My Opteron 146 clock

geeza · 3 Mar 2006 at 23:17

CACJE 0604 CPAW stepping

Im currently running it at 2.7ghz on stock volts (1.360) 270x10 with a 150 divider on Geil Value memory (192mhz 2.5-3-3-6 timings)

Havent tried for higher or primed yet but just played BF2 for a couple of hours. sweet, i wonder what it can do with a slight volt adjustment

Defcon5 · 3 Mar 2006 at 23:21

Get those ram timings down at that freq.

Wish i could run at stock voltage!

geeza · 4 Mar 2006 at 00:26

I only have geil value so itl naff up if either lower them or overclock it. GSkill pc4000 coming soon!

Big.Wayne · 4 Mar 2006 at 00:33

geeza said:
CACJE 0604 CPAW stepping

Im currently running it at 2.7ghz on stock volts (1.360) 270x10 with a 150 divider on Geil Value memory (192mhz 2.5-3-3-6 timings)

I can't see anything but words?

ken1307 · 4 Mar 2006 at 00:58

Big.Wayne said:
I can't see anything but words?

well, he does said something :

geeza said:
Havent tried for higher or primed yet but just played BF2 for a couple of hours. sweet, i wonder what it can do with a slight volt adjustment

and thats called game stable in my book which good enough as long as YOU happy

geeza · 4 Mar 2006 at 13:20

K, here's a couple of pics, I know its only been ran for a couple of hours but im still impressed for a chip i paid £113 for, increased the voltage very slightly and ramped it up 800mhz

SuperPI does 30seconds for 1mb and 5min 45 for 8mb. More importantly games play smooth

ACESHIGH · 4 Mar 2006 at 13:56

looks like it was a good choice.

you have yourself a cheap Athlon FX57

dunno · 4 Mar 2006 at 16:09

You could probably hit 3Gig with your processor. I need to supply 1.45 volts to mine to get 2.8Gig

same stepping aswell

Tosk · 4 Mar 2006 at 19:07

mother board u using geeza?

geeza · 4 Mar 2006 at 19:33

DFI Ultra-D. Ill be ordering some GSkill PC4000 on monday i think but how do i get to 3ghz on geil value ram, cant go above 200mhz really.

Mul · 4 Mar 2006 at 19:52

put the ram on the 02/03 133:200 divider. That'll keep the ram at 200 when the fsb is 300

Mul

Jack Bauer · 4 Mar 2006 at 20:00

Is it prime stable, if so thats a nice OC. Had to put my voltage up to 1.42 to get 10 hours out of prime at 2.8. Same stepping btw

geeza · 4 Mar 2006 at 20:38

Jack Bauer said:
Is it prime stable, if so thats a nice OC. Had to put my voltage up to 1.42 to get 10 hours out of prime at 2.8. Same stepping btw

it is for 2hours, not sure about 10 i will run it on monday when im at work at the same settings. Im thinking that if I want to run it at 3ghz (if it will) ill have to up the volts to about 1.4 something

Jack Bauer · 4 Mar 2006 at 20:43

Mine did not load windows at 3Ghz 1.41 V. Was going to try up to 1.5

Defcon5 · 4 Mar 2006 at 21:24

Id go as far as 1.55 on air

geeza · 5 Mar 2006 at 08:51

sorry people, it seems cpu-z was/is lieing to me. I have the volts in bios on 1.425, is 3ghz on a 2/03 divider a no go or is it still possible say with 1.45volts?

malccy · 5 Mar 2006 at 09:49

Had to put mine on 1.52v to get stable at 3.0ghz so don't worry about putting a little more voltage through - no more than 1.6 though imo.

geeza · 5 Mar 2006 at 17:54

so would it be better to leave as it as at 2.8ghz or try it at 3ghz at 1.5volts? i see quite a lot of people leaving theirs at 2.8 and 1.42volts (same as mine)

what the hell does 'life span' mean anyway. if i ran it at 1.6volts would it just suddenly die after 2 years or something?

Defcon5 · 5 Mar 2006 at 17:56

Id go for thwe higher volts, if it lasts 5 years instead of ten do you really care?

ted34 · 5 Mar 2006 at 18:03

geeza said:
so would it be better to leave as it as at 2.8ghz or try it at 3ghz at 1.5volts? i see quite a lot of people leaving theirs at 2.8 and 1.42volts (same as mine)

what the hell does 'life span' mean anyway. if i ran it at 1.6volts would it just suddenly die after 2 years or something?

Its not volts that kill its the temperature. My 3700 was doing 3.1ghz at 1.55v. It idled at 24degrees and load was 35degrees. I put 45degrees at my load limit. Its your choice whether you want to leave at 2.8ghz. My 3700 was good for 3.2ghz at 1.62v but i thought this was too high a voltage increase for an extra 100mhz so left it at 3.1ghz. In the rare event it dies after 2years remember theres 3yr warranty if you forget to mention "overclock".