The AMD Phenom II OC'ers Club

[cdawall]

SO what cpu is that 945ES?

I thought the 950ES's read out as opteron 1300's....

945ES reads as opty 1300BE

 

[jbunch07]

945ES reads as opty 1300BE

Odd, wonder why that is?

Oh well, looks like an awesome chip!

 

[cdawall]

Odd, wonder why that is?

Oh well, looks like an awesome chip!

tis a very nice chip going to end up dead soon though

2.8v may be a little to much for the mem controller

cpu is overvolted to hell to compensate for this

 

[jbunch07]

Hot dAyum!

 

[MAGMADIVER]

has anyone noticed any kind of performance increase in pushing the HT Link up? I have my PII 940 just 200Mhz faster at 2.0Ghz but was wondering if anyone had success with pushing it higher and if it netted any real benefis?

 

[cdawall]

has anyone noticed any kind of performance increase in pushing the HT Link up? I have my PII 940 just 200Mhz faster at 2.0Ghz but was wondering if anyone had success with pushing it higher and if it netted any real benefis?

mines @2.1ghz

 

[Flyordie]

Mine on 1.25V caps out at 2.38Ghz.
Just to let you kno cdawall... the Phenom II's Mem Controller... is built on 37nm. They are getting experience at making stuff smaller I guess.. lol. You will see major improvements with the C3 revision later this year. ;-)

 

[exodusprime1337]

cd, or anybody that knows.. what type of cooling are you using on you're amd's?? just water or chilled?

 

[MAGMADIVER]

I am using air cooling and it is stable at 3.75Ghz... I am using a Zerotherm Nirvana NV120, it keeps my PII 940 at 36C- 40C under load and around 34C at idle.

 

[exodusprime1337]

So the watercooling is on the way!!! and yes i'm psuped.. (not sure how you spell that?), but here's the deal.. i don't like xternal resevoirs... i take my pc places so it's all gotta stay inside the case. i'm thinkin of mounting the rad which is 2x120mm on the back of the case in the antec 1200 where the two exhaust fans are and putting the pump in the front toward the top of the case.. this should minimze hose needed and give me more room to play with inside the case.. anybody got any ideas.

 

[Chicken Patty]

So the watercooling is on the way!!! and yes i'm psuped.. (not sure how you spell that?), but here's the deal.. i don't like xternal resevoirs... i take my pc places so it's all gotta stay inside the case. i'm thinkin of mounting the rad which is 2x120mm on the back of the case in the antec 1200 where the two exhaust fans are and putting the pump in the front toward the top of the case.. this should minimze hose needed and give me more room to play with inside the case.. anybody got any ideas.

if you can get us a pic of your current system we can help you out with the mounting. Maybe you might want to create a new thread though. Link us if you do.

 

[Wile E]

I am using air cooling and it is stable at 3.75Ghz... I am using a Zerotherm Nirvana NV120, it keeps my PII 940 at 36C- 40C under load and around 34C at idle.

What are you using for load testing, and what is your vcore set at? There's no way that cooler is going to keep an overvolted PII at 40C under full load. Most water kits won't do that.

 

[exodusprime1337]

yeah i see about 48 at 3.8Ghz 1.50v on my thermalright ultra120 extreme with the cpu/hsf both lapped with 2500grit... something isn't right.. maybe the board temp but the core is much hotter i'm assuming?

 

[johnnyfiive]

What are you using for load testing, and what is your vcore set at? There's no way that cooler is going to keep an overvolted PII at 40C under full load. Most water kits won't do that.

Thats what I'm saying!? 40c at 3.7GHz full load on AIR?
At default voltage my full load on water is 42C. At 1.51v its 47C, thats how water shines. I wanna know what his temps are with OCCT stability testing.

 

[trt740]

I Cannot remember who asked does the ht link and northbridge speed being increased make a performance difference and after bench a few test the answer is definitely yes. Real world i'm not so sure but in certain benches like science mark definitely yes.

 

[johnnyfiive]

NB FOR sure increases performance. I'm not too familiar with how HT effects performance though. I usually try and keep it around 2000 if I'm going for a suicide run for stability purposes.

 

[PP Mguire]

Can i be a part of this club? PP Mguire went back to his beloved AMD
No bs install, no bs oc. Straight up raised multi to 18 for 3.6ghz right now on 1.5v. When i go home ill play with it some more. Right now im on air cooling so dont ask my temps lol.
I AMD

 

[cdawall]

need to get some more outta the ram

hopefully they do 1150 4-4-4-12

 

[MAGMADIVER]

What are you using for load testing, and what is your vcore set at? There's no way that cooler is going to keep an overvolted PII at 40C under full load. Most water kits won't do that.

I was going off memory and hadn't run it since I first got the CPU back in January but I use 4 iterations of 'toast' and i have my vcore at 1.5V but the Vdroop drops it to 1.488V. I checked again and I was prone to a little hyperbole in my last post... my cooler under 100% load with 4 iterations of 'toast' runs at 43C after a 1 hour load and is completely stable. My idle is correct with it at 33C-34C. The ambient temp of my office is typically 68-70F. I will run the test again and take screenshots if you want.

One more thing Wile E...I see youre running a raid 0 config with a pair of seagate 320GB drives I have the same drives and I was thinking of going to a raid to give them a little longer lease on life...does it make a big difference in performance and what kind of raid controller would you recommend? I am afraid of running it from my motherboard software because of data corruption and loss.

 

[Wile E]

I was going off memory and hadn't run it since I first got the CPU back in January but I use 4 iterations of 'toast' and i have my vcore at 1.5V but the Vdroop drops it to 1.488V. I checked again and I was prone to a little hyperbole in my last post... my cooler under 100% load with 4 iterations of 'toast' runs at 43C after a 1 hour load and is completely stable. My idle is correct with it at 33C-34C. The ambient temp of my office is typically 68-70F. I will run the test again and take screenshots if you want.

One more thing Wile E...I see youre running a raid 0 config with a pair of seagate 320GB drives I have the same drives and I was thinking of going to a raid to give them a little longer lease on life...does it make a big difference in performance and what kind of raid controller would you recommend? I am afraid of running it from my motherboard software because of data corruption and loss.

It doesn't really make that big of a difference in day to day use, but it does make a difference if you transfer a lot of large files between drives. Photoshop seems to like a RAID setup as well.

But, if you have to buy a controller card to do it, I suggest against it. The only controller cards worth it are over $100. For that price, I'd just go ahead and buy a 1TB F1 instead. Faster than the 320GB 7200.11's, and a hell of a lot more storage. lol.

As far as your cpu, use OCCT on the Linpack setting to test temps. Toast isn't doing it's job properly if you are only getting to 43C at that Vcore. You should be in the 50's at least.

 

[OzzmanFloyd120]

I ordered a X4 940, can I join now, even though it hasn't arrived yet?

 

[PP Mguire]

Woot

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=515984

 

[cdawall]

I ordered a X4 940, can I join now, even though it hasn't arrived yet?

yep!

 

[ShadowFold]

I ordered a X4 940, can I join now, even though it hasn't arrived yet?

Once you video tape yourself sacrificing 6 small animals using plastic straws.

No, I am kidding! I will add you

 

[cdawall]

Once you video tape yourself sacrificing 6 small animals using plastic straws.

No, I am kidding! I will add you

we need a leadercard update!