My new 146 Opteron :D

Wes · 14 Jun 2006 at 13:01

I got a new 146 opteron yesterday and of course we ahd to play with it.

It's currently at 3.0GHz in windows and is very stable. :rolleyes:

Might go for benchmarking later, put some more volts through as I only have 1.525 through atm. Also if I sort my memory out, apparently I could get it higher..

TaKeN · 14 Jun 2006 at 13:09

I wouldnt put any more volts through that chip if i were you,

What cooling are you using ??

Mikey1280 · 14 Jun 2006 at 13:34

With good cooling you have lots of headroom for volts

TaKeN · 14 Jun 2006 at 13:36

I heard that opterons dont like too many volts and quite a few have died because of this :confused:

King_Boru · 14 Jun 2006 at 13:38

If you have good ar cooling then 1.6v is achievable.

Mikey1280 · 14 Jun 2006 at 13:39

1.55v will be fine and so will 1.6v. Jimbo mahoney runs his at 1.7v 24/7 IIRC and mine runs at 1.65v

Deliverance · 14 Jun 2006 at 13:40

Cant even get my CABJE stepping 146 over 2.5

Just hit a wall, no number of volts helps

jellybeard999 · 14 Jun 2006 at 13:42

over 1.5 - 1.6 is the sweet spot, doesnt give much more after im afraid... unless you're on phase or better

JonnyGLC · 14 Jun 2006 at 13:45

TaKeN said:
I wouldnt put any more volts through that chip if i were you,

What cooling are you using ??

lmfao, what are you going on about?

1.52v is nothing, nothing at all.

TaKeN · 14 Jun 2006 at 13:48

I appologise

I blame it on me being tired and annoyed

stigggeh · 14 Jun 2006 at 14:29

Deliverance said:
Cant even get my CABJE stepping 146 over 2.5 Just hit a wall, no number of volts helps

yeah mine hits a wall at 2.9ghz, i think its either cooling or the board (shuttle sn25p) it does 2.9ghz at 1.45v and passes a few hours of prime (too lazy for 12hours), occt and numerous ours of COD UO. but wont do 3ghz, cant even get 1m pi stable with up to 1.65v

Cyber-Mav · 14 Jun 2006 at 14:49

man your lucky my retarded board won;t allow me to get to 3ghz. so gutted :mad:

thats the best i can do fully stable.

gr1mey · 14 Jun 2006 at 14:50

optys love volts!

my 144 is at 3.15ghz 24/7 @ 1.54v

watercooled tho, load temps never above 36'c

TaKeN · 14 Jun 2006 at 15:36

I might sell my 3700 San Diego @ 2.8

and get a nice opty,

once these amd price cuts arive

Shiz · 14 Jun 2006 at 15:37

Cyber-Mav said:
man your lucky my retarded board won;t allow me to get to 3ghz. so gutted

thats the best i can do fully stable.

You not going to put anymore volts through that? Surely with 1.5 you would break 3g

Andy Pandy · 14 Jun 2006 at 15:38

dumb question but how do you guys have the guts to overclock lol. Is there a low risk of damage with the opterons? Im too scared to clock my 3500 in case it breaks.

TaKeN · 14 Jun 2006 at 15:39

Shiz said:
You not going to put anymore volts through that? Surely with 1.5 you would break 3g

Asrock Dual Sata mobo, im pretty sure that board cant hit extreme fsb speeds

Shiz · 14 Jun 2006 at 15:45

Andy Pandy said:
dumb question but how do you guys have the guts to overclock lol. Is there a low risk of damage with the opterons? Im too scared to clock my 3500 in case it breaks.

I have my 3500+ sat at 1.76ghz with 1.65v on water atm. But even before water it would hit 2.7 on 1.6 with a good air cooler.

With overclocking as long as you have good cooling and don't overdo the volts then you will be fine. The worst that will happen is you will have to reset the bios.

gr1mey · 14 Jun 2006 at 16:22

Andy Pandy said:
dumb question but how do you guys have the guts to overclock lol. Is there a low risk of damage with the opterons? Im too scared to clock my 3500 in case it breaks.

The AMD Opterons are on the whole excellent overclockers, and respond well to it.

I'm thinking of switching to a Dual-Core one soon..

Cyber-Mav · 14 Jun 2006 at 17:21

yea no matter how high i go on the voltage the asrock board just keeps crapping out at the 292htt mark.

new board should see this opteron hit 3.1ghz or more easily on air.