks for the screenie and I look forward to your continued results . . . see if you can get some Prime95 blending done and try make sure you keep a copy of CPU-z in your screenshots for peoples reference, many thanks! :)

CAT-THE-FIFTH
Hellooo! :) . . . I think there have been one or two *unlocking* threads made but none have endured . . . I think it's a great idea for someone to create and maintain an new thread for unlocking hints & tips and I think you just nominated yourself for the job! :p . . . It does seem like a lot of AMD® Phenom™ II X2 550 BE chips are unlocking well, and overclocking pretty well too, tempting, very tempting! :D

Meaker
Whooooosh! . . . um holy cow! unlocked and 3.9GHz already! :eek: . . . May the force be with you heh! ;) . . . look forward to any screenies you can submit, Prime95 blend seems to pick up any problems quite quickly but OCCT screens are welcomed also, good luck . . . not that you need it! :cool:
 
Lovely results ~>Dg<~ . . . don't forget to include another CPU-z showing the [Mem] tab . . . also see if you can crop the screens down a tad to only include relevant infor and most importantly . . . . don't forget your name! :)

P.s: I'm still not sure if Super-PI is a good test to demonstrate these chips as that software is *optimised* for Intel® processors, can we come up with a better test to showcase these chips please? :cool:
 
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eddyc
Afaik the only way to adjust the speed of each core separately is by using AMD Overdrive? . . . if you have made good progress with your clocks and done some Prime95 stability tests then you deserve some time-out and maybe do some gaming etc :)

~>Dg<~
Good luck with the 4GHz stability run, many have died trying! . . . may the force be with you! :p

Uriel
How about we try CineBench 10 as well as Fritz, that is evenly optimised afaik, the one bit of software that would also be great but I don't think is free and that would be Everest as it really shows off the fantastic *low* latency these AMD systems offer . . .

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Off Topic Chip Used but screenie is still relavant!


EGuitarStar
Those AMD® Phenom™ II X2 550 BE results look very good to me, good work and nice screen! . . . get some gaming done and see how the system holds up! :)

eddyc
Hehe, you win some and you lose some, my chip didn't unlock yet but such is life! . . . I'm still over the moon with the performance regardless, get some gaming done and I'm sure you will be please again! :D
 
Elfmeister, You may have corrupted your O/S install . . . .reset to stock and check . . .it's always good practice to have a nice backup of the O/S in case it all goes Pete Tong

Off Topic:
Yes I use the onboard audio, works perfectly well and no hiss/cracks/pops etc . . . I did have a issue with the front panel connectors and a hissy sound but i think this is my case, regardless if the headphones are connected to the rear I/O part everything is mint! :)
 
Hello All! :)

Just had a killer week of work so missed out on a few updates, nice to see everyone still working away at their best clocks, some great results there

If anyone that has just joined the thread and missed it can I point you towards the Welcoming Post which gives you some basic guidelines on this thread . . .!

lemzip
Some great results there! :eek . . . I'm not 100% what base chip you have? . . . is that a AMD® Athlon™ II Propus with *unlocked* cache to a full Deneb? if so nice one!, good seven hours Prime95 stability testing there . . .can I ask if possible you clump your windows a bit closer together and see if you can get the image dimension reduced a tad (for the laptop users!), many thanks and keep up the good work! :D

Elfmeister
Looks like your really flying off now, good work there! . . . from your BIOS photos it looks like you are still running an early BIOS revision, have a check and if so get your BIOS updated to the latest one and you will get a few more options appearing in the overclocking section, I think 1.3v is fine for the CPU-NB and as already been pointed out the CPU-NB is built into the CPU and not the separate Northbridge on the motherboard, I think as you boost the CPU-NB volts the cache on the processor will get hotter so keep an eye on temps if possible . . . . look forward to any more stability screens you can produce! :)

Uriel
Very good results your geting from your chip! :eek: for what you paid for it I think you've done well, nice to also see a 300 HT Ref . . . I didn't managed to get past 267 myself so good work there. I think it will be a good idea to keep mentioning or including with the screenshot that it's a AMD® Athlon™ X2 5000+ as some bargain hunters may be severely tempted to also go the affordable quad route! . . . good luck with the Priming! :)

saayinla
Welcome to the thread and I see you produced some nice results already! so you bought a AMD® Phenom™ II X2 550 unlocked it to a quad-core! nice! . . . as has already been pointed out you lose the ability to monitor certain cores once they are unlocked, I was gonna suggest you maybe start your overclocking with the chip locked and running as a vanilla dual core but I can see you already done that! :D . . . Once you figured out how the chip performs as a dual and monitor temps/volts etc you will be in a much better position to get it unlocked and overclocked, look forward to your stability tests! . . . Couple of thread pointers, can I suggest you show a couple of CPU-z in your screenies, group your windows a bit tighter, leave prime95 for a few hours before taking a screen grab, most importantly don't forget your name somewhere in the screenie, all info you need is in the Welcoming Post . .

gareth170
Welcome to the thread! :) . . . please feel free to post up some of your best screenies for the others in case they didn't read your thread, I'll think you will agree the guys have produced some great results here . . . did you get around to upgrading your cooling? I remember you had a regular TRU-120 right? . . . . we still haven't had any nice 4GHz stability screenies! :D

joewm18
Welcome to the thread! :) . . . I see you have a AMD® Phenom™ II 965 BE @ 3.825GHz, very nice, look forward to any stability screenies you get time to share, I think that cooler upgrade you did was pretty worthwhile, nice temps and I'm sure there is scope for a little more MHz when you can be bothered, seems like a nice all round set-up you have though . . . would be nice to see a couple of photos of this Scythe Mugen 2 is you can managed it, thanks in advanced! :)

~>Dg<~
How's it going man? :) . . . where you at with your overclocking, any more progress of screenies to share? . . .

