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AMD® Phenom™ II Overclocking Thread

There was one guy in this thread that had a 1.325 vid Phenom II 965.. I'd have paid 180 quid for that chip easily..

Here's a screenshot of my progress so far.

I've got the windows in my third screen.
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BIG WAYNE i have had a good read of this thread some cracking OC here cant wait to give it a go!! I see i have the same board as you the asus m4a785d-m pro, i have had a look around the bios but was not to sure which settings to change to overclock my ram to 1066mhz as it defaults at 800mhz, also was a little confused to which was the cpu multiplyer, sorry for sounding dum its just i dont wanna change the wrong thing lol and seeing as you have the same board i thought you would be the best person to ask :)
 
Hello liamcrane, glad you found some of the info helpful, I agree the lads have knocked out some good results! :) . . . I'd leave the ram at the default 800MHz setting and slowly change the Ht Ref. Clock in BIOS up from [200] to [266], this will get the memory up to DDR2-1066 speeds. Before you adjust the Ht Ref. Clock change the CPU-NB multi, HT Multi and CPU multi *down* a few notches unless other wise they will all be overclocked . . better to take it in smaller steps . . . p.s: I'm not sure how you missed it but I am trying to avoid excessive quoting in this one specific thread (as mentioned in the welcome post) can you please edit post #824 to not include an excessive quote please ;)
 
Hi chaps am currently auto clocking my AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 550 3.10GHz Black Edition with the AMD overdrive.

It has just hit 3.5Ghz is this wise with as standard cooler?

Currently running at 30c, I assume the program stress tests it before allowing the increase?
 
liamcrane, if your really fresh to this platform then take it nice and slow, do simple experiments like changing one thing at a time and then looking at CPU-z to see what's changed . . . you got:

  • CPU Multi
  • CPU-NB Multi
  • HT Link Multi
  • HT ref. Clock
You need to first work out the basic link between all of the above before you change things! :)
 
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Hey PapaLazaru, welcome to the thread! :) . . . please make sure to read the welcome post and preferably the whole thread before proceeding . . . looks like your off to a good start there, temps fine! :D

"Don't quote me on that!"
 
PapaLazaru: See what the lads say, I'm not sure what is a generally agreed "high" temps as of yet? . . . I'm also not sure if anyone else is using the stock cooler? . . . should be fine for the moment! :)
 
If anyone feels the need, then I suppose it would be a good idea to write a "mini-guide" to AMD® Phenom™ II Overclocking from your own personal point of view . . . I could then link it to the new guys as and when they join. doesn't have to be a monster and could be as simple & specific such as getting the best from the CPU-NB clocks or how you found the temps scaled with your clocks etc . . . if everyone does a little bit the end result could be special! :)

I know most of the thread members have nearly "mastered" their clocks now but your knowledge is still mostly in your head and scattered across dozens of posts, little guides are always appreciated by people when they are new, clears the fog away and speeds them on their way! :cool:
 
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I think thats a fab idea wayne it would save people like myself kinda mucking up the idea of this thread which is to post and compare our OC instead of us asking how to do it
 
I didn't get any OCCT results apart from Gareths! :D

Now I need yet another favour, can someone with a BE chip make me a screen grab using two copies of CPU-z like this please, main [CPU] tab and [Mem] tab side by side on a clean white background (open Notepad behind CPU-z) . . . . you can mail the image direct to my email here . . . I'm gonna have a stab at a better starter guide but need the image to explain things . . . thanks in advance, I will [edit] the unhappy faces below to a smile when I get the images I need!

Task Status:

OCCT Ripple results= :(
CPU-z [CPU] tab and [Mem] screenie = :)
 
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Last night whilst tinkering with my bios to solve my strange voltage dropping issue, i seem to have managed to fry my computer!!

I was running 18.5x205= 3.8ghz with 2460mhz cpunb abd ht at 1.425v vcore and 1.2v nb, ram at 1640mhz all nice and stable except for voltage dropping and multiplier changing to 4 at 55 degrees.

I changed 1 setting which caused my pc to die a quick death: ADVANCED CLOCK CALIBRATION. I changed this from Auto, to ALL CORES and changed the default value of -2% to 0%.

Saved and rebooted, pc died. Now i press the power button, the fans rotate about once and dies after a split second. Nothing else happens, doesn't post whatsoever.

My plan of action is, bios reset. Test psu, then point fingers at the motherboard being fried?

If the bios was knackered, there is at least backup bios and it would still turn on, same as the cpu (which never blow up), it would still boot. Anyone agree it'll be the mobo? Why was that the setting of doom? Or coincidence.

Sigh!

Thanks all.
 
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