The Opteron Skt 939 Overclocking thread !!!!

OV3RCLOCK3R · 18 Nov 2005 at 11:35

cyclepath said:
Ah now that looks familiar

It'll be in the post at 9.00 sharp.

Good luck with it once more

HEH, Cycle my man

Looking forward to it, will let you know when it arrives tomorrow. Thanks again

MikeTimbers · 18 Nov 2005 at 12:14

Hesky82 said:
So your saying in his case 270fsb 1:1 with the ram running at slightly slack timings would be out performed with the ram on a divider running 200 and tight timings? I always found the reverse when benching my system. if I ran such hi ht it would always seem to out do low latencies after the 250 mark.

cheers

3-3-3-7 is not "slightly slack"

running at 2-2-2-5 would be (theoretically) 50% faster but 200 is only 35% slower than 270.

mp260767 · 18 Nov 2005 at 13:36

hi,

got a 146 with the following running at 280x10 default volts, tried htt at 2 and 3, ocwbeta2 bios tried mem at 100 and 133, asrock dual sata mobo so 1.45v is max without vcore mod, but even at that it wont hit 300, any ideas what i can do, or might be holding me up ?, memory are 3 sticks of 3200x512 and 1 stick of 256 pc3200, running at 7/3/3/2, also tried at auto.

OSA146DAA5BN
CABYE 0540FPBW
1341649J50548

cheers

DrSteve · 18 Nov 2005 at 14:10

Just got my Opteron 146 this morning and having a play around with it.
Stepping is CAYBE 0540 FPMW.
Here's how it's looking so far.....

Paradroid · 18 Nov 2005 at 17:05

Dr steve what are your temps? and what cooling have you got?

what are the temps of these optys at 3ghz please?

EDIT: 35c is that right?

HugoFJH · 18 Nov 2005 at 17:24

Oliver, I have ballistix on an ultra D and they wont even work with the 10/03 bios , can you possibly do a link to that beta bios for me?

Currently running 1Gb of Giel value and 1Gb of Corsair 4400, hoping I will get better performance from a Corsair / Cruciall Ballistix match

DrSteve · 18 Nov 2005 at 17:28

Paradroid said:
Dr steve what are your temps? and what cooling have you got?

what are the temps of these optys at 3ghz please?

EDIT: 35c is that right?

Yep. It's sitting about 35C idle according to Core Centre @3.1GHz. I'm not sure just how reliable that is cos the NEO2 is a bit odd when it comes to temperature reporting. Got up to 49C under load during OCCT but was totally stable. That's on water cooling - Eheim 1250, DD TDX, 120.2 rad.

canman · 18 Nov 2005 at 17:37

mp260767 said:
hi,

got a 146 with the following running at 280x10 default volts, tried htt at 2 and 3, ocwbeta2 bios tried mem at 100 and 133, asrock dual sata mobo so 1.45v is max without vcore mod, but even at that it wont hit 300, any ideas what i can do, or might be holding me up ?, memory are 3 sticks of 3200x512 and 1 stick of 256 pc3200, running at 7/3/3/2, also tried at auto.

OSA146DAA5BN
CABYE 0540FPBW
1341649J50548

cheers

I thought these boards didnt like having 4 sticks of ram and overclocking?

Richdog · 18 Nov 2005 at 17:40

They don't really like it... forces the RAM to run 2T, but you won't really notice it unless you game or bench frequently.

Ol!ver · 18 Nov 2005 at 18:09

HugoFJH said:
Oliver, I have ballistix on an ultra D and they wont even work with the 10/03 bios , can you possibly do a link to that beta bios for me?

Currently running 1Gb of Giel value and 1Gb of Corsair 4400, hoping I will get better performance from a Corsair / Cruciall Ballistix match

Here's the thread I got it from: http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22997

Going to try some others tonight I think.

My ballistix worked fine with the stock bios. Not sure what it was though.

mp260767 · 18 Nov 2005 at 18:37

Richdog said:
They don't really like it... forces the RAM to run 2T, but you won't really notice it unless you game or bench frequently.

little bugger wouldnt run 1T with the best 1gb i had so thought sod it might as well have more memory for bf2

rulocal · 18 Nov 2005 at 19:04

Just got home to find my Opteron 146 waiting for me.

Stepping is CABYE 0540 FPBW.

I have just installed it but am going to be cautious with voltage as I did not do a good job with removing thermal paste from heatsink so the new Akasa thermal interface pads might not 'bond' too well. I am limiting myself to 1.5v and 45 degrees. I will let you know how I get on. Motherboard is Epox 9NDA3+ and the memory is some pretty ordinary OCZ PC3200. I have had problems running the memory at high HTT even with a divider so I will have to cripple the memory with the 100 divider (which does not upset the memory :confused:

) to get do decent HTTs. My Ballistix should arrive tomorrow so it is only a short term problem.

I'll let you know how I get on and will probably need some help along the way. So thanks in advance.

rulocal · 18 Nov 2005 at 20:02

Not a great start. Needed 1.5 to get prime stable at 2600. Would run super Pi happily enough at 1.45 at this speed but would fail prime almost immediately.

I will burn in at 1.5v and see how things go.

Any pointers welcome.

Thanks

tatts · 18 Nov 2005 at 20:20

DrSteve said:
Yep. It's sitting about 35C idle according to Core Centre @3.1GHz. I'm not sure just how reliable that is cos the NEO2 is a bit odd when it comes to temperature reporting. Got up to 49C under load during OCCT but was totally stable. That's on water cooling - Eheim 1250, DD TDX, 120.2 rad.

id reseat the block or remove the ihs if i was you, 14C rise is a lot imo

NemesiSSS · 18 Nov 2005 at 21:09

ok im trying to keep track of all this, seems a bit crazy to me :eek:

first off the price. a few months ago i got myself a amd64 4000+ but now your telling me i can pay £99 for a chip thats better, whats the catch.

Heres my rig what u recon i could o/c to ??

2gig Corsair DDR XMS4400
Epox EP-9NPA+ SLi
and watercooled

what u recon i could get? is it worth me upgrading?

rulocal · 18 Nov 2005 at 21:26

rulocal said:
Not a great start. Needed 1.5 to get prime stable at 2600. Would run super Pi happily enough at 1.45 at this speed but would fail prime almost immediately.

I will burn in at 1.5v and see how things go.

Any pointers welcome.

Thanks

Still no joy getting stability over 2600. Voltage currently 1.625v in Bios but showing 1.55 in CPU-z and Epox monitoring utiliy. Is this discrepancy in voltage readings normal? is it telling me anything?

Have i got the worst CABYE 146 on record or am I doing something wrong.

Current settings.

HTT 260
HTT multi 3x
Memory completely taken out the equation on 100 divider.

Any suggestions for pushing on up to 280?

maddness · 18 Nov 2005 at 22:22

dont forget some processors dont like akward multipliers, try 133/200 or 120/200
also what are your temps?

mine were horendous before i removed the shim.

rulocal · 18 Nov 2005 at 22:46

Load temp is 47. Unfortunately I don't have that many options on the divider front. I have tried all the available one but to no avail. The chip just won't go above 2.6.

Nem · 18 Nov 2005 at 22:50

Well after trying the Sapphire Pure Innovation board and having no success, I have gone back to the DFI NF4 Ultra-D which thankfully I'd not sold.

With my 146 CABYE I'm doing a steady 3Ghz with 300HTT x 10. The ram is 1:1 at 300HTT with timings of 2.5,4,4,8 and the LDT Multi is at 3x. The cpu voltage is 1.55v in the bios which is reported as 1.5v in the windows monitor, and ram is at 2.8v.

So far it's stable in 1Mb super pi and also any of the 3dMark series. Temps at load not going over 38 / 39 deg c.

Well impressed indeed

I'm sure I can get higher on the core speed, just not had time to test yet, but I think 3.1Ghz should be accessable.

Nick

maddness · 18 Nov 2005 at 23:13

rulocal said:
Load temp is 47. Unfortunately I don't have that many options on the divider front. I have tried all the available one but to no avail. The chip just won't go above 2.6.

using the ultraD?