AMD Socket 939 X2 4600 back in stock at only £119.99+VAT !!

Killajaz · 11 Jan 2007 at 16:30

But have you tried running 1T@200mhz? Use a divider.

Spyhop · 11 Jan 2007 at 16:33

I'm not going to bother upgrading from my 3700+. When the extra power is actually required I'll be able to get a reasonably priced quad-core or something.

Mundu · 11 Jan 2007 at 16:47

DJKahuna said:
Are you kidding! Yes, i'd recommend getting an X2 but the 7800GTX can stay. It still holds it's own very well. Also, how much ram do you have?

Patriot 2GB PC3200 2-3-2-5

I really can't decide!

locutus12 · 11 Jan 2007 at 17:21

wush said:
I'm not going to bother upgrading from my 3700+. When the extra power is actually required I'll be able to get a reasonably priced quad-core or something.

planning on playing supreme commander, crysis, ut2K7, ? they all will utilise dual core CPU`s.

Gibbo · 11 Jan 2007 at 18:17

HI there

We got the 3800, 4600 and 4800 X2 Socket 939 chips in stock now and have shipped all orders with plenty left over.

We also have the 4000 San Diego Socket 939 1MB cache chips in stock too, these are fantastic overclockers and the price us unreal.

Arriving Monday we have the OEM X2 4200 Socket 939 chips too which are a great deal.

A few days work and once again we have a full range of Socket 939 chips in stock at stunning low prices.

Spyhop · 11 Jan 2007 at 19:17

locutus12 said:
planning on playing supreme commander, crysis, ut2K7, ? they all will utilise dual core CPU`s.

No.

But I'm sure performance would be acceptable on a decent single core CPU.

Final8y · 11 Jan 2007 at 19:38

Gibbo said:
HI there

We got the 3800, 4600 and 4800 X2 Socket 939 chips in stock now and have shipped all orders with plenty left over.

We also have the 4000 San Diego Socket 939 1MB cache chips in stock too, these are fantastic overclockers and the price us unreal.

Arriving Monday we have the OEM X2 4200 Socket 939 chips too which are a great deal.

A few days work and once again we have a full range of Socket 939 chips in stock at stunning low prices.

What about FX60`s ? you mentioned with pricing quote from AMD.
any news on that?

El Jimben · 11 Jan 2007 at 21:50

Gibbo said:
HI there

We got the 3800, 4600 and 4800 X2 Socket 939 chips in stock now and have shipped all orders with plenty left over.

We also have the 4000 San Diego Socket 939 1MB cache chips in stock too, these are fantastic overclockers and the price us unreal.

Arriving Monday we have the OEM X2 4200 Socket 939 chips too which are a great deal.

A few days work and once again we have a full range of Socket 939 chips in stock at stunning low prices.

Gibbo for president!

DJKahuna · 12 Jan 2007 at 16:20

Killajaz said:
But have you tried running 1T@200mhz? Use a divider.

Erm, didn't i just say it wasn't possible at all?

CaNNoN_1981 · 12 Jan 2007 at 22:08

I've managed 2.7ghz so far, settings as follows:-

225 x 12 = 2.7ghz with vcore increased to 1.4v

HT - 4

mem freq - 207mhz

FSB:dram - CPU/13

Timings - 2-3-2-5 1T with volts at 2.8v

El Jimben · 13 Jan 2007 at 16:04

CaNNoN_1981 said:
I've managed 2.7ghz so far, settings as follows:-

225 x 12 = 2.7ghz with vcore increased to 1.4v

HT - 4

mem freq - 207mhz

FSB:dram - CPU/13

Timings - 2-3-2-5 1T with volts at 2.8v

You're putting too much juice through your RAM cannon, I'm sure the default is only 2.6v, as I've got the same kit. Infact, I think there's only 2.6v going through mine now and I have mine @ 225MHz 2.5-3-2-5

sandys · 13 Jan 2007 at 17:34

What sort of temps are you guys getting on air with an overclocked 4600?

