Phenom II x2 550 @ 3.62

timmy222 · 10 Jan 2010 at 22:02

Standard voltage standard cooler just upped mem speed and multi.
Very pleased and will keep it like this as I like a quiet pc.

The amd overdrive program did take it up to 3.9 :eek:

but it was getting a tad hot and i don't really trust that program tbh.
Manual adjust for the win.
Ps I can unlock all the cores on this but it is too unstable.

reiyushin · 10 Jan 2010 at 22:59

Nice clock, what's your temps?

lemzip · 11 Jan 2010 at 00:14

good clocks, pitty bout the unstable cores.

AMD overdrive is okay for a guestimate but doesnt beat bios yet. They are putting in some major development into the software though.

timmy222 · 11 Jan 2010 at 10:08

Temps

No real idea atm, sissoft says 28c and I have caught it at 45c after putting stress on the cpu.
I do have a good flow of air through case btw.

'Wes · 11 Jan 2010 at 10:21

lemzip said:
good clocks, pitty bout the unstable cores.

AMD overdrive is okay for a guestimate but doesnt beat bios yet. They are putting in some major development into the software though.

I can second this, although AMD OverDrive has been spot on over the weekend, it has provided exactly the same results even when i input the settings into the BIOS, so the program is decent. I wouldn't recommend using the auto clock feature, it's good for an estimate of your last successful setting, but you can tinker with that manually in advanced mode if you know your stuff, and then input it in the bios.

The stability tool is good too, but i prefer to use 3DMark06 and 3D Mark Vantage for stability and to test performance.

timmy222 · 11 Jan 2010 at 17:41

Ok just upped the fsb with volt tweek now @3.71 stable.lol.
Right dropped back to 3.64 as it is stable with no extra voltage, I only have a amd cooler so best error on the side of caution.