The Opteron Skt 939 Overclocking thread !!!!

Richdog · 13 Oct 2005 at 17:12

Goksly said:
yup; sn25p.
The system can give a decent voltage, but Im stuck with their fans. On Smart fan is whisper quiet, but in games if I give more than 1.5v it gets unhappy and is very loud... although last time i tried was bang in the middle of summer....

Can the fan speed not be overidden in any way or are you stuck with it on smart?

tatts · 13 Oct 2005 at 17:14

Goksly said:
also surprised at the 3dmark01 someone posted. thought a overclocked oppy and GTX would have scored well over 30k not just shy of it?

saying that, i got 15000 in 3dmark01 & 13205 in 3dmark03 with my current set up :confused:

Richdog · 13 Oct 2005 at 17:16

2001 is very dependant on overall system performance while 2003 is mainly about GPU... you can get away with not having the greatest processor.

Goksly · 13 Oct 2005 at 17:23

ah yeah the fan speed can be changed, but smart is excellent as on desktop etc its totally quiet, and in games its spins up just slightly so u can feel more air being moved, but not any more noise. With the other settings, even on the lowest level its slightly audiable but then if it goes too hot it just shuts down (should there be some funky problem)

Yeah 2001 is more of a system thing, which is why I was surpised an overclocked oppy didnt make 30k?

morpheus9394 · 13 Oct 2005 at 17:29

Hi All,
Been reading this thread with great interest as I order a 146 and a MSI NEO2 board yesterday.
I am very new to AMD overclocking after having been a Intel "ho" for a few years.
Can someone post some steps to AMD overclocking please?

Thanks.

Richdog · 13 Oct 2005 at 17:30

morpheus9394 said:
Hi All,
Been reading this thread with great interest as I order a 146 and a MSI NEO2 board yesterday.
I am very new to AMD overclocking after having been a Intel "ho" for a few years.
Can someone post some steps to AMD overclocking please?

Thanks.

There is a sticky for you to read here http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=138583

Crash&Burn · 13 Oct 2005 at 18:12

Opteron 148 CABNE 0528 GPMW

Stable at 2.8Ghz with default volts and stock heatsink

Minstadave · 13 Oct 2005 at 18:16

Very very impressive

Richdog · 13 Oct 2005 at 18:20

Crash&Burn said:
Opteron 148 CABNE 0528 GPMW

Stable at 2.8Ghz with default volts and stock heatsink

Man that is sweet as... tried raising the voltage yet?

Crash&Burn · 13 Oct 2005 at 19:20

Richdog said:
Man that is sweet as... tried raising the voltage yet?

Super PI 32m stable at 2920mhz with 1.43v, I've run 3d mark at 3Ghz with just over 1.5v

Smurfy · 13 Oct 2005 at 19:28

Here i have2.9Ghz

Pretty certain i can get to 3ghz with a bit more time, not sure if il get time before the weekend mind.

Very nice C&B those CABNE really are something fairly special.

Darth Sidious · 13 Oct 2005 at 19:33

Rich Ive heard u grumble about high voltages, but I have also heard people say temps dont change much either so what is that problem?

also I cant believe they will arrive friday.

Kesnel · 13 Oct 2005 at 19:35

Smurfy said:
Here i have2.9Ghz

Pretty certain i can get to 3ghz with a bit more time, not sure if il get time before the weekend mind.

Very nice C&B those CABNE really are something fairly special.

Looks like yours is doing very nicely too; doing 2.9Ghz on only 1.45v!

What stepping is it?

Also, Crash, get that voltage up and see how far it'll go.

Richdog · 13 Oct 2005 at 19:37

Hmm well if temps dont chancge much then fair enough...I just presumed that naturally with voltage comes heat? Voltage can still kill a CPU without too much heat too, as poeple using phase rigs have seen.

I think my CPU will arrive friday though... it was posted the other day and takes 2-3 days...

Darth Sidious · 13 Oct 2005 at 19:39

well u are my guinea pig as your chip is mine so

Blaze that trail sir

Im gonna wait up for a tforce board, hopefully these new chipsets will give me the extra bit of tweaking power I need

Smurfy · 13 Oct 2005 at 19:42

Kesnel said:
Looks like yours is doing very nicely too; doing 2.9Ghz on only 1.45v!

What stepping is it?

Also, Crash, get that voltage up and see how far it'll go.

Cheers Kesnel

Plain old CABYE here

Im unsure how reliable that voltage reading is to be fair, in Bios its set to 1.55+ 8.3% obviously a fair bit more than the 1.45 reported by CPUZ, f check the MBM dashboard it reads as 1.5. So i have no idea where its sitting.
But my watercooling is keeping the temp on this thing amazingly low, eventually im gonna take the top off my best clocking core.

Steve JL · 13 Oct 2005 at 19:44

Have a 148 arriving tomorrow so will slap it in and see what she can do on friday night.

People who have the DFI boards are you using the 623-3 bios or the 704-BTA?

I was originally on 310 but flashed almost straight away to the 623 just wondering whats best with these chips?

Ta

Steve

Richdog · 13 Oct 2005 at 19:46

Will be interesting to see what the average OC for the cabbages is when people start getting them...

RobG · 13 Oct 2005 at 20:27

Hi guys,

I have a 144 cabbage arriving on Tuesday, and need to get a decent motherboard to use it with. I am torn between the Epox EP-9NPA+ and the DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D. My budget is tight, but I could just stretch to the DFI if it was worth it. Which one do you think I should go for? Also, are there any reasonably priced SLI boards that are good for overclocking on a chip like this?

Cheers

Rob

Darth Sidious · 13 Oct 2005 at 21:08

lol I hope these cabbages are not aptly named