Opteron 165 overclocks

footman · 6 Jun 2006 at 22:47

CS||nuTs said:
XP120 and a Akasa120 is what i currently use.

thats what I shall be using as thats on my 146 now. Is there any better air cooling?

PureAppleJuice · 6 Jun 2006 at 22:56

CS||nuTs said:
Yeh im running the memory quite loose at the minute until i can find a steady FSB.

What speed is your CPU at? I seem to have hit a brick wall at around 2.75ghz - Seems to be memory giving me problems, it's similar to yours, Platinum EL or what have you. Timings are loose on it, won't perform

sgoaty · 7 Jun 2006 at 16:31

jidh007 said:
What speed is your CPU at? I seem to have hit a brick wall at around 2.75ghz - Seems to be memory giving me problems, it's similar to yours, Platinum EL or what have you. Timings are loose on it, won't perform

AAARRRGGGGHHHHH over 2 weeks and having now paid over the odds for this chip its not even the stepping advertised. I am not a happy bunny

Vertigo · 7 Jun 2006 at 17:10

What was it advertised as and what have you ended up with?

Was this a US retailer or off the bay?

sgoaty · 7 Jun 2006 at 17:15

Vertigo1 said:
What was it advertised as and what have you ended up with?

Was this a US retailer or off the bay?

Yup US Retailer 100% positive feedback of over 300 and listed as CCBBE 610DPMW also with this photo

I have ended up with CCBWE 0604 TPMW reports suggest that its no better than the one i just sold for a fair bit less than this one cost me

Sparky · 7 Jun 2006 at 17:19

Just toying with the volts this 1 needs.
CCBWE 0550 UPMW

Sparky · 7 Jun 2006 at 17:39

2.5GHZ and still at 1.36 vCore

footman · 7 Jun 2006 at 17:57

sgoaty said:
Yup US Retailer 100% positive feedback of over 300 and listed as CCBBE 610DPMW also with this photo

I have ended up with CCBWE 0604 TPMW reports suggest that its no better than the one i just sold for a fair bit less than this one cost me

thats terrible, at least mine was the one pictured on *bay even if it did cost a small fortune.

Sparky · 7 Jun 2006 at 17:58

Isnt that illegal Scott? Advertising 1 thing and selling something else.

Vertigo · 7 Jun 2006 at 18:17

sgoaty said:
Yup US Retailer 100% positive feedback of over 300

Retailer with feedback? You mean it was an ebay auction or a normal website that just provided a feedback system?

Got me worried now as I've got one coming from an ebay seller with feedback of just over 300

sgoaty · 7 Jun 2006 at 19:04

Vertigo1 said:
Retailer with feedback? You mean it was an auction or a normal website that just provided a feedback system?

Got me worried now as I've got one coming from an ebay seller with feedback of just over 300

Damn straight its illeagal and it was an auction from a guy called Normz04

Vertigo · 7 Jun 2006 at 19:20

sgoaty said:
Damn straight its illeagal and it was an auction from a guy called Normz04

Well I'm happy that it's not who I've just bought one from but still gutted for you tbh.

I take it you've sent him a rather choice email about it, any response yet?

sgoaty · 7 Jun 2006 at 19:38

Vertigo1 said:
Well I'm happy that it's not who I've just bought one from but still gutted for you tbh.

I take it you've sent him a rather choice email about it, any response yet?

none yet ill keep you posted

Paul_Robson · 7 Jun 2006 at 21:57

Threaten him with PayPal, that should scare him.PayPal can halt his account until you are happy.It happened to me, and i was in the right, some freak got my account frozen with paypal, and it wasnt even my fault. PayPal should be the way to go, or if you paid by VISA, try recover your money from them.At the end of the day its a case of fraud.

footman · 8 Jun 2006 at 00:23

My 165 arrived from the States today a CCBBE 0610DPMW "904" supposed to be one of the best. All I can say is clocking my 146 was a breeze compared to this!

To begin with my windows system was a tad flaky recently with error messages galore. When I installed the 165 and new GSKILL 400 HZ it told me I had new hardware (such as my scanner!)and it would install it. It failed to install my Saitek Gamers Keyboard correctly.

Ive only been able to run up to an HTT of 287 which gives me 2583Mhz and thats at 1.55volts. Memory is running at 234.8. Above that I was getting BSOD's with error messages like "IRQ not less or equal" or NTFS errors. I also had some data corruption and CHKDSK ran automatically.

Advice please:
are BSOD's normally the stopping point for clocking?
would I have been better to do a clean install of XP?
should I just accept that this chip will not any further on air(si-120 and akasa 120 fan)?

Paul_Robson · 8 Jun 2006 at 00:35

I can only get to 2205 mhz, thats 9*245 .get a better cooler like an Artic Freezer 64 Pro, see if that helps. Im new to this clocking stuff but i know that you need a good cooler.And make sure u have the microsoft dual-core windows fix/patch.

footman · 8 Jun 2006 at 00:42

Paul_Robson said:
I can only get to 2205 mhz, thats 9*245 .get a better cooler like an Artic Freezer 64 Pro, see if that helps. Im new to this clocking stuff but i know that you need a good cooler.And make sure u have the microsoft dual-core windows fix/patch.

I thought the si-120 was a really good cooler. I installed the hotfix.

Paul_Robson · 8 Jun 2006 at 00:44

Im not saying your cooler is bad.I just know that a lot of people on here told me to get the artic cooler 64 freezer. Its quiet and keeps my cpu cold.Wish i could get to 2.5 ghz.Think my mate sgoaty will give me some advise tomorrow.

mercyless · 8 Jun 2006 at 00:56

try the dual core patch, see if that helps, BSOD is mem error, you may need to alter ram settings or latest bios or seach for stable ram setting for your mobo/ram/cpu config
most 165/170 should clock 2.5 - 2.6 stock volts, if yours doing 2.5 with 1.55v, somethings wrong there. you may need to do a clean install and go again

footman · 8 Jun 2006 at 07:20

returned to bios setup values now and testing with memtest.