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AMD® Phenom™ II Overclocking Thread

thanks for that jimmy, i think I will invest in this cooling setup,
As for the overclocking profiles yes you are correct, 3.4 3.6 and 3.8 but i wasnt sure if it using these profiles was advisable ?

do my temps seem high for a stock system ?
the PC is quite close to radiator.

it seems the CPU and GPU stay around the same temps.
 
Anyone in this thread got a 4.2 GHZ bench run or am i still the only one that managed it this is going back to the fritz super pi thing we were doing last month *edit* post number 63 on this very thread

P:S wayne how do you create a link to a single post
 
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28 quid for fans is a lot! I would go in the MM and try to find a pair of cheap decent fans for under 10 quid total.
 
i like the hidden link thing i just tried it on the post above :)

i've not really done anything since installing win 7 64bit

might be interesting to see if super pi and fritz are any faster
 
gareth170 said:
zoomee, the problem could be the ram at 1600mhz. i get issues that prime95 crashs after about 4hours when i set the ram to 1600mhz. 1333mhz i don't get any problems
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looks like it was the otherway round for me mate ;) - prime95 blend for past 5 and half hrs seems good. If it runs cool overnight I'll give the multi a boost with additional vcore tommorow. Early BIOS , had one RMA already (wrong model supplied) so patience wearing thin :rolleyes:

@@Big.Wayne - ta dude. DRAM frequency just gave me a selection of speeds no multi. So set that to DDR3-1600 and manually set volts to 1.65v

Had the system nearly 2 week and runs blend load @ 40degrees C stock. Hope it can handle the extra juice 2mora. If it does well I'll reward it with another 4gb as this board can handle 4 x 2Gb well, apparantly :)
 
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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! :cool:
 
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! :p
 
lol. Yeah I mentioned earlier I wasn't a huge fan of my current board. It overclocks well but I really need a board with more fine tuning settings.

Will post back my results when I get it all up and running. Sorry for stealin' the deal :p
 
maybe someone should set up a AMD only thread for cinebench and wprime runs

would be interesting to see the unlocked quads compared to the retail quads would also be good to see real world differences in CPU-NB and HT overclocking
 
HT/NB doesn't seem to affect benchs a lot but it definitely helps with smoothness.

I'll find 3.2ghz clock with 2600HT/NB smoother than 4ghz with 2000HT/NB.
As in responsiveness that is, at 2600-2700HT/NB the thing is just as good as moving from mechanical HDD to SSD : ).

@gurusan - how do you like the new toy ? : )
 
Big.Wayne said:
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.?
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yes..

also i've tryed lowering the ram and upping the HT Ref but its the same..

hindle8907 said:
can some on recommend me the best cooler for a 995x4 3.2ghz please ?
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Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme
 
i didn't have hwmonitor running and it seem fine,

tomorrow ill do same but with the ram at 1600mhz 7-7-7-20.

that way ill know if it's the ram or hwmonitor that making issues.


does anyone know why when turning a light on/off or turning a electric plug on/off, makes my pc restarts sometimes
 
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