***official amd 83x0 overclocking thread***

[farmerboy-86]

Yea Generally speaking, although Package on these is said to be 62.

But I'v had both on mine hit the 80's not for long mind. But the CPU will throttle anyway so don't get too alarmed if you go over temperature as long is its not sustained.

Throttling will usally start in low 70's on 83x0's

 

[farmerboy-86]

I agree with the above posts prime is not suited with these chips and in the real work when are we likely to see these temps? I still use prime to see if voltages are ok at desired overclock, then use aida64 and amd test.

Also asus do a benchmark programme thats quite good forget name, but google asus benchmark and it'll pop

Also good to see thread coming along so well

How can we get this as a sticky as well?

 

[farmerboy-86]

Ok so now I have to muster up the will to change my tim to IC Diamond, thats a whole tear down and re build....

Can I be bothered tonight ??

whats your current tim?

i only ask because all modern tim are kinda equal, for example i use artic silver 5 heard all the hype bout ic diamond and i gained nothing in temps

 

[farmerboy-86]

i wouldnt say theyre all the same.. ok theres not a lot to seperate maybe the top 10, but theres still some that just perform 'better'

totally agree not saying every single one the ame but when it comes to the major ones ie ic diamond artic silver ect there really aint anything in it. i was just saying as he said whole strip down, i did same to be disappointed by the result

 

[farmerboy-86]

Was using Mx-4, now using stock tim that came with my Dark Rock Pro 2 and it ain't as good.

in that case go for it will probs gain more from stock tim from cooler going to ic

 

[farmerboy-86]

guys i have a tough decision last night we were talking about best board, i was all set on crosshair but now sabertooth on sale grrrr.
i want the best board for clocking but is crosshair really worth £190 when i can get sabertooth for £137.

will i be disappointed in sabertooth i dont know?

 

[farmerboy-86]

tbh, going for the most expensive 'best' board sort of defeats the point of overclocking imo.

how come? being a better built board with better vrm, which is usually the resulting factor in unstable overclocks due to heat surely you would go for a board that can handle the overclock your aiming for, there is enough factors that cause unstable clocks why not eliminate most of possible?

if you read through my posts heat has been an issue for me vrm wise what i was asking is the sabertooth gonna do any better than my current board.

i dont always think most expensive is gonna be the best far from it but the stats and results speak for themselves with the crosshair

 

[farmerboy-86]

its not that, i know they have better cooling etc.. but overclocking to me was always getting the better product, cheaper

im from the age of socket A and the barton core athlon 2500+

i hear what your saying dude i've tried the cheaper option lol

 

[farmerboy-86]

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very impressive GinG considering your board dude here's mine

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not a lot in it really m8 slighty better cpu cause i upped fsb a tad, but no masses tbf good going m8

 

[farmerboy-86]

Not bad for £570 all in

Got a few tweaks to go over the coming weeks, bet I can get it a little better but for what it took me to get here...about 30min in total not bad results

Edit - also wonder if running Vista will effect any of my scores??

1. i'd say you done great there dude few tweaks any you'll have a monster there

2. not sure on that one tbh

looking good though m8 i just tried your settings from you pic see what i get on windows 7 and post bk

 

[farmerboy-86]

im not sure you wanna see where i5 is dude lmao

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so this is m8 at 4.9 GinG say settings as you from your screen shots at 1.440v and maybe win7 does make a difference


that i7 is looking tasty though i will beat it, with a stick if all else fails lol

 

[farmerboy-86]

I need to tweak the voltage on the cpu I think, but off to bed soon knackered tonight after busy day at work!!

defo see if you can drop them but your making progress dude what its all about

 

[farmerboy-86]

slight tweak to the fsb and that i7 can here me sneaking up on him and he's scared now

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temps are high due to my fiance doing her bit for global warming heating's on at 22 may as well stic tower in oven proberly cooler lmao

here's clock settings and temps

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[farmerboy-86]

Me too. I don't need another system but still really want to build one thanks to this thread.

@GinG - Vista will definitely be holding back your performance. Windows 8 is best for 8 core CPUs.

really? much better than 7?

upgrade that instead of board as im now at 4.9ghz maybe?

my friends say they dont like w8 though

 

[farmerboy-86]

LOL I know the feeling pal - they are always 'cold'

true took her abroad last year still said she was chilly lmao

im so suprised im @ 4.9ghz @1.44v that's crazy low imho?

 

[farmerboy-86]

Windows 8 handles more cores better than 7, but it won't be massive. I expect Vista will be quite a bit behind though.

It's fine if you ignore Metro and just use the desktop - basically identical to 7.

ahh so not ground breaking results may hang of a bit

i seem to always wanna spend improving this thing when i dont need to, im sure its more obsession than passion now need to break this and get back to gaming dam you forums lol, after i put gpu under water!

 

[farmerboy-86]

be happy with what you got.. otherwise the whole point of a pc to you will be nothing but overclocking with the goal moving further and further away til youv got no money and no fingers after freezing them off in a liquid nitrogen cooling gone wrong post

lmao dude your so right i was happy with 4.5ghz but then wanted more and it keeps going im gonna get 4.9ghz stable as possible and stic there, iwas gonna stic with 4.8ghz for everyday use but considering voltage and temps i think 4.9ghz wont hurt here

battlefield will take up all my time soon, anyways i have medal of honour and it said i can get beta but can i? NOOOO i cant grr. hate origin

 

[farmerboy-86]

Ha ha yeah I know, I'll probably move over to Windows 8 but im kind of holding on for Steam os & see if that is any good. If I can browse the net, watch movies & play all my games I'll ditch windows altogether.

+1 for this
i have signed up for beta to echo what you said i will defo run stem os over windows

 

[farmerboy-86]

good going orch not masses high scores at 4.9 tbh well done dude.

no luck any higher yet then?

 

[farmerboy-86]

A nice little community is forming, brings a smile to ones face.

+1 to this never thought asking a question about my cpu would make the thread go this far

All the amd users are out in force intel who? Good job guys lets keep it going

My own progress bk down to 4.8 for my 24/7 use more than enuff really low temps and voltage so Im happy. After a week gaming with it im chuffed really responsive and destroys all games. Only thing left to do is put gpu into my water loop