The AMD Phenom II OC'ers Club

[exodusprime1337]

what are the chances that the creative audigy 2 zs was the root of all my problems...

 

[ShadowFold]

what are the chances that the creative audigy 2 zs was the root of all my problems...

Creative - Wasting your money and ruining your overclocks

 

[cdawall]

oh well i'm selling everything and getting a lappy

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=77880

 

[trt740]

oh well i'm selling everything and getting a lappy

lappy, laptop?

 

[cdawall]

lappy

laptop

 

[trt740]

laptop

you will be very sorry, but which one

 

[ShadowFold]

Just RMA the 720 dude..

 

[exodusprime1337]

Creative - Wasting your money and ruining your overclocks

so what you're saying is it's poorly constructed product and tthe driver support in vista x64 is particular deplorable?

 

[cdawall]

you will be very sorry, but which one

i work @BBY and will talk my manager into a lower price as its EOL

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9171521&type=product&id=1218043604946

Just RMA the 720 dude..

i plan on it but i ship out at the end of the summer and want something i can use on the road while i still have a life....

 

[Kei]

I would go X4 boys, especially if you plan on heavy MP gaming and movie watching off your HDTV But sometimes “IF” the price is right the X3 can’t be beat. Either way you go, you'll end up with a fantastic CPU.

Thanks for the reply Super, I've always bought the Phenom X4's when they came out as I usually just turn off a core if I don't need it at the time. Even with 3 cores these processors are really really good at multitasking as I do rather ridiculous amounts of testing in all configurations (X2/3/4).

For the past few days I've been running as an X3 with 2.6Ghz (like the 720 just with the 1.8Ghz NB instead of 2.0Ghz NB) and of course it's got no problems. I was curious today so I ran Wprime 1024 test while watching a video and surfing the internet and it just allocated whatever usage I needed without any lag at all which was a nice thing to see.

I ran a bunch of tests as well in the PII 920 thread with the same specs for the system just using 2, 3, or 4 cores (3.5Ghz) to show the differences between the three and as usual they all perform beautifully.

Unless the 925 is finally released in the next few weeks I may buy the 710 and have a bit of fun with it. I'd really love to get the 925 though even with the locked multiplier unless they have another AM3 X4 with an unlocked multiplier coming out very soon which I doubt. I don't care about the stock cpu speed as it'd be just fine around even 2.5Ghz. I don't see that happening though but it would be awesome if it did!

Ah....sorry I'm rambling but it's late and I seem to have a sinus headache so I'm slow today haha

Kei <---shutup already

 

[Super XP]

Not sure about the 925, it would be nice if AMD can get it out the door ASAP. Triple Core was a great idea from AMD. It's a way not to waist CPU's. Usually building a Quad-Core one and sometimes two cores can go bad, so they simply disable them. X3 and X4, even X2, they all do a great job in multi-tasking or mega tasking as AMD likes to put it.

 

[Kei]

I agree, the multitasking ability of these cpu's is awesome! I'm running my daily virus scan (2 drives non raid), watching streaming tv, and surfing and not a hint of slowdown to be found.

It's using a total 166W for the entire system right with all of this going on which makes it even better. Pretty sweet for using 3 cores running at 2.6Ghz I'd say.

Of course running those same 3 cores at 3.5Ghz burns through everything like it's nothing.

Kei

 

[Kei]

I remember the 925 originally had a release date the same as the X3's and 800 series X4's but I guess it got pushed back a bit.

 

[Super XP]

The 925 looks like a nice CPU with the added DDR3 benefit. Now why on EARTH is AMD going back to the not so good 100MHz CPU ONLY speed difference? I can see 2.8GHz, 3.0GHz, 3.2GHz & 3.4GHz etc, but 3.1GHz? wtf

Deneb" (C2, 45 nm, quad-core)
All models support: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, Cool'n'Quiet, AMD-V
Model number IMC Frequency L2-cache L3-cache HT Multi 1 Part Number TDP Socket

Release dates

Phenom II X4 925 DDR2-1066/DDR3-1333 2.8 GHz 4×512 KB 6 MB 4000Mhz (Full Duplex) 2000Mhz Respectively 14x200 95W Socket AM3 February 2009

Phenom II X4 945 DDR2-1066/DDR3-1333 3.0 GHz 4×512 KB 6 MB 4000Mhz (Full Duplex) 2000Mhz Respectively 15x200 125W Socket AM3 Q2 2009

Phenom II X4 950 DDR2-1066/DDR3-1333 3.1 GHz 4×512 KB 6 MB 4000Mhz (Full Duplex) 2000Mhz Respectively 15.5x200(?) 125W Socket AM3 Q2 2009

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_future_AMD_Phenom_microprocessors

 

[eidairaman1]

probably fact of those who occupy all slots with the fastest ram avail, aka 1333, since there is a problem with it im sure AMD will have a new stepping with the problems fixed.

 

[trt740]

i work @BBY and will talk my manager into a lower price as its EOL

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9171521&type=product&id=1218043604946



i plan on it but i ship out at the end of the summer and want something i can use on the road while i still have a life....

sony makes junkie laptops, they are all over ebay for sale (broken) or have been in the past

 

[Flyordie]

tru dat.
Ok... Gonna fire up my compressor today. Im gonna move over to Phase Change cooling in March... getting everything ready.
Using an old Chest freezer compressor. lol. ran the copper tubing through a small copper block and filled the gaps in with solder. (yes, I used ALOT of solder, but its plentyful where I live so no biggy.)

 

[trt740]

this seem to be a fairly decent voltage / clock setting

 

[ShadowFold]

Looks like a good 24/7 clock!

 

[Flyordie]

Anyone got a PII on a Scythe Ninja Mini? If so what temps r u getting? Considering getting one of those little guys.

 

[exodusprime1337]

any particular settings besides voltages that should be tweaked when using 2x2Gb ddr2 1066... i've been up and do, sometimes it's stable for an hour sometimes it crashes in 5 secs... other times i can prime for 10 or so minutes sometimes a core fails in about 1 min.... i've been at this for a week, and i still can't get back to my orignal clock... i was at 3.8 200x19 1.50v 24hour prime stable and now i can barely hold 3.7... if i put my 2gig kit back in, i'm fine again??

 

[Flyordie]

Cable management is HARD with this case... will move to my full tower l8r and actually put effort into wire management during the transition... but here is the DFI board I bought from Shadowfold in action.
Phenom II X4 920 @ 3.3Ghz @ 1.35V

 

[ShadowFold]

"Czech" this out guys
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131366
Awesome, Yes or yes?

 

[cdawall]

to make everyone here feel better i am gong to be testing my 720 tomorrow and then selling most of my rig to go AM3 and getting a lappy to

 

[jbunch07]

"Czech" this out guys
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131366
Awesome, Yes or yes?

NICE!