New To Overclocking.

MadMan-JaMeS · 30 Jul 2010 at 17:50

Hey guys,

Tonight i am ordering myself

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1156 / 1366)

And i am wondering what sort of Overclock i should be looking at realisticly ?

At the moment though my case isn't the best but i am buying an antec 300 in the next few weeks

My Motherboard is a Asus M4A78 AMD 770 (Socket AM3/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

And i have Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel (KHX6400D2LLK2/4G) Ram.

James

JamesTuc · 30 Jul 2010 at 18:26

From what I remember, I think the 4.2Ghz mark is about the norm

Nerusy · 30 Jul 2010 at 18:29

you'd be lucky to get 4ghz

MadMan-JaMeS · 30 Jul 2010 at 20:31

JamesTuc said:
From what I remember, I think the 4.2Ghz mark is about the norm

on air cooling ?

thats sound really good

HW91 · 30 Jul 2010 at 20:40

3.8GHz is the norm for Phenom II's

some lucky people get 4GHz unlocked B55's though

MadMan-JaMeS · 30 Jul 2010 at 20:50

Ahh nice,

Well i've ordered it now

should be here tuesday

franco_22 · 30 Jul 2010 at 20:58

3.8ghz is normal for Phenom II

4ghz if you 're very lucky.

I would probably get a different cooler like the coolermaster 212 if you don't want to spend a lot of money.

or this one

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-001-GD&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

if you don't mind the extra tenner.

Reason for this is the Freezer 7 pro is not really the ideal for overclocking.

thingemajib · 30 Jul 2010 at 21:09

HW91 said:
some lucky people get 4GHz unlocked B55's though

like meeeeee

although i rarely ever run it at that. too much voltage involved...

Tikkabhuna · 30 Jul 2010 at 22:21

Some of the Zalman coolers look nice.

Also, random note. If you get to 19x multiplier I found that CnQ stopped working. So just check to see if it does then I would say you should decrease the multiplier and increase the bus.

MadMan-JaMeS · 30 Jul 2010 at 22:37

franco_22 said:
3.8ghz is normal for Phenom II

4ghz if you 're very lucky.

I would probably get a different cooler like the coolermaster 212 if you don't want to spend a lot of money.

or this one

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-001-GD&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

if you don't mind the extra tenner.

Reason for this is the Freezer 7 pro is not really the ideal for overclocking.

Sadly i've ordered now but may buy a better cooler in the future this will be my first time overclocking so i'm not looking to spend huge amounts, but i'm also buying a new case soon so might get the coolermaster 212 aswell

thingemajib · 1 Aug 2010 at 12:37

Tikkabhuna said:
Some of the Zalman coolers look nice.

Also, random note. If you get to 19x multiplier I found that CnQ stopped working. So just check to see if it does then I would say you should decrease the multiplier and increase the bus.

yeah, i get that too. I read that its a limitation of CnQ. It also stops working for me when i go over 210mhz ref clock, but i have a hunch that may be the motherboard being a spazz.

rjk · 1 Aug 2010 at 16:20

JamesTuc said:
From what I remember, I think the 4.2Ghz mark is about the norm

on a 955?

i dont think so

you are looking at 3.8GHz

maybe 4ghz if you have an exceptional chip on a good motherboard.