Phenom 9950 overclocking

Letifer · Oct 16, 2008

To tell you the truth, all my stuff should be coming today.

I just wanted to know what would be possible once I put it together.

ASharp · Oct 16, 2008

I think your OC will really just depend on the chip. Most 9950s seem to be hitting 3GHz+ very easily. Depending on how much volts you're willing to put in, you could probably obtain 3.5GHz or more...you're going to need a good cooling set up though.

adrianx · Oct 16, 2008

nice to see more to try

Chicken Patty · Oct 16, 2008

Letifer said:
To tell you the truth, all my stuff should be coming today.

I just wanted to know what would be possible once I put it together.

thats cool. when you get it, try it out at default settings. Do a super pi run, then do a 3dmark 06, just the cpu tests and see what you scored. Then just up the clock by using the multiplier, and give it some voltage. You should be able to do up to 3.0GHz on stock voltage. This way you see the differences in the benchmarks between each clock and find the sweet spot on the CPU. Mine seems to have the biggest gains in between 3.15GHz and 3.3Ghz.

servermonkey · Oct 16, 2008

Chicken Patty said:
thats cool. when you get it, try it out at default settings. Do a super pi run, then do a 3dmark 06, just the cpu tests and see what you scored. Then just up the clock by using the multiplier, and give it some voltage. You should be able to do up to 3.0GHz on stock voltage. This way you see the differences in the benchmarks between each clock and find the sweet spot on the CPU. Mine seems to have the biggest gains in between 3.15GHz and 3.3Ghz.

cp!! fsb > multiplier

Chicken Patty · Oct 16, 2008

adrianx said:
nice to see more to try

the more the better, lets see some results guys :rockout:

Moose · Oct 17, 2008

vista does not like me overclocking this cpu! it doesn't notice the change (still calls it 2.6GHz) then if I do a windows exp index score it resets the speed to 2.6GHz in overdrive!

servermonkey · Oct 17, 2008

Moose said:
vista does not like me overclocking this cpu! it doesn't notice the change (still calls it 2.6GHz) then if I do a windows exp index score it resets the speed to 2.6GHz in overdrive!

have you tried to oc from the bios?

Letifer · Oct 17, 2008

Chicken Patty said:
thats cool. when you get it, try it out at default settings. Do a super pi run, then do a 3dmark 06, just the cpu tests and see what you scored. Then just up the clock by using the multiplier, and give it some voltage. You should be able to do up to 3.0GHz on stock voltage. This way you see the differences in the benchmarks between each clock and find the sweet spot on the CPU. Mine seems to have the biggest gains in between 3.15GHz and 3.3Ghz.

would leaving the volt on auto do just the same?

i seem to be getting pretty good speeds just upping it 5% at a time

ASharp · Oct 17, 2008

Leaving it on auto is a little too unpredictable. On auto, the board might set the voltage too high which just creates more heat and consumes more power. On the other hand, it might so happen that the auto feature doesn't give enough volts. This would cause instability.

In the end, you want to keep all variables in check which can't be done if it's on auto. Ultimately what you want to do is get as high a clock as possible with the lowest voltage possible while remaining stable.

Chicken Patty · Oct 17, 2008

Letifer said:
would leaving the volt on auto do just the same?

i seem to be getting pretty good speeds just upping it 5% at a time

The only thing on Auto now for me is the NB voltage and SB voltage. They seem to work perfectly fine on auto. But the CPU voltage, just open up CPU-z or go into the bios at default settings and see how much it is, then just set it manually under "jumper free config". Mine was 1.312v default.

At 3.0GHz I was able to run 1.232v completely stable. I had it at 3.0 GHz with only 1.200v, but it was not stable.

ShadowFold · Oct 17, 2008

Kinda OT but not really:
How does the auto clock feature on Overdrive work? How would you rate Overdrive for OCing in Windows?

Moose · Oct 17, 2008

I can change the multiplier in the bios and also my comp seems to be very strange and is only setting at 2.6GHz when it is doing something the rest of the time (idle) it is at 1.3GHz

servermonkey · Oct 17, 2008

Moose said:
I can change the multiplier in the bios and also my comp seems to be very strange and is only setting at 2.6GHz when it is doing something the rest of the time (idle) it is at 1.3GHz

turn off the cool n quiet thing in your bios.

Moose · Oct 17, 2008

I have now just replaced the heatsink (the stock one was like a turbine) but the temperature is quite high at 80 degrees, is this dangerous? I have motherboard set to alarm at 70 (though I havent heard it) perhaps overdrive has got it wrong btw i have oced to 3GHz

Chicken Patty · Oct 17, 2008

ShadowFold said:
Kinda OT but not really:
How does the auto clock feature on Overdrive work? How would you rate Overdrive for OCing in Windows?

what is OT?

well i havent tried the auto clock feature ever, but some peeps have gotten decent results with it to be honest. Overdrive is great bro, you can change voltage, RAM voltage, mobo voltages, its great. I use it until it crashes, then whatever I know was my last stable configuration was, thats what I set it the bios. Does it save a lot of time? YES.

Chicken Patty · Oct 17, 2008

Moose said:
I have now just replaced the heatsink (the stock one was like a turbine) but the temperature is quite high at 80 degrees, is this dangerous? I have motherboard set to alarm at 70 (though I havent heard it) perhaps overdrive has got it wrong btw i have oced to 3GHz

on the stock cooler I never got above 50ºc even at 1.4v+. Make sure you turn cool and quient off in your bios.

Moose · Oct 17, 2008

ive reinstalled the old one after the computer shut down at 90 degrees, it is running at 60 OC'ed at 3GHz when idle and 65 degrees when in use.quiet now.

fullinfusion · Oct 17, 2008

Moose said:
ive reinstalled the old one after the computer shut down at 90 degrees, it is running at 60 OC'ed at 3GHz when idle and 65 degrees when in use.quiet now.

how are you applying the thermal compound?
your still way to high mate!

fullinfusion · Oct 17, 2008

ShadowFold said:
Kinda OT but not really:
How does the auto clock feature on Overdrive work? How would you rate Overdrive for OCing in Windows?

well it works but i don't trust it.... AOD is great for tests but i only resort back to setting my clocks in the trusted Bios...

ShadowFold · Oct 17, 2008

Chicken Patty said:
what is OT?

well i havent tried the auto clock feature ever, but some peeps have gotten decent results with it to be honest. Overdrive is great bro, you can change voltage, RAM voltage, mobo voltages, its great. I use it until it crashes, then whatever I know was my last stable configuration was, thats what I set it the bios. Does it save a lot of time? YES.

Thanks. OT is Off topic.

fullinfusion · Oct 17, 2008

Moose said:
vista does not like me overclocking this cpu! it doesn't notice the change (still calls it 2.6GHz) then if I do a windows exp index score it resets the speed to 2.6GHz in overdrive!

Vista works great for me.... i've hit over 3.5GHz on this pig of a voltage hog cpu but still not stable..... make sure you download all of the vista updates.... i mean all of them.... there is one in particular that is for system stability....and i've noticed better clocks with it.. :cool:

fullinfusion · Oct 17, 2008

ShadowFold said:
Thanks. OT is Off topic.

just one question mate.... why you only using 3 sticks of ram? dont ya like being able to run Dual channel? and i see your using only a 500 watt Psu.... wow man you dont have any crashing problems? :respect:

fullinfusion · Oct 17, 2008

hey CP..
Have ya had any luck using the auto clock in AOD?
with my 6400 black it worked but no luck with the 9850

Chicken Patty · Oct 17, 2008

ShadowFold said:
Thanks. OT is Off topic.

oh, sorry. Thanks.

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