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AMD® Phenom™ II Overclocking Thread
- Thread starter Big.Wayne
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Hi zoomee, welcome to the thread! 
. . . make sure you read the welcome post and preferably the whole thread before you give up, some good results have been had, plenty of screenshots etc etc! (an hour or two reading should do it!) . . .
Obviously before getting into the overclocking side of things we would need to get your system fully Prime Blend stable @ stock! . . . . I see you are running one of the latest AM3 mobos, has it got the latest BIOS? . . . have you reset BIOS defaults and tried running Memtest from a bootable CD-ROM/USB stick? . . . not sure what would cause Prime95 to "stops responding completely" on a stock system?
. . . make sure you read the welcome post and preferably the whole thread before you give up, some good results have been had, plenty of screenshots etc etc! (an hour or two reading should do it!) . . .Obviously before getting into the overclocking side of things we would need to get your system fully Prime Blend stable @ stock! . . . . I see you are running one of the latest AM3 mobos, has it got the latest BIOS? . . . have you reset BIOS defaults and tried running Memtest from a bootable CD-ROM/USB stick? . . . not sure what would cause Prime95 to "stops responding completely" on a stock system?
Looks good to me! . . . it's nice you get a real-time voltage display . . . how long have you had this new kit then? . . . if its a day or so then have a kit-kat and ease into it slowly but surely . . . hopefully one of the others thread contibuters who are using DDR3 may be able to help get your memory sorted! 
. . . it's nice you get a real-time voltage display . . . how long have you had this new kit then? . . . if its a day or so then have a kit-kat and ease into it slowly but surely . . . hopefully one of the others thread contibuters who are using DDR3 may be able to help get your memory sorted! Oh yes I see! . . . on the AM2+/DDR2 system I am using along with DDR2-1066 . . . with the system at stock (HT Ref. 200) the memory gets set to 400MHz using the [2:1] memory multiplier, it gives me the option to push the memory straight to 533MHz (I forget the multi?) but sets some slack 7-7-7-x timings which takes a bit of effort to lower . . . on the other hand if I leave the DDR2 using the default [2:1] memory multiplier and just raise the HT Ref. Clock from [200] to [266] the sticks run happily at DDR2-1066 5-5-5-x
So would I be right in thinking you AM3 guys have a few upwards memory multipliers to get the sticks running at DDR3-1066/1333/1600 with a stock HT Ref.?
. . . on the AM2+/DDR2 system I am using along with DDR2-1066 . . . with the system at stock (HT Ref. 200) the memory gets set to 400MHz using the [2:1] memory multiplier, it gives me the option to push the memory straight to 533MHz (I forget the multi?) but sets some slack 7-7-7-x timings which takes a bit of effort to lower . . . on the other hand if I leave the DDR2 using the default [2:1] memory multiplier and just raise the HT Ref. Clock from [200] to [266] the sticks run happily at DDR2-1066 5-5-5-xSo would I be right in thinking you AM3 guys have a few upwards memory multipliers to get the sticks running at DDR3-1066/1333/1600 with a stock HT Ref.?
I think "cooked chips" have nothing to do with overclocking and everything to do with a nice piece of fried cod! 
i.e: I never had a cooked chip and never known anyone who had one either, although I reckon gurusan may have tried his best!
i.e: I never had a cooked chip and never known anyone who had one either, although I reckon gurusan may have tried his best!
Indeed! 
£30 is about my limit on cooling recommendations, at least for people who are not benchmarkers etc . . . although I do notice a lot of folks these days think nothing of splashing double that . . . I would be interested to know how much the other thread members have spent on their cooling and with hindsight was it money well spent or perhaps a bit OTT?
£30 is about my limit on cooling recommendations, at least for people who are not benchmarkers etc . . . although I do notice a lot of folks these days think nothing of splashing double that . . . I would be interested to know how much the other thread members have spent on their cooling and with hindsight was it money well spent or perhaps a bit OTT?
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Jimmy: have a bash on some of these, don't bother with Super-PI
zoomee: you won't see the memory multiplier unless you look in CPU-z [Memory] tab . . . mine says FSB: DRAM [1:2] . . . CPU-z shows it back to front as I think it should say [2:1] i.e: Take the HT ref (200) multiply by [2] and divided by [1] = 400MHz (DDR2-800) . . . thats a memory multiplier!
zoomee: you won't see the memory multiplier unless you look in CPU-z [Memory] tab . . . mine says FSB: DRAM [1:2] . . . CPU-z shows it back to front as I think it should say [2:1] i.e: Take the HT ref (200) multiply by [2] and divided by [1] = 400MHz (DDR2-800) . . . thats a memory multiplier!
gurusan: I was in MM earlier looking at an AM3 board and some Gskill memory . . . it was selling a bit higher than I could afford and thought about putting in an offer for £120 paypal gift . . . was dilly dallying a bit and when I clicked refresh you had appeared and made the offer I was thinking of making!
Gareth: I have another way-out hunch about the light switch/plug causing your PC to sometimes reboot . . . aside from a possible electrical fault in your home I am thinking maybe it is your speakers? . . . yeah I know that sounds whacky but if they are powered speakers plugged into the mains then that's a direct link . . . for testing purposes can you get the speakers unplugged from the system and try the light switches/plugs again! . . . I also have been informed it may be something to do with the main circuit overloading from lots of devices attached (?) so to test that theory you would need to arrange to have as many things unplugged as possible and test again . . .
zoomee: Hang in there buddy, I'm sure we will get your problem sorted soon! . . . P.S can you delete your quote from post #703 please
Pneumonic: Good to see you mate, I was wondering where you been? and how it's going with the Pod-Racer project?
. . . I also have been informed it may be something to do with the main circuit overloading from lots of devices attached (?) so to test that theory you would need to arrange to have as many things unplugged as possible and test again . . .zoomee: Hang in there buddy, I'm sure we will get your problem sorted soon! . . . P.S can you delete your quote from post #703 please
Pneumonic: Good to see you mate, I was wondering where you been? and how it's going with the Pod-Racer project?