PapaLazaru
Welcome to the thread! :) . . . Look forward to your results . . .how many extra cores were you able to unlock? . . . did you get the full quad? :D . . . If your new to clocking then it may be an idea to start off clocking the chip as a dual core and then once you feel comfortable with the process you can unlock and get some quad-core action going on, you should be alright starting off with the stock cooler and a dual core but I imagine to get the best from the chip *unlocked* an upgraded cooler may be handy for keeping the added load temps reasonable . . . need to know anyting more then ask away! :cool:

Monkeynut
Welcome to the thread! :) How's it going? . . . did you make any progress with your AMD® Phenom™ II x2 550 BE . . . I'm not sure where your at now? hehe so many people I'm having problems keeping up! :o

Hamoodii
Welcome to the thread! :) . . . look forward to seeing how your AMD® Athlon™ X2 5000+ performs, that seems to be the ultimate bang-for-buck chip on the forums at present, be sure to check through Uriel's results as he has the same chip as yourself . . . don't forget to give the Welcoming Post a quick read for thread guidelines, many thanks and good luck! :cool:

.walls
Interesting result there! . . . is that a Heka core you have? . . . Did you have any luck with unlocking the extra core? . . . Also what is that machine used for?, I've not seen a screenshot like that before? :D

Skillmister
Heh you lucked out with your AMD® Phenom™ II x2 (which exact model do you have btw?) . . . all the cores unlocked and stable at 3.0GHz, good start. If it's true you have a non black edition then your gonna have to clock old-school style using the HT ref. Clock which should see you good up to 267MHz . . . that combined with the 15x multi could see results in theory up to 4005MHz (15x276) so good luck with the clocking! . . your gonna need to pay attention to the CPU-NB/HT Link & Memory Divider! :)

@Everyone

Still will be interested to see some CineBench 10 results as well as some Everest results . . .curious to see what kinda low latancy you guys are geting with your fast DDR3 set-ups! :D

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Not sure if anyone is interested but there may be some AMD® freebies up for grabs @ Promotions from AMD® Underground . . .

I also emailed AMD® and asked them if they got any spare AMD® Merchandise for everyone who contributes to this thread and they said they will have a look and get back to me, don't get your hopes up too much as it may be something small like a pen, sticker etc :p but I will let you know when they get back to me!
 
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Hello all,

got some freebies from AMD for anyone that's contributed to the thread so far, a full copy of the Call of Juarez PC game, couple of years old but a goodie apparently . . . just drop me an email at the address above with the subject AMD Freebie 001 and include a link to one of your posts in this thread that includes a "named" screenshot! :cool:
 
gurusan
Welcome aboard dude, looking forward to your results . . . I expect good things! :D

1979Damian
Welcome also, very nice results and you made "Screen of the Day" . . . couple of pointers, would it be possible for you to include two copies of CPU-z with the second showing the [Memory] tab, also can you try and cut down the image size if possible or fill as much of the space with technical info, and last but not least watch out for excessive quoting (i.e quoting a full post immediately below the original) :)

IKMS
Welcome also, some nice results there! . . . don't forget to to include two copies of CPU-z with the second showing the [Memory] tab, watch out for excessive quoting and most importantly don't forget to include your name somewhere in your screenies, many thanks! :)

Call Of Juarez
All posted off today first class so hopefully be with you guys soon . . . any AMD® Phenom™ II owners that missed the free game offer more details here
 
AMD® Phenom™ II X3 705E, that was a new one on me, just had alook here and I'm seeing a 65W TDP chip clocked at 2.5GHz (12.5x200), is that the one? . . . . crikey to get that at 4.0GHz needs a 320Ht Ref? . . that's not easy or is that easy with the right board?

I thought I read you were going for a AMD® Phenom™ II X2 555 BE but I figured that if it didn't unlock beyond a X2 you would be most displeased! :D . . . so in that respect I think you made a good/safe choice! :cool:
 
Sounds good!

I'm still not sure what restricts HT ref. Clock? . . . like could it be down to the motherboard/chipset or perhaps it is something to do with the chip? . . i remember some LGA775 chips wouldn't work properly with a high FSB?

I've only had one AM3 chip and one AM2+ mobo so not enough hardware to draw any conclusions yet! :)
 
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I dunno Uriel? . . . maybe they will? . . . . I found a worthwhile increase by upping the CPU-NB frequency too . . . maybe we just got better samples and perhaps a few people may find they can't raise the CPU-NB without heaps of extra juice? . . . I'm still finding all this AM2+/AM3 stuff like the Wild West, probably take me another few months to feel I know what is actually going on here! :D
 
Nice results the-tazs! :) . . . can I ask you open another copy of CPU-z and show the [Memory] tab please (you can open multiple CPU-z no problem), also don't forget to include your name somewhere in the screenie, happy clocking! :cool:
 
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