I am seeing near 70degC at 2.8Ghz with 1.4v, also CPUZ tells me I have a Toledo I thought they were only 2Mb chips?

ghgh · 13 Jan 2007 at 18:10

DJKahuna said:
haha! 3Ghz! http://www.amdgeeks.net/overclock/346

I decided that it wasn't stable enough though and now i'm running at 2.9Ghz with +0.10V. HTT multi is 5, memory timings are 3-3-3-7-2T at 242Mhz! And yeah, it's stable. So the LCBIE steppings are awesome. Here's my current OC: http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=155429

Beat that with only 1.52V and 38C Idle with another X2 at the same clock speed!

Ive seen a LCBIE stepping 3800+ at 3000MHz on stock volts over on another forum. Mine will only do 3000MHz with 1.55v though but it was overnight stable running folding.... I run 2750 stock volts 24/7. What week is your chip? Im interested as mine is a 0619 rpmw...have clocked it as far as 3121MHz on 1.6v but wasn't stable. Will try and get it stable at 3gig on less than 1.52v later but I'm not hopefull. The jump from 2.8ghz to 3.0 on these athlons takes a lot of voltage I think as mine will run 2.8 , 1.35v but just to get 3.0 takes 1.55v and more than that just isn't stable enough for folding.

ghgh · 13 Jan 2007 at 18:13

sandys said:
What sort of temps are you guys getting on air with an overclocked 4600?

I am seeing near 70degC at 2.8Ghz with 1.4v, also CPUZ tells me I have a Toledo I thought they were only 2Mb chips?

That is waaaaay too hot mate, what cpu cooler are you using? I'd suggest getting dust out of your heatsink and re-seating it with artic silver. You should aim to be below 60c load ideally..

El Jimben · 13 Jan 2007 at 19:11

sandys said:
What sort of temps are you guys getting on air with an overclocked 4600?

I am seeing near 70degC at 2.8Ghz with 1.4v, also CPUZ tells me I have a Toledo I thought they were only 2Mb chips?

Your was probably supposed to be either a 4400 or a 4800 but it didn't cut the mustard for whatever reason so they disabled half the cache and made it a 4600. The Toledo cores are supposed to clock better apparently.

CaNNoN_1981 · 13 Jan 2007 at 21:25

El Jimben said:
You're putting too much juice through your RAM cannon, I'm sure the default is only 2.6v, as I've got the same kit. Infact, I think there's only 2.6v going through mine now and I have mine @ 225MHz 2.5-3-2-5

I have lowered my ram volts just to be on the save side but the ram is known to easily handle 2.8v through it, i've know ppl to run 3.0v through it and be fine.

Currently got 1.4v going through cpu, anyone know round about the limits you should putting through or what it should be able to handle?

El Jimben · 13 Jan 2007 at 21:31

CaNNoN_1981 said:
I have lowered my ram volts just to be on the save side but the ram is known to easily handle 2.8v through it, i've know ppl to run 3.0v through it and be fine.

Currently got 1.4v going through cpu, anyone know round about the limits you should putting through or what it should be able to handle?

Yeh I know they can take more but less volts = less heat

In terms of max volts, I would say 1.6v but it's the CPU temp you need to be concerned with most of all, try not to exceed 60c while under load i.e. prime/orthos.

ghgh · 13 Jan 2007 at 21:33

should be ok upto 1.6v if temperatures are good but personally I dont go above 1.55v for 24/7 use...though Ive used 1.7v (1.65 actual in windows) for a few benchmarking attemps and suicide shots and no chip died as a results on air anyway...on water should be ok upto 1.65v 24/7 if its a good setup and phase change anyones guess.

I believe 1.7v is safe and wont kill a chip (for benchmarking / 24/7 on phase) but from 1.6v to 1.7v shows hardly any improvement on overclock potential from what Ive seen overclocking five A64s and one x2.

CaNNoN_1981 · 14 Jan 2007 at 22:45

Latest Clock:-

cpu - 12x235 - 2.82ghz on 1.488v

HT - 4 - 940mhz

mem - 217mhz 2.5-3-2-5 1T on 1.65v

Just ran Aquamark 3 and got GFX 18,009 - CPU 11,246

Overall score:- 100,015

God knows how stable it is? will run some more tests.

Gerard · 15 Jan 2007 at 09:21

Final8y said:
What about FX60`s ? you mentioned with pricing quote from AMD.
any news on that?

Been wondering that myself, bumpage.