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ye olde "My amd x2 3800 can go faster" thread

What your temps?

I also have a little problem of my own with my 3800x2.

I have a Zalman CPNS 9500 cooler on it and its hitting 60c on low fan setting when running @ 2.7ghz with 1.425v. Is that normal?
 
Ofcause it does , i just prefer to have a high fsb and a high cpu speed... Surelly id better frame rates with a high fsb and high clock instead of just a high clock?
 
Going to try for 2.7x10 , 1.6V...

edit : Instant fail within 1min of prime

Tried 1.62V and it went an extra 5mins then failed..

295X9 = 2.65GHZ It's stable 1.58V
 
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I have been running my CPU at 1.61V for well over a year now without issue.

Overclocking these things at first requires little increase in voltage but at higher sppeeds the voltage increase needed to get it stable requires more and more voltage, the first 200Mhz might only require 0.05V increase but to get my CPU from 2.5Ghz to 2.6Ghz requires a leap from 1.61V to 1.8V, annoying but nothing I can do.

My chip does run well with low voltage but that is not what I want.
 
I must have a rare x2 3800. it works well at 2.6ghz at 1.35v (1.30 default). 2.65ghz seems to work ok, but I dont want to sit on the edge of stability as 2.7 is unstable (random resets) Unfortunatly my current board wont allow me to set high vcore to see if it goes further.
 
MadMatty said:
I must have a rare x2 3800. it works well at 2.6ghz at 1.35v (1.30 default). 2.65ghz seems to work ok, but I dont want to sit on the edge of stability as 2.7 is unstable (random resets) Unfortunatly my current board wont allow me to set high vcore to see if it goes further.
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is 2.6Ghz at 1.35V Prime95/Orthos stable?
 
Orthos is abit hit n miss. It canl die after about 2-3 mins. latest multicore prime95 works well though. S&M longest test mode passes too and really cooks cpu. 60 deg with zalman 9500 at haLf speed. nothing else pushes it over 50 deg
 
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My X2 sitting in front of me now hits 2.6Ghz on stock and is prime stable. Needs 1.4 for 2.7Ghz and 1.5v for 2.8Ghz (1.525v on older BIOS on my old DFI Lan Party). I got it up to 2.95Ghz before but it was failing prime pretty quickly with too much heat for my Freezer Pro.

It should be a nice improvement for my mums PC as she's using a 2.6Ghz 3700+ just now.
 
I was just wondering. I have an ASUS A8N-SLI. It has no northbridge voltage controls in the bios, while the deluxe and premium versions do. Is it possible to flash one of those bios version to get more voltage controls or will it fail?
 